Ryan Brenizer — NYC Wedding Photographer. Problem solver, storyteller.

"Work is Love Made Visible." --Kahlil Gibran

About Me

Photography has filled me with purpose and joy, and taken me places I never thought I'd go. I have covered three U.S. presidents, been blessed by the Pope, and been stared down by Muhammad Ali. I've shared a laugh with Smokey Robinson, and had a picture I took of him used when he received a lifetime achievement award. I've photographed a 110-year-old woman as she told me what it was like to climb onto the torch of the Statue of Liberty. I was chosen as the only independent photographer allowed near Obama and McCain in their last meeting before the 2008 election. I'm the only photographer in the world to have been officially represented by the three largest photographic retailers in the Western hemipshere. Heck, I've even had a photographic technique named after me (which is crazy).

But I have never felt so blessed by photography as when I am photographing a wedding. At weddings, we are most visibly ourselves -- the walls we walk around with come tumbling down under the forces of joy, anxiety (and sometimes a bit of alcohol). To document that experience, the relationship of friends, families, and a couple launching a new stage in their life, is an incredible feeling. When a client says "This is the first picture I've seen of my parents that actually looks like them!" I feel like I've done something with lasting value. After years of shooting and more than 225 weddings under my belt, I still find each one to be more exciting than the last, and try to make each one the best one that I've ever photographed.

In addition to a staff of photo assistants, I am so happy to have my partner Wendy as a full-time studio manager to make sure that our clients' needs are met at every stage from the first inquiry until years after the wedding. Wendy is the hardest worker I have ever known, and she makes my clients' experience as stress-free as possible.

Pricing

All I care about is getting the best photos for you possible. I don't care about beauty rest, I don't want to be checking my watch while great moments are happening behind me, and I don't want you to worry about my schedule. Right from the start, you get everything you need for gorgeous, comprehensive wedding photography, with NO limit on time and NO limit on images taken. And there are no hidden costs; your images are yours to integrate into your life and keep safe for future generations.

All wedding packages include:
Full-day coverage with Ryan and an assistant photographer
Your own password-protected and customized Web site
A day-of slideshow, allowing for a set of images available within days after the wedding!
All files in high resolution on hard drive -- no watermarks

Everything you need for coverage and peace-of-mind for $5,500 (plus applicable sales tax).

We also offer a wide range of extras, from engagement shoots (which come with a $250 print credit for couples who book a wedding with us) to a hilarious and fun portable photo studio. Any physical products sold by our studio are guaranteed to be awesome, and if they come from the printer not-awesome for some reason, we send it back and make sure it is awesome.

Full price-sheet available upon request

February 28, 2011

Land of the 2 a.m. Sun

There are few ambient light sources I love to play with more than a bright ray of sunlight coming through thick curtains — especially when it happens at 2 a.m.

No, I didn’t take this in the Arctic Circle. This was another in my recent experiments to poke and prod at some of the possibilities afforded to us by extremely light-sensitive cameras. The “sun” is really a (fairly dim) Litepanel MicroPro. In real life, it was so dark I could barely see Claudia to pose her, but 1/6th, f/1.4, ISO 5000 took care of that.
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Lens: 35mm f/1.4
Camera: Nikon D3s
Lighting: Litepanel MicroPro.

facebook comments:

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Thomas Lester - Awesome! You certainly would never know it’s not sun. Well done.

Tim Kamppinen - WOW! This is just spectacular.

Maria - I looooveee the lite panel!!! I want try painting with the light and night photos right now.

Jakob - Awesome shot, Ryan!

Chris Murray - This is gorgeous, I thought it was early morning sunlight coming through the curtains, but wow, its amazing what can be done with modern cameras, and some clever lighting. I recently shot a set of wedding rings at 2.8, ISO 8000 lit by the iPhone4′s led flash.

Brendan - …wow.

I mean WOW.

Kyle - The grain is gorgeous. I like the contrast of grain with what looks like sunlight.

geneoh - legit.

daniel stark - love how you push the camera to the extreme–awesome!

Brandyn Fidel - This picture is so well balanced that the high ISO noise isnt even an issue

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Land of the 2 a.m. Sun