Jewish Wedding Photographer in Monroe and Kiryas Joel, NY

A chasidish wedding in Monroe is the most structured simcha there is, and the structure is the whole point. There is a right way for every stage of the evening to be conducted and a right way for it to be recorded, and both are set by the family and their rav rather than by the photographer's portfolio.

Our job there is to be extremely good and entirely invisible. That means knowing where a camera may stand and where it may not without being told twice, understanding that the mitzvah tantz is not a performance to be worked but a part of the evening to be handled with care, and not treating the women's side as a photographic opportunity. It also means the technical work being flawless in conditions that are genuinely hard — very low light, very large rooms, and no second chances at anything.