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Recs for engagement session photographer for NYC area please!

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    Etre    August 28, 2011  

    Our dream photographer isn't available on the dates we selected, so we need to look for another one quickly.

    Any recommendations welcome!

     
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    GirlWithARing    September 5, 2010   Living in NYC, marrying in Philadelphia

    We absolutely loved our engagement session with Nanxi Ling (nanxi.ling@gmail.com) She spent a whole Saturday morning with us shooting all over downtown NYC - we had so much fun and the photos came out beautifully. Nanxi is just starting out in weddings, so she's very reasonable and works hard to make sure you get exactly what you want. She took into account all of our suggestions for the shoot, plus suggested her own ideas, which my FI and I loved. 

    Here are some of our photos so you can get a feel for her work. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.

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    Roberta Bee    June 5, 2010   San Diego

    If money isn't an issue, try Todd Laffler http://www.lafflerphotography.com/index2.php - AMAZING pictures.

     
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    RedCactus    April 2, 2010  

    I sound like a broken record on this board, but we absolutely LOVE our photographer :-). She's a wonderful photographer and the most amazing person too:

    http://gulnarastudio.com/

     
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    terremotia    August 29, 2010   NYC

    We loved ours with Photo Pink (http://photopinkblog.com/ for examples). They're pretty reasonably priced, too-- and prompt.

     
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    Mattel    November 6, 2010   WNY

    My photographer is actually based in NYC. She is my sorority sister and AMAZING. She did our e-pics and she's booked for our weddings. I alo found her to be really reasonable. www.saraheidingerweddings.com Def check her out!!!!!!!!

     
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    fancygirl       NYC

    Our photog was Stacey Ilyse and she's great!  Here's a link to her blog:

     

    http://staceyilysephotography.com/blog/

     
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    MDCB    January 20, 2008   Boston

    I used Bailly Photography Matt is really nice and super down to earth. I'm so in love with his pictures, I want to get engaged and married again just to have more reasons to work with him! :P And I know he does stuff in NYC. Good luck!

     

     
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    mashka_f1    October 9, 2010   Oklahoma

    My best friend lives in NY and she does photography, she asctually has some pictures of me in her blog...

     

    www.pinksplash.com

     

     

     
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    pbj11    May 7, 2011  

     

    Patricia Kantzos 

    http://patriciakantzos.blogspot.com/

     

    hilsy85 just posted her e-shoot pics and they are amazing!!!  

    http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/engagement-photo-sneak-peek-lots-o-pics

     
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    Laura of Pennace Photography is fabulous!  I had originally hired a photographer who turned out to be a horror - he didn't show up to our engagement session and argued with me on my wedding day.  Worst of all, his pictures were crap.  It's one of my biggest regrets in planning my wedding.  I hired Laura to take photos of us because I was so unhappy with my other photog, and hers were PHENOMENAL.  She lives in NYC, travels wherever you want to go, and best of all: LISTENS to what you want! She's extremely pleasant and approachable. I highly, highly recommend her.  She made the pain of having a horrible wedding day photog easier to bear now that I have her great photos.  Her prices are extremely reasonable, too (always a good thing in NYC!).  She's extremely talented - trust me, you won't be sorry!

     

    http://www.pennacephotography.com/#

     
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    hilsy85    September 2010  

    @pbj11: thanks for the shout out! :) Did you end up meeting with her? Are you going to use her? We had so much fun shooting our e-pics and as you can see, they came out great!

     
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    BeachFanatic    10-2-10   New Jersey

    Recs for engagement session photographer for NYC area please! :  wedding 30646 394918022259 117212857259 4670750 6954807 Nwe LOVE our photographers so far.. check out their site.. we just worked with them in hoboken but they also shoot in DUMBO and central park a lot. They were a lot of fun to work with.

    Recs for engagement session photographer for NYC area please! :  wedding 30646 394918052259 117212857259 4670754 6850745 Nwww.dlauphoto.com

     
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    BucknellBride    June 7, 2008   living in MD; married at Bucknell :)

    I loved my engagement session with Stephanie Reinish http://www.stephaniereinish.com/

     

    She's really fun to work with and her photos came out amazing :)

     
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    pbj11    May 7, 2011  

    @hilsy85 Yes, we did hire Patricia Kantzos.  We loved her, so sweet- and her photographs are amazing. We are so excited.  I was happy to see your e-pics.  Love them!  I know we made the right choice.  It was great to see your pics on her blog- gave us a peak at what we have to look forward to:)  

    http://patriciakantzos.blogspot.com

     
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    hamster    May 30, 2010  

    Hi! We had our engagement shoot with our photographer Erica Lyn, in DUMBO, and had a great time!  I'd recommend! :)

    http://www.ericalynphotography.com/

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    jenleigh    August 8, 2010  

    Weddings By Two! They are shooting us this weekend, only $500-- www.weddingsbytwo.com

     
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    i guess it depends on  your budget.. but if you can afford him, he's amazing!  http://www.wayneyuan.com 

     

    :)

     
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    Honeycrisp    October 3, 2010   Brooklyn, NY

    Hi,

     

    I'm not only a bride to be, but also a photographer! Sharon Bushman Photography

    I have a lot of more recent work on my Facebook Fan Page

    I love engagement shoots :-)

     

    I wasn't sure of the etiquette about promoting oneself in the forums so if I've overstepped, please let me know.

     
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    suttonista    November 13, 2010   New York City

    Weddings by Two!!!

     
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    fieldielover    September 10, 2011   Boston/wedding in ME

    Robin Roemer is amazing....I've seen her in action hired her myself! :)

    http://robinroemer.com/category/family-wedding

     
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    arborgirl    May 14, 2011   New York, NY

    I really like our engagement photos by CLY Creation (though only some of them are ready and up on their blog so far).  We bought it as part of our overall wedding package but they probably would do just the engagement shoot too.  http://www.clycreation.com/blog/

     
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    ilovemyhotdogdog    October 30, 2010   NY

    just took my engagement pictures the other day and I am telling you my photographer (David Wong) did an amazing job. I love love love the pictures he took. If your looking for truly artistic and beautiful pictures definitely give him a call, he really is so creative. I feel like my fiance and I got soo much value and high quality for what we paid for. Engagement session, unlimited shooting for the day, a guest book, a special day after photo shoot we got two photogreaphers and more =)

    Pictures are really the only thing your going to have 50 yrs from now when you and your husband get older so make it count

    Here's his blog with some of his work http://blog.dmstudio.com/ 

    and his website http://www.dmstudio.com/

    Honestly I really wouldn't go out of my way to recommend vendors but I definitely would recommend. Of all the people I met along this wedding planning journey he's been the best to work with.

    Hope you find the right one =)

     

     
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    daizyson    June 5, 2011  

    I highly recommend Julia Newman...we just got back our engagement pictures and she did an amazing job!!! We took pictures in the West Village and walked across the Brooklyn Bridge...she knows how to make you look like you are in a magazine spread and also captures the beauty and essence of the city!

    http://www.julianewman.com/blog/

     

     
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    weddingmakeupnewyork       NYC

    I have worked with Ellie on a shoot. Her work is beautiful!

     elliemphotographyblog.com

     

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