A RELAXED, INTUITIVE APPROACH --- Named one of the “Ten Best Photographers in the World” by *American Photo* magazine in 2007, Christian Oth’s hip, natural style helps capture the whole story as it unfolds. “It’s the quiet times, the telling details, and the unique personalities,” explains Christian. Having worked in photojournalism, portrait, fashion, advertising and still life, Christian is known for his ability to document the day with unusual wedding pictures. Crisp. Evocative. Eternal. Christian’s approach echoes throughout the Studio, although each photographer in the team provides his or her own unique freshness to wedding photography and to every shoot. With a wicked sense of humor and a refined aesthetic taste, Christian Oth sets the standard in wedding photography, and in capturing the magic moments of every event. THE STUDIO --- In 2002, Christian began shooting weddings, and opened his own boutique studio in the heart of New York's Chelsea district in 2005. He brings a sharp eye for detail, and an appreciation for the significance in every moment--as inspiration for memorable wedding shots that remain as art pieces. The Studio is an ideal thinking lab. Reinventing parameters around engagement, wedding and event photography is the foundation of the studio, but the rich, diverse talent of all of our photographers, awarded as experts in other photographic fields, means every destination and studio shoot delivers a fresh take on the everyday. We are founded on an idea, to set new standards in documenting through photography that creates lasting impact. DISTINGUISHED CLIENTS --- Christian has a long list of impressive wedding clients, including actress Amanda Peet, former executive producer of **Sex And The City** Cindy Chupack, ABC news anchor Melanie Bloom, and many prestigious clients from the entertainment, fashion and journalism industries. Christian's clients and editorial credits include: Apple, *The New York Times* Magazine, *Vogue*, *Martha Stewart Weddings*, *O* Magazine, *New York* Magazine, *Grace Ormonde*, *Elegant Bride*, *InStyle Weddings*, *Forbes*, *U.S. News*, *Photo District News* and *American Photo*. >“Weddings are a fascinating artistic outlet. I look for the unscripted moments that convey the **pure emotion** of the day. These moments tell the true story of the wedding and all the joyful memories a couple will treasure.” – Christian Oth 2009-08-18T21:33:10-04:00 Reinventing wedding and event photography, Christian Oth brings a fresh approach to all of his shoots image/jpeg Christian.jpg 69718 2009-09-10T00:51:18-04:00 1 image/jpeg CHR0003.jpg 159634 2010-01-13T16:40:10-05:00 New York City Christian Oth 1 Christian's rates are available upon request 2010-01-13T16:40:11-05:00 1 DOCUMENTING WITH PASSION --- Shawn began at age 15 in his native Australia, and has worked for Sydney's top creative firms shooting editorial and advertising. Around 1999, when he worked as a photojournalist, Shawn’s art director asked him to shoot her wedding. And wedding bells have been ringing for his photos ever since. Shawn learned how to master lighting while assisting a world-famous photographer when he first came to New York. Largely fashion and editorial, he honed his technical skills and focus that derives the ‘pop’ out of his every subject. His recent work centers on capturing, not for impact, more for recording who we are as now, our fashion, style, body image, technology, and more. “I’m interested in the ordinary, the everyday normality,” he explains, about his subtle personal work. In Exhibitionism – New Yorkers, he knows “in 100 years when someone looks back at what we were taking for granted…” his work will have documented much more. He works and lives in New York City actively pursuing his fine art; his current fine art exhibitions include **South Pacific Whales**, **Exhibitionism – New Yorkers**, narrative work in **97°F / 36°C** and **Cyborg**, and landscapes such as in **Last Breath**. His seasoned experience and relaxed Australian attitude results in a fun time at every event, creating ever more beautiful pictures. Shawn is always charming the bride, so she’s captured at her most stunning. PRAISE --- Shawn has shot campaigns for Weetabix, Enbrel and IPL Stock Library as well as several fine art and lifestyle magazines, including Australia's leading cutting-edge magazines *Cream*, *Black and White*, *Inside Sports* and *Better Photography*. Shawn's work has been in solo exhibits at Australia's premier photo black and white gallery, Point Light, and included in books published by the national Portrait Gallery of Australia. Shooting South Pacific Whales was one of Shawn’s quietest, proudest achievements. Says Shawn: “These amazing creatures – the size of a bus – are communicative swimming around with you. If you get a happy, playful whale, full sun and crystal-clear water, you’ve got a chance for a great shot. But that could be 2-3 days out of 60 days of trying!” Puts a new meaning to the expression finding a needle in a haystack, not to mention the possibility of being crushed during **whaleplay**. > "I record what unfolds before me in a low key and natural way, concentrating on the moment and making each image **as beautiful as possible**. My goal is to allow the couple to have an amazing time and for me to be able to capture that. What I enjoy most about wedding photography is the excitement of never knowing what's going to happen next and what images you'll find." --Shawn Connell 2009-08-18T21:47:44-04:00 Praised Australian journalist, Shawn Connell, has a compelling visual style that conveys beauty and emotion. image/jpeg Shawn.jpg 85388 2009-09-10T00:52:10-04:00 2 image/jpeg SHA0002.jpg 381607 2010-01-13T16:44:01-05:00 New York City Shawn Connell 2 Shawn's rates start at $9,500 2010-01-13T16:44:03-05:00 2 GLOBAL QUEST FOR ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME MOMENTS --- Australian native Alison Mayfield's boundless talent was recognized early when at age 17 she won a scholarship to one of the country's most prestigious arts schools. She graduated with high honors, and her work was featured in an exhibition of promising young artists. As a professional photographer, Alison has created a wonderfully diverse portfolio. She's shot fashion for Australia's top studios and sports for ski and snowboard giants Billabong, K2, Mambo and Rossignol. She photographed the 2006 Australian snowboard team and was a regular contributor to *Australian Skiing*, *Australian Snowboarder* and many other snowboard magazines. Alison combined photographing her friends (up-and-coming ski and snowboarding stars), traveling, and having fun around the globe’s yearlong ski season into spectacular photography work. Her mastery of high-speed film, though rarely used at weddings, means Alison knows how to capture the energy of the day. She beautifully balances the still and motion shots – to capture the magic of the day – as every wedding has moments of tranquility and of celebration. Based in New York, Alison has been exploring portraiture through her recent adventures throughout Central and South America. Always with a bright smile on her face, Alison’s laughter lightens up any room. PRAISE --- Alison's clients and editorial credits include: Billabong, Bolle, Mambo, Rossignol, K2 Snowboards, K@Ski, Mountain Designs, *Snowboarder* Magazine, *Austrailian/New Zealand Snowboarding*, *Chillfactor*, *Powderhound*, *Australian Skiing*, *New York Magazine Weddings*, among others. >“Weddings are so much fun to be involved with! No two are the same. It is a representation of a couple, who they are, there style and charisma. That to me, is so exciting to capture! The energy, the moments, without interruption. It is a part of life that will be kept for ever, frozen in time, remembered over and over again, the moments, the fashion, the family and friends, the good times. To be a part of this special day, and to provide them with an amazing fine art book telling their story, is something that truly makes my job so special.” --Alison Mayfield 2009-08-18T22:03:21-04:00 With a love of fashion photography and portraiture and a past in sports photography, this background provides the perfect canvas to capturing the style and spark in wedding days and at any event, Alison is on it. image/jpeg Alison83c.jpg 203157 2010-01-22T12:12:31-05:00 6 image/jpeg ALI0009.jpg 126242 2010-01-13T16:49:40-05:00 New York City Alison Mayfield 3 Alison's rates start at $6,500 2010-01-22T12:12:33-05:00 6 PHOTOJOURNALISM MEETS ART --- Michael Falco is an award winning, prolific photographer, whose work is both iconic and familiar. His polished style comes from his ongoing photojournalistic work and passion for documentary photography. A frequent photo contributor for the New York Times, his shots of celebrities and documentation of 9/11 at Fresh Kills, Staten Island, mean that many of his photos are recognizable images around the world. Micheal has taken portraits of all sorts of people, from hardworking dockworkers and salt miners, to celebrities and household names. He loves documenting the worlds that are disappearing around us, such as New York’s Garment District or the last shipbuilding yard in NY Harbor. His photography is centrally featured in a 10’ by 30’ glass mural at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal in a beautiful art piece that commemorates the new lower Manhattan building. His diverse experience and photojournalistic style, translates into wedding pictures that are real, honest, and rare. “Weddings are classic, iconic events, that happen once in everyone’s lifetime. We’re very familiar with them. Each wedding is an opportunity to take 'The Classic Image' – that photo that turns into the next wedding image icon,” Micheal explains. “All the elements are there, it’s how they unfold. I treat weddings very seriously; I can create archetypes at every wedding I shoot.” With this approach, Micheal has indeed taken a new twist on quintessential pictures of each wedding’s unique moments. PRAISE --- Michael’s clients and editorial credits include: *New York Times*, *National Geographic*, *W* Magazine, *InStyle*, *German Vogue*, *Globe & Mail* Newspaper (Canada), *The National* (UAE/Dubai), *The Wall Street Journal*, Getty Images, Newhouse News Service, L’Oreal, 3M and Deloitte & Touche. His mural at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal in lower Manhattan will remain as a registered public art piece for years to come. > “Every project I approach, and have ever taken on in my 20 years of work in this industry, I take it seriously. It’s how I pour my passion and capture moments of sincerity. I want the viewer to really feel like they are there in the moment. Storytelling is my favorite aspect of photography. And weddings are tailor-made stories, ready to be captured.” --Micheal Falco 2009-08-18T22:08:53-04:00 Front-page *New York Times* photographer and seasoned celebrity wedding photographer Micheal Falco captures evocative moments in a flash image/jpeg Michael_Falco.jpg 82965 2009-09-10T00:54:31-04:00 8 image/jpeg 01_MIC0001.jpg 224431 2010-02-08T11:27:13-05:00 New York City Michael Falco 4 Michael's rates start at $6,500 2010-02-08T11:27:15-05:00 8 A PHOTOJOURNALISTIC EXPERT --- Meredith investigated her passion for storytelling with her journalism major at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), and furthered her news coverage experience when she lived in Venezuela, Colombia and Costa Rica – for nearly 7 years. She was awarded a Pew Fellowship to report on a story from the mountains of Sudan. *National Geographic* loved Meredith’s photos so much, she’s been shooting assignments for them ever since. She has also shot a segment for an HBO documentary, and has been teaching the principles of documentary photography/photojournalism in three years of classes at ICP. While her large body of work focuses on human rights issues through documentary and portraiture, Meredith loves the emotional intensity of shooting weddings. To her, wedding photography is a combination of editorial storytelling and beauty with a concern for details. She combines her background of photojournalism, still life, portraiture and even landscape photography to capture all the magical elements of your wedding day. Meredith thrives on the nonstop action of the day and the emotional reward of providing a lasting memory for the bride and groom. PRAISE --- Meredith's clients and editorial credits include: *National Geographic*, *Harper's*, *Newsweek*, *The New York Times* Magazine, and HBO. She credits her greatest achievements in photography to be her extensive work for *National Geographic*, winning the UNICEF Child Photo of the Year in 2001, a Picture of the Year Award (POYi) in Sports Features (for War Games), and the cover of *Newsweek* Magazine International Edition April 2000 (Guatemala). She is very proud of her feature for *The New York Times* Magazine on Bangladesh. >"My personal work investigates human rights issues by capturing **emotion**, yet it is the stories that I tell that keep my work evolving. Shooting weddings is my opportunity to tell a more personal story and to express the real emotional moments of the couples day, For me, It's all about documenting the joy and love that happens, whether it is a subtle glance or a bear hug, these moments are what make each wedding unique." -- Meredith Davenport 2009-08-18T21:49:51-04:00 A calming, artistic photographer, Meredith Davenport is masterful at evoking emotion, hope and joy in every shot image/jpeg Meredith4.jpg 54216 2010-02-05T14:11:28-05:00 3 image/jpeg MER01.jpg 148364 2010-01-13T16:48:37-05:00 New York City Meredith Davenport 5 Meredith's rates start at $5,500 2010-02-05T14:11:30-05:00 3 CREATING ARTISTIC COMPOSITION --- The Cleveland Institute of Art inspired her, as did the basement darkroom of her childhood home. With a BA in English Literature Fordham and her MFA in Photography from the renowned Yale University School of Art, Carolyn has developed her style towards an ethereal, magical mood, both in landscape photographic art, and for capturing the spark in those transformative wedding moments. Carolyn’s work has been exhibited around the world and at global art fairs. She has also taught and printed custom work since her Midwest high school adventures. Carolyn’s fine art work requires her solitude and personal reflection while her wedding and portrait photography is incredibly outgoing and social. Starting with street photography, then portraiture, she is now able to express the portrait within landscapes – making both inanimate or animate objects the evocative focus of her photographs. Her wedding photographs always capture the spirit of an intensely focused threshold-crossing moment or the peaceful seconds between such milestones. Mysterious, but not always serious; her magical pictures include moments of joy and moments of deep love. Sparks of excitement captured, layers of rich information tell your magnificent story. And Carolyn knows how to have fun, too. Warm, with a great sense of humor, Carolyn will definitely put nerves at ease on your big day. PRAISE --- Her awards include a travel grant from the English Speaking Union, a grant from the city of New Haven, CT, and a multimedia fellowship from The Rotunda Gallery and BRIC TV. Recent residencies at renowned art colonies, including the Djerassi Foundation, the Millay Colony, and Blue Mountain Center, place her in inspirational environments that influence her work in landscapes. Her photographs are in the Margulies Warehouse Collection in Miami, the Johnson & Johnson Corporate Art Collection, and in numerous private collections in the US and abroad. Carolyn lives in Brooklyn, New York, when she’s not taking a residency in Edna St. Vincent Millay’s house or somewhere else equally fabulous. > “I draw from **fairy tales**, **myths**, the fragmentary space of **dreams** and my personal experiences with the environment to discover and **create mystery** in the realm of the natural world. It is a darker, enigmatic beauty to which I am drawn – that of the shadowy forests of Hansel and Gretel, not the pristine views of Ansel Adams.” – Carolyn Monastra 2009-08-18T22:06:15-04:00 Fine arts residencies have shaped Carolyn Monastra’s photographs into ethereal, magical pieces, full of style and mystery image/jpeg carolyn.jpg 57104 2009-09-10T00:53:28-04:00 7 image/jpeg CAR0001.jpg 451005 2010-01-13T16:51:05-05:00 New York City Carolyn Monastra 6 Carolyn's rates start at $5,500 2010-02-23T13:45:13-05:00 7 MARRIAGE OF ALL THE ARTS --- Sue started young with photography, and continued her education with a Fine Arts degree in photography and design from Skidmore College. At school Sue built a well-versed technique in both portraiture and live performance photography, where she was the principle photographer for both the Theater and Dance departments. She has cultivated a passion for both photography and the performing arts, with study and work in both fields. Now a New York-based performance and events photographer, Sue has gained an expertise in balancing the movement in live-action with the dramatic pause of the desired still shots at any event or wedding. PRAISE --- Sue Kessler is now a distinct, new voice in live-action photography. Various performance artists, dance companies, musicians, as well as many arts publications turn to her to capture exquisite shots of performances, chronicling and promoting the beauty in their diverse work. Sue's clients and editorial credits include: *The New York Times*, *Art Forum*, *New York* Magazine, *Time Out NY*, and *BizBash*, among others. Sue has frequent opportunity to photograph the performing arts at a theatre in Brooklyn she helped found, as well as shoots weddings throughout the year. > “When I document events—especially weddings—my goal is to deliver images that are innovative, fresh and powerful. I try to find a unique way of marrying the **excitement** of live performance with the **power** of the captured image.” --Sue Kessler 2009-08-18T22:10:32-04:00 With extensive experience shooting performances, performers, fashion and art, Sue Kessler captures active moments of joy and spontaneity at every wedding or event image/jpeg Sue_small.jpg 113015 2010-01-20T11:28:54-05:00 9 image/jpeg 090124SCHJUL0030.jpg 215056 2010-02-08T17:07:37-05:00 New York City Sue Kessler 7 Sue's rates start at $5,500 2010-02-08T17:07:39-05:00 9 EXPERT SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER CATCHES ALL THE ACTION OF THE DAY ---- Professional photographer Jake McBride is one of his generation's top action sports photographers. His work has been featured in snowboarding magazines around the world, and he's been sent on assignment from the New Zealand Alps, to the 2006 Torino Olympics and to remote parts of Russia. In fact, Jake's sports background makes him an ideal wedding photographer. He uses the same journalistic eye to document the day's events in detail, and his technique results in capturing life's most exceptional moments. His wedding photography style is photojournalistic, with an emphasis on emotion by leveraging a fashion/editorial edge. PRAISE --- Coca Cola, Microsoft, Billabong, IBM, Sony and Whistler Blackcomb Mountain Resort are just a few of the corporate clients Jake has photography credentials. His work has also been published in sports magazines worldwide. > "My favorite part of the wedding day to shoot is the bride and bridal party getting ready. There is always an exciting energy at this stage of the wedding that can’t be replicated. Whether it is nervous, manic or calm, it always seems to offer up **great moments** that are unique to every wedding." -- Jake McBride 2009-08-18T21:59:00-04:00 COMBINING EDITORIAL, SPORTS AND PHOTOJOURNALISTIC STYLES, JAKE McBRIDE IS MVP (MOST VALUABLE PHOTOGRAPHER) AT WEDDINGS image/jpeg Jake-new_small.jpg 112499 2010-01-11T18:49:52-05:00 4 image/jpeg JAK0001.jpg 331788 2010-01-13T16:57:40-05:00 New York City Jake McBride 8 Jake's rates start at $7,500 2010-01-13T16:57:41-05:00 4