AWARD-WINNING WEDDING Photographer · NEW YORK CITYNew York City
Wedding Photographer
Premium editorial wedding photography and film, shot by a two-person team across New York
WHO WE AREMeet the Photographers Behind Your New York Wedding
Arrakis Films is an NYC wedding photographer duo with a film and fashion background. We shoot digital on Sony A7R5 and medium-format film on Hasselblad 503, personally select and retouch every frame, and deliver 200 or more photos within a month through a private gallery. Packages run from $3,500 to $5,890.
Award-Winning Wedding Photographer New York
OUR STYLEWhat does editorial wedding photography mean?
Editorial means the frame is built, with light, silhouette, pose and composition treated the way a fashion magazine treats them. The pace is slower and there is more direction from us. The base stays documentary wedding photography: real emotion on a real day, and we look for the fashion inside what actually happens.
Festival juries have recognized this work: Grand Jury Winner at FFTG Awards 2023, Best Short Documentary at Venezia Shorts 2021, Best Director at Seattle International Fashion Film Festival 2021, Best Cinematography at Prague International Film Awards 2021.
This style asks for a little time and trust. The strongest editorial photos come from couples who give portraits a proper window in the timeline and let us lead. Couples who freeze in front of a camera do well with us too, calm and simple direction is exactly what unfreezes people. In return the gallery looks like a fashion story where the heroes happen to be you.
OUR PROCESS
How Do We Photograph
a Wedding in New York?
We work as a tandem. Both of us build the light and the pose, read the couple's energy and decide who to place where, so the frame feels alive. Some shots we stage deliberately on references from glossy magazines and art, the rest of the day we shoot as it happens.
New York adds its own rules to a wedding shoot. Traffic turns a 15-minute transfer into 40, popular spots are full of tourists, some parks and landmarks require permits, and the weather can flip in an hour, so we plan the route and keep a plan B. The best seasons for photos here are spring, early June and fall; summer humidity and winter cold both cut into outdoor time, and we warn couples about this at the planning stage.
From Central Park and the Brooklyn Bridge to The Plaza and The Foundry, and further out to estate and waterfront venues across New York State like Oheka Castle, Reid Castle, Peconic Bay Yacht Club and The Surf Club on the Sound, we adapt our approach to whatever backdrop the day calls for.
OUR SIGNATUREFilm photography on Hasselblad
Alongside digital, we shoot medium-format film on a Hasselblad 503. It gives depth, characteristic grain, deep color and a timeless feel that digital cannot reproduce, with occasional live light leaks that become part of the image. For digital coverage we shoot Sony A7R5 with resolution built for editorial print.
Film suits couples who already know and love analog and choose it deliberately. If that is you, tell us at the first call and we will build the coverage around it. See our vintage wedding photography.
PRICINGNYC Wedding Photography Packages
BEFORE THE WEDDING
Engagement
Sessions
An engagement session is the cheapest way to remove wedding-day nerves. You learn how we direct, we learn what makes you feel like yourselves on camera, and by the wedding the camera is already a familiar presence. It also helps us plan the wedding coverage, from locations to the pace of the portrait window. An engagement session can be added to any package.
Recent New York Weddings
OUR WORKEditorial and documentary wedding photography from recent weddings across New York.
What Couples Say About us
THE PROCESSWhat Happens After You Book
2We meet on Zoom, you tell us how the day will run, we suggest the package that fits.
1You send an inquiry through the site
4if the venue is new to us, we visit it in advance to read the space and the light. If there is no planner, we help build the timeline of the day.
3Proposal, contract and a 50% deposit that locks the date
6Post-production: we personally select every frame, then color grade and deep retouch
5The wedding day itself
7Delivery: 200 or more photos within a month through a private Pixieset gallery.
ABOUT ARRAKIS FILMSAndrew and Roma,
Founders of Arrakis Films
Andrew
Founder, film director, wedding photographerLeads the editorial direction of every shoot.
Roma
co-founder, film producer. Fashion photographer Reads the couple’s energy and builds the interaction inside the frame.
Andrew and Roma are the two founders of Arrakis Films. Both came to weddings from cinema and fashion: Andrew as a film director, Roma as a film producer with more than ten years on the Bolshoi Theatre stage. Their short films won international festival awards, and the same visual language now shapes their wedding photography in New York and Los Angeles. Every gallery goes through their hands only, from frame selection to final retouch.
FAQS-
Packages run from $3,500 to $5,890 depending on hours and the number of photographers. All packages include editing, a private online gallery and unlimited high-resolution downloads. A 50% deposit secures the date.
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From 200+ photos on the 6-hour package to 550+ or more on the 10-hour package, delivered within a month through a private Pixieset gallery. Every frame is selected and retouched by us personally, and there is no outsourced editing.
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Yes. Family groupings and must-have shots are agreed before the day, and we build a realistic portrait window into the timeline so the formal photos never squeeze out the candid ones.
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Our direction is calm and simple. We guide you through easy movements, keep the set relaxed and step back when the real moment starts. Couples who called themselves camera-shy are often the ones most surprised by their gallery.
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Yes. Medium-format film on a Hasselblad 503 can be added to your coverage, and we also shoot Super 8 motion film. Both carry grain and warmth that digital filters cannot copy.
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Yes, and most couples do. One team and one visual language across the film and the gallery, with a single agreed timeline for the day. The two complement each other because they are built by the same eyes.
Common Questions
About NYC Wedding
Photography
Ready to see what your
New York City Wedding photos
could look like?
We take a limited number of weddings each year. Tell us your date and we will check availability.
INSPIRATION & ADVICEFrom the Arrakis Films Blog
1 Photographer
Up to 6 hours of coverage
200+ beautifully edited hi-res photos
Online gallery of all images to share with friends and family, available for one year
Unlimited high-resolution downloads