Wedding

Eli and Alexandra NYC City Hall Wedding

Simplicity and authenticity are the best two words to describe Eli and Alexandra. Capturing their happiness, authenticity, and eagerness to marry one another, their best friend, was really exciting. As a seasoned wedding photographer, with thousands of weddings under my belt, their city hall wedding in the heart of NYC was special. It was nice that there was no big catering hall, big cake, and a complicated dress to cloud the focus of the day.

Instead of detail shots consisting of uber expensive watches and shoes, the details of their day were the little things; their call number for the wedding paperwork, the pen Alexandra gave Eli, their wedding rings, and Eli’s UVA binder where they first met.

Jonathan Heisler Photography is comprised of New York City photographers specializing in photographing private NYC proposals, as well as engagement sessions and weddings.

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Alex and Dan's Port Washington, Long Island Backyard Wedding

Congrats Alex and Dan! I loved photographing Alex and Dan’s backyard wedding in Port Washington, NY. The backyard of their 1920s colonial was the perfect place for a fall “micro-wedding”. The setting was not only intimate, but beautiful. Working with this couple was super easy. All they wanted photographed was a few brief getting ready photos, the ceremony, family photos, and of course photos of themselves.

Photographing a backyard Long Island Wedding

You don’t need 150+ guests, a catering hall or a country club, and large expenses to get married. That’s what COVID-19 taught so many of us.

As a Long Island Wedding Photographer, I get to capture weddings of all sizes and complexities both here on the island and elsewhere. What I really enjoy about photographing smaller weddings is the simplicity of the day and seeing how at ease everyone is. I still get to capture all of the same photos without the stress of “Are we running on time?”. The same moments occur and the same level of detail exists on these wedding days.

Joanne and Nick's Plainview Wedding

Joanne and Nick’s wedding was all about family and close friends, and when photographing their weddings I made sure to capture their unique connection with their family and friends. All of Nick’s Groomsmen were his high school buddies and for Joanne the same was true. As a wedding photographer, my goal is to capture what I call “the story of the day”. I love to capture the details that often go unnoticed and obviously the big moments, and everything in-between.

what makes the best wedding photographer?

Capturing the moments that matter not only now, but in 10, 20, 50 years and to generations to come, make wedding photos worth the investment. Hiring a wedding photographer based on price to be honest is short sighted. Hire a professional wedding photographer / wedding studio who can tell a story with their photos, shows emotion in their photographs, and gets excited when he/she talks about photographing.

Lisa and Liliana Harbor Links Wedding

Congrats to Lisa and Liliana on tying that knot! As a Long Island wedding photographer I love meeting new couples and being a part of their wedding day.

photographing weddings in September on long island is great

Saturday evening provided us the perfect mid-September weather and Harbor Links Golf Course was the most picturesque place for a wedding. As a New York wedding photographer, I pray for great weather (temperature, humidity, light), and a happy easy to work with couple. Lisa and Liliana, and their guests provided me all of the right tools to successfully photograph their wedding.

Harbor links golf course makes great wedding photos and leaves you forgetting you are on a man made course.

As a wedding photographer I visit venue after venue, and I know what the go to photos are to capture at each location. Weddings at Harbor Links in Port Washington, NY offer more than just a golf course behind the couple in their photographs. The landscaping offers prairie grasses, water features, walking paths, and woods. Our wedding photos of the couple and of ceremony at Harbor Links are not just greenways or sand traps.

Venue: Harbor Links Golf Course

Lizzy and Max's Bomoseen Lake Vermont Wedding

As a NY based wedding photographer, it’s a real treat to photograph a simple Vermont Summer Wedding.

In the southern part of Vermont’s Green Mountains sits Lake Bomoseen Lodge and Taproom. The lodge features an unobstructed view of the pristine undeveloped lake and its simple accommodations. The lake is perfect for paddling and small watercraft; an ideal backdrop for their wedding. For Max and Lizzy’s wedding day, the waters of Lake Bomoseen were almost mirror-like in the morning and throughout the day.

Where to get married in Vermont? … Where to get married period.

Lizzy and Max chose Lake Bomoseen Lodge because it would be a mini-vacation for both of their families and their guests after a year of quarantine. Lizzy’s family travelled from Rochester, NY and Max’s family from Central New Jersey. Neither family would have the “home field advantage” as Lizzy informed me.

A full wedding weekend.

The weekend kicked off lake side with a family barbecue at Lake Bomoseen Lodge and Tap Room on Friday night. Guests arrived from all over the northeast as the smell of BBQ, bonfire, and s’mores filled the air. The next morning, Family and friends gathered early in the morning for water-sports, while the girls started to get ready.

Venue: Lake Bomoseen Lodge

Bomoseen Lake Vermont Wedding Welcome BBQ

What it means to be a NYC Wedding Photographer.

The weekend kicked off lake side with a family barbecue at Lake Bomoseen Lodge and Tap Room on Friday night. Guests arrived from all over the northeast as the smell of BBQ, bonfire, and s’mores filled the air. Just like many wedding weekends, I started photographing before the wedding day. As a NYC Wedding Photographer and destination photographer, I love documenting wedding weekends as much as I love photographing a single wedding day. Photographing the full weekend, starting with the rehearsal dinner tells the whole story of your wedding. The moments outside of your ceremony and reception provide a ton of amazing and fun photos where guests are relaxed, and comfortable in their regular every day clothing.

Why should you have a Wedding Rehearsal Dinner Photographer?

If you google “Wedding Photographers” you’ll most often see “Wedding Rehearsal Dinner Photographer” as well. The best way to describe your search result is the following analogy, “you wouldn’t turn your car on in 0* weather and crank it up to 100mph all at once. Your car needs time to warmup.” Photographing a wedding for a wedding photographer is very similar. A wedding photographer needs some time to get to know everyone and see who is who. This is super helpful on your wedding day as your photographer will already know or have a sense of who the cousins are, the grandparents, siblings, and bridal party.