The Pierre Hotel Wedding Photographer

From portraits on the Rotunda staircase to first dances in the Grand Ballroom, I photograph weddings at The Pierre with an eye for the moments that happen between the planned ones.

Photographing Weddings at The Pierre in New York City

In the Rotunda, I framed a couple on the staircase through the flowers so the portrait would hold some of the depth and warmth of the room. During a ceremony, my attention went to a grandmother smiling beside the aisle. Later, I photographed a first dance from behind the wedding cake, with the couple in a pool of light and their guests gathered around them. Those are the pictures I look for at The Pierre. A few steps to either side can change what a photograph tells you about the room and the people in it.

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A bride in a robe lifts the lace edge of her wedding gown beside a suite window at The Pierre.

Getting Ready in The Pierre’s Suites

In the suite, the window light came through the lace as the bride lifted the edge of her gown. I made another photograph as she stepped out into the hallway, her clutch in hand. I left the shadowed wall in the frame. It gives her room to walk into and lets you feel that brief pause between getting ready and joining the wedding.

In a black-and-white photograph, the bride steps into a shadowed hallway at The Pierre holding a beaded clutch.
A bride sits on a green sofa beneath a painted mural in The Pierre’s Rotunda, her veil spread across the floor.
A bride sits on a green sofa beneath a painted mural in The Pierre’s Rotunda, her veil spread across the floor.

Wedding Portraits in The Pierre’s Rotunda

For the seated bridal portrait, I pulled back to leave room for the painted figures above her and the veil spilling onto the floor. On the staircase, I used the curve of the banister to arrange the bride and her bridesmaids at different heights. Your eye moves from one face to the next before arriving at the bride.

The bride and her bridesmaids pose along the curved staircase in The Pierre’s painted Rotunda.

Wedding Ceremonies in the Cotillion Ballroom

As the bride came down the steps between the gold curtains, someone behind her lifted her veil so it could follow her into the room. I photographed the entrance wide enough to keep that gesture in the frame. Along the aisle, I turned my camera toward her grandmother, who was smiling beside a spray of white orchids. And when the bride faced her groom, I let the flowers fall out of focus in the foreground so your eye would go straight to her expression.

Bride carrying a bouquet descends between gold curtains as someone lifts her veil in The Pierre’s Cotillion Ballroom.
The bride’s grandmother smiles from an aisle seat beside white orchids during the wedding ceremony at The Pierre.
A bride in pearls and a veil smiles at her groom beyond softly blurred flowers in The Pierre’s Cotillion Ballroom.

Wedding Receptions in The Pierre’s Grand Ballroom

I stepped back to photograph the whole room as guests settled in for dinner beneath the crystal chandeliers.

The First Dance and the Moments Between

For one couple’s first dance, I photographed from behind the wedding cake, letting it fill one side of the frame while the couple danced in a pool of light. During a toast, I watched the couple from across the table and caught the bride laughing as the groom leaned toward her.

A couple shares their first dance in The Pierre’s Grand Ballroom, with the wedding cake in the foreground and guests gathered around the dance floor.

Explore The Glow Between Us in my journal to see how I used the light from a chandelier to frame a couple’s first dance at The Pierre.

In black and white, the bride laughs as the groom leans toward her at their wedding reception at The Pierre.

Your Wedding at The Pierre

If you’re planning a wedding at The Pierre, I’d love to hear how you imagine the day. Tell me what drew you to the hotel, who you’re bringing together, and which moments you’re most looking forward to. Those are the details I keep in mind when I photograph a wedding.

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