brooklyn wedding

Brooklyn Wedding at the Weylin by Ryan Brenizer

Marielle and Andy couldn’t have asked for a more perfect summer day for their wedding at the Weylin under its iconic domes. They kicked off the morning at The William Vale, then stole away for a quiet stroll through Domino Park with sweeping views of the NYC skyline—proof that this stretch of Williamsburg has become one of the city’s most sought-after destinations. It was an honor to work alongside Peter and Film Cars NY, with Slick Little Bride planning every detail to perfection and Abigail Kirsch Catering keeping everyone happily fed. Huge thanks to the Rous Film team for capturing the day on video and to Mod Society Music for a dance-floor soundtrack you could hear all the way in Manhattan. Shout-outs, too, to Book Hipstr for the photo booth, Styles on B for hair, Jen Xiixii for makeup, Fleuresque Design for florals, and NY Trolley Co. for stylishly ferrying guests between locations.

Prospect Park Boathouse wedding by Ryan Brenizer

We always love doing wedding for photographers. Not only is it an honor to be chosen … since no one has more choice of photographers than another photographer, but we get to instantly start on third base with some of the quick lessons we give about the things we do along the way, and there is another level of appreciation … as well as pressure on us.

Of course, a lot of the photographers whose weddings we photograph are other wedding photographers, but Francis has been amazing for a long time in own field and well, check out some of his exhibitions.

But the real honor was just to be able to be in this intimate Prospect Park Boathouse weddings with their fantastic friends and family from around the globe. A wedding where the groomsmen request a re-creation of an Oasis album cover and where the bride manages a superhuman level of swagger on the dance floor without losing her elegance.

And of course it’s literally across the pond from where Tatiana and I were married, so we have a deep connection and deeper joy with photographing this fantastic couple there.

Prospect Park Boathouse wedding photo by Ryan Brenizer

A9, 85mm @ f/1.4, 1/200th, ISO 2000

A9, 85mm @ f/1.4, 1/200th, ISO 2000

When is a moment more than a moment? When it represents decades into the past and future.

Every time we photograph the little moments that might seem familiar, we keep in mind everything that has led to it. The hug of a father-daughter dance — or many similar moments — is a spark of deep emotion, but also represents all of the time these people imagined it, and all of the time they spent forming their connection.

We are already blown away by the idea that Gavin will be married one day, that we’ll be celebrating his own love story. We are living those moments in different but equally vivid ways as we will when we look back on it later, perusing the photos. Each of these perspectives can infuse so many of the smallest moments of wedding days, one of the many things that keeps them more fresh and exciting for us than ever.