Who are we?
The Brenizers was built around a simple idea: wedding photography should make the day feel easier, not more performative. The goal is not just beautiful images, but a wedding experience where you feel comfortable, present, and able to stay with your people.
Ryan Brenizer has photographed more than 900 weddings and came to weddings through photojournalism, covering every U.S. president since Clinton and photographing events from the White House press pit to the Kennedy Center Honors. In 2013, American Photo named him one of the Top 10 Wedding Photographers in the World, and he is also known for creating the Brenizer Method.
Those credentials matter, but mostly because of what they mean for a real wedding day. Ryan brings documentary awareness, creative portraiture, and calm judgment to celebrations that often move fast and ask a lot of the people in them. He knows when to step in, when to disappear, and how to help the day keep its shape without making it feel managed.
The result is photography that feels alive, emotionally clear, and deeply connected to the people in the room. The focus is not on making you perform for the camera. It is on helping you have a wedding that feels like yours, and then photographing it in a way that will matter for the rest of your life.
The work has taken Ryan around the world, including weddings and projects in Chile, Vietnam, Croatia, Morocco, Singapore, Hong Kong, Ireland, and the Bahamas, as well as throughout the United States and nearly every neighborhood in New York City.
If you are planning a wedding where the people, the atmosphere, and the party matter as much as the pictures, The Brenizers would love to hear from you.
Pricing, simplified.
Wedding photography should be one of the easier parts of planning, not one more thing to decode. Coverage with Ryan begins at $4250, and most couples spend between $4,500 and $7,000 depending on the length of the day and whether they want a second photographer.
All wedding coverage includes planning guidance, careful editing, both color and black-and-white versions of your delivered images, a preview soon after the wedding, and a full private gallery for indefinite access and download. Most galleries land in the range of 75 to 100 images per hour of coverage.
We also make gorgeous albums, and integrated photo and video options are available through our partnership with The Squad Studio.
Videos
Over the years, Ryan has been featured in a range of video productions that offer a closer look at how he works, what he values, and the ideas that shaped his rise as a photographer and educator.
Interested in an engagement session? This B&H video focuses specifically on how we approach them and why you may want to consider one!
As part of a course with CreativeLive, Ryan talks about why moments are the most important thing in wedding photography.
Ryan has been lucky enough to have a longstanding relationship with B&H Photo, and previously other retailers such as Adorama or even being the first writer for Amazon’s past effort to feature creator blog. Ryan and Tatiana head out to an engagement shoot while Ryan discusses what the concept of “photographic style” means to them.
Photographer Anna Nguyen talks about us on Scott Kelby’s show “The Grid.” We did end up photographing her wedding. She didn’t have to wear a garbage bag.
Talking about solving problems for clients at the Canada Photo Convention in Vancouver.
Long interview with the “Framed” web show, mostly about the “Brenizer Method,” a photo technique Ryan developed and popularized in 2008. It has been used all over the world, is taught in photography schools, and even has a wikipedia page.