Soho Mondrian

Bottle us up some of that light from the roof deck of the Soho Mondrian and we will sell it for gold. Congrats to Lara and Dan. Shot by Laura.

A Weddings by Two photo c. 2010 

By way of 19th-century technique. Just browsing the archives.

The Metropolitan Building

Those in search of an industrial chic wedding venue in New York City should not miss visiting The Metropolitan Building in Long Island City. An old electrical parts factory dating from the early 1900s, the building was later restored by Eleanor Ambos, who had an antique furniture rental business and needed space for storage. The furniture is now a permanent fixture of the building and the space is used frequently for fashion and film shoots.

Here we feature Grace and Michael’s wedding, styled beautifully by the bride, owner of the whimsical East Village and Park Slope boutiques Pink Olive.

Enamored of the Old

As I write this, Ben and Chris are examining a couple of old lenses purchased off of eBay, Etsy and weird camera nerd forums. They’re discussing hacksawing the outer ring off of one of them. Don’t ask me why—that’s what these techie boys do around here. Makes me think of this photo shot by Ben a while back on 8x10 tintype. This is Holly and Sari, so beautiful.

The Hot Sardines Are Hot!

Let it be known that Weddings by Two loves The Hot Sardines. I had the fortune of seeing these superstars at two different weddings last summer. Self-described as “hot jazz dixieland, french chanson and gutbucket blues,” they had me at accordian.

Love & Concrete

Just wanted to post a few photos from Sarah and Moses’s engagement shoot at an abandoned concrete plant. We think concrete is lovely, and conversely, love is concrete. Shot by Laura.

Beautiful shot by Fiona

Some inspiration for the day.

Guess Who Didn’t Play Football?

Shot by Ben for Amy and Dave, on the rooftop of ReBar in Dumbo, Brooklyn.

Shaina and Milton and Style Me Pretty

We woke to Shaina and Milton on Style Me Pretty! This was a very special wedding for us.

We often ask our clients to show us any “inspiration photos” they might have. Seeing what couples like helps us get a sense of their style, especially for the portraits, which we can steer in different directions—toward fun and whimsical, just plain casual, or more editorial and composed.

When we asked Shaina and Milton to see some inspiration photos, they sent us mostly all paintings—ranging from the 14th to the 19th centuries. They included John Singer Sargent’s portrait of Madame X, and Jacques-Louis David’s portrait of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and Marie-Anne-Pierrette Paulze.

We were so impressed when we received the images—so different from anything anyone had ever sent us—and excited by the challenge of recreating them, or at least using them as a reference and inspiration. The thoughtful selection also made us so respectful of what Shaina and Milton hoped to capture in the photographs of their wedding.

Attached are a few of the paintings they sent, paired with what resulted from their wedding day. Some are more exact representations than others, but overall, I think they achieve a certain timelessness, and an elegance reflected in the original art.

Shaina and Milton married at the Montauk Club in Brooklyn, one of our very favorite NYC spaces. Shot by Laura and Fiona.