Family Session Photos in Prospect Park Brooklyn

Interested in family session photos in Prospect Park Brooklyn? Why not choose Brooklyn’s Karen Wise as Your Family Photographer?

Karen Wise Photography, based out of Park Slope, is a well-known Brooklyn wedding photographer. She was named one of American PHOTO Magazine’s Top Ten Wedding Photographers in the World. She is also a sought-after maternity and family photographer. If you want to capture treasured memories of your pregnancy, birth, newborn baby or entire family, she can provide you with keepsake portraits you will enjoy forever.

What a Professional Family Photographer Offers

Consumer cameras have never been of higher quality or as affordable as it is now, and you have an iPhone, so you may wonder why you’d need to hire a professional photographer for your family photos?! The skills required to be an exceptional family photographer go beyond the camera you have. They also require finding that perfect moment, and being able to engage young subjects. A great family photographer works quickly while her young subjects are running, playing and wriggling all around!

Karen has been honing her skills for more than 15 years, and her work has appeared in countless publications, including New York Magazine, Martha Stewart Weddings, VOGUE India, and Marie Claire China. She is herself a mother of a 3-year-old and understands how quickly time passes and how important it is for parents to capture images of their family at each stage and all ages. A Brooklyn resident, she knows the area well and can recommend photogenic locations for your family or maternity photo shoot, including the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, and around Park Slope including Prospect Park.

For an experienced, talented, and dedicated Brooklyn family photographer, contact Karen Wise Photography. She blends technical skills with experience, creativity, and an unmatched eye for a memorable shot.

Karen’s specialties range from wedding and event photography, to maternity, newborn and family portraits, so you can enjoy a lifetime of beautiful images. Call 917-539-9908 to schedule a consultation.

Indian Wedding at Pleasantdale Chateau

I’m honored to be featured in Grace Ormonde Wedding Style magazine for Nandini and Karan’s 3-day Indian wedding at Pleasantdale Chateau!

Being able to capture so much color, joy, and tradition among this wedding’s festivities reminds me of why I am so in love with my craft. The chateau was the perfect setting to make vibrant images in which you could almost hear the beat of the drums and the chanting during the groom’s horse procession.

I was enamored by Nandini’s hand embroidered reception dress designed by Zara Umrigar. The color red in Hindu culture represents prosperity and fertility. Sabyasachi designed Nandini’s other fabulous lehengas.

What a regal wedding!

I’ve photographed many Indian weddings, including one in Udaipur, India, but this is one of my favorites!

Brooklyn Wedding Photographer: Karen Wise / KarenWise.com / Instagram @karenwisephoto
Venue: @pleasantdalechateau
Bride: @nsharma0077 Groom: @karanification
Planning: @eventscherished ⠀
Floral Design: @crestflorist
Event Design: @elegant.affairs ⠀
Ceremony Gowns: @sabyasachiofficial⠀
@bridesofsabyasachi
Reception Gown: @zaraumrigar
Catering: @moghulcaterers
Makeup/Hair: @stylebysusmita
Video: @theweddingfilmer
Publication: Grace Ormonde @wedding_style

Brooklyn Winery Wedding

Alexis and Lee had a stunning Brooklyn Winery wedding. The couple got ready at the Wythe Hotel, where they also had a smashing portrait session. Their Chinese tea ceremony took place in a rustic room at the Brooklyn Winery. Their ketubah signing took place adjacent to it. Both ceremonies were surrounded by family and friends. You’ve gotta love a unique mingling of cultural traditions at a wedding!

Brooklyn Wedding Photographer: Karen Wise is a Brooklyn wedding photographer based in Park Slope. She photographed this wedding using both film and digital cameras. Karen has been photographing local and destination weddings for over 15 years, both digitally and on film.

Brooklyn Wedding Venue: Brooklyn Winery is a rustic and chic Brooklyn wedding venue located in the heart of Williamsburg. It’s proximity to Manhattan, to many unique boutiques and romantic restaurants make it ideal for out of town guests. Furthermore, this venue is close to chic Brooklyn hotels, including the Wythe Hotel where the couple got ready.

Floral Designer: Designs by Ahn designed the most luscious and springy florals for the chuppah, the centerpieces and for Alex’s bouquet.

Wedding Dress: Alexis wore a stunning Tara Keely by Lazaro bridal gown in ivory. The lace and crepe trumpet dress had a built-in sweetheart corset bodice with lace straps. All I can say is Wow!

Cake Maker: Lael Cakes designed their red and gold cake. Brooklyn based Lael Cakes specializes in organic, gluten-free, vegan, or dairy-free cakes!

Groom’s suit: Lee looked dapper in his navy suit by My.Suit!

Publication: Alex and Lee’s Brooklyn Winery wedding photos were published on Carats and Cake. Scroll down to see the featured images!

Alex and Lee’s rustic chic Brooklyn Winery wedding was published on Carats and Cake!

Summer Wedding at the BBG

I’ve photographed my share of Brooklyn Botanic Garden weddings, but Patty and Tim’s summer wedding at the BBG was so inspiring! From the bold pinks and oranges of Seaport Flowers’ bouquets to the lush summer greens in the BBG’s summer garden, this wedding was definitely a stunner.

It’s been such a busy Fall that I’m just getting around to posting some film images of Patty & Tim’s wedding from late summer. I photographed Patty and Tim’s wedding at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on a hot and humid August day…

Jewish Spring Wedding at the BBG

Going through my archives, I found this gem: Shira and Jim’s pretty spring wedding at the BBG.

Living and working in Park Slope, in close proximity to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, I’m fortunate to photograph weddings, engagements, and family sessions at the BBG. Shira and Jim married under a beautiful Hebrew tallit-turned chuppah, enveloped by magnolia and cherry blossoms. This was one of the most scenic Jewish ceremonies I had seen, and Shira and Jim really used the BBG’s grounds to its fullest.

Our film and digital pictures were enhanced by Saipua’s floral design. Sarah’s arrangements are literally breath of fresh air, you can almost smell them through the computer screen!

Spring is finally here, and it won’t be long until the magnolias and cherry blossoms are in full bloom.

Now’s the time to plan your engagement, elopement, family and maternity sessions with Karen Wise to catch all the spring flowers at peak bloom!

Summer Foundry Wedding

You gotta love a portrait of a happy bride. Yasaman and Ian’s summer Foundry wedding couldn’t have been more chic. The rich colors: cream, violet and brown were so beautiful. I just love how the colors and textures were captured on film and digitally. Yasaman, an architect, chose the perfect New York venue to depict her passion.

Usually, a summer wedding in NYC, especially if there ceremony is outside, is quite hot and sweaty. Yasaman and Ian’s wedding day was no different than a typical Saturday in July! It’s usually a challenge to photograph sweat-soaked guests, but in Yasaman and Ian’s wedding photos, you could not tell that it was a hot day! In fact, I love how their wedding pictures convey cool, calm and collectedness. The couple and their guests and details are all so elegant.

NYC Wedding Vendors:

Brooklyn Wedding Photographer: Karen Wise Photography

NYC Wedding Venue: The Foundry

Floral Design: fLorEsta

DJ: 74 Events

Jewelry: Tiffanys

Hotel: Z Hotel

Wedding Officiant: Hope Mirlis of A Perfect Union

Catering: Pinch Food Design

Winter Comfort Foods

This cold weather has me bundled up in my NYC studio looking through cookbooks and fantasizing about winter foods I plan to cook! In the winter section of Savoring the Hamptons, there are some delicious recipes. These include pears, onions, seafood chowders and root vegetables. The warm leek and goat cheese crostini with pomegranate, which I photographed on a winter day in Water Mill, NY first caught my eye. Maybe it was the sunlight that day at Silvia’s house, or the pop of color from the garnish of red pomegranate. I love the simplicity of the prop styling and the textures and drool-worthiness of the canapés. Looking at them again makes me want to throw a holiday party!

I would also like to cook more from my Aunt Julie’s cookbook, The Way We Cook. I still haven’t made these delicious Rosemary Biscuits. It’s about time! The above image was shot on color film, and hand printed in the darkroom as an 8×10″ print.

Please feel free to check out more of my food photography at Food Art.

Wedding at Hotel on Rivington and Angel Orensanz

Now that it’s mid-December, it is time to reflect on my favorite wedding photos of the year. I love the film photography I shot in October at a wedding at Hotel on Rivington and Angel Orensanz. The images of Criseida getting into her dress were so infused with light, and the joy can be felt in the images with her mother and friends on the balcony. Capturing intimate moments at the beginning of the wedding day are priceless.

These 5 images were shot on Kodak Portra film. Film is slower than digital, you pause, you craft your image, you load more film you shoot more. I love how these film images exude calm before an energy-filled ceremony with drumming and dancing to come. Crissy, with her mother and friends soon after strolled over to Angel Orensanz to meet her groom. It was a very exciting walk over!

NYC Pop-Up Wedding at a Bronx Post Office

My clients Jean Kim and Bryan Woo celebrated their beautiful NYC pop-up wedding at the historic Bronx Post Office I am thrilled to be published in Town & Country with my photos from their wedding!

Take a stylish NYC bride and groom and place them in a grand building filled with light and raw space and you’ve got perfection. The historic Bronx Post Office was being developed by Bryan and his father’s real estate firm, so it seemed like the perfect venue to host a large party… A special guest at the wedding was Martha Stewart, a family friend, who got one of the best aisle seats during the ceremony! She looked so glamorous and beautiful in black lace. What a nice surprise to get to photograph Martha with the couple and their families.

Jean and Bryan’s wedding and was planned by the talented Hannah Gluckstern of Medium Rare. The wedding featured classic pink and cherry blossoms galore. The table settings and bouquets were designed by floral designer Bride and Blossom. I’ve always been curious about a NYC pop-up wedding! How temporary and unique these spaces are, I’m grateful to finally partake in the pop-up experience!

Jean wore an amazing airy and fairy-like Monique Lhuillier gown. I just love the portraits we shot of her inside the Post Office with the light streaming in and through the tulle of her dress. Did you know Monique is my favorite gown designer? (I wore a Lhuillier lace gown to my own wedding in Montreal.)

It’s wonderful to see some of my favorite wedding portraits of Jean and Bryan in the Town & Country Magazine October 2018 issue. Here is the feature below alongside some of my favorite wedding photographs from Jean and Bryan’s wedding. Congratulations Jean & Bryan on a beautiful wedding!