Abby Leigh Photography
Abby Leigh Photography is a New York City wedding photographer capturing timeless, authentic, and vintage-inspired love stories. Based in NYC and serving couples worldwide, her work reflects a deep commitment to emotion and connection.
Her style blends nostalgia with a modern, natural approach. As a result, each image feels both effortless and meaningful. She focuses on capturing love in a way that feels genuine and lasting.
As a New York City wedding photographer, Abby goes beyond simply documenting the day. She takes time to truly understand her couples—their stories, personalities, and connection. This allows her to create imagery that feels deeply personal and true to who they are.
Her work is a heartfelt reflection of each couple, captured in a way that feels both beautiful and honest.
Behind Abby Leigh Photography
What draws you to wedding photography?
It’s the convergence of everything I love: human connection, storytelling, and a little bit of beautiful chaos. I come from a journalism background, so I’m trained to be drawn to the unscripted. The blink-and-you’ll-miss-it tenderness. Weddings pull me in because I believe in legacy. I believe in nuance. And I believe that love, in its rawest form, deserves to be seen and remembered for what it really is, and for how it really felt.
How do you want couples to feel when they revisit their photos?
My greatest hope is that they forget I was ever there. When they are old and grey, I don’t want them to remember my name, or what I look like. Not out of modesty, but because the photos feel so true and so deeply theirs. I want their memories to take center stage, like the images didn’t have any influence of a photographer at all. Just moments that are completely full of feeling, and wholly joyful.
Where do you find creative inspiration outside of weddings?
Cinema, especially Old Hollywood cinema. One of my favorite photographers, Bob Willoughby, quietly documented behind the scenes moments of old films starring Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean and other Hollywood stars of the day. His images of the actors’ candid moments reminds me a lot of the life that happens inside the margins of the production. That idea sticks with me, and I like to approach weddings the same way! So much life has been lived before this one day, and I strive to catch the life that was lived before then. My journalistic background helps me ask couples the right questions and helps me to break down walls, so I can capture those moments on camera naturally.
What are your favorite moments on a wedding day?
First dances, especially if they are choreographed. Catching stray tears on guests during the ceremony and toasts. Private vows, if you decide to have them.
Is there a dream location you’d love to shoot a wedding in?
Honestly, if I could book weddings in Manhattan and Brooklyn for the rest of my career, I’d be ridiculously happy. My soul is here – even since I was a kid, my grandmother says I always wanted to be a “New Yorker.”
