Alaina Elizabeth is a wedding photographer based right outside of New York City, serving the East Coast and beyond. Her work fuses together editorial style imagery with a documentary-style approach, capturing timeless portraits alongside beautifully candid moments. Alaina was classically trained in both film and digital photography with a BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in NYC. She started her photography business in 2018 and has been capturing weddings and portraits full time since 2020. Alaina builds an authentic connection with each of her couples so she can be invited into the vulnerability of their wedding day.
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I’m a romantic at heart. I’ve always loved love stories from a young age, so it makes sense that I’ve made it my job to capture them for others. I also love meeting new people and hearing people’s stories. Wedding photography fuses all of these interests into one.
I want them to be transported back to those moments. I want them to feel the joy and happiness that surrounded them on that day. I don’t
Traveling, people watching, going to museums. Being in the city in general is so creatively inspiring to me – I love watching the light and the vibrancy of the city.
I love both the start and end of the wedding day. The getting ready process holds so much anticipation for what’s to come and the reception is a big sigh of relief that they can let their hair down and enjoy the night. I love watching everything come together in the morning – and everyone enjoying it all at the end of the night. More specifically, I love documenting sweet moments between the couple and their parents. Having become a parent myself in recent years, I view the wedding day completely differently now. It’s not just about the couple, but it’s about every person who has come together to make the day happen for them.
There are so many! I honestly just love traveling and photographing new locations. It’s always inspiring being somewhere new so I can honestly say that almost anywhere could be a dream location for me.
