5 out of 5 stars and 113 reviews
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(113)Finger Lakes Region and Destination Weddings
About this vendor
I'm Danielle, an Ithaca based photographer specializing in wedding, event and portrait photography.
Since 2000, I have been photographing weddings and events throughout the Finger Lakes region as well as destinations weddings. I love my job, which allows me to artistically document every aspect of your wedding day. Each wedding is unique, and it is my job to allow your wedding photographs to tell your story. Through a mix of artistic photojournalism and guided posing I document your wedding day and try to be as unobtrusive as possible.
Just like you and your fiance, your relationship with your photographer should be a match made in heaven. I only take on a limited number of weddings year, and am currently interviewing couples for 2021.
I would love to help you with your wedding. I am flexible, so if you have any special requests don't hesitate to ask. Please feel free to call or email me anytime, I am available to meet with you. Good luck with all of your planning, and best wishes!
Services are offered for elopements, intimate and large scale weddings.
What You Get:
-Only one wedding covered each day
-2-3 Week turn around time for all weddings
-High resolution digital files
-Professional online viewing gallery
-Optional Second Shooter
-Options for custom designed heirloom albums
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Boudoir
- Bridal Portraits
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Printed Proofs
- Second Shooter Available
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Lifestyle
- Vintage
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
Reviews
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Danielle has been nothing short of excellent. She is extremely thoughtful and professional. It was so easy to communicate with her, and she was very detail oriented. I was made very comfortable throughout the entire afternoon and evening working with her, and I trusted her completely in capturing the moments that I was hoping to preserve as forever memories. I am so glad I worked with her for my wedding. I would recommend her in a heartbeat. Thank you, Danielle.
Danielle is simply amazing. We have been using her since our engagement photos, which were picture perfect, and we have continued using her as our family has grown to now three children. She has taken breath-taking photos that will last a lifetime! If you have ever tried to get pictures with children, you can understand how stressful it becomes, and she is amazing at making sure we have not one or a few, but multiple pictures that we absolutely love!!
I am huge on the Pinterest inspiration and I show her what I really like and she is able to do that for us! It comes out picture perfect just like I see on the Internet!
She is not pushy or demanding and lets you lead it but if you ask her for advice or help, she is more than willing to give it to you! She gives you tips on posture that will make the pictures look better and it is so incredibly helpful!!!
I cannot say enough good things about her and I can’t imagine using anyone else! She is absolutely lovely to work with and her pictures are absolutely amazing!!!
We are so grateful to have had Danielle capture both our engagement photos (September 2022) and our wedding day (August 2024). We couldn't have asked for a better experience. She is so genuine, sweet, and has an easy-going personality which makes her so much fun to work with. We were nervous with our engagement shoot because we haven't had professional pictures taken before so we didn't know what to expect. She made us comfortable and we had so much fun -- she also gave us many ideas with poses and where we should stand so we had the best lighting since we were doing a golden hour shoot. For our wedding, she was absolutely OUTSTANDING. She checked in with us leading up to our big day to double-check the details of where she should be, when, and the timing of events. She also checked in with us throughout our big day to make sure we captured all the shots we requested (she also provided us with other ideas too which was so nice and helpful because they're ones we didn't think of them!). Danielle is very talented with her work and her pictures completely exceeded our expectations. Her turn-around times for sneak-peaks and the full albums were very quick as well. She was always responsive via text/e-mail too. We even provided her with a Pinterest board with the type of lighting/poses we were going for and a wedding-picture wishlist -- she ensured we captured the special moments listed. We highly recommend Danielle (Gerritsen Photography) and if we could give more than 5 stars we definitly would! :)
Danielle was amazing to work with. During our planning process she responded so quickly and was very helpful with timeline planning. The day of the wedding, she was ready to make our day special no matter what the weather was. Danielle made sure to get all the pictures from our photo list and made sure everyone was having a great time! All of our pictures came out absolutely beautiful and we couldn’t be more happy with how everything turned out. We highly recommend hiring her for your wedding!
Danielle did a phenomenal job of capturing our wedding day from start to finish. She has a fantastic eye for detail and we loved her candid and composed shots. She has a lovely calm energy and an amazing ability to capture so many angles and locations - I swear she's like a ninja! We were so delighted looking through our gallery at all of the beautiful moments she was able to shoot. Highly, highly recommend!
Danielle is an amazing person to work with! She responds to communication very quickly and is very helpful with any questions. Her photos are beautiful and we are so glad that we chose her to capture our day. We can truly relive our wedding day because Danielle was able to capture everything!
We hired Danielle to shoot our micro wedding in may 2023. Danielle was reasonably priced for the coverage we were looking for this type of event. We are not local and had never been to the finger lakes area so we relied on Danielle’s expertise a lot in recommending a timeline for our day locations to shoot at taughannock etc. Danielle was flexible friendly and easy to work with. We had great communication throughout the process leading up to our wedding and the day of she was professional and listened to getting the pictures we desired to have and recommending spots to go even helping us to include our dogs in our special day. She hiked with us to the falls and recommended some beautiful spots to take our photos at the park. Our pictures were turned around quickly and turned out fantastic and we are so happy that she was the photographer we chose for our special day.
We deeply enjoyed working with Danielle for our wedding in 2023 and our engagement photos in 2021. (She was one of our favorite and most trusted vendors in the whole experience!) Danielle was excellent in communicating with us ahead of time, putting us at ease and guiding us with some poses, and sending us the photos sooner than we even anticipated them (and of course the photos were fantastic). She cared about the little details in our relationship and was thoughtful in how they played a role in commemorating our milestones. We highly recommend her work!
We used Danielle for our engagement photos and our wedding day and couldn't have been happier with the final product! Danielle is so easy to work with- she is very responsive and called me quickly after my initial inquiry to get to know us and discuss what we were looking for. Danielle is a true professional and clearly very experienced in what she does- from guiding us into various poses and setting up unique shots, to getting our list of "must have shots" and specific people we wanted to make sure were in our pictures, to helping organize our guests the day off- I was so surprised with how quickly and efficiently we got our post-ceremony pictures done so that we could enjoy the time with our guests! We got our pictures back quickly and the platform to view and download was very easy to use.
It can be so overwhelming to choose each vendor for your big day and it was so important to us that we chose a photographer that understood what we were looking for, was experienced, kind and produces high quality work- I am so glad we chose Danielle!
We hired Danielle for our October 2023 wedding. We always knew we were going to hire her because she has taken amazing family portraits for us in the past and also shot engagement photos for us. When it came to our wedding day, unfortunately, it rained most of the day and we weren’t able to take the photos we hoped to take outside. Danielle didn’t hesitate to offer to come back to our venue after our wedding day to have a private photo shoot and get all the photos we had missed. Danielle was very attentive and made sure she didn’t miss any photos from our shot list. Danielle has a calming nature and is so personable. We wouldn’t have wanted to hire any other photographer to shoot our day. We highly recommend her, we love her!
Danielle is nothing but a professional. She is calm, experienced and will capture her couples in their most genuine moments and personalities. I truly enjoy working with her as a wedding planner and love seeing her finished products.
We hired Danielle to be the photographer for our September 2023 vineyard/winery wedding in Geneva, New York. From the beginning, Danielle was a pleasure to work with; getting back to us promptly with any questions we may have and helping when it came to the timeline details the day of. As my husband and I live out of state, we met Danielle in person for the first time on our wedding day. She had a calm, warm, and friendly attitude that made it very easy to work with her despite it being our first meeting. We gave her a list of shots we wanted, but she also had a lot of great suggestions of her own. This was our first time having professional photos of this nature done, and she did a great job of both letting us do our own thing and suggesting various poses. Danielle was on time, prepared, and had good energy for the entire 8 hours we had her. We received our full set of edited photos just over 2 weeks after the wedding and we couldn't be more pleased with the results - they are stunning! I highly recommend Gerritsen Photography!
Danielle was everything we were looking for in a wedding photographer. She listened to what we were asking for and really took the time to make sure we got what we wanted. She has such a sweet personality and we could not recommend her enough!
I cannot recommend Danielle enough!! She was kind, accommodating, responsive, and an amazing photographer to work with! Our photos came out STUNNING. I could not have asked for a better person to work with; my husband and I are not the most photogenic of people nor do we know how to pose for pictures at all, and Danielle made us feel so comfortable and got amazing shots. I presented her with quite the challenge of having to organize and take a lot of family photos (I have a huge family and my husband has a blended family, so there were lots of photos needed) and she didn't skip a beat and handled it with grace. The album she sent us afterwards was also so beautiful and professionally done! I would 100% work with her again!!
We are so grateful Danielle was the photographer for our big day! She is incredibly professional, relaxed, and captured all of our big moments in such a beautiful way. From our first meeting to creating our album, Danielle was responsive, thoughtful, and so easy to work with. If you are looking for a photographer for your wedding (or any other important moment), we cannot recommend her enough. We love our photos!
I am so grateful we had Danielle capturing our special day! Every single photo turned out absolutely stunning. She perfectly balanced being structured enough to capture every shot we wanted while also having a go with the flow personality that didn't interrupt or overshadow any part of the day. She was more than willing to meet over Zoom and answer my questions leading up to the wedding. We had our entire gallery back to us three weeks after the wedding! Danielle, we can not thank you enough!
We had an outstanding experience working with Danielle--who helped us with both a small, COVID-style wedding in 2021 and again at the delayed celebration in summer 2022. She took a ton of great photos of us as a couple, the wedding party and family, as well as candid shots throughout the celebration. She was incredibly helpful and reliable throughout the process and was a pleasure to work with. We cannot recommend her enough.
We worked with Danielle for our September wedding and could not be happier with our photos! Danielle was very easy to work with and kept in touch throughout the planning process, making sure she knew exactly what we wanted on our wedding day and helped us create a timeline. During our wedding, Danielle did not stop working once! She photographed every detail. When we were done with wedding party photos she took the opportunity to get great photos of our ceremony and reception sites before guests arrived. We were pleasantly surprised with all of the angles she captured during our ceremony, she must have never stopped moving around to get the best shot! During the reception she must have went up and down the barn stairs a hundred times so she could photograph everyone. She got our photos to us in great time and every single one looks stunning.
Danielle was incredible! She captured the most beautiful pictures that will last a lifetime. I am so grateful to her for everything she did! She suggested pictures I hadn’t even thought of that turned out to be some of my absolute favorites of the day! I cannot recommend her enough, and couldn’t have asked for anyone better to help us celebrate the best day of our lives!
Danielle was one of the best parts of our wedding day! She did an engagement shoot for us as well. Not only is she an amazing photographer, but she also knows exactly what prompts and poses will look the best and put the participants at ease. Neither of us like having our picture taken so we didn't dedicate a lot of time to the formal pictures on our wedding day, but we still ended up with so many amazing options and great candids. Thanks, Danielle!
Danielle was an amazing photographer for our June 2021 wedding. She was a breeze to work with both in planning and on the day of the wedding. She was well-prepared, had a calming presence, and gave (much needed) direction to the group in a clear and polite manner. Her pictures, memorabilia box, and album were beautiful and delivered promptly.
Danielle went above and beyond when our first-look location fell through a few days before the wedding. She contacted multiple personal network connections and arranged an alternate venue that was even better than our original location.
I highly recommend Danielle as a talented, composed, and well-connected wedding photographer in Ithaca.
Danielle is absolutely wonderful! She is so kind and easy to work with. She made us feel so comfortable and her work is gorgeous. I hope to work with her again in the future! We highly recommend her!
We had a great experience with Danielle for our engagement photos. Communication before the photos was easy. We exchanged contact information, discussed locations, and sent inspiration photos.
We took our pictures at a winery, and Danielle found a few great locations around the property that we hadn't even noticed before. She gave us some guidance on how to pose, but for the most part let us be ourselves. She also helped us include our puppy in a few pictures, which we loved!
Danielle told us she would have the photos to us in about two weeks, and we ended up receiving them about a week and a half later. The pictures came out beautifully, and we could really see why she suggested certain spots and poses. We also really liked that she included 2-3 different edits for most of the photos.
Overall, we had a great experience taking our engagement photos with Danielle, and would gladly recommend her!
Danielle was very helpful and flexible with our schedule and wants for our engagement pictures. She made us feel very comfortable and provided guidance with shots, but felt very natural at the same time. Would absolutely use her again!
Months later and we still have people reaching out to us raving over our beautiful photos that Danielle captured at our wedding in Canandaigua, New York. Danielle was wonderful throughout the entire experience, from Zoom calls mid pandemic trying to navigate what the day will actually look like, to capturing incredible moments the day of. She was always accessible, listened intently to what we were looking for in our photos, and over all just a joy to work with. To have someone so calming and gentle during an exciting, albeit stressful and vulnerable day, was such a comfort for us. She accurately captured the photos we were envisioning, and brought her own unique talent of reading the moment and finding the perfect image - not only as a photographer reading the lighting and scenery, but also reading people. She could tell when my husband and I were “fading” and our smiles becoming stiff- knowing to encourage us to eat, have a drink, and overall enjoy ourselves! I am so grateful for all that Danielle did to make our big day that much more memorable. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking to capture their own moment, whatever it may be.
We absolutely loved working with Danielle! Neither my husband nor I like to be the center of attention and Danielle did an amazing job making us feel comfortable and natural. We worked with Danielle for both engagement and wedding day photos. We love all of our photos and got so many compliments. Many of our guests also commented that Danielle caught so many amazing moments without being intrusive. She gave us all the photos we asked for while also making suggestions given her expertise - they are some of our favorites! She is also a lighting and editing master - we loved the final product. We recommend Danielle to everyone and plan to use her services again in the future.
Danielle is amazing! She was easy to work with when we postponed our 2020 wedding, even reaching out to us on our original date sending well wishes. Our engagement pictures were stunning. Unfortunately, the morning of our wedding, we got a call from Danielle that she had a family emergency. Before she called us (at about 6am) she already had a back up photographer booked and on their way to us! We were so sad Danielle couldnt shoot our wedding, but her professionalism is unparalleled. She still edited our pictures and had them back to us in 2.5 weeks, which is unheard of. I cant wait to use Danielle for maternity and new born pictures in the near future!!
Danielle was an excellent communicator and very flexible with my wedding, which was planned within the span of 2 months. I had a small wedding with 12 guests and although the ceremony was brief she was able to brilliantly capture very special moments! She was generous with her time and accommodated us at a separate location from our ceremony. Her photos are beautiful and an incredible value for her talent.
Danielle was incredible from start to finish!! I had never planned a wedding before so I had no idea what I was doing and she really stepped up and helped me figure out the timeline of our day and make a plan, which I really needed! After that, she was insanely flexible the day of with all of the things that pop up too! For example, my husband's grandma couldn't walk to the original spot we wanted to go for pictures, so Danielle found a wonderful backdrop that was more accessible to her. My husband was especially grateful that she had so many ideas of poses and tips to help us all look our best and not feel awkward taking photos. He and his groomsmen all had a blast taking pictures with her, so that was amazing.
She was seriously everywhere during the actual wedding ceremony/reception too. My parents even noticed that anytime they thought "Hey, that'd be a cute picture," Danielle was already there. I am so grateful that she was there to capture every single moment of our day.
Several DAYS after the wedding she had some sneak peek pictures for us, then just a few short weeks we had all of our pictures!! I could not believe how quick her turnaround was, especially for the amount of pictures we had! Danielle was incredible and I hope you book her, not only did she capture my wedding beautifully but she was so incredibly helpful with planning details/times/etc!
Danielle is a fierce one woman show with so much talent. Her work is beautiful! She did such an incredible job on our wedding day.
We had the pleasure of working with Danielle in October 2021. Even in the face of all of the pandemic craziness and rescheduling (we had to set three dates!), Danielle was extremely supportive and accommodating. She was always prompt to respond to my emails and panicked questions when it came to COVID issues. I couldn't have asked for a better experience.
Danielle is clearly a seasoned professional, which is not something that should be taken for granted. Now having gone through the wedding planning stress, I am so grateful to have had a photographer who knew exactly what we would want for our finished product. She made us feel so comfortable and worked tirelessly for us all day, suggesting poses, locations, etc. She was very good at giving us directions that made all of our photos feel like us. She really captured the love we felt.
Danielle shared a few stunning sneak peaks in the week following, which we were extremely grateful for. We then received a user friendly online portal to view and download our photos, as well as a USB with all of the files. We have so many beautiful shots, I don't even know which ones to frame!
Overall, Danille is AMAZING! If she is available for your date, don't hesitate to book her.
Danielle did our wedding photos and she was amazing to work with! We were nervous we would feel awkward but taking the photos felt like we were doing something with a friend - who also gives slight direction to help make your pictures look great. She was very responsive to all of our questions and was more than willing to meet with us to do a walk through at our wedding venue. Her photos are spectacular and she took all the pictures we asked for. Our day was super windy and chilly, and she stayed positive the whole time. She was also very timely with getting photos back to us. Look no further - hire Danielle!
Danielle was an AMAZING photographer, she captured our entire day perfectly! She guided us into all the right poses to capture us as a couple, and we were blown away by the final photos!! We cannot recommend her enough!
Danielle was so wonderful to work with! She did our engagement photos as well as our wedding photos. She made us feel so comfortable in front of the camera and we couldn’t be happier with the results. Her photography is incredibly artistic but also classic. We highly recommend her for any job!
From the first time I met Danielle I knew she was the person I wanted to photograph my wedding. She was willing to listen to everything we wanted and also help us figure out the best way to get what we wanted. She was quick to respond to emails and phone calls. We had several meetings to go over all the details. On the day of the actual wedding she was so helpful and made me feel comfortable throughout the evening. She asked us the kinds of photos we wanted and made sure to do those and then she also added in her own style which I loved! After the wedding was over in less then a week we got a sneak peak of some of the photos she took which were amazing! And in less than a month we had all of our photos! Danielle was super personable and made our wedding feel so special. I would hire her again for other types photos.
Danielle could not have been more accommodating after we asked her to photograph our elopement during the COVID-19 pandemic, in December 2020. From our first phonecall with her, she assuaged all our worries about the logistical details and was extremely flexible in her approach. On the day itself, it was just her and us and she made us feel very comfortable. Neither of us are pros in front of the camera but, with Danielle's direction, the shoot turned into a lot of fun and we looked great! The photos are better than we could have possibly hoped for and Danielle was kind enough to send us copies in multiple formats.
Danielle was AMAZING!!!! She did an engagement photo shoot with us in the arboretum in Ithaca. She was easy to work with and flexible in her timing with our jobs. Honestly, we were a little nervous about "posed" pictures and that we would look and feel awkward, but it was a seamless and fun evening! She made us feel comfortable and we spent a lot of time laughing with her! And of course, the pictures turned out beautiful! We would definitely choose her as our wedding photographer if she were closer for our big day!
Danielle was absolutely wonderful. She did a quick engagement photo session for us at the Cornell botanical gardens and we were absolutely thrilled with the results. Beautiful photos, quick turnaround, and she was lovely to work with. Thank you Danielle!
Danielle was AMAZING to work with from start to finish! Our original 150+ August 2020 Finger Lakes wedding had to be re-worked due to COVID-19 into a micro-wedding with just 16 total people. When I reached out to Danielle about this, she had no problem with changing our original package to an hourly package (and we still got edited photos!) so we could cover our details, ceremony, family formals, and part of our reception (to get shots of cake cutting and toasts). We received all the photos back WAY earlier than expected, which was great and they turned out so beautifully! I'm so happy with how they turned out and that we didn't cancel having a photographer this year! Leading up to the wedding, Danielle was super responsive and always happy to answer any questions I had. She was fantastic to work with the day of and was super organized. Danielle is so sweet and I am so glad that we're able to work with her again for our 2021 planned reception!
Danielle was so easy to work with. We were in the finger lakes for the weekend and it was going to rain the day we chose so she recommended postponing which was a relief and I was so glad she was flexible. She really worked with us to get the images and ideas I had in mind & used her experience to make them come to life. The photos turned out great and it was such a stressfree and fun afternoon!
Danielle photographed our NYE wedding and did an amazing job. She made us feel very comfortable in front of the camera and captured tons of natural, candid photos which was exactly what we were looking for. Danielle was responsive and friendly throughout the entire process. I would recommend her to all of my friends getting married in the Upstate NY region!!
Gerritsen Photography captured every single detail of our special day. We were so happy with our huge wedding album. She captured moments that we didn’t even know were happening and we will cherish these pictures for forever. She delivered the album in a timely matter & she made every part of the process easy! Thank you so much Gerritsen Photography!
I had worked with Danielle for senior pictures and family pictures before, so when we got engaged she was one of the first people we contacted. She’s very responsive and flexible – we had a few ideas about places we wanted to take pictures at and ended up changing a couple of things the day of due to weather, and she also ended up staying at the reception later than planned. She was great at giving direction while still making us feel completely comfortable and natural in front of the camera. It was unseasonably cold the day of our wedding, and very windy in one of the spots we wanted to take pictures at, and she was constantly checking in to make sure we were still comfortable, not too cold, etc. She also took some gorgeous pictures in our church that were just as beautiful as our outdoor pictures, and captured some incredible candid photos throughout the day in addition to the formal ones. There were several couples at our wedding who had used her at their own weddings, and they were all so excited to see her! We also chose to have a second photographer to photograph the groom getting ready and the ceremony, and she was awesome as well! We are so happy with the way our pictures came out and the beautiful moments they captured, and would recommend anyone planning a wedding to book with Danielle!
Danielle was awesome! She was super easy to work with, friendly and high spirited, and took AMAZING pictures of our special day! She was patient with my very cranky 2 year old and captured some great photos of him!
Danielle is AMAZING - I can't recommend her enough. She not only far exceeded my expectations as a photographer and captured stunning photos, she also saved the day when the florist forgot one of my bouquets. She used to be a florist and was able to make a matching bouquet with some extra flowers we had. She also kept everyone on track with photos, made sure to get every photo I asked for, and was calm, cool and collected. She made me feel very at ease from the second that she showed up. My photos and experience with Danielle are priceless and I couldn't recommend her more.
We had a wonderful experience with Danielle Gerritsen of Gerritsen Photography for both our wedding and engagement photos. Danielle has a calm delightful presence. Taking photos with her feels very natural as she lets you take initiative while offering guidance and suggestions of photos. She is present without being intrusive and all her work is phenomenal. We look forward to working with her again in the future and would highly recommend her!
Danielle is great work with. She was very flexible with the type of package we wanted. She made everything very comfortable and easy. She took every photo we could have ever wanted and we didn't even give her a list of what we wanted. Danielle is super sweet and a very talented photographer. We are so glad we chose her!
I cannot say enough positive things about Danielle! Before we even met her, our DJ was raving about her! Then when we spoke with her for the first time, we knew why! She is kind, she is energetic, and she is extremely thoughtful. She was an absolute pleasure to work with leading up to our big day and even more wonderful in person. Her work speaks for itself... she is INSANELY talented. We just got our photo gallery (not even a month after the wedding) and we are THRILLED! Thank you Danielle!!!!! You exceeded our expectations!
I was planning a New York wedding from Virginia and would be unable to visit the area until the week of the wedding. Danielle was very flexible with me. She got every shot I asked for and was a calming presence when it began to rain. The pictures came out absolutely gorgeous and my husband and I will cherish them for a lifetime.
Danielle was absolutely amazing, she was very responsive and accommodating. She made the process pain free and it was such a delight working with her both leading up to the wedding and the day of. Her photography is so beautiful and she is very quick about getting you your photos to you. Absolutely don’t hesitate to book her!
Danielle was amazing!!!! She was so accommodating with the weather, us running around like crazy, our crazy family and friends! She really took the lead without being pushy at all. So laid back and she made us feel so comfortable. We were not looking for traditional wedding photos and she put together the best package for us that fit all of our needs. We hope we can work with her again in the future!!
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13 Dates Road, Lansing, NY | Finger Lakes Region and Destination Weddings
Gerritsen Photography