5 out of 5 stars and 13 reviews
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(13)Chicago, IL | Chicago Suburbs | New York City | Destination
About this vendor
Hey, I'm Henry 👋
🚀 I’m an Astrophysicist by trade, but, frankly, would much rather be spending your wedding day with you — capturing the true spirit and authentic beauty of your big day is my specialty.
📸 I try to approach a wedding like a photojournalist telling your story in the most unobtrusive way possible. No yelling, no unnatural poses, and, most importantly, no stress. This is your moment and I pride myself in not being another element that has to be micromanaged.
🎉 Let me create something wonderful, YOU just enjoy the celebration :)
Details
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Day After Session
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Drone
- Photo
- Same-Day Edits
- Second Shooter Available
- Wedding Albums
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Lifestyle
- Modern
- Vintage
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
2021 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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Reviews
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5
out of 5.013 reviews
My husband and I booked Henry as our photographer and we could not be happier with our decision. Henry was so professional and laid back on a day that was busy and hectic. On top...
of being extremely talented, Henry was always on time and he knew how to take control of the room without being over bearing. He made things flow smoothly while capturing some of the most important moments of our lives. We opted for a second photographer and Athena was also wonderful! So kind, fun and talented. We could not be happier to have met both of them and to have chosen Henry Belcaster for our photographer. Henry also got all of our wedding photos to us in an extremely timely manner, and made sure we were satisfied with everything. We are so thankful to him for bearing with us through our pandemic wedding and for being such an important part of the day. Thank you Henry!
Working with Henry and Tony was great! Both photographers professional and accommodating from the very beginning. Henry's associate, Tony, photographed our wedding and he did an am...
azing job! He had such enthusiasm, excitement, and a genuine love for photography. We are extremely thankful for the assistance with the livestream so that our friends and family could be part of the wedding since we had to restrict our guests due to COVID. We were impressed with both Henry and Tony and cannot thank them enough. I would highly recommend their services !
Highly recommended! Due to COVID, I had to change everything about my wedding, the location, date, vendors, guest list, etc. After reading the reviews and viewing Henry's website ...
portfolio, I immediately emailed him and he responded promptly. Henry is so easy-going, it almost seem too good to be true. $1000 photography package, you get all of your photos, and did I mentioned, I received my photo within 5 days of my wedding! How can you pass that up. Henry's work speaks for itself. When I saw my photos, I cried all over again, they are so beautiful. Henry truly captured a ever moment. Even the family who were not in attendance of my wedding teared up, stating that they felt the emotion and joy from the photos.
You will not be disappointed. Henry B. is your guy!
Wow. We cannot speak more highly of Henry and his ability. You really just have to work with him to believe it. He’s as charismatic as his referrals said, and made the day flow so ...
smoothly. He didn’t do anything over-the-top, and knew when to back off a bit and give us some space when we were overwhelmed with all the people. The photos are amazing: both wonderful candids and light posed shots. He even helped us to design and deliver a beautiful wedding album after-the-fact. Hire this young man ASAP!
Thank you, Henry, for a wonderful evening; We are totally totally indebted to your work, you captured such amazing emotion from our wedding day!
Henry really is all he says he will be, he’s professional and charismatic, extremely organized, and made us feel at ease from the first meeting we had. His photos speak for themsel...
ves and we cannot recommend him enough! 


After the wedding, not only did Henry have photos delivered extremely quickly, but he also helped us design an album to remember our big day. Thank you Henry!
What a delight. Thank you Henry for a wonderful day and wonderful photos :)
Words cannot describe how great Henry is! He was incredibly flexible and worked well with us to come up with a schedule that made getting all the formal photos we needed a piece of...
cake. His candids were wonderful and captured the emotional day. Henry is really good at what he does and we’d recommend any couple hire him :)
Henry is a rockstar, wow. So thorough and helpful we could not have asked for a better photographer. Thank you Henry (and his second photographer) for making our special day so pea...
ceful — oh, and his photos are magnificent..
- Jaron
Oh my goodness, there aren't enough kind things to say about Henry...he's charming, driven and incredibly talented. This may have been the easiest and best decision we made for our...
wedding day. He's as transparent as he markets himself and didn't disappoint!
Thank you.
Henry's photo and flexibility really exceeded our expectations. He delivered a few hundred, professionally edited photos within a week of our wedding and assured us we could have h...
im make any changes free of charge, though there was nothing we needed him to change.
Thank you Henry for joining us on our special day and capturing emotion we'll be able to look back on and treasure forever.
Where do we even start? Henry turned a stressful day into an easy one with his calm composure and simple guidance. We felt a huge relief not to mention his photos were magnificent....
We had photos the Wednesday after our wedding (Saturday) and didn't have to ask! We highly highly recommend Henry for any couple!
Henry was EXCEPTIONAL! Easygoing, fun, and incredibly talented. He turned around 350 photos from our wedding in four days and we were blown away by the quality. Do yourself a servi...
ce and book him for your wedding :)
Contact
Chicago, IL | Chicago Suburbs | New York City | Destination
Henry Belcaster Studios