About this vendor
Operating out of Albany, NY, Metroland Photo is a professional wedding photography company run by owner Michael Gallitelli. Approaching every celebration he documents with passion and enthusiasm, Michael strives to capture pristine images that can be treasured for decades to come. Serving the beautiful northeast New York area, they are available for weddings in Albany, Troy, Schenectady, and more.
Michael developed his photography skills from a young age. As he grew up, he spent years as a commercial photographer, before coming to the conclusion that his real passion lay in wedding photography. Now, with over three decades of experience, Michael and his dedicated team bring a wealth of expertise and an eye for detail to every event.
When documenting weddings, Metroland Photo employs a distinct photojournalistic approach. These dedicated professionals believe that weddings should flow, uninterrupted, and strive to be as inconspicuous as possible to effectively capture the day’s natural moments. With their years of experience, they ensure that all wedding shoots are coordinated for maximum efficiency and enjoyment.
From portraits to engagement shoots, Metroland Photo offers an extensive assortment of photographic services to suit every budget. To provide a smooth and comfortable experience, they work closely with each couple for the entire process, from consultation to postproduction. Michael and his team believe that exceptional weddings deserve exceptional photos and use only the finest equipment to deliver outstanding images every time.
Details
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
- Wedding Albums
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
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Michael was a delight to work with. We had a meeting beforehand to discuss the details of our wedding day but also to discuss the family that was attending and how best to schedule...
everyone. His many years of experience allowed us to enjoy our wedding day and get all the photos we wanted even though a delay caused us to get to the venue later than expected. Once there, he helped us feel comfortable in our photos by guiding our poses and directing us, resulting in beautiful photos of our special day. We would highly recommend him for your wedding!
We could not be more pleased with our wedding photos! Michael is a pleasure to work with and made everything very smooth and comfortable. I can’t stop looking at our photos. Micha...
el, thank you so much for giving us such beautiful memories of our wedding day!
Michael and his assistant Nancy were so much fun and so kind to work with. The pictures were INCREDIBLE! He captured the day and night beautifully, completely exceeding my expectat...
ions. I am so grateful for these memories!
If you want to look like a million bucks in your wedding pictures, look no further. Book with Michael!
Michael and Nancy were our dream photographers! They captured our happiest ...
day- July 16, 2021- and they left nothing else to be desired! We had such a great time getting to know them throughout the day. We felt like they were a part of our wedding and actually enjoyed the day as much as we did! We became such good friends in one day and bam, the day is over and we found ourselves missing them!! They were funny yet extremely professional and talented! Michael let me have all the shots I have ever wanted. Yet, in all of the shots, he made sure no one's face was blocked, no eyes blinked, no weird formation of the bridal party, etc. We had an odd number of bridesmaids vs. groomsmen and you won't be able to tell that immediately from our wedding pictures! He was that good!
Michael has an extremely quick turn around.... which I know may scare potential brides because maybe he didn't spend as much time editing as others, etc. Fear not! They are all beautifully edited. Two days after the wedding, we got sneak peeks of about 20 pictures. And 3 weeks after the weeding, the entire album! You will find yourself appreciating the speediness of the photo turnaround time. Trust me! There's nothing like reliving the biggest day of your life as soon as possible!!!!
Our package came with a personalized wedding album with 80 pictures of Michael's choice. We enjoyed this album very much because it is like a gift from Michael and it gives you a perspective of what Michael enjoyed the most about your wedding! And we can definitely tell that he appreciated and enjoyed our silliness and spontaneity very much! hahaha...
When I first started planning our wedding, i asked our wedding coordinator at the time: "If it were your wedding, who would you pick as the photographer?" and without hesitation, she said "Michael Gallitelli." My advice to you is the same: Go with Michael! Thank me later!
I can't even began to describe how happy we are with our decision to hire Michael as our wedding photographer. He is amazing! Right from the beginning he was so helpful and easy to...
work with. We were planning our wedding from CA and he worked with us and the time difference to schedule phone calls, as well as our engagement shoot when we were visiting the Albany area. Michael and Nancy are a joy to work with and so efficient! We were able to get a ton of photos in between the ceremony and reception and then still get back to our venue with time to enjoy a few moments to ourselves. The photos came out wonderful and we got them back so quickly! We had such a good time going through them and reliving our wonderful day. So very grateful to Michael and Nancy for capturing this special time in our lives. Thank you again!
Working with Michael and Nancy for our wedding and engagement photographs was fantastic! Having our day documented through photos was very important to us so choosing a photographe...
r was a BIG decision! Michael is a true professional and artist. He is able to capture your biggest moments in breathtaking fashion. I am not one to feel very comfortable in front of the camera but Michael and Nancy make it so fun and easy. Michael was able to coordinate lots of different types of photographs for us in a very timely fashion. He incorporated all of our silly requests and made our ideas come to life. Michael's wedding photo packages are what wedding day dreams are made of: engagement photos, all day photography, stunning & quality photographs, thousands of photos on a USB very quickly, and we have a beautiful wedding album! We have so many spectacular photos to remember our day. He was able to capture big celebrations and candid moments. For something that was so important to us we made the best decision in choosing Michael. Michael and Nancy were truly wonderful to work with. I highly recommend their services and personally can't wait to work with them again in the future! The quality of their work is exceptional and Michael’s jokes aren’t too bad either.
Michael was great to work with. My husband and I are not used to getting our picture taken often and Michael made the experience efficient and enjoyable. We received our USB with t...
he digital photos in a very timely manner and the photos were great. On the wedding day, he came to the venue looking great and conducted himself very professionally but also cracked a few jokes. Highly recommend both him and his assistant.
Michael was Amazing! He was able to capture the greatest moments from such a great day. The photos came out even better than we imagined. Michael was so great to work with. His exp...
ertise is unmatched and he is very creative! We are truly grateful to him in that we are able to have these great moments to look at forever through the photos that he took. We would highly recommend Micheal to any of our family members and friends. Thank you Michael for everything you did for us!
Michael is the B-E-S-T!!! As most of you know, it is extremely important that the photographer you choose for your wedding/engagement photos is someone who makes you feel comforta...
ble. My husband is on the shy side so finding a photographer he liked was a must! From the minute my husband and I met with Michael we knew we had to have him. His personality and his humor fit us perfectly! He is organized, professional and he knows how to capture the most amazing moments. Our engagement photo shoot was a blast, him and his assistant Nancy (who I absolutely loved) made us feel like we had known them for years, which allowed us to be ourselves and made our photos more natural. I thought to myself, how will he possibly be able to top these photos? My husband and I got married at The Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown on 10/6/17. Michael and Nancy arrived early to get familiar with the grounds and began shooting a full day of photos, which included us getting ready, the ceremony, cocktail hour, reception and a full night of dancing! We recently received our photos from Michael and they are better than we ever could have imagined. We loved every single one of them! If you are looking for a great photographer, we highly recommend Michael and his assistant Nancy!!!!!!!
We hired Michael as our photographer for our wedding. I can not say enough wonderful things about him. Having amazing photos from our wedding was most important to me. Michael exce...
eded my expectations. From beginning to end, he was so responsive, professional, easy going and he has a great sense of humor! I had a few specific photos I really wanted captured and Michael happily accommodated my requests. He has such an amazing vision and he captured such beautiful shots. I would highly, highly recommend him. Thank you SO much Michael!
Michael Gallitelli did a great job capturing all our most important moments on our wedding day. He helped organize the timeline for the day and made sure the many locations I wante...
d to have our pictures taken were all fit into the plan. Nancy who helped Michael on the actual wedding day was a pleasure to work with as well. I can't wait to see the entire album after seeing a sneak preview of a couple pictures the very next day. Thank you so much Michael!
-Katrina and Michael Collopy
Michael is the best. He was so comforting and easy to work with and most of all non invasive. He is everything I expected for a wedding photographer.
Choosing a photographer for your wedding can be a stressful task; this is someone who needs to capture the emotion of what may be the best day of your life. You need to be comforta...
ble with this person, be able to laugh or cry in front of them, and most importantly be able to act natural in front of them. Choosing Michael Gallitelli was the best decision we could have made for our special day.
From the first phone conversation we had with him, we knew his personality and composure would be perfect for us. His light attitude, great sense of humor, and ability to capture shots without being pushy made our engagement shoot and wedding day a breeze. We didn’t want to have a photographer that would be forcing shots or interrupting the sequence of the night. Both Michael and his assistant Nancy made our shoots fun and visually stunning. The results were beautiful, creative, and couldn’t have asked for more.
It’s not every day; you can sit-back after your wedding day has come and gone, and think how much you want to have a photo session with your future children with the photographer who shot your wedding. That’s how much of an impression he will make on you and any event he shoots. Thank You Michael, Nancy, and MetroPhoto! –Chris and Corinne
The photos that we received are beyond amazing! He really captured the emotion of the day in a natural way!
My husband and I recently got married and had Michael photograph our wedding- best decision we made. He was so personable and easy to work with. We just received our pictures and ...
they look fantastic. He was able to capture so many special moments that we will cherish forever. We felt comfortable and joked with him and his assistant the entires day. He made our day even more special. If you are looking for a photographer, I highly recommend Michael!
We are not photogenic people by any means, but something about the pictures from Michael and Nancy seems to have made us into them. Every picture of my husband and I is frame wort...
hy. Michael was also able to take so many candid shots, that it made us be able to re-live our reception. We have been to weddings in the past where the photographer is always in the way, or the flash is going off all night and is annoying, however, this was never the case with Michael and Nancy. When compared with some of their competition, their work is excellent and their prices are extremely fair. Also noteworthy is how efficient Michael is. Our wedding was Saturday, and our pictures were available Monday for viewing.
Michael was the most incredible photographer ever! He knows exactly what to do and did the pictures in such a timely and orderly fashion!! We only had about an hour in between the ...
mass and the cocktail hour and he busted out all the pictures in a matter of minutes. I cannot thank him enough for that. If anyone needs a photographer, he is DEF the guy to go to!!! Nancy, his assistant was wonderful too.
I contacted Michael literally a month before my wedding because I had issues with my first photographer. He made it a point to sit down with me and my husband and discuss timeline...
, various shot locations, and names of everyone in the bridal party. He was so professional, and more of a trooper than us when it came to the actual photography shots. It was hot and humid, we were ready to go back into the air-conditioning, but his enthusiasm encouraged us to continue on and try different shots and angles that I am definitely ecstatic about. I would without a doubt choose him for any future photography!!!
When my husband and I sat down with Michael we knew he was the one; his work, personality, and humor fit us perfectly. Our engagement shoot was in my parent’s backyard and it was ...
a great opportunity to get to know Michael and his assistant Nancy. It has only been a few weeks since our wedding, but we already have our pictures, a blog post, and facebook photos. The families have not been able to stop raving about our photos. Not only is the quality great, but Michael was super creative with our Winter wedding. We loved having a photographer that had such great ideas and knew exactly what he was doing. He took the time to find out what we wanted and gave us that and more. Thank you Michael and Nancy for a wonderful day and even more amazing photos.
I have been working with Michael for over a year beginning with engagement photos. He has an amazing eye, is open to any vision you have, and is so personable. Taking photos with h...
im just feels natural-even for my new husband who isn't such a natural at taking photos! On the wedding day he was prompt and not only did he take extremely beautiful photos, but he also helped my dad put on his bowtie, helped multiple groomsmen put on their flowers correctly, and he even turned around when driving to the wedding reception to go back to the park where we had taken photos because we thought I had forgotten my bouquet!! He did whatever he could to help things run smoothly, and we cannot thank him enough! We love Michael and look forward to working with him again in the future for family photos. We would highly recommend his services!!
Michael Gallitelli was a pleasure to work with! Always very professional and takes amazing photographs. Check out his blog at metrolandphoto.com/blog/
We were extremely happy wit...
h his work!
Michael Gallitelli is incredibly talented and professional. He did a terrific job on our wedding day.
Michael Gallitelli is the consumate professional. He is very passionate about his work as was evident from the meeting we had with him a few days before the wedding. He was very ...
thorough and accomodating. He took thousands of photos before, during and after the ceremony as well as at the reception. We've seen a few photos so far, that are spectacular and are anxious to see the rest! Not only is Michael a great photographer but he is also very nice. He and his assistant were friendly to everyone and took as many photos as everyone wanted him to, especially at the reception!
so friendly and easy to work with. the pictures were beautiful. we got married 2 weeks before thanksgiving and by thanksgiving weekend he had our proofs and a CD of the pictures ...
to take home and look at.;communicate exactly what you want him to photograph. after the wedding was over, my mother was sad because there weren't more group/table shots at the reception- I didn't realize she wanted that so he didn't know to take them
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