Photography by Kathryn Tay

Best of Weddings (1x)

$3,500 starting price

About this vendor

Photography by Kathryn Tay is a wedding photography business based in Newport, RI, crafting images with a narrative style so you can cherish your memories for a lifetime. Capturing special days throughout New England and beyond, owner Kathryn adores weaving the emotion and love she sees into your gallery. Kathryn is a dog mom and folk fanatic who finds great joy in being the third wheel at your celebration. As someone who got married in 2021, she has plenty of tips to make your day as enjoyable as can be. Kathryn will also optimize your timeline, ensuring you have plenty of time to preserve family portraits and experience your ceremony and reception to the fullest. The Full-Day Wedding Coverage Collections that Photography by Kathryn Tay provides to her spouses-to-be have been designed so that all the wonderful moments can be documented. You need not worry about a limit on the number of hours, as Kathryn will stay with you for as long as necessary. Afterward, you can be excited by a 72-hour sneak peek before receiving your entire gallery by the 12-week mark. Kathryn's sweetheart albums are a heartwarming way to showcase your love story and can be added to any package. By picking a luxe cover, your favorite photos, and the page layout, each element can be customized to your vision.

Details

Business Attributes

Woman-owned Business

Destination Weddings

Destination Wedding Packages

Photo Shoot Types

Boudoir
Bridal Portraits
Day After Session
Engagement
Trash The Dress

Photo & Video

Photo
Printed Proofs
Second Shooter Available
Wedding Albums

Photo & Video Styles

Artistic
Classic
Documentary
Lifestyle

Wedding Activities

Getting Engaged
Rehearsals & Parties
After Party
Wedding
After Party

5

out of 5.0

9 reviews

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11/01/2024 • Emily T

Hiring Kathryn Tay was one of the highlights of my wedding overall! 10/10 recommend. Kathryn, first off, is a delightful person. She was kind and patient with me, she has a great sense of humor, which made planning with her very fun. And probably most importantly, she's clearly an experienced professional. I trusted Kathryn completely. When you are planning your first wedding, it's your first time planning a wedding! And who even knows what they are doing?! It's a pretty wild experience and you learn so much as you go. One thing I loved about working with Kathryn is that this one thing--the photos--were something I didn't have to worry about, because I knew Kathryn was totally on top of it and would be my guide in getting a wide array of formal, posed and candid shots. I had 2-3 phone/video meetings with Kathryn leading up to our wedding. She is efficient and organized, and she really helped US figure out how our day would unfold by offering her industry experience about the shots we definitely want to have, who to include and when, in a way that gave us the most quality time in each phase of the event. On the day of, I honestly barely even noticed that Kathryn was there - no offense Kay Tay. What I mean is that she offered us space when we needed it, she was there for each moment but not "in the way" and it felt very natural. She was professional and organized every step of the way. She got our formal photos done in about 15 minutes so my husband and I could enjoy cocktail hour with our guests (this was a great idea! would do again!). Now that we've had a chance to see all of the beautiful photos Kathryn took, I am so happy with the moments she was able to capture. It really is like getting to go back to that day. There is one really beautiful photo of my mom & my husband's mom greeting/congratulating each other--Kathryn really did "capture the moment" in this one. She also did an amazing job touching up and editing the photos--I'd especially mention her wonderful use of light, and whatever special magic she used to get the colors so rich and vibrant. I could go on (and on) but I'm sure you have more reviews to read so let me just say, if Kathryn Tay's photo style matches your aesthetic, book her!! You'll be happy that you had the opportunity to work with her! We really did - I hope she had as much fun at our wedding as we had with her there!

2/22/2025 • Meghan L

It was such a joy to work with Kathryn for our engagement and wedding photography! She got to know us and what we wanted. Our shoots were so much fun and Kathryn made us feel at ease in front of the lens. The photos really captured the magic of the moment and us as a couple. I also really appreciated Kathryn's communication. I was very grateful for her expert advice regarding the wedding day itinerary. Our day would not have run as smoothly without her! If you are looking for a fun, friendly photographer and intimate, warm portraits, look no further.

1/01/2025 • Marc M

Kathryn did an amazing job for our wedding! She made sure she got amazing shots and came up with a few other brilliant ideas for pictures that really made our wedding pictures the best! She braved the cold with us for some outside pictures in the middle of December by the ocean so that is how dedicated she is! We recommend Kathryn to anyone!

1/01/2025 • Samuel S

Kathryn is really great to work with. She got pictures of my wife and I when we got engaged and they turned out perfect. We look back on that time fondly.

1/01/2025 • Sarah S

My husband and I got our engagement photos done with Kathryn and we are so so in love with them! She braved the cold and snow at night to get photos that really speak to who we are as a couple. We’ve worked with her several times since then and she always makes the experience so fun and enjoyable!

12/31/2024 • Annie B

I wish I had more time and energy to write this review properly but as I just put my 10 month old to bed, here it goes! Kathryn is such a warm and caring person, she really listens to you and your vision. As a bride who was overwhelmed and had serious decision fatigue she gently guided while keeping it true to me and my now husband. She took incredible detail photos that did feel overly staged but felt natural and cohesive as well as beautiful. Kathryn’s warm and bubbly personality puts you at ease and really makes you feel comfortable and allows her to catch wonderful authentic feeling moments (even in the posed positions!) She is able to both fade into the background so it feels like it’s just you and your spouse and then kindly command a giant unruly family! Kathryn is one of the easiest vendors I have ever worked with! She is prompt and communicates clearly and quickly. All this to say my photos are STUNNING! They so perfectly capture the feeling of day all while being artistically gorgeous! Everyone looks good in every picture it’s amazing, and I feel truly like a beautiful bride. My husband and I love Kathryn’s work so much we just had our family photos done this fall and again incredible work! We will continue to use Kathryn for the foreseeable future and you should too!

12/19/2024 • Jade P

Kathryn is absolutely amazing! I highly recommend working with her as she takes beautiful photos, offers helpful timeline assistance, and is truly dedicated to her craft. She is also genuinely so kind and makes the photoshoot process so much more relaxed, coming from someone who typically feels awkward posing for photos. We are so happy we chose her to capture our engagement shoot and wedding!!

10/30/2024 • Katarina E

Kathryn is everything you want in a wedding photographer. She is artistically talented, and all of her shots come out looking like it should be on a magazine. But that's not the best part. She's an expert at timing, organization, planning, etc...The most frustrating part of wedding photos is wrangling all the persons involved, getting groups together, placing everyone, it's like wrangling cats. Kathryn glides through the chaos like it's nothing. She handles any hurdle that came up, was sensitive to any personal conflicts we might encounter with family and how to position people so there wouldn't be any trouble, researched the location and sunlight for optimal times well before hand. Honestly there's no other choice for a wedding photographer.