About this vendor
Capture the emotion from your wedding, and relive the best night of your life!
Named one of the top NYC Wedding Photographers, I'm also here to be a friend, a guide, and somebody that you can trust on your wedding day.
Details
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Reviews
Your trust is our goal. Our community relies on honest reviews to help you make those big decisions with ease.
4.7
out of 5.09 reviews
STAK is AMAZING! The rare talent that can really capture the spirit and beauty of you as a couple and turn that into great art. They did our engagement photos and our wedding photo...
s, and everyone we show them to is completely blown away.
They were also really flexible with us after we had to downscale our wedding from 175 to 5 (Covid), in terms of scheduling and then also really delivering above and beyond on the wedding day; we got married at a house in the Hamptons, and we went to multiple locations together to get a variety of interesting photo backgrounds.
AWESOME! Steven at STAK photography is absolutely perfect and hands down the best wedding photographer ever! His photos are timeless and emotional. I could not have been more happy...
with how our wedding photos came out and would recommend him to every bride. He is super easy to work with, responds very quickly and is available for your every need on your very special day.
Book without hesitation! My husband and I looked for a photographer who was professional, responded in a timely fashion, and someone who had traveled around the world to capture li...
fe’s once in a lifetime moments in a creative way and we found that and more with STAK. Steven is relaxed and patient and someone who made me feel as ease during the booking process and on the day of the wedding! He simply is a photo ninja on the night of the wedding day as he’s there every time you turn around! He and his team are polite, easy to work with, and always has your best interests at heart. We cannot wait to see our professional shots!
Steven is clearly an incredibly talented artist. It is unique to find someone who can get amazing candids in the moment, along with fine art prints. After researching about 50 ph...
otographers, my fiancé and I fell in love with his photos and enjoyed speaking with him. We were so excited when he agreed to shoot our wedding as he only agrees to do a limited number every year. When we were ready to go to contract, the contract he provided was very basic and was missing some key elements we discussed. The website had a section to request changes to the contract and so we used that to respectfully ask the contract be revised. He emailed back and agreed our requests were reasonable but refused to make any changes, suggesting that he couldn't work with us because by asking for revisions, it made him feel like we didn't trust him; that we weren't acting like team-players. I wrote back explaining that the paperwork should reflect our mutual understanding and asked if he was not even willing to discuss his concerns with us, how do we move forward? He never responded. We were crushed. If he had let us know from the start there are no changes to his contract, we probably could have lived with the incorrect and incomplete contract, but there was a real failure of communication. I write this not so people won't use his services, but so that you know in advance to not ask for changes to the contract, even reasonable ones, as it will apparently ruin your working relationship with him. It seems for this to work, you really need to trust him as artist, rather than acknowledge this is also a business transaction where you are a client engaging him for his services (for a lot of money). He is great if you want amazing beautiful art, but just not the right fit for everyone on their wedding day.
Steven is amazing. The shots he got were fantastic, beautifully framed and incredible coloring/lighting. I specifically looked for a photographer who could take great shots indoors...
, since so many "great" photographers are only great with lots of natural light. Steven was easy to work with, responsive to all calls and emails, and flexible! He did miss a few details such as pictures of our rings, cake forks, an overview of the reception room, and a lot of group portraits that were on a shot list (such as the whole wedding party together, the groom with just his family, the two immediate families together, some of the elderly relatives, etc.) which, I could also say, our day-of coordinator did not help to organize when she could have. BUT Steven is absolutely THE BEST when it comes to candids. We were able to re-live our wedding through his photos because his best work was shot when we weren't posing. Looking through our photos is not just remembering the wedding, it feels like we're back there. Another amazing thing about Steven's work is he doesn't over-edit. We look like ourselves in the photos, not an idealistic version of us. After we got all our photos, I asked my husband if, in hindsight, he would hire Stak Studios again and we both agreed that we absolutely would!
My husband and I decided to only work with "good people"- if we didn't feel the "good feeling" upon meeting them, we moved onto the next. We wanted to put our trust in who we deci...
ded to work with and not have to think twice. That's why our wedding was absolutely perfect. We enjoyed ourselves and our guests immensely and couldn't have asked for more talented, humble, creative, stealth photographers. They didn't ask us to pose- they just captured and gave us everything we could have ever asked for. Thank you Steven & Tak- use them! They will become your friends too!
Steven and Tak are what they say they are - They are truly one of the best (or the best) that's out there. I can't say enough how wonderful they were to work with. My fiance and ...
I did a lot of research and considered many different high profile photographers (we really wanted to invest in our photographs). And after going on a few face-to-face interviews, we thought Steven and Tak were the most down-to-earth, professional, skilled photographers. We loved how they were also married! They took the time to get to know us and made us feel as comfortable as we could be. Let's just say that my fiance and I are super awkward in front of the camera and are not the most photogenic. They did wonders to our photos. They are not your average photographers, so if you want to go the extra mile - I would HIGHLY recommend them. On the day of the wedding, our bridal party felt so comfortable...and everyone complimented us on how wonderful they were. We would give them 10 stars (if we could). Just check out their website and profile gallery, and that should be enough to convince you. Bravo!
My husband and I hired "STAK Photographer Duo" for a small intimate Indian wedding and our 350 person reception in NYC which lasted two days. We were in complete awe after experien...
cing these works of art. I use the word "experiencing" because its more than "seeing" - you actually experience the moments over again. During our search process, we looked for photographers who could show more than pretty faces smiling, trained monkeys can do that.. I wanted people who could capture moments of our wedding, all the emotional, funny, bizarre, and quirky stuff that goes on in throwing a wedding and STAK did exactly that. Our STAK photos were REAL, CREATIVE and they had HEART...you feel an emotion in every photograph.
Like most people, if you don't live in the limelight, the thought of having two people follow you around snapping photos of everything you do can be uncomfortable and even a little daunting, but this was certainly NOT the case for us. Steven + Tak have a quiet, almost invisible presence, so you don't even realize you're being photographed and also, there is something about them that makes you feel comfortable to be yourself. But NOTE: don't underestimate their "invisible presence" because their work is powerful and it packs a punch. They surprised us in their ability to catch all the small details that we missed because of the rush of the day. It was only through the photos that I got a chance to see all the decor that I spent months planning on, purchasing and agonizing over but ended up missing on the actual day- and that was so cool. The two of them even made a splash with our guests who stated that they were "all over the place and worked their butts off." (How they managed to be everywhere and always with us at all the perfect times is beyond me.)
On a technical level, Steven + Tak know lighting, and angles, they play with it and sprinkle it on like pixie dust. One minute you're standing there in a pose thinking -"is this gonna work???" and next thing you know, KABOOM! it's one of the BEST photos in the lot and then you start seriously wondering why Vogue hasn't called you yet. (BTW, Vogue, you can reach me on my cell..) lol On a business level, dealing with STAK in terms of contracts and financial issues, we were very impressed at how professional they were. All our business transactions went on with out a hitch (excuse the pun!). On a personal level, Steven + Tak are really humble and they have their own styles and talents and you see them play off each others strengths plus, you get the benefit of having two different styles of photography. I especially loved the fact that they were husband and wife. Steven + Tak work exceptionally well together, a kind of Ying and Yang, watching them work reminds one why people get married in the first place. They worked with us on their first anniversary which was such an honor and to me, it was also a testament to their personal dedication to their artwork. I mean who the hell chooses to work on their 1st wedding anniversary, on a weekend??? The answer: only people who love their work.
I guess it's clear, my husband and I have only great things to say about STAK and I'm from New York so if there was anything negative, I would have said it already.
It was an honor and a pleasure to work with Steven + Tak and they will be our go-to photographers. Right now, my husband is laughing at me cause' I'm already thinking up occasions just to be able to hire them again
amazing candid photos and photojournalistic style non-invasive behind the scenes appraoch (I didn't even know when they were taking the pictures);Bride and Groom posed photos did ...
not come out good. Suggested poses were awkward and not natural. Background of shots could've been better selected
Contact
32 Union Sq E, New York, NY
STAK Studios's photos