About this vendor
William Hendra Photography is a proficient photography service based in Freehold, NJ. Whether you wish for a collection of wedding photographs or a portrait from your engagement, this storyteller can turn your dreams into a reality. This professional has several years of experience photographing events and can easily highlight your indoor or outdoor celebration.
William Hendra Photography is led by owner and visual artist William. After many years in the art of photography, William continues to craft timeless images of every wedding so that couples can relive each beautiful moment. To do this for your precious milestone, they will aim to capture every heartwarming event, from your vow exchange to your champagne toast.
William Hendra Photography offers exclusive packages that will suit your aesthetic and vision. William, as well as a second storyteller, will use an array of professional photography techniques for the coverage of your big day, such as artistic, modern, dramatic, and vintage. You and your nearest and dearest will also have the opportunity to pick between various photoshoot options, like engagement, wedding, and a day-after session.
Details
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Printed Proofs
- Second Shooter Available
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
7-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2024.2023.2022.+4 more.
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Loved our photos taken by William! He was kind, responsive, easy-going, professional, and takes amazing photos! I was a bit nervous when we chose to hire only 1 photographer, but ...
he didn't miss one moment somehow. Thank you, William!
William was incredible to work with for both our engagement shoot and wedding day. From the beginning, he made us feel comfortable in front of the camera, which made a huge differe...
nce since we are not naturally posey people. Our engagement photos came out beautifully and got us excited for the wedding, and he somehow topped that on the big day. He captured every detail and moment so naturally, and the photos feel timeless and genuine. He was also calm, organized, and great at guiding us without making anything feel stressful. We are so grateful to have had him as part of our day.
The pictures of our wedding day are spectacular! Everything we wanted and more. Thank you William!
William photographed our wedding for us. He captured such beautiful shots from our special day! Amazing attention to details. We love them all.
He's also relaxed and calm which...
I appreciated on what's usually a hectic day. We received the photos in a very timely manner as well. William is a pleasure to work with! We highly recommend!
William was simply amazing. He was my wedding photographer and I was blown away by his performance. His calm demeanor kept me relaxed on such a hectic day, and his attention to det...
ail was outstanding. He turned the photos around quickly and I am so happy with the outcome. I would recommend him to anyone, especially for your wedding! The photos are just beautiful
William was amazing!! The pictures (both our engagement and wedding) are beautiful! He was very easy to work with, made sure all of our photos we wanted were taken (even when we fo...
rgot!), and his turn around time was faster than expected! Would definitely recommend William!
William did an AMAZING job as our wedding photographer! The pictures are absolutely stunning! Every moment was captured perfectly. After booking him for our engagement photos, we k...
new the wedding photos would come out just as lovely. Highly recommend William Hendra Photography!
I found William through Instagram when I found a wedding picture post through my explore page. I wanted a photographer to capture natural candid shots because I love a good candid ...
picture. I also needed someone within my price range, so when I reached out to William and spoke to him, he was very accommodating. After looking at his instagram and website, I just loved his style! We booked early on in the wedding planning process, however, William made sure to contact me a couple weeks before and the week of the wedding to go through the schedule and requested shots. I had paid for two photographers, so on the wedding day, Brian was also shooting. William and Brian were both so kind and accommodating. I was an emotional stress ball the entire day, and they both were patient and compassionate with me and my crew. In addition, they made sure to get the shots I discussed with them and more! The day of the wedding, it was forecasted for a lot of snow. However, I was also sick, so my motivation to get a good picture was low. In addition, my bridal attendant was worried about me being out in the cold for too long, since I was sick. Nonetheless, William and Brian encouraged my husband and I to go outside and take snow pictures. I am so glad they forced us out there in the snow because they are my FAVORITE pictures. I think I only dreamed of snow pictures, so the fact it actually happened, I am so grateful to them both. They had great directions, and got great shots of my picture-hating-nervous husband. William is professional, kind, knowledgeable, creative, and organized. I’m glad he remembered all the shots I requested beforehand because I definitely couldn’t keep track of anything myself. I hope I can convince my husband to do a future anniversary photoshoot or something because I would love to hire William again!
William was absolutely phenomenal to work with!!! We were very picky with our photography style since our wedding was very much untraditional. This aspect scared some vendors, but ...
not William! Upon our initial meeting, he knew exactly what to do so we would get the photos we wanted. He was attentive, kind, professional & such a joy to have on our big day. Leading up to the wedding, communication was easy. Day of was smooth & an absolute DREAM. William & his second shooter were a hit. Not to mention the AMAZING turn around time. Our photos are so stunning, it’s been hard to pick a select few. Our guests have not stop raving about our wedding photos. We would get married a million more times if it meant William captured the day again!!
William was great to work with. We got every picture we wanted with various groups of people. The candid shots were fantastic. Having two photographers for 10 hours was amazing and...
we received so many good pictures capturing the day. His turnaround was less than 3 weeks too!
William Hendra is a stunningly talented wedding photographer, with an eye for narrative and unstoppable energy that impressed me as both a bride and a professional literary critic....
My husband and I identified William as our top-choice photographer due to his approach to documenting the story of a wedding through a combination of candid photographs and personalized posed shots. When I say “personalized,” I mean that William took the theme of our fall fairytale wedding literally and on the day of my wedding, drove my husband and me to local trails and fields to capture all the whimsy and magic that we had hoped our celebration would hold. William found snatches of scarlet leaves before they were fully in season, lavender wildflowers, and stone walls overgrown with ivy that made our initial photoshoot look exactly like the illustrations from my favorite childhood fairytales. More importantly, William’s calm, kind presence during the photoshoot helped me relax before my ceremony and prepare to truly enjoy the evening. Back at our venue, the gorgeous Mountainville Manor, William was everywhere at once. Many of our guests commented on how discrete, polite, and present our “team of photographers” was; when we told them that William was responsible for quickly, quietly, and constantly taking our thousands of photos, they immediately asked for his contact information. I have a feeling that William is going to be booked solid once my girlfriends start walking down their aisles, so I’d recommend contacting him now for your wedding!
I was a bit nervous going into this without having met William for engagement photos (we opted out) but boy, did he provide us with some beautiful photos. We received them exactly ...
two weeks after our wedding and we’ve already spent numerous hours going through HUNDREDS of GORGEOUS photos. I am blown away by his work along with his professionalism and way of making us feeling comfortable and relaxed the entire day. Truly couldn’t have asked for anyone better!
We hired William after my brother hired him for his wedding! I was confident with our choice, but then after my brother's wedding in April I was ecstatic! Not only was every photo ...
beautiful, but William was amazing to work with, super flexible, and the full photos arrived quickly. Fast forward to our wedding in August and once again we are blown away! William was so responsive to every request and incredibly patient and kind. I teared up watching him organize our detail photos. He put so much care into organizing the special items, and the photos came out beautiful. Each little moment of our day and night were captured perfectly! Beyond amazing pictures, William is so professional and personable, he doesn't make you feel rushed and kept the day going in a way that kept us all calm. We got to enjoy all the moments without rushing from photo to photo. I truly cannot recommend him more!
We hired William as our wedding photographer and it was one of the best decisions we made! Not only does he capture moments you didn't even knew happened, ensure you get your photo...
s from your shot list, AND grab the best candids - but he's also incredibly nice and easy to work with, and got our photos back to us less than 3 weeks after our wedding. Our pictures are stunning and I'm so thankful that we'll have these gorgeous memories to look back on for the rest of our lives. Thank you so much again for everything!
William surpassed all of our expectations for our wedding and engagement photography! His candid, natural style was exactly what I was looking for and they all turned out amazing. ...
Plus, he got our photos to us so incredibly quickly! 100% recommend William!!!
William is absolutely amazing. I loved how in all of his photos he had great action shots. When we received our photos (which we received in 2 weeks) he did not disappoint. We were...
so amazed at all the candid pictures of everyone at our wedding. You can see everyone's joy throughout the day from start to finish. I'm so grateful I get to relive the day everytime I look at the photos, it brings me such joy. William is amazing at what he does and he was always quick to respond to all of our questions. Thank you so much William for being part of our special day.
William is THE BEST !! He shot two of our friends weddings, and he came highly recommended from them! He did our engagement shoot in June 2022, and just shot our wedding on 05/13! ...
He said turn around time would be a few weeks to a month, and we got the pictures pack in just two weeks!! We are SO in love with all of our pictures & are SO happy we went with him! Communicating with him during the planning process was a breeze - he responded to my emails in a very timely manner & was so sweet! I would highly recommend him for all your wedding pic needs. If we had to do the whole wedding over again, we would hire him again in a heartbeat!
William was by far one of the best vendors we booked for our April wedding. He was incredibly professional, communicative, and talented. He was very thorough and made sure to keep ...
in touch with my fiance and I as our date approached. He kept us on time without ever rushing us or making us feel stressed. He blended in to the point where we were not always cognizant that our picture was being taken which lead to amazing candid shots, but also was great at suggesting other poses, making sure we were getting the shots we requested as needed. We received our full wedding album less than 3 weeks after our wedding. Would highly recommend booking with William Hendra!
William was a dream to work with as our wedding photographer! We found him through our venue's list of preferred vendors and fell in love with his candid, full-of-light, full-of-em...
otion photography style. We got married last month (April 2023) at the Mountainville Manor in Mountainville, NY. William was punctual, easy-going, and such a professional. He was flexible when we were running behind for the first look, blended in effortlessly throughout the day's events, and took so many truly gorgeous candid photos that he was able to get to us within two weeks of the wedding (!!) -- we can't believe they're all ours! William's work brought out the best in us, our loved ones, and the little moments that made our day so special. He made every step in the process seamless and stress-free. We would absolutely recommend that you hire WRH Photography for not just your wedding, but any occasion/moment that you'd like to have captured flawlessly!
William was the absolute best! We had a few friends that hired him for their weddings, so we already knew our pictures would be beautiful and he did not disappoint. I love that his...
photo style is more true to natural colors and he focuses on capturing authentic moments. Leading up to the wedding he was very organized and quick to respond back to any questions and created a perfect timeline for the day. On the day of the wedding he was so nice and super calm, he did not make me feel stressed at all when I was running behind schedule. We were able to do all of our posed pictures ahead of the ceremony, I sent over specific shots I wanted and they came out better than I could have imagined! Throughout the night he captured so many candid moments on the dance floor and my husband & I, and our guests that I will cherish forever. We received our pictures back completely edited within a week, and there were so many he truly did not miss a moment! EVERYONE has been raving about the pictures and we are SO happy with them. Hiring the right photographer is a huge decision, we are beyond happy that we went with William. Thank you William for making my wedding photo dreams come true!
We were drawn to William style of candid photos and the overall vibe we felt after reading his business bio. We were looking for someone who had more of a relaxed vibe and wasn't o...
verly prescriptive when it came to taking posed wedding photos. That being said, William is that person and absolutely great to work with. He has an amazing eye and somehow is everywhere all at once. He exceeded our expectations and the pictures were ready less than 2 weeks after the wedding. He took over 1,000 pictures and captured the day perfectly! All of our guests and the moments we remembered (and some we forgot about) were captured. It was extremely cold on our wedding day but he still encouraged us to go outside and get some beautiful nature shots. He respected our preference of not having a lot of posed shots and gave us prompts for more casual things to do. The pictures came out gorgeous I cannot stop looking through them. I highly highly recommend him!
We are SO lucky and thrilled to have had William as our wedding photographer. The final photos completely exceeded our expectations, and William was an absolute pleasure to work wi...
th, both leading up to and during the big day. He has an incredible eye and was very calm and reassuring throughout. Would recommend him 10 times over!
William was a pleasure to work with from start to finish. He was very prompt to answer all of our questions and helped us decide on a start time for our outdoor ceremony based on t...
he sunset time so it wasn't too dark for photos. He helped us iron out the timeline of our day, which was so helpful in the last few weeks of the planning process. William accommodated all of our photo requests and was professional in directing us and our wedding party for the posed photos. He also captured amazing candid photos of all the emotions and excitement from our wedding day.
We were so surprised and impressed when he delivered the photos in less than two weeks after the wedding. The photos are so beautiful and we received many compliments from friends and family how talented William is. We are so grateful for William who captured our day so wonderfully for us to cherish forever!
Will was an essential part of our wedding process. He did our initial engagement photos and helped us with selecting the right site for the shoot, and turned around the engagement...
photos in less than 1 week of completion. Then for the wedding, he was extremely responsive in the planning process, showed up early to start shooting some of the requested detail shots, and took masterful pictures to capture our special day. We will treasure these pictures forever, and owe a big THANK YOU to Will. We would 1000% recommend hiring him for your events!
William was amazing to work with. He was responsive to all my emails, took time to meet with us before we signed our contract, and met with us again one week before the wedding to...
confirm we had all of our details in order. William did our engagement shoot and wedding photos and sent us the full downloadable files within TWO WEEKS!! I booked William because I love the way he edits his photos but I am thrilled beyond the edits; his demeaner, timely responses, and chill personality were just what we needed!
We hired William for our wedding photography and couldn't have been happier with the results! He is extremely talented, kept us at ease, and is so kind. He handled our rambunctious...
crowd of friends and family and made us all look like rockstars! He really captured both us and our families as we are in real-life. Our engagement photos came out wonderful, but the wedding pictures blew us away even more! He is a wonderful photographer and you will not regret hiring him!
William and Brian were an absolutely pleasure to work with on our wedding day. To be honest, my family and I are not used to having so many photos taken so it was a bit awkward for...
us at first but William and Brian were super patient with us and were wonderful talking us through the shots. We absolutely LOVE how our photos came out! They look beautiful and they got a lot of amazing shots that I never thought would possible! We can't thank William and Brian enough. We can't wait to share them all with our loved ones! Thank you!
I am seriously in awe of William's talent! I did a lot of "online shopping" for a wedding photographer. It was very important to us to have some more artistic shots and candids (as...
that is what we like), in addition to beautiful posed portraits (for our parents)! William totally checked all our wedding photographer boxes. His creativity and eye for unique, but beautiful angles gave us just the most stunning engagement and wedding photos. I will cherish them for the rest of my life! Will was professional, knowledgable, quick to respond to all inquiries, personable, and great at giving direction for the posed shots. He has also extremely hard-working.. taking beautiful photos of everything and everyone! He has a true eye for wedding photography and took plenty of photos with beautiful composition/background. If you are looking for a photographer that does all different styles of photos (candids, artistic, portraits, etc.), be sure to check our Will's portfolio and book him :) !!
I am the luckiest bride because I had Will as my photographer. He is simply phenomenal, both in the way he works and in his photos. He is exceptionally personable; from the first ...
moment that I met him, I felt like I had known him for a long time. He also has an eye for beauty; the angels he chooses and the lighting he uses are both elegant and natural. He is also tentative and flexible in exploring the things you want to do. I cannot recommend him more to anyone looking for a fantastic photographer.
It was an absolute pleasure having William as both our engagement and wedding photographer! William made it so easy to capture moments that we will cherish forever. William was so ...
easy to work with and always responded to our questions. From William’s guidance during the photoshoots, to his kindness, to his talent, and to his professionalism, we are beyond grateful William was our photographer. To newly engaged couples, look no further, William is your photographer!
I don’t have the words to describe how amazing Williams photos are! He captured the love and laughter of our day perfectly. Working with him and his second photographer was so easy...
and natural. I’m so glad we chose William as our photographer because the pictures he captured are ones I will want to look at for a lifetime!
My husband and I loved working with William. We are SO happy with our engagement and wedding photos. He got great portraits, as well as fun candid shots. He is so easy to work wit...
h and is very responsive. And his turnaround time with our wedding photos was so quick. I highly recommend William for your wedding photography!
William is amazing!! First and most important, the end product was unbelievable and we love all the pictures. He captured all the right moments, both poised and candid. It’s imposs...
ible to choose a favorite because they are all. so good! On top of that, William was super responsive and super easy to work with. He made the whole process easy. Additionally, his package was great and stayed with us nearly the whole day. He also was able to get us our pictures so quickly so we could relive the moments. We couldn’t recommend him more!!
William is very responsive and was super helpful throughout the whole planning, re-planning, and engagement session. He was great at providing direction to us during the stylized s...
hots and also captured a ton of great candid shots. The end results were amazing and cannot recommend William and his team enough!
When it came to booking a photographer our main priority was looking for someone with a great personality and someone we vibed with & William checked off everything. He took amazin...
g candid shots. William is professional and very responsive to emails. His turnaround time is absolutely incredible.
The wedding photographer of everyones dreams! William was a pleasure to work with.. extremely personable and did not miss a beat. Our wedding was captured beautifully and we will a...
lways be thankful he was able to be apart of it.
William and his team are absolutely amazing! The process was super smooth leading up to the wedding, always responsive, and the day of went perfectly. He got all the photos I wante...
d and so many candid shots. I was focused on finding a candid photographer and he definitely delivered. I received all the photos in less than 2 weeks time following the wedding day so I was very impressed by that also. Overall, my experience with William was amazing and I would recommend him and his team 100/10!
William is amazing!! We worked with him three different times - once for the engagement photo shoot, another time for our small covid wedding ceremony, and then again for our vow r...
enewal and reception this past October. He was incredible to work with each time and we got our photos SO FAST. I mean seriously this guy must work day and night because we got just over 1,500 edited photos in less than two weeks. I didn't originally purchase an album in our wedding package but I am now going to purchase one because I am so in love with all the photos and would rather give him our money to make an album than order one elsewhere. If you are on the fence, book him!
We found William through Instagram and we fell in love with his style of photography. We just received our photos back from our wedding and we are so in love with them. We can’t st...
op looking at them. William and his assistant perfectly captured the feeling of the day. We can’t express enough how thankful We are for the photos he took. I would 100% recommend him to other couples looking for a photographer.
I found William through social media & fell in love with his photo style immediately. We worked with him for both our Engagement & Wedding pictures and they all turned out STUNNING...
!! I could not have imagined using anyone else as our photographer. He worked effortlessly to get tons of photos, amazing shots & he got them all back to us within 2 weeks of our wedding day! I highly recommend him, his work truly speaks for itself
William was awesome to work with! We really appreciated his willingness to accommodate us when we had to change our original ceremony and reception plans due to the pandemic. We lo...
ve our wedding photos! We highly recommend working with him.
Incredible photographer! My husband and I recently had William Hendra Photography do our engagement and wedding photos. The photos for both came out amazing! William makes it fun w...
hile still having a professional presence! He is very responsive and flexible. Highly recommended!
My husband came across William Hendra photography on social media, right away we both fell in love with the artsy touch he puts into his work. We used William for our engagement p...
hotos and our wedding photos and could not be happier with our end results. William made the entire process so easy. He has always been very approachable and easy to get in touch with. We loved the time he put into every photo and was still able to get us our pictures back quickly! I highly recommend using William Hendra for any photo shoot! I promise you won’t be disappointed!
Great wedding photographer. Recommend.
If I could give William Hendra Photography 1000000 out of 10, I would. I believe our photos speak for themselves, yet I can’t help but gush about what a wonderful experience we had...
. Bill is easy going and flexible, with a serious passion for photography and superior attention to detail. We booked Bill for our original wedding date of June 5, 2020 – and then COVID hit. Bill was super easy to work with while rescheduling our wedding date (not once, but twice) and even came to photograph our small, micro-wedding in my in-law’s backyard which we planned to have on our original date. He did not even bat an eye when I called him on the morning of June 5 in tears because of the torrential downpour that would occur during our ceremony, and quickly agreed when we decided to move everything to the next day instead. When our wedding day finally came on September 26, 2021, Bill and his assistant arrived early and made sure to capture all of the specific photos I requested, and some I never even thought to ask for! Bill is quiet and blends in with your wedding, but is able to efficiently organize and photograph even the craziest family and wedding parties, including mine On top of the wonderful day of experience we had with Bill, I received 1300+ gorgeous photos EIGHT DAYS after our wedding. And I am obsessed with Every. Single. One. My wedding was one of the most wonderful days of my life and I am so grateful we hired Bill to capture it. After your wedding day is over, your photographs are *literally* the only thing you have left, and I look forward to seeing these pictures for the rest of my life.
We cannot express how much we enjoyed working with William! He is an effective and efficient communicator. He was my one vendor that I knew within hours of sending an email he woul...
d be providing a response back. He also provides you with your pictures in a timely manner. I could not believe how quickly we received our wedding pictures. William has a creative eye. He knows how to position you in order to capture scenery and lighting. William was flexible, patient, and kind with us throughout this entire experience. He captured our personalities through the pictures taken during our engagement shoot and wedding day. The pictures are BREATHTAKING!! All of our guest are raving about how beautiful each one is. On our wedding day William brought his assistant G with him. G was also very personable and talented. My husband (who doesn't like to take pictures) said he had a blast working with G. William thank you again for capturing the most amazing moments of our special day! We are looking forward to creating our wedding album.
William and his team were terrific the entire day. They are both incredibly professional, talented, and kind. We used William for our engagement and wedding photos. Our photos came...
out even better than we expected. 10/10 !!! Thank you for making our day amazing!!
We could not have picked a better photographer for our wedding! William's easy going and calm demeanor made us feel very relaxed and comfortable, especially since we never get prof...
essional photos taken. We loved the engagement photos he took of us down the shore and he and his shooter did a phenomenal job at the wedding! William is very talented at what he does, and the photos came out beautiful! Save yourself the time and stress reviewing other photographers and just book William. You won't be disappointed!
William was an absolute pleasure to work with. He was super calm during high stress moments for us (our pictures were on the Asbury boardwalk on a summer Saturday with a possible f...
orecast of rain). He was prompt and professional and gave us say in the types of photos that we wanted for our wedding. William is very easy going and we felt immediately comfortable in front of the camera. Not only did we get the pictures 10 days after the wedding, but they are GORGEOUS. We are still looking at them daily. He captured so many authentic moments and had ideas for some really creative shots as well. Our photos exceeded all expectations. His second shooter was excellent as well and they worked together really well to get the shots we wanted. I felt that they were always around but not in an invasive way - just in that "always in the right place at the right time" type of way. Our family and friends are so impressed! We are so happy we chose William and highly recommend him! You won't regret it!
William did an exceptional job of photographing our wedding. Even though it was a rainy day, he managed to make the best of the setting and chose beautiful backdrops for our pictur...
es. During the ceremony, he worked extremely hard to capture all of the important shots (we were impressed by how discreetly he did this while we were at the altar!). He’s super personable and made us feel comfortable the whole time. The turn around time for the pictures was fast and everything was edited tastefully. The final pictures are high quality and easy to share via a link to an online gallery. For the high quality of his work, William is an incredible value. We highly recommend him for anyone’s special day.
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