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Private event photography · New York
In short
Private event photography in New York starts at $600: 3 hours on location with a photographer who works in New York, and 120 edited photos delivered to a private gallery within 5 business days.
Why choose Private event photography in New York?
Private event photography in New York is three hours of candid and group coverage at a birthday, anniversary, shower or family party, priced from $600 for more than 120 retouched photographs. New York parties happen in rooms that were not designed for them: a restaurant’s private dining room, a rented loft, a rooftop shared with the building, or a park house booked for the afternoon. Each of those rooms has its own light and its own rules. The three hours start with the room still empty, for the details someone spent weeks planning, and end with the group portrait while everyone is still there.
Worth knowing about New York
Families choosing a Brooklyn park venue for a private party meet a rule that a restaurant booking does not have. Prospect Park Alliance requires every event at the Picnic House in Prospect Park, with or without an outdoor ceremony, to obtain a Special Events permit. The Alliance publishes a preferred-vendor list that includes photographers, but preferred vendors other than its rental company are recommended rather than required, so an outside event photographer can cover a party there.
What does the session in New York look like?
- Picnic House, Prospect Park
- A park-house venue with a lawn outside, so the group portrait can move out of the room and onto the grass in the last hour of daylight.
- A restaurant private dining room
- Low, warm light and one long table. Photographed from the ends of the table so the toasts are seen face-on.
- A building rooftop
- The skyline for the group photograph, used only with the building’s permission and timed for the last light.
What does private event photography in New York include?
- 120+ retouched photographs
- Three hours of coverage
- Candid coverage plus group portraits
- Private online gallery within 5 business days
- Print release for personal use
FAQ — Private event photography in New York
Can we bring our own photographer to a party at Prospect Park’s Picnic House?
Yes. Prospect Park Alliance recommends its preferred vendors, including photographers, but does not require them for events at the Picnic House in Brooklyn, apart from its rental company. Every Picnic House event also needs a Special Events permit, which the host secures as part of the booking before a New York event photographer is scheduled.
Is three hours enough to photograph a private party in New York?
For most New York birthdays, anniversaries and showers, yes. Three hours of private event photography covers the room before guests arrive, the arrivals, toasts or a cake, and a group portrait near the end. A longer celebration, such as a dinner followed by dancing, usually needs the coverage to start later rather than run longer.