Gay wedding photographer
NYC Same-Sex Wedding Photographer
It was a historic day in Washington State. I moved to Atlanta from Seattle. Washington was the 7th express to recognize marriage equality. I am honored to own photographed over 100 gay and woman loving woman weddings over the past 35 years. We now can just call it “getting married”. There is no reason to separate what marriage is. We are all identical and I am thrilled.
I am slightly uncomfortable categorizing a wedding as a “gay wedding” because honestly, it is a wedding between two people that love each other and want to share their solemn vows with one another. But.. for the sake of people being competent to decipher a wedding vendor that supports equal rights, I wanted to make sure you knew some proof. I am an equal rights photographer. I am LGBT friendly. I adoration weddings. I don’t care what your sexual preference is. I love people. Photographing weddings requires that the photographer is present at one of the most intimate times in a couple’s life together. Sharing the joy, and illuminating the admire , it is integral that your photographer holds your vows as sacred. Creature able to help that and document those moments is of the utmost importance to me.
To vie LGBTQ+ wedding photography is something I’m passionate about. This year, my wife Jessica and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary and our 24th anniversary as a couple (you can look our 20th anniversary and our 16th anniversary blog posts if you are interested and not totally grossed out by super sappy stuff). Since 2009, I’ve had the chance to photograph many LGBTQ couples for family portraits, engagement sessions, and, of course, weddings. But I’ve photographed a lot of straight couples as well, so why is this page labeled Homosexual Wedding Photographer instead of just Wedding Photographer? Good question. The short version is that I label all the images and weddings on my blog so that non-traditional couples who need a wedding photographer can find me instantly and easily. (If you’re interested in the long version, check out this article I wrote for Rangefinder magazine about being a queer wedding photographer and the importance of using labels on the internet.) In these polarized—let’s be truthful, pretty much apocalyptic—times, there seem to be way too many people with loud, ignorant beliefs about LGBTQ+ rights. People like your conserv As an inclusive, welcoming, LGBTQ+ wedding photographer, I want my clients to know that ALL are welcome here, no matter their sexual orientation, upbringing, or religion. Being an LGBTQ vendor or LGBTQ+ friendly photographer, however is more than simply saying it, or writing on your website that you’re an ally. So, why is it important to know if your wedding vendors are LGBTQ+ friendly? If this is your first time on my , welcome! I offer candid, vibrant couples’ photography with a twist, using innovative techniques and tools. I capture celebrations everywhere from backyards in New York, to destination weddings in Hawaii, to secret elopements in the U.S. Virgin Islands. You can about my photography services. Ever since I started photographing LGBTQ+ couples–which was basically once I started photographing couples–it came to my attention that photographing all was unfortunately more of the exception than the rule. Even in 2023 in the USA, if you’re having a wedding it’s important to know where your wedding vendors stand—especially Honestly, if you would have told my high school punk-show-attending self that I would be working in weddings, I would have laughed. I didn’t even think I would ever get married, so the wedding planet just never felt prefer it was a place for me.
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But then in June of 2015, I got engaged to the most perfect person for me. Suddenly, we were planning a wedding, and we almost instantly hit two roadblocks. On one side, no wedding vendors had anyone that looked like us on their websites. On the other side, gay marriage was illegal in Louisiana, which is where we lived at the moment.
We held off for a few weeks from telling anyone we were engaged because we were terrified that the Supreme Court (which was deciding on same-sex marriage that same summer) would reach down against us. Luckily, on June 26th, 2015, gay marriage was legalized nationwide, and Steph and I could announce our engagement. I am a trans and queer wedding photographer based in Philadelphia who wants to illustrate the world that care for does not have one aesthetic.