With a background in editorial work, Aly Hansen is a New York City wedding photographer whose photos put an emphasis on the quick moving & often weird moments that make up a wedding day, turning candid moments into a distinctive art. Having photographed over 100 wedding weekends of various magnitudes, Aly believes in letting empathy guide her photographs and that couples should not feel pressure to perform for their wedding day. Her approach is gentle and unobtrusive and her presence at weddings has been described by guests and couples as “calming” and “everywhere all at once”. While weddings are her focus, she reserves a few days out of the year for special editorial projects & engagement sessions.
Aly Hansen is a film photographer shooting weddings in New York documentary style and candid.
Most Common Questions
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Yes :)
I specialize in film photography and consider myself a film-forward photographer but we still shoot digital at every wedding unless you book a full film wedding.
It’s ultimately my hope that none of us get hung up on the medium. I show up to your wedding with multiple cameras and I follow my gut as to when it’s time to play with what.
Sometimes digital is calling to me, other times my Hasselblad is. Every camera I bring renders a different look and has its place on a wedding day.
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Yes, but I’ll bet the candids I get of you and your people throughout the day and night are what you’ll end up printing! I once had a mother of the bride request no family shot list, and that their family photo not be me instructing them to smile. The result was honest, timeless, and true to exactly who they are as a family.
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Yes, we are a team of 3 photographers though sometimes there will just be two of us at your wedding.
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Says everyone, and so am I. It’s my job to make you so comfortable being photographed that you don’t even realize it’s happening. There is no cheesiness, pun not intended. The couples you see on my website are real people, not models, and most are just as nervous as you.
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It’s my goal to be a calming and gentle presence on your wedding day. Blending in the background as much as I can but stepping in when you need me; whether it’s to talk you down from the ledge of nerves or save you from your mother. I try to know my place on the wedding day and most importantly always read the room.