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Susan Stripling

Name: Susan Stripling
Address: 380 w 38th Street Unit 1501, New York, NY, 10018, US
Telephone: +19172098425

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Susan Stripling takes pictures at weddings. And she likes it. (*PLEASE* don't message me through Facebook. Kindly email me instead! Thanks!)

Wedding, portrait, and theatre photographer.

07/09/2026

I teach double exposures a lot, which means I spend a lot of time convincing people that they’re not nearly as complicated as they look.

The funny part is that I still approach them with roughly the same level of sophistication I had twenty years ago.

“Huh. I wonder what would happen if I put those two things together.”

Sometimes it’s a silhouette and a skyline.

Sometimes it’s a couple and a tree.

Sometimes it’s an absolutely terrible idea that should never see the light of day. I don't show ya'll those. 😂

Every time one comes together, a small part of my brain is convinced I’ve performed a magic trick. I haven’t. I just pointed a camera at two things instead of one to tell a story.

(Twenty years later and apparently that’s still enough to make my day.)

07/07/2026

For a long time, wedding photography meant one day.

I’d arrive in the morning, leave at the end of the reception, and that was the story.

These days, many weddings are weekends. People are flying across the country. Across the world. Families are gathering in the same place for the first time in years. Friends are meeting each other. Grandparents are telling stories. College roommates are staying up too late.

The wedding day is still the center of it all, but it isn’t the whole story.

Some of my favorite photographs happen at a welcome dinner when people are seeing each other for the first time. Some happen at a luncheon the day before. Some happen at brunch the next morning when everyone is exhausted and happy and nobody has anywhere left to be.

When couples ask whether weekend coverage is worth it, this is usually what I think about.

Not the extra hours.

The extra memories.

Let's hang out all weekend, shall we?

With and

Wedding luncheon:
Welcome party:
Wedding venue:
Event planner:
Floral design:
Videography:

07/03/2026

I teach double exposures a lot, which means I spend a lot of time convincing people that they’re not nearly as complicated as they look.

The funny part is that I still approach them with roughly the same level of sophistication I had twenty years ago.

“Huh. I wonder what would happen if I put those two things together.”

Sometimes it’s a silhouette and a skyline.

Sometimes it’s a couple and a tree.

Sometimes it’s an absolutely terrible idea that should never see the light of day.

Every time one comes together, a small part of my brain is convinced I’ve performed a magic trick. I haven’t. I just pointed a camera at two things instead of one.

(Twenty years later and apparently that’s still enough to make my day.)

07/02/2026

I called these locations overrated and then spent the entire carousel explaining why I love them.

That’s the thing about New York. The famous places are famous for a reason.

The goal isn’t finding locations nobody has heard of. It’s finding a way to make iconic places feel like your own.

Except the Carrie Bradshaw stoop. And the Rockefeller Tree.

I’m standing by those. Even I have limits.

06/30/2026

When I first started photographing weddings, I spent a lot of time chasing the big moments. The first kiss. The first dance. The entrance into the reception. That list full of specifics that The Knot told me I HAD to get.

And don’t get me wrong, I still photograph all of those things. I LOVE those things. They’re important for a reason.

But somewhere along the way, I realized that the photographs I return to most often aren’t always the obvious ones.

They’re the moments in between.

The moment right before someone walks down the aisle. The moment after a hug ends but before people let go of each other. The conversation happening in the corner while everyone else is focused on something else. The flower person who has wandered away from the dance floor and fallen asleep on a chair. The parent taking a deep breath. The couple sitting together for thirty seconds when they think nobody is looking.

I don’t know if twenty years of photographing weddings has taught me to look for those moments, or if photographing weddings for twenty years has simply convinced me that those moments are the story.

The big events tell you what happened.

The moments in between tell you what it felt like.

Or maybe I'm just getting all soft in my old age, who knows?

06/27/2026

One of the questions I get asked all the time is “Where should we get ready?”

And my answer is almost never, “Whichever hotel is closest.”

The room you get ready in affects everything.

- The light.
- The space.
- The background in your photographs.
- Whether twelve people can comfortably exist in the room at the same time without someone sitting on a suitcase.

A beautiful getting ready location can make the entire first half of the wedding day feel calmer. Here are just a few of my many NYC favorites:

• The Bowery Hotel
• The Ludlow
• 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge
• The Plaza
• The Greenwich Hotel
• The Lotte New York Palace
• The Wythe Hotel

And here’s the thing most people don’t realize:

I’m not necessarily looking for the fanciest room. I’m looking for good windows, enough space to move around, and a place where you can actually enjoy the morning instead of feeling crammed into a shoebox with six garment bags and a bodega breakfast sandwich.

If you’re planning a New York wedding and trying to decide where to stay, ask your photographer before you book.

We’ve SEEN some things.

06/26/2026

Every wedding has THAT kid.

You know the one.

The kid who has no interest in the timeline, no interest in the centerpieces, no interest in whether the DJ is playing the right song, and absolutely no interest in whatever conversation the adults are having.

This kid had DISCOVERED the dance floor.

The conservatory at Brooklyn Botanic Garden is one of the most beautiful reception spaces I’ve ever photographed, blah blah Instagram caption.

I didn’t really see any of that.

At this precise moment, all I saw was a tiny person in a giant room having the absolute time of her sweet little life.

When people ask me how I “find” photographs, this is usually the answer. I’m not looking for camera settings or lighting setups or a checklist of compositions. I’m looking for moments that make me stop what I’m doing and pay attention.

This one was impossible to miss.

(Also, I have a strong suspicion that this child had a significantly better evening than the rest of us. And the rest of us had a GOOD evening.)

06/25/2026

I finally photographed a wedding event at Longwood Gardens.

A few thoughts:

First, the place is enormous.

Second, I could probably photograph there for a week and still find new places to make portraits.

And third, if you’re the kind of person who wants gardens, architecture, water features, greenhouses, and approximately one million different backgrounds without ever getting in a car, this place is *ridiculous*.

I was there for a wedding weekend luncheon and spent most of the afternoon alternating between photographing people and saying, “Wait, what’s over there?”

If Longwood Gardens is on your wedding venue wish list, I completely understand why.

(Now I just need an excuse to go back.)

06/23/2026

After twenty years of photographing weddings, I’ve noticed something.

The things couples spend the most time worrying about before the wedding are almost never the things they remember afterward.

Things I have never heard anyone say after their wedding:

• “I wish we had spent more time choosing napkins.”

• “The seating chart should have consumed even more of my emotional energy.”

• “That one pimple completely ruined the experience.”

• “The weather was 73 degrees instead of 75.”

• “Everything was perfect and therefore memorable.”

What people do remember:

Who was there.

Who made them laugh.

Who made them cry.

The people who traveled to celebrate with them.

The moments they didn’t see coming.

How it all felt.

The rest, as Nell Crain would say, is just confetti.

06/20/2026

When I made this photograph, I was very proud of myself.

Look at that reflection!

Look at that symmetry!

Look at me being all clever!

More than a decade later, I still like all of those things.

But they're not the reason I love this image.

They're talking.
..That's it.

That's the whole reason.

I don't know what they were saying. I don't remember the conversation. I couldn't tell you what happened immediately before or after.

What I do know is that when I look at this photograph now, I remember exactly what it felt like to be lying there belly-down on the Plaza floor while two people took a quiet minute together in the middle of a very busy day and tourists stepped over my back.

Twenty years of photographing weddings has taught me that the photographs people love most aren't always the ones I expect.

Sometimes they're just the ones that feel true.

(But for real, look at that clever reflection!)

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380 W 38th Street Unit 1501
New York, NY
10018

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Tuesday	8am - 8pm
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Thursday	8am - 8pm
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