For the past decade, Yaacov King Studio has been photographing and filming thousands of Jewish weddings around the world.

Portfolio

Selected work

Black and white portrait of the bride kissing the groom on the nose beneath a billowing veil, bare winter trees behind them

Two rose-gold wedding bands, one set with a small diamond, resting on a Hebrew wedding invitation

Black and white night portrait of the bride and groom forehead to forehead in front of a white SUV with its headlights on

The bride and groom walking toward the camera on a sunlit garden path lined with tall evergreens, strong sun flare overhead

The bride standing beneath an arch of magnolia and evergreens at the foot of brick garden steps, her long lace-edged veil and train spread across the lawn, sun breaking through behind

Blue-hour portrait of the bride and groom facing each other inside a lit wooden gazebo by a pond, orange sunset glow on the horizon

Black and white portrait of the bride and groom leaning against a patterned wall, both looking down and smiling, bride holding a white rose bouquet

The bride laughing as her veil sweeps across the frame, holding a yellow and pink bouquet in golden evening light

The bride and groom walking through a field of tall golden reeds under a wide sky, she in pale blue lace, he in a dark suit and black fedora

Window-lit flat lay of glittered bridal heels, an embossed leather Tehillim, a gold necklace and the wedding invitation

The couple facing each other beside a weathered wooden fence, she in pale blue lace and he in a dark suit and fedora, hazy golden backlight behind them

Black and white close-up of the ring being placed on the bride's finger during the ceremony, her lace sleeve and veil framing it

Bridal shoes, a folded wedding invitation, a gold four-leaf-clover pendant and a diamond ring arranged on grey velvet

Wedding film

Watch a wedding

Shneur & Adina — the highlight film

Ben & Rebecca — the teaser

Sound on.

Behind the camera

Meet Yaacov

Photo and film

You're getting married, and underneath all the planning is the one thing that actually matters — you want to watch this back one day and feel exactly what the room felt like. Yaacov King Studio covers both the photographs and the film, from the quiet of getting ready in the morning to the last song on the floor that night.

Where to stand

I've spent years working the bigger halls, so I know how the day moves: when the bedeken is about to run late, where to stand under the chuppah, how to keep things calm while it's happening.

Black and white photo of Yaacov King as a boy in a white shirt, smiling beside a Sony camcorder on a stand

Early days

I've had a camera in my hands since I was twelve. At thirteen I was photographing my friends' bar mitzvahs, and from there I went on to photograph and film for several camps, Camp Simcha among them. Weddings came next, and they've been the work ever since.

Yaacov, his wife Ethel and their baby Shalom walking through a farm field at sunset, Shalom swinging between them and Molly the dog trotting alongside

These days

Home is New Jersey, with my wife Ethel, our baby Shalom and our dog Molly.

I've been the groom, so I know how much goes into getting there, and how quickly the day itself goes by. You can plan for months. The day still finds its own shape, and that's usually the part you'll come back to.

Services

What I do

Engagement and pre-wedding shoots
An hour or two somewhere you like, before the wedding. You get photos you'll use, and by the day itself we already know each other.
Wedding photography
The whole day, from getting ready to the last dance. The shots that have to happen, and the ones nobody planned.
Wedding film
The glass breaking, the speeches, the music, the room the way it sounded. Something you'll put on again in ten years.
Albums and fine-art prints
Custom albums in genuine leather, designed by our album designer, then printed and bound in Italy. Made to come off the shelf, not sit in a folder. Fine-art prints, too, for the photos that belong on a wall.

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