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From small town to big city and far-away destinations – every wedding is different and every couple is different. But one thing is always the same: everyone wants to remember their big day forever. To help make sure that happens, I’m always accompanied by an experienced second photographer and a USB of high-resolution images is always included.  A wide range of heirloom albums, fine art or canvas prints can be added to customize your collection.

It’s important for me to get to know you before the wedding day. To that end, along with a detailed timeline and custom shot list, I always encourage an engagement session. Not only does it give us a chance to document your love before the big day, but it also helps us get acquainted – which makes the ceremony smiles and reception laughter that much more natural.

Price range from $3,300 - $9000, please contact us for more details.  

 

FAQ

Where are you located and far do you travel

- I am located in New York City and travel anywhere in New York and Tri-State area.  

 

Do you offer elopement and family photography services?

- Yes, please contact us for more details.

 

How can we secure our wedding date?

- I typically like to meet with clients (zoom or in person) before they book my services to chat about the wedding day, connect on a personal level and go over my portfolio and sample albums. I like to get to know who you are as a couple, your style, and what is most important to you. I want to make sure that we are a good fit!  If after our initial consultation you would like to book me I require a 30% retainer and a signed contract to secure the date. The remaining balance is due 10 days prior to your wedding.

 

 

I've signed the contract and paid the deposit, now what?

- After I receive your contract and down payment I will send you a copy of the contract signed by me along with an invoice for your records. If you would also like an engagement session, we can book one at that time.

I also like to meet or talk on the phone one last time before the wedding to go over the wedding day timeline and to be sure we schedule enough time to fit in all the photos during the entire day. Typically I will schedule this a week prior to your wedding day. Feel free to contact me anytime throughout the wedding planning process if you have any questions or concerns.

 

How soon will we see our photos?

With image color correction done in-house and then posted to my online Proof Gallery, you will definitely have your images 3 weeks for lifestyle photography and 6-8 weeks after your big day (wedding), but hopefully sooner!

 

What does it mean to have ownership of my photographs?

- With all of my clients I provide a USB thumb drive with high resolution .jpg files and copyrights to those photographs. Feel free to post them on Facebook, email them to your friends and family, print them for your home – whatever you want!

I keep rights to my photos, so you may end up on my blog or portfolio!

 

 

Testimonials


Sandy & Kevin | Shadowbrook at Shrewsbury | New Jersey 

I somehow hit the jackpot and all of my wedding vendor searches to find Jimmy. His worked stood out because it was very dramatic,unique and extremely photojournalistic. It is not your typical “pose here, turn your head there” type wedding photography —which we did not want. Jimmy is extremely charismatic and personable and makes you feel extremely comfortable. My husband is extremely shy but because of Jimmy‘s genuine passion and care for the couple he is photographing, he creates an energy as if are Long time friends when he’s photographing you and not a stranger! I have to start by explaining what an incredible engagement photo shoot we had with Jimmy. He was so patient and took photos of us at sunrise underneath the Brooklyn Bridge in the freezing cold with almost 4 outfit changes! He was super creative and found such unique angles that I have never seen another photographer capture . For our actual wedding Jimmy was extremely patient with our huge eccentric families! It’s not easy to manage all of the personalities that come together for a wedding and he kept his cool and was able to capture so many great and creative images. We absolutely loved his camera assistant as well. He had a very different personality and the both of them working together really balanced and created a dynamic duo well with capturing the most important day of our lives.I am just now seeing sneak peaks and cannot wait to see the full album. I also want to support the fact that this is his business and he is not part of some larger company. He really works hard for his style and I really hope that he continues to grow his wedding photography clientele base because he is a hidden gem!

 


 

Amanda & Andy | Raphael Winery | Long Island, NY

I highly recommend Jimmy Chu as your wedding photographer. My husband and I were thrilled with his work and are in love with our Wedding album! Jimmy has such a creative eye and ease about him. He is very down to earth, easy to talk to, and passionate about photography. He makes sure he gets to know YOU and brings out the subtle moments of your special day. One of the MANY great things about Jimmy is that he wants the absolute best for his clients and is willing to go that extra mile to capture moments you didn't even know existed until you see your photos!

We thank you so much for being our photographer and for doing what you do best!!!

 



Jennifer & Eric | The Rockleigh | Rockleigh, NJ

Not enough wonderful things to say about Jimmy. He was recommended to us by a friend, and we are forever grateful. He shot our engagement photos and wedding photos and made the entire process so seamless, stress free, and flawless. He is so calm and chill yet makes sure everything gets done in a timely and organized fashion. He takes a somewhat awkward and stressful experience (get ready for all those poses!) and makes it actually fun and memorable. He even was able to capture our dog during our engagement shots in her best candid moments. He had a great eye as well for amazing shots, and we cannot possibly recommend him enough. Thank you, Jimmy!!!

 


 

Judy & Anthony | Greenpoint Loft | Brooklyn, NY

We used Jimmy and his staff for our wedding. Let me start with his skills. On the day of our engagement photo shoot, I was literally hungover from my friend's bachelorette party and since we kept rescheduling our session, I decided to just go for it. We told Jimmy, we didn't want the typical pose or PDA photoshoot. Just capture US. So he did. He picked out the setting and the most random spots in Tribeca and the photos came out amazing. I did not look like I only slept for 2 hours. He really captured our chemistry on our engagement shoot. Now fast forward to our wedding. The pictures came out natural and candid as we want them to be. His techniques with lighting and natural colors really stand out in our wedding pictures. I am really glad our friends referred him to us. He is friendly and very professional. He is also very quick on sending out the pictures.

 

 



Orli & Spencer | The loading Dock | Stamford, CT

I had such a hard time picking a photographer and our venue recommended Jimmy! He did an amazing job at our engagement shoot, recommending a beautiful location and was really able to capture us as a couple, making it look natural even though we can be a little awkward. At our wedding, he was amazing. Super fun and made it a very pleasant experience. He made jokes and made us feel incredibly comfortable. You can tell he loves what he does and is super passionate. We got sneak peaks in about 2 days after the wedding and our photos in 4 weeks! He was super easy to communicate with and was very responsive to all of our needs and wants. His 2nd shooter was also super sweet and they worked amazingly with our videographer. We were slightly delayed but he handled it all perfectly and still got us all the photos we wanted! I only wish we had him for longer so we had more of his amazing photos!

 


Jenna & Scott | New York City Elopement 

We cannot thank Jimmy enough for capturing our magical day. The quality of the photographs are beyond anything we could have imagined. We constantly receive compliments from anyone who views our pictures. He made us feel very at ease and his creativity is astounding,  Jimmy is simply amazing! 

 


 

Maria & Peter | The Rockleigh | Rockleigh, NJ

Jimmy was so great to work with not just with us but with our entire bridal party and videographer. He was so professional from the very start and so easy to communicate with. He’s very talented and captured SO MANY cool/creative shots. What I liked most about him was that he was able to be so creative within every moment of our wedding day but still captured some traditional wedding shots that we asked for. We can’t thank him enough for all the hard work he put into our photos and album.

 

 


 

Brooke & Colin | Saint Clements Castle & Marina | Portland, CT

5 stars doesn’t begin to cover it!! Jimmy and his team absolutely knocked it out of the park for our 4th of July weekend wedding from start to finish. It was extremely important to my husband and I that our wedding photos weren’t “cookie cutter”— we were less concerned with the formal, standard wedding photos where the bride/groom are staring into each others eyes or placed strategically in group photos with the wedding party, and more focused on having a “documentary style” approach that really captured “the moments in between” and candid shots of our favorite people sharing in the fun of our wedding day. We wanted to look back on the photos and feel catapulted back into the experience of it all— and Jimmy absolutely nailed it. He captured the stunningly unique features of every area of our indoor/outdoor wedding venue to a T AND documented the all out dance party at the reception flawlessly. Both my husband and I have VERY LARGE families and had huge wedding parties, and jimmys team wrangled everyone with the perfect balance of assertiveness and respect. We never once felt like stepping away for photos was a chore. We were absolutely blown away by the photos when we got them back. Not to mention his turn around time!!!!! Unreal! Hiring Jimmy and his team was one of the best decisions we made. We cannot recommend him enough!

 


Kate & Cullen | Diamond Horseshoe | New York, NY

Jimmy was outstanding! The moments he captured and shots he got are on another level! I was looking for a more editorial look for my wedding photos and knew he was the right photographer immediately upon seeing his portfolio. Jimmy was super accommodating for shots that we wanted and our timeline, and worked seamlessly with his second photographer throughout the night. He captured everything we wanted (and then some) & did it perfectly!

 

 



Nao & Paul | Mohonk Mountain House | New Paltz, NY

We are very happy we chose to work with Jimmy for our wedding photos. First and foremost… the photos he takes are like out of a magazine. Very classy and elegant. I love his use of light and reflection. He is very passionate about his work - to the point that he would go out of his comfort zone and shoot us from the row boat even though he can't swim! He made us feel comfortable and told us how he wanted us posed when we weren't sure what to do in front of the camera. He was quick to respond to my emails / messages / phone calls and was was always on time ( if not early!) for the meeting which made our wedding planning stress free. Thank you Jimmy for making our day

 


 

Demetra & Roberto | Whitby Castle | Rye, NY

Jimmy and his crew were great! His style and talent is unlike anything we have seen and we are very pleased with how our wedding photos came out. Jimmy exceeded our expectations and we highly recommend him to shoot your wedding. Great guy, professional, and on point each time. Thank you Jimmy!

 


Jennifer & Tommy | VIP Country Club | New Rochelle, NY

Jimmy is amazing!!! I hired him for our wedding in May 2017 and engagement shoot in October 2016. He's a great photographer as well as a great person. He responds very quickly (e-mail/text) and is very professional. He always worked around our busy schedules and would meet up in places that were more convenient for me and my husband. He gave great advice- for example, he suggested we do our engagement shoot early morning (7 am) in Central Park for the perfect lighting and there were not that many people around so our photos came out great. He constantly kept in touch throughout the wedding planning in regards to timeline, other vendors (because he had to work with my videographer) and knowing who's in the bridal party/family. He always showed up on time for our meet ups and the day of. We have amazing candid pictures of our guests at the wedding and also great action shots of them dancing. We did a first reveal before the ceremony which the pictures came out amazing. His work is priceless but it helps that he was actually very reasonable in prices compared to the many other vendors I inquired about. I am so happy we went with Jimmy as we could only budget for one photographer on my wedding and he did what five photographers would produce. He took thousands of photos, he provided a website with passcode, a custom made USB and even threw in a large canvas in our package deal (which we hung up during the wedding)! Look no further, I highly recommend Jimmy!!!!!!!!

 



Samantha & Rodney | Edison Ballroom | Manhattan, NY

We had a great experience with Jimmy! He took beautiful photos of us on our wedding day and at our engagement photo shoot. Jimmy was easy to get in contact with and fun and easy to work with. We got married in Manhattan and took our engagement photos along the waterfront in Long Island City. On our wedding day, we had Jimmy and another photographer who was also great. We got the package with the wedding album and two parent albums which we and our parents love. Would definitely recommend Jimmy if you’re looking for gorgeous photos of your special day!

 


 

Ariel & James | The Piermont | Babylon, NY

Jimmy was amazing from start to finish! We planned our wedding in only 5 months and working with him made the process 1000x easier. Our initial meeting, he drove out to us to discuss packaging and was willing to travel for the engagement photoshoot. On the day of our wedding, his creativity shined through his gorgeous pictures and memories that he captured for us. Jimmy had amazing ideas for different shots and this made working with him so easy. He helped make this day so special for us. We are in love with all of our photos and can't thank Jimmy and his team enough for their expert eye!

 

 



 

Jennifer & Elias | The Surf Club of New Rochelle | New Rochelle, NY

EXCELLENT & PROFESSIONAL! Jimmy is an extremely talented photographer. We used him for our wedding on July 4, 2021. Through every step of planning our big day, Jimmy was supportive, answered all of our questions, and worked extremely well with our videographer. He made us both comfortable and worked very efficiently so we didn't miss too much of our cocktail hour and reception. Our photographs came back within 4 weeks and they are GORGEOUS! BOOK HIM! He is honest, skilled, and a good person.

 

 


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