When Missy first asked me about photographing her wedding to Aaron, she was so very sweet and complimentary about my portfolio but kept warning me, “We’re not doing what most people do.” From the beginning of planning, Missy and Aaron just wanted their day to be simple and very much “them.” A big fluffy dress […]

Family and friends were a HUGE part of Bridget and Patrick’s Long Island wedding day in July. Their childhood homes were filled with loved ones mingling and getting ready in the morning. Toasts and speeches were incredibly touching and personal.  From the moment I met them for their engagement session in the summer of 2016, […]

When MaryGrace’s dad began reading the relations of the many amazing and talented vendors at her wedding day with long-time love Lou, it was a roll call of some of the couple’s closest friends and longest acquaintances. Nearly every single person performing, helping or creating for their day was somehow connected with either MG and […]

ELEGANT. During the toasts at Katie and George’s wedding reception at the incredible Country Club of Rochester, the story was told of George trying to figure out a gift for Katie early in their relationship. He was asked what she was like and he simply responded: “She’s elegant.” Their wedding day on May 6th was filled […]

Lisa and Jamie are the type of couple that just makes you — and everyone around them — smile. Their love and care for each other comes out so clearly in the littlest of ways — the way that Jamie looks at Lisa with a smile on his face when she’s talking; the way that […]

Vendor Visions is a new collaboration between Wendy Zook Photography and various vendors from across the Rochester and Buffalo areas. These posts will feature one local vendor and their advice on planning wedding details in their field. You can see past Vendor Visions posts HERE.  *    *    *    * Photo by: Colburn […]

Vendor Visions is a new collaboration between Wendy Zook Photography and various vendors from across the Rochester and Buffalo areas. These posts will feature one local vendor and their advice on planning wedding details in their field.  Our first in this series features Michelle Crawford of Shell’s Sweets, a New York State-licensed in-home bakery based […]

Christine and Zach celebrated nearly a decade of knowing each other with a fairytale chapter in their love story. Their November wedding gave us warmer-than-usual temperatures, sunshine, happy tears and incredible dancing.  Before our first meeting, these two were high school sweethearts who made it through different high schools and colleges and away-from-home grad school […]

Wendy Zook Photography had an AMAZING 2016 — it was our first full-blown, full-time year of wedding photography, with more than 20 weddings captured. About 12 other love stories started their photographic journey with WZP through engagement sessions in four different states!  We’ve been looking ahead to 2017 for the past few weeks of “slow […]

Jennifer and Peter had been planning their October 2016 Rochester Wedding with me from their home in Wisconsin for about 10 months and it far exceeded every awesome expectation. It was a recipe for unforgettable — an Autumn backdrop of pleasant temperatures and gorgeous foliage mixed with three parts elegance and sophistication and five parts […]