Steven Rosen Photography

There is a certain irony in being a gay wedding photographer.

While I am always honored to be a part of my client's wedding day, the fact that until recently I couldn't legally get married was never lost on me. The experience of witnessing so many beautiful weddings made me determined to work towards marriage equality.

For years, I have turned my lens toward same-sex couples, creating portraits of loving relationships before marriage was a possibility. Once the laws started changing, I started shooting same-sex weddings. In the six months after the law passed in New York, I shot 17 same-sex weddings. Our community is filled with so many glorious stories of love and commitment that need telling, and I want to tell them.

If you hire me (and I certainly hope you do), this is what you can expect.

Beautiful portraiture:

There is an art to posing same-sex couples. Traditionally, the bride is the center of attention, but when there are no brides, or there are two brides, the dynamic shifts. As a gay man, I understand how LGBT couples fit together. There are many photographers who, when confronted with a same sex couple, pose them like distant feuding cousins. When looking at my images, you