Andrei Riskin Wedding Photography

I am so in love with all of the pictures I received from Andrei, I can’t stop looking at them. He captured all the right moments! His work is truly amazing!!!

Andrei photographed my wedding and did a great job. He’s easy to communicate with over email (I live in NYC but had my Jewish wedding in the Bay) and was always prompt, kind, and generous. His photos are gorgeous and I would recommend him in a heartbeat.

Andrei is an amazing wedding photographer. He has a wonderful talent and working style. Andrei absolutely deserves every star and more.
Every time we look at the photos he took, we’re just so glad he was our photographer! He captured the love and joy of our day beautifully.
We reviewed several portfolios before choosing him. It seemed hard to get wedding photos that were not just like everyone else’s, since the sets of photos are similar for everyone — bride and groom, family, ceremony, cake cutting, etc. — but Andrei’s photos of every moment feel as special as they are to us.
Our guests commented on how he seemed to be everywhere, but never in the way. Everyone had such positive comments for Andrei.
Here are my sister-in-law’s comments after I emailed the lo-​resolution set to her:
«WOW! These are fantastic photos!!! He really got some great candid shots. You guys made a great choice in your photographer.»
Thank you Andrei, for the lovely memories of our day!

SUPERB IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY! Andrei definitely wins the «favorite vendor» award at my wedding. Throughout the entire process, he was timely, professional, friendly, accommodating, and fast.
During my wedding, both families fell in love with him. He has a great sense of humor and makes you feel comfortable in front of the camera.
HIS RESULTS ARE PHENOMENAL. We received so many compliments on his photos. The colors are sharp, the images are touching, and everybody looks their best. Couldn’t have asked for more!
Do yourself a favor and hire him — for weddings, for engagements, for anything. You won’t regret it!

Andre was able to capture the big moments and finest details of our wedding. He was patient and personable, our whole bridal party loved working with him as much as we did. We had several people ask us during the reception how many photographers we had. It was only him and his assistant, but he is so good that it literally seems like he is in 2 places at once. His work speaks for itself. He has an amazing eye for light and moment. He was a calming, happy presence for us on a day that could have been stressful. And he gave us the most incredible photos that when we look at now take us back to that day and all of the emotions that went along with it.

We were introduced to Andrei’s Bar Mitzvah photography by our party planner, Jayne Greenberg, and were thrilled with his (and her) work!
Andrei and his assistant arrived early to set up, and were very professional, thoughtful and creative in their approach to both posed and casual/​candid shots. He put my son and our family and friends at ease throughout the day and evening events, with a balance of suggested poses, many candid shots, and some photos of individuals and groups that we had specifically requested. He also captured our family’s story, leading up to and including my son’s Bar Mitzvah in May of 2013, through a well-​edited, poignant video/​photo documentary which included interviews with friends/​family, portions of the Bar Mitzvah service, and stellar photos from throughout the day. He provided all of his photos and his documentary via DVD, and separated out his choice of «Best Photos» as well. (There was a delay receiving the photos, however, so please confirm timeframe with him prior to the event.)
I highly recommend Andrei to photograph any special event.

My daughter ‘s wedding was in May 2013. We were very lucky to have Andrei and his assistant Suzanna helped to capture all the beautiful moments of the special day.
Andrei and his assistant are very reliable, professional and artistic. The pictures come out really beautiful. I strongly recommend Andrei to be the photographer of all special events. Thanks Andrei and Suzanna for the excellent job.

On the first few months of wedding planning, my now husband was searching for a photographer in the Bay area, and we came across «Andrei Riskin Wedding Photography». We checked out his website and it seemed interesting! I emailed him, and viola! there was his response, answered our questions so fast, he replied to our emails quick!
During 1^st meeting, he showed us all of his works and we were so impressed! He was really great at what he does. He was very organized person. He also had this clip where he recorded each and everyone and he will put it altogether, it was cool and exciting,
Andrei was superb, very nice, understanding and very flexible! He listened to us and he never pushed us. During engagement photo shoot, he made us very comfortable with each other, he made sure everything will be perfect, he was the person who loves his job, we got the pictures («CD») immediately and it was beautiful.
The big day was awesome, he did a great, wonderful job, and he was friendly to all of our guests. We definitely recommend him to all those who are looking for a photographer! We were proud of having him!

I found Andrei after doing tons of research and culling through dozens of Unilocal reviews. I could not imagine having had a better wedding photographer. I feel so lucky to have found him.
First of all, Andrei is just a very cool and collected guy who will make anyone feel comfortable. Interacting with him leading up the wedding was a pleasure — he was extremely responsive to all of our questions and put me and my husband at ease. On the day of the wedding, everybody loved him and his assistant, Suzanna. They were funny, friendly, and in the end, it felt like they were part of the wedding party. Also, when appropriate, we couldn’t even feel their presence. When I look at the videos now I can see Andrei on the ground or crouching behind a pillar so as not to interrupt our special moments. He struck a perfect balance between interacting with us to orchestrate lovely pictures, and blending into the background to naturally capture the genuine moments during our wedding.
Secondly, Andrei is quite simply an artist — I recommend that anyone who is looking into him for their wedding also check out his artistic website — he creates photo-​documentaries on more somber topics that are simply beautiful –some of which are featured in museums. His artistry definitely came through in the end product — he captured moments that I missed, which I will cherish forever. The photo-​documentary he created was unlike anything I’d seen a wedding photographer do — integrating the soundtrack of our wedding, ambient noises, and voices of my loved ones such that when I watch it, I feel as though I am experiencing the warmth of the event all over again.
Finally, I don’t think you can find a better deal for the work product. Unlike many wedding photographers — Andrei gives you the option of giving you a CD of all your pictures to do with as you please. This is a tremendous money saver — particularly if you want to disseminate the pictures amongst your family members around the world. Also, in my research, I did not see another photographer who creates a comparable photo-​documentary. If you want to save some money, you really don’t need a videographer as long as you have Andrei.
In short, if you stumble on this review, contact him immediately, and cross your fingers that he’s available.

Wow-​there aren’t enough nice words I can write about Andrei. He did our engagement and wedding photos and we are absolutely thrilled about all of them. His energy and creativity is something that we weren’t able to find in any other photographer. Ever picture that he takes is so creative and unique that its impossible to choose our favorite ones. The photo shoots can be pretty awkward, but Andrei makes them fun and really captures the feel of the day. Andrei is definitely our go-​to-​photographer, and we would recommend him to everyone!!!

Andrei and his wife were fantastic. The photos are beautiful — so many keepers that we can’t decide what to put up on our walls! On the day of the wedding, everything moved very smoothly and Andrei was great with our group — which included his sense of humor working with two ducks that were part of our ceremony. Our package included a photo montage to music/​interviews, which were a nice, less-​intrusive replacement for a wedding video. Andrei does great work for a very reasonable price, and my husband and I have recommended him to my friends who are getting married.

If you want a wedding photographer that goes above and beyond, Andrei is your guy! He made my (now) husband and I feel like family when we came into our first consultation. He made sure he got a good sense of our personalities as well as our requests and said the golden words «I will do as you say». What girl doesn’t like to hear that?!
I just received our pictures and they are all wonderful. Andrei and his partner captured some amazing and beautiful moments and for that we are very thankful! He also made such an awesome slideshow with some commentary that he recorded from me, my husband, my bridesmaids and our parents. How cute is that?
If you want a wedding photographer that won’t disappoint, and one that shoots like a million bucks but only costs a fraction, Andrei Riskin is it!
Thanks again Andrei :)

Andrei was recommended to me by a friend of my photographer cousin; and he did not disappoint!
My (now) husband and I spent quite a while searching for a photographer whose work we liked and was still at least somewhat close to our budget. Andrei is both!
He has fantastic work, and is very reasonably priced especially considering a second photographer is built into his cost. His work feels so natural, nothing seems forced or posed.
One very special thing about him is that after the wedding he builds a slideshow filled in with the best photos and audio recordings of you and your spouse and loved ones in attendance. It is a really nice added touch.
My personal experience with Andrei was exceptional. He was always very responsive to all of my questions and always made both of us feel comfortable. He was super accomodating to our odd scheduling– he even stayed late to get a few last pictures. I highly recommend!

Andrei is an AMAZING photographer. Our wedding photos were art, not just pictures… They spoke for us, and captured every feeling and emotion that we all had that day… Andrei’s photos are hip and edgy, yet have this old world glamour quality to them… He was great to work with, and I will always use him for all the occasions coming up! And hopefully, there will be many!

This is probably a few years too late, but I just came across Andrei’s Unilocal page. Andrei photographed our wedding 2.5 years ago. I just wanted to share that I was extremely pleased with his work. Andrei made sure to visit the wedding location ahead of time and plan out where and how he would photograph us. He made sure to photograph the details of the wedding and truly captured the emotions of that day. He made sure that our wedding album was perfect and personally delivered it to our home. Thank you for the memories!

After looking through dozens of wedding photographer’s portfolios my fiancé (now husband) and I realized that we were looking at their best pictures, and… no wonder they all were nice! And so we decided to select OUR photographer based on their personality.
We chose Andrei Riskin because he made us feel comfortable, working with him was easy and fun from the beginning to end, like if he was a old friend of ours.
We were able to enjoy our wedding, we almost did not have to pose, his beautiful photos just happened spontaneously.
We also heard from our guests that both Andrei and his assistant were courteous and very friendly.
His personality and his pictures made all the difference, he’s a true artist!

We have hired Andrei for our wedding. He was recomended to us by our flower-​décor person. She said he does an amazing job. Well, that was an understatement. His work was amazing. He showed up on the day of dressed professionaly, suit tie the works, and right then and there he took my parents aside to interview. Afterwards, he did everything he could to make us laugh. He climbed walls, told stories. He would come up with different poses, so that they would look real, and not staged. Working with him was fun.
But that was 3 weeks ago. Today we went and picked up our 900 photos (i kid you not), he showed us a multimedia that he made of those photos. It was beautifuly mooving. We imagined that we were back on our wedding. The pictures alone, are work of art. It would be difficult for us to pick just 50 for him to print, and only ONE for a portrait.
I would whole heartedly recoment Andrei to anyone.

All I wanted back then was to make my fiancée happy. She found Andrei through Unilocal and decided on him because of the spontaneity, that was present on his pictures. They were fresh and very different from the others. It was like he refused to take the same picture over and over again. At first I was somewhat indifferent to her choice and decided to «just go with it», but now, a year later, as I am looking through the slideshow that Andrei made for us, I see how much love, joy, and beauty he captured. It’s amazing! I want to thank him for this wonderful work of art.

We stumbled upon Andrei when we were looking for a venue because his wedding photos were labeled by location, and I loved his style — especially the triptychs he put together and the vivid colors.
When I initially contacted about a dozen photographers, I was impressed by Andrei’s very reasonable pricing, and both my (then) fiancé and I liked the work he showed us, with all the photos of other weddings he’d shot.
Andrei’s photos were fabulous, but what really put him into the list of people we’d wholeheartedly recommend to anyone was the fact that he — unbeknownst to us in advance — set up an audio recorder during the ceremony, and used snippets from our vows and other parts of the ceremony as the voiceover fora beautiful slideshow. Since we didn’t have a videographer, it’s wonderful to have that to recapture the memories.
Andrei also did a great engagement session and, after the wedding, put together a beautiful set of greeting cards with a montage of photos from the event. He was very friendly and easy to work with the whole way, very accommodating and on top of things, and a great photographer.

After interviewing a number of San Francisco photographers, we decided to work with Andrei. It was the best decision.
Andrei was prepared and organized. He had a number of sites in mind with arranged backup sites for bad weather. He explored the wedding venue, and knew exactly where we needed to be at what time in order to get the best shots.
When we received 1000+ pictures from the wedding, it was impossible to pick out our favorite ones. We love all of the pictures! Our friends and family still can’t stop bragging how great it was to work with Andrei and how courteous and professional he is.
Definitely recommend Andrei as he will transform your event /​vision into beautiful photographs.