An heirloom, not a download link.
Premium editorial photography and a white-glove, full-service process for weddings, engagements, and mitzvahs. Your celebration becomes finished artwork you keep for life, never just a gallery link that quietly expires.
- 1,500+ commissions
- 600+ major live events
- Featured by CBS, USA Today, iHeartRadio
- St. Louis & worldwide
- 1,500+ commissions
- 600+ major live events
- Featured by CBS, USA Today, iHeartRadio
- 5.0 across 63 reviews
A day this important is not a place to gamble.
Weddings and mitzvahs happen once, with no reshoot and no second chance at the first look or the last dance. A photographer who cannot direct calmly under pressure, or who hands back a download link, leaves you with a day you can never fully relive.
We bring premium, cinematic, editorial coverage and a white-glove process. You are guided from the first consultation to a personal reveal, and your celebration becomes finished heirloom artwork. The same standard runs through every lane below.
A / Weddings
Luxury wedding photography.
Your wedding is a single day that you will revisit for the rest of your life. The photography is what you actually keep, so it had better be extraordinary. From the Ritz-Carlton staircase to the Cathedral Basilica, from Forest Park to a villa in Italy, we shoot it cinematically and finish it as artwork.
The white-glove process
Guided from the first call to the reveal.
01
Consultation & date hold
We start with a conversation, not a contract. We learn the day you are planning, confirm availability, and hold your date so the rest can fall into place.
02
Planning & timeline
We build a photo timeline with you and your planner, scout the light, and choreograph the first look, portraits, and the toasts so nothing feels rushed.
03
The day, then the reveal
We direct calmly under pressure on the day itself, then guide you through a personal reveal and design your album and wall art together. Never a cold download link.
B / Engagement
Get comfortable before the day that counts.
Most couples have never been professionally photographed together, and walking into the wedding day cold is how you end up stiff in the photos that matter most. An engagement session is the rehearsal that fixes that, in locations that mean something to you, with art for the save-the-dates as a bonus.
C / Mitzvah
Tradition and energy, both done right.
A mitzvah asks a photographer to do two very different things well. Capture a meaningful, often quiet service with respect, then turn around and shoot a high-energy party without missing the moments families remember most.
We have photographed mitzvahs across St. Louis, from the bimah to the last song. Portraits you frame, candids you treasure, and an album that tells the whole day.
The service
On the bimah we work quietly and respectfully, documenting the Torah reading, the tallit, and the family moments around them without ever intruding on the ceremony.
The party
Then we turn around and keep up with a party that does not slow down. Portraits you frame, the hora, and the dance floor at its peak, all in one designed heirloom album.
How the day works
01
Service, with reverence
Discreet, respectful coverage of the ceremony and the quiet family moments that surround it.
02
Portraits, never rushed
Polished portraits of the guest of honor and the family, planned into the day so they feel calm.
03
Party, at full energy
High-energy candids, the hora, and the dance floor captured at its peak, then finished as an album.
Service and party coverage, starting at $2,699.
The finished artwork
What you actually keep.
Every celebration ends as something you can hold, not a folder you lose. We design albums and wall art with you, printed and bound through a professional lab to an heirloom standard.
- 01Italian-leather albumsA designed, archival album that tells the whole day in sequence. The piece your family actually pulls off the shelf, not a link that quietly expires.
- 02Fine wall artGallery canvas, metal, and acrylic, printed and framed through a professional lab so the single image you love most lives on the wall, not a hard drive.
- 03Heirloom printsArchival fine-art prints and matted folios for the people who matter, made to outlast the trends and the technology that replaces every device you own.
“Zach Dalin is extremely talented, and his work is nothing short of stunning and cinematic. His ability to capture emotion and movement is truly next level. Every photo tells a story.”
Questions
Weddings and events, answered.
What do you photograph under weddings and events?
Weddings, engagement sessions, and bar and bat mitzvahs. Every celebration gets premium editorial coverage and the same white-glove, full-service process, finished as heirloom albums and wall art rather than a download link.
Do you travel for weddings outside St. Louis?
Yes. Our home base is St. Louis, where we have photographed at the Ritz-Carlton, the Cathedral Basilica, Forest Park, and the Jewel Box, and we travel for destination weddings worldwide, including Italy, Dubai, and Notre Dame.
How much does wedding and event coverage cost?
Wedding collections start at $4,999 and are tailored to your day, with photo and film available. Mitzvah collections start at $2,699 with service and party coverage. Engagement sessions are often added to a wedding collection, and standalone sessions are available.
Do you offer photo and video together?
Yes. A coordinated photo and film team works the day together so they never compete for the same moment. Zach directs both photo and film, so the film is cinematic and the photography stays editorial.
How do we hold our date?
Start with the contact form to check your date. We begin with a conversation, confirm availability, and hold your date, then guide you through planning, the timeline, the day itself, and a personal reveal of your finished artwork.
Your date should be on our calendar.
Tell us what you are planning and we will come back quickly with availability and next steps.