INFO

FIND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR

PROMISES

WEDDINGS

For the wild-hearted and the soft-spoken — we’ll frame your love in the light it deserves.

WEDDING COLLECTIONS FROM $3,200

Engaged, married, or somewhere in between — your story is still being written, and we’re here to capture the poetry of it.

STARTING AT $600

FOR THE KINDRED

ENGAGEMENTS

         & COUPLES

Experience

Hiring a photographer is more than just receiving beautiful photographs. The experience of the session is a big part of creating artistic, beautiful photos. With great chemistry, it becomes easier to create. Let's make sure we are a great fit.

MUSE

SOLO PORTRAITS,BOUDOIR & EDITORIALS 

For the ones who live between strength and softness — portraits that feel cinematic, raw, and unapologetically you.

STARTING AT $600

From growing bellies to growing hearts —

your story deserves to be told in soft light

and honest emotion.

STARTING AT $600

HEART & HOME 

INTIMATE FAMILY SESSIONS& MATERNITY

FAQ

Looking for answers to your questions?

We’ve left them here.

NOIR & NOSTALGIA

OLD HOLLY WOOD TIMELESS PORTRAITS,EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY,
COUNTERCULTURE
PORTRAITS 

Step beyond the ordinary with Old Hollywood glamour, cinematic event storytelling, and counterculture portraits rooted in individuality, atmosphere, and self-expression.

Travel

We love to travel and meet new people. Where and when will we be in your town? Find out here.

SEND US A WIRE

WEDDINGS & ENGAGEMENTS | OTHER SESSIONS

#blackriderstudios

Follow us on Instagram @blackriderstudios
Before the wedding, there was this little adventure along the coast. We spent an evening in Solana Beach with Jenavie and An…
Some weddings feel less like a traditional wedding and more like the closing scene of a really good movie. Keri and Zachary’…
Kids have a way of reminding us that the best moments rarely happen when everyone stands still. We spent the morning with th…
Almost ten years. That’s how long we’ve been hoping to photograph a wedding at @twinoaksgardens Venue in San Marcos, Califor…
Who says a wedding has to follow the rules? Sunday took us to The Cosmopolitan Hotel in Old Town San Diego for Kristy and Ca…
I’ve been photographing weddings for nearly 20 years, and somehow, they still find ways to surprise me. Saturday was no exce…
You’d think after photographing weddings since 2007, we’d have seen it all. Not even close. And that’s the best part. We’re…
Apparently, photographing weddings with a major storm threatening to crash the celebration is becoming a Black Rider Studios…
There’s something about the desert that makes you feel like you’ve wandered into another world. No city noise. No distractio…
Some weddings feel less like an event and more like an entire community showing up to say, we’re with you. That’s what Naomi…
Some wedding days happen in one place. Jacqueline and Vinny’s took us on a little road trip. We started in Fullerton for the…
There’s something about the desert that strips everything down. No distractions. No crowded backgrounds. Just open land, mou…
There’s a difference between planning a wedding on a budget and trying to make a big wedding cheap. Those aren’t the same th…
Some families make you work for the photograph. The Montes mostly made us keep up. We spent the afternoon wandering around M…
Saturday belonged to Yamila and Alex. And it had everything we love about photographing a wedding. The nerves before the cer…
There’s something pretty wild about maternity photographs when you really think about it. You’re taking pictures of somebody…
There’s a point during an engagement session when it stops feeling like a photoshoot. The posing gets quieter. The nerves di…
There are sessions you photograph, and then there are sessions that stay with you. Briana’s was one of those. We went into t…
Some sessions feel less like posing for photographs and more like documenting what a family feels like together. We photogra…
A little preview from Mikayla and Sam’s engagement session in La Jolla. The sky stayed gray, the ocean was restless, and ins…
Lauren and Austin originally had something completely different in mind for their engagement session—an open grassy field, s…
A little preview from Yamila and Alex’s engagement session in La Jolla. The marine layer rolled in, the light disappeared, a…
A new little person has entered the house, and suddenly everything feels different. We spent some time with Lily and Alejand…
There’s something about the mountains that makes a love story feel a little bigger. Crystal and Shane brought a little Weste…
Izzy and Sam brought their own kind of romance to Balboa Park. Between the architecture, the gardens, and those quieter litt…
There’s something about Julian that always makes a portrait feel a little less like a portrait and a little more like a scen…
Yesterday we spent the day with the Ofoegbu family at their home in Los Angeles. They’re also part of our spiritual family,…
Some celebrations don’t need a ceremony to feel like a wedding. Gigi and Agustin closed out 2023 surrounded by the people th…
There are weddings that stick with you because of the venue, the light, or some crazy moment that happened during the day. A…
Ten years ago, we went out to Pala with Sandy and Vanessa with no wedding to document, no milestone to celebrate, and no cli…