About Me
German. Married to a Buffalo girl. 3 cats.
Hello there! I'm Stefan Ludwig, a passionate wedding and family photographer based out of Buffalo, NY, where I moved over 10 years ago.
Why Buffalo? Because my wife grew up here. I was born and raised in Münster, Germany and lived most recently in Vienna, Austria. I worked as a journalist for financial newspapers, websites and magazines. I wrote mainly about tech companies such as Apple, Facebook, Google.
As part of my job I was exposed to photography and filmmaking and discovered a passion. It didn’t take long for family and friends to ask me to photograph their weddings. I realized how much fun it was to be part of such an emotional day which you remember for a lifetime.
Since then, I have been a wedding photographer and videographer at more than 300 weddings in the USA, Germany, Mexico, Canada and Brazil.
My work has been featured in Artvoice, the Buffalo Wedding Magazine as well as in the Rochester Wedding Magazine.
Photo and Video combined. Finally.
What we do
When you look at my photos and videos I want you to be able to relive your wedding day, even decades later. The images should show your personal favorite moments and little stories you might have missed. To transform your day into a photo story I prefer to stay under the radar if possible. I’ll try to take most of the photos of your guests unnoticed by them. To be honest, when a person starts to pose for my camera is usually when I stop shooting. The photos should be as natural as possible; most of my images are candid photography. Think about it as a journalistic approach to document the entire day.
What we don’t do
Too many posed photos and serving unhappy customers. Please tell me if there is anything I should be aware of or pay special attention to on your wedding day. Of course I will pose people in group shots of your family or the bridal party, but I wonʼt walk up to everybody, interrupt their conversation, and ask them to smile.
Where we have been
Stefan Ludwig Photography has covered weddings on three continents. Here are some of our favorite wedding destinations we have visited:
- Cancun, Mexico
- Salvador, Brazil
- Ellwangen, Germany
- Toronto, Canada
- Jacksonville, FL, USA
- New York, NY, USA
What we offer
We do candid photography and videography to capture all the emotions of your wedding day in the best way possible. Here is how we do it.
New photo booth option!
Introducing Gifyyy Booth.
No prints needed. Just gifs right to your guests phones.
A photo booth is an amazing piece of entertainment for your guests. Traditionally most of those work with a ton of accessories to make the experience of taking a simple photo more fun.
This year it is time to change it up a little. We have added a fun and different approach to a photo booth. We call it Gifyyy Booth. It is a simple setup, a light on a tripod with an iPad to take the photos. Your guests choose if they want a still photo or a GIF and the app handles the rest. Your guests simply type in their phone number right on the screen and immediately receive their photo or GIF. Of course you have access to the entire gallery - and so do your guests.