Ben + Karis

We are a husband & wife wedding photography team based in New York City. When we aren't taking pictures of bouquet tosses and Uncle Joe's table dance at 1am: we take more pictures...of everything else :).

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Ben's Kick-Ass Sales & Marketing Workshop

Ben’s Kick-Ass Sales & Marketing Workshop

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Ben's Kick-Ass Sales & Marketing Workshop

Ben’s Kick-Ass Sales & Marketing Workshop

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[Wedding] Jessica & Cory - Woolverton Inn in Stockton, NJ

[Wedding] Jessica & Cory – Woolverton Inn in Stockton, NJ

One of the best trends to emerge from this pandemic has been the rising popularity of small, intimate weddings; just the couple, their closest family & friends, delicious food and drinks, and cute farm animals (optional). Jessica & Cory did just that, and hosted an intimate, rustic, farm wedding at the Woolverton Inn in Stockton, NJ. What was even more amazing was the it clearly wasn’t the farm…

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[Wedding] Wenona & Titus - Lands End Catering in Sayville, NY

[Wedding] Wenona & Titus – Lands End Catering in Sayville, NY

  Throughout this pandemic, I’d venture to say that hosting a wedding during a pandemic, with all things considered, was quite manageable: the rules were clear because there weren’t (too) many unknowns. The hardest part? Trying to host a wedding while transitioning INTO a pandemic, and OUT of a pandemic – those were some the craziest weeks throughout this entire ordeal. Were masks required? Did…

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[Engagement] Janet & David - Brooklyn, NY

[Engagement] Janet & David – Brooklyn, NY

  Fun fact: Janet & David rented a space in Brooklyn for their engagement session, long before they found out it would be raining that day. For starters, they wanted something slightly different and off the beaten path. But even more importantly, they wanted nothing to do with those famous NYC summers (AC for the win!). They found a gorgeous brownstone with filled beautiful lighting, packed their…

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[Wedding] Allie & Anthony - Shadowbrook in Shrewsbury, NJ

[Wedding] Allie & Anthony – Shadowbrook in Shrewsbury, NJ

When I used to live in a small town of 10,000, I thought it was pretty awesome to know everyone in town. From the post office workers, to the bank tellers, to the teenagers who stocked the shelves at the local mini-mart. For someone who lived in relative anonymity growing up in a big city, I thought this was pretty neat (and still do). I’m what you would call a “Busy-body” – and we all have a…

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[Wedding] Sam & Chris - Liberty House in Jersey City, NJ

[Wedding] Sam & Chris – Liberty House in Jersey City, NJ

  When I arrived at Samantha’s suite on the morning of her wedding, there was an assorted pile of wedding items sitting in the corner: a few jewelry pieces, her flower bouquet, a little note that Chris had written her, and an old photo of what appears to be two very young adults rocking out with with their hands in the air and colorful sunglasses on their young faces.  “It’s a photo from when we…

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[Wedding] Anita & Ashwin - Philadelphia, PA

[Wedding] Anita & Ashwin – Philadelphia, PA

“Do you have any marriage advice for us?” Anita & Ashwin asked, as we made our way into Center City for their wedding photos. Our newly married couple was Philadelphia’s newest husband-and-wife, freshly minted at the groom’s home church merely an hour ago. In all my years of documenting weddings, I get asked many questions – usually pertaining to timelines and shooting locations. However, this…

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[Wedding] The Bowery Hotel in New York, NY

[Wedding] The Bowery Hotel in New York, NY

  A last minute scramble to put together a wedding appears to be common theme for many of our couples this year; for some, it’s an “appetizer” of sorts – a ceremony now, with the “main course” scheduled for whenever we humans find ourselves in a better place, hopefully in healthier times. For others, it’s the whole shebang – which happens to be my favorite kind of shebang. But whatever the case…

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[Wedding] Michelle & AJ - Northern NJ

[Wedding] Michelle & AJ – Northern NJ

  Despite the hardships that we’ve all had to endure this past year, we in the wedding industry have noticed a silver lining amidst all this: smaller weddings. Though I’m sure we’ll soon return to packed dance floors within the next few years, for the moment we are fully relishing in the intimate celebrations with immediate family and very close friends – without the frills, without the fluff,…

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[Wedding] Irene & Cory – Reeves-Reed Arboretum in Summit, NJ   "Figure out a path forward." This has been my mantra these past eight months, against the backdrop of an unrelenting global pandemic as well as a raucous geo-political climate.

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[Wedding] Gloriann & Jason – Bear Brook Valley in Fredon, NJ Who plans a wedding in 6 weeks? These folks do :). With the coronavirus wedding in full swing this past fall, most couples have been rescheduling and delaying their wedding plans.

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[Wedding] Danielle & Luis – Park Chateau in East Brunswick, NJ For Danielle & Luis, this wedding day was a long time coming, the pandemic notwithstanding. Having been together for more years than most people can conceivably count, there's no doubt that they've weathered many storms together - so planning a wedding amidst an ongoing pandemic would've been a cakewalk for these two.

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[Wedding] Beulah & Josh – The Legacy Castle in Pequannock, NJ It can't be easy trying to plan a wedding in the middle of a pandemic. It's doubly hard when you've got two sisters getting married mere months apart from each other!

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[Portraits] Nicole & Matt – Plainfield, NJ   "You're getting one Christmas card photo from me, and that's all you're gonna get!" I warned Nicole & Matt when I was describing my personal project to them.

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[Engagement] Wenona & Titus – Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Pleasantville, NY I couldn't help but smile the entire time I was going through these photos for the blog, much less capturing them on the day of their engagement session.

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[Wedding] Rachel & Matt - New Jersey Backyard Wedding

[Wedding] Rachel & Matt – New Jersey Backyard Wedding

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“In every crisis, there is opportunity.”

– Chinese Proverb

This pandemic has likely been one of the worst tragedies we’ve all experienced in our lifetimes. But even so, I remind myself to count my blessings every day; there’s food in my stomach, a roof over my head, and my loved ones are (for the most part) safe and healthy during these crazy, crazy times. By all…

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