Andrew Alwert Studios

Name: Andrew Alwert Studios
Address: 405 Franklin Street, Gretna, LA, 70053, US
Telephone: +15043882576
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10/29/2026

ALL HAIL THE QUEEN
🔮MEDIEVAL REIGN🔮

Host, Creative Director & Event Design by: Blue Gardenia Events
Event Producer and Administrative Director: Stacey McCarthy
Venue + Catering: Elms Mansion New Orleans
Photography & Portrait Lounge: Andrew Alwert Studios | Film & Digital Photography; Portrait Lounge
Videography: StudioVieuxCarre NOLA Video
Entertainment Producer, Director, Writer: Lady Midnight Productions
Co- Entertainment Producer, Writer, & Composer:
Costuming: Blue Gardenia Events; Lady Midnight Productions
Costume Director: Hellin | Glamour & Sewing 💄🪡
Theatrical Makeup & Costume Fabrication: Rarity Beauty & Wellness in Old Gretna
Makeup: Verde Beauty : Weddings + Events Luxury Hair / Makeup
Fire coordinator:Vivi Noir
Lighting Team: RVivi Noirng
Social media:RZI Lightingsa Marketing
CuCaroline Rosa Marketingals: POP NOLA
Florist: MichellePOP NOLANew OrleanMichelle West | New Orleans Wedding & Event Floristirefly Ambiance
Rentals +Firefly Ambianceng: ELEMENT
Specialty Linens: ELEMENTesigns
DJ + Sound TNuage Designsnt: BE Collective (Formerly BlBE Collective (Formerly Blue Earth Artists)ormance: The Mudlark Public TheatreThe Mudlark Public Theatreng: Dohm Collective
Musical EnDohm Collectiveendafilka
Bar & CocktailTrendafilkars. Deniseea Head | CocktMrs. Deniseea Head | Cocktails + Storyteller | THAT GIRLe Absente
Graphic DAbsinthe Absenter: Dogwood Blossom StationeryDogwood Blossom Stationeryections
CoBittersweet Confections Orleans | Dark Garden New Orleans | Hand Made Custom Corsets & CouturenDark Garden Corsetry | Hand Made Custom Corsets & Couturestaurant
PhotoDelacroix Restaurant
Banner printiBoogie Boothueen: Caitlin OrelPrismaueen’s CCaitlin Orellanalle Hartzog AlexDixie Camille HartzogyAlex RobinsonwBig Eatsy by Mattlan | New Orleans FoodietHow NOLAlabyrinth.com

10/23/2026

BORN IN FILM, LIVING DIGITAL 🎞️

After nearly 40 years of being around photography, I’ve noticed something about the process of making a portrait.

The moment someone steps in front of a camera, something changes. There’s an awareness, a subtle performance, a natural response to being seen.

I’ve learned to embrace that rather than work around it.

Portraiture is an interesting balance between being a documentarian and a director. Observing what naturally unfolds while offering just enough direction to shape the moment.

Light, surroundings, body language, and human connection all play a part. The artistry is in how these elements come together, often somewhere between intention and instinct.

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10/20/2026

STEPPING INTO THE EXTRAORDINARY 🎭

This Friday marks my fourth year as a sponsor and creative collaborator of Queen’s Labyrinth, an immersive Halloween experience brought to life through the wildly imaginative minds at Blue Gardenia Events.

I’ve never been the biggest Halloween costume person, but there’s something about being immersed in a world of theatrical extravagance, fantasy, and unapologetic creativity that has completely captivated me. Behind the camera, I get to disappear beneath my own creative cloak, experiment without boundaries, and make photographs that live somewhere between reality and imagination.

What makes Queen’s Labyrinth especially meaningful to me is that in 2024, it became the official launch of Portrait Lounge.

Portrait Lounge was born from a desire to create, not a business plan. It was meant to be a creative playground where I could continue exploring, refining, and challenging my understanding of studio and cinematic lighting. A space to experiment, take risks, and make something extraordinary simply for the joy of making art.

Over these four years, we’ve built worlds beyond the ordinary, created some unforgettable photographs, and, most importantly, shared the experience with an incredible community of artists and creatives.

And perhaps that’s been the greatest gift of all.

Creating art brings me joy. Sharing that creativity, exchanging ideas, teaching, learning, and watching others bring their own imagination to life brings me even more.

I’m incredibly grateful to Blue Gardenia Events for inviting me to be part of that vision year after year.

Here’s a look back at a few of my favorite images from our adventures through the Labyrinth. And here’s to another year of beautiful madness.

See you Friday, October 23. 🖤

10/14/2026

BRIDAL FASHION WITH GUILLERMO PHARIS BRIDAL

10/07/2026

CINEMATIC, ATMOSPHERIC… A WELCOME RECEPTION AFTER DARK

Planner & Designer: Blue Gardenia Events
BGE Event Producer: Stacey McCarthy
BGE Event Production Assistance: Lady Midnight
BGE Bridal Concierge: Hellin | Glamour & Sewing 💄🪡
Welcome Party: Napoleon House
Ceremony + Reception Venue + Catering: 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞’𝐬
Photography: Andrew Alwert Studios | Film & Digital Photography
Florals: Kim Starr Wise
Bars + Lounge Vignettes: Distressed Rentals & Revival
Candle Decor: Firefly Ambiance
Dancefloor: ELEMENT
Ceremony Musicians: New Orleans Classical and Jazz
Reception Entertainment: BE Collective (Formerly Blue Earth Artists) Blue Rhythm
Second Line: Frenchmen Street Productions
Wedding Cake: Bittersweet Confections
Invitations + Day Paper Goods: Dogwood Blossom Stationery
Linens:
Makeup & Hair: Flawless Bride | Beauty
Pedi Cabs: Need a Ride Pedicabs
Bridal Prep + After Party Venue: The Celestine

09/30/2026

There’s a camera I bring to weddings that means more to me than simply shooting film.

It’s a Zenza Bronica medium-format camera that belonged to my dad. Beginning in the 1970s, he used these cameras to photograph hundreds of weddings, documenting families and preserving memories long before I understood that I would one day follow the same path.

My own relationship with these cameras started when I was around 12 years old and began going to weddings with him. One of the first things he taught me was how to load the interchangeable film backs. Back then, a roll of 120 film gave him 15 frames, while 220 gave him 30. I quickly learned to listen for every click of his shutter and quietly keep count. My job was to have the next film back loaded and ready before he even realized he was about to need it.

Looking back, I love that some of my earliest lessons in photography had nothing to do with taking a picture. They were about paying attention, anticipating what was needed and being prepared before the moment arrived. In many ways, those lessons still influence the way I photograph weddings today.

My dad continued photographing weddings on film until the early 2000s, when digital photography began taking over the industry. Like so many photographers of his generation, he was pushed toward a new technology and a completely new way of working. The film cameras were eventually packed away, and along with them were boxes of film he had purchased in the late ’90s but never had the opportunity to use.

Years later, those cameras—and that film—found their way to me.

Today, I bring his Bronica with me to photograph my own clients’ weddings.

I think often about what these cameras have witnessed. Hundreds of wedding days. Generations of families. Parents, grandparents, children, first dances, nervous moments, celebrations and people who may now exist only through the photographs he made.

There are decades of family history connected to something I now hold in my own hands.

And there’s something wonderfully ironic about where photography has taken us. My dad was essentially forced to leave film behind as the industry moved toward digital. Now, more than twenty years later, we find ourselves drawn back to the texture, imperfection, anticipation and nostalgia that made film so special in the first place.

I’ve even inherited those boxes of expired film he never got to shoot. Every once in a while, I load a roll into one of his cameras and give that film the opportunity to finally make the photographs it was intended to make all those years ago.

For me, shooting film at a wedding isn’t about following a trend. It’s something much more personal.

When I photograph your wedding with my dad’s camera, I’m continuing a story that began decades ago. The same cameras I once stood beside him loading as a 12-year-old are now in my hands, documenting another generation of families.

There’s something incredibly humbling about that.

A camera that spent decades preserving other families’ histories is still doing exactly what it was made to do.

And every time I pick it up, I get to share a small piece of my family’s history while preserving yours.

— Andrew

09/02/2026

LIGHT, EMOTION, & COMPOSITION… 📸

WHO NEEDS COLOR WHEN YOU’VE GOT THE HOLY GRAIL!

Bride: Camille LeJeune
Groom: Gregory Schorr

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Ceremony Music: .Hardin.5
Reception Entertainment:
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Photo Booth:
Party Bus:
After Party DJ: .0
Bridal Gown: Mark Ingram’s Bridal Gown Atelier in NYC Mark Ingram Bride, Luxury Wedding Gowns

08/28/2026

WORTH THE WAIT❤️‍🔥

Bride: Ashley Smith
Groom: Stephen Paul Smith

Planner: InNOLA Events & Design
Social Cinematography: Social Cinematography™ | Hybrid Luxury Video + Content Creation
Video: New Orleans | Destination Wedding Videographers
Venue: Riverboat CITY of NEW ORLEANS | Mississippi River Cruise House of Blues New Orleans
Floral Design: The Stem Studio | Flowers With Flair
Entertainment: Mustache The Band
Bakery: Bae’s Bakery La Louisiane Bakery
Party Gifts: Faux Pas Prints
Dress Designer: Galia Lahav
Jewels: Jack Sutton Fine Jewelry

08/06/2026

JUST GETTING STARTED!!! 🔥

07/15/2026

SWEET CAROLINE💘

Bride: Caroline Graham
Groom: George Anagnostou

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Planner: Uncommon Camellia
Producers: Nicole M. Smith Twana Hayes
Venue: 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞’𝐬
Florals: Annmarie Meyers | Baton Rouge, New Orleans & Beyond
Bridal dress boutique: The Sentimentalist
Jeweler: Catbird
Dress Designer: Rebecca Schoneveld
Glam Squad: GLAM ON LOCATION
Bakery: Haydel's Bakery | New Orleans Bakery
Ceremony Musicians: New Orleans Classical and Jazz
Reception Band: Groovy7
Video: Andrew Alwert Studios | Film & Digital Photography Taylor Castillo
Brass Band: Kinfolk Band & Music Group LLC
Dressing Location: Omni Royal Orleans
After Party: Pat O'Brien's Bar

Address

405 Franklin Street
Gretna, LA
70053

Telephone

+15043882576

Website

https://linktr.ee/AndrewAlwertStudios

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