Susan Stripling

10/21/2026

This reception was SO good it deserves its own post. Cipriani Wall Street, I hope to see you again soon - you know how to really host a party.

Planning:
Photography:
Videography: .totos
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Ceremony:
Reception:
Guest Transportation:
Couple Transportation (Church): .transportation.group
Couple Transportation (End of Night):
Florals:
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Stationery:
Cake:
Band:
Sketch Artists: .maxime
Live Painting:
Photo Booth:
Hair & Makeup:
Barber:

10/20/2026

More Jackie and Javier, because these two are a dream, and the creative team was spectacular. It's always wonderful to create with incredible clients AND other fantastic vendors.

Planning:
Photography:
Videography: .totos
Getting Ready:
Ceremony:
Reception:
Guest Transportation:
Couple Transportation (Church): .transportation.group
Couple Transportation (End of Night):
Florals:
Lighting & AV:
Stationery:
Cake:
Band:
Sketch Artists: .maxime
Live Painting:
Photo Booth:
Hair & Makeup:
Barber:

10/18/2026

Jackie + Javier, the details. This was my first time at Cipriani Wall Street, and IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT.

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Planning:
Photography:
Videography: .totos
Getting Ready:
Ceremony:
Reception:
Guest Transportation:
Couple Transportation (Church): .transportation.group
Couple Transportation (End of Night):
Florals:
Lighting & AV:
Stationery:
Cake:
Band:
Sketch Artists: .maxime
Live Painting:
Photo Booth:
Hair & Makeup:
Barber:

10/15/2026

Take two with ’s 2027 couture collection, EDEN, for .

Designer , exclusively at Casting & Show Director:
Makeup Lead:
Hair Lead:
Make-up assistants: + Hair assistants: +
Backstage Photography:
Runway Photography:
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Sound/DJ: + DJ -
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Venue:
W**e + Sparkling:
Mocktail bar/beverages: .love
Sweet treats:

10/15/2026

I always love creating with this team, and being the backstage photographer for ’s 2027 couture collection, EDEN was a theatrical dream. Until next time, friends!

Designer , exclusively at Casting & Show Director:
Makeup Lead:
Hair Lead:
Make-up assistants: + Hair assistants: +
Backstage Photography:
Runway Photography:
Runway Videography:
Sound/DJ: + DJ -
Lighting/AV:
Venue:
W**e + Sparkling:
Mocktail bar/beverages: .love
Sweet treats:

10/03/2026

A little rain didn't stop Jonathan and Carmen (and me) on this perfect, sweet, drizzly Sunday in Central Park's Conservatory Gardens.

Big wedding? Small wedding? 500 guests? 5 guests? I love them all. Even in the rain.

09/17/2026

Feel free to watch the replay if you are so inclined!

In this live demonstration, wedding photographer Susan Stripling wi...

09/16/2026

Teaching a free class at Adorama tonight at 5pm and I'd love to see you there (or via YouTube, if you'd rather).

The premise is that I'm going to photograph one person against one black wall with one lens, and I'm not going to move. That's it. No location changes, no lens swaps, nothing.

I picked this topic because it's the situation I find myself in constantly. The timeline falls apart, someone hands me eleven minutes for portraits, and we're standing in a hallway. You can't fix that by having better locations. You fix it by looking harder at the one you've got.

So I'll build image after image off that wall and talk through what I'm actually thinking while I do it.

42 W 18th St, 5 to 6pm. Free, and it's livestreamed on the Adorama Events YouTube channel if you can't get here.

Links in comments.

09/15/2026

I love Lyndhurst Mansion. I love Tarrytown, New York. I love, love, LOVE Jake and Sherry.

Apparently, this room is aptly named the Reception Room (also known as the Gallery). It's on the second floor; it's perfect, and I would move in tomorrow if they let me.

WIth __sherry_yh and Jake Ha

Venue: Lyndhurst Mansion & Gardens
Photo: Susan Stripling
Video: The Brothers Martens
Makeup & Hair: YAO
Planning & Floral Design: Floraland Weddings & Events
Caterer: Philip Stone Caterers
Lighting: Fusion Productions
Rentals: Luxe Event Rentals + Party Line Rentals
Linens: Nuage Designs
Officiant: Liz Norment
DJ/MC: Best Parties and Corporate AV in NYC + Sam Li
Welcome sign: arcastudiocreations

09/01/2026

I’m 48 and I want to talk about it.
Somebody in the industry argued that couples should hire photographers their own age. Post’s gone, not naming anybody, but the idea’s been around a while so here we are and let’s talk about it.

The reasoning behind the post was that someone your age gets you, relaxes you, catches the real stuff. Which describes GOOD PHOTOGRAPHERS and not one single thing about how old they are. I’ve watched 26-year-olds walk into a room of strangers and have ten new best friends in four minutes. I’ve watched people my age fail at it completely.

My age tells you nothing about your wedding. Not whether I’ll get your family, not whether I’ll be useful when you’re running forty minutes behind. I know which rooms have twelve good minutes of light and where it lands. I know what happens when hair and makeup runs long and how to fix it before anyone notices.

Experience can happen when you’re young or apparently one foot in the grave, which is what that post made me feel like I was.
Hire whoever’s pictures you can’t stop looking at. Hire who you like talking to.

But if you want to hire me and are dying to know how old I am - I’m 48. Do with that what you will!