PHOTOGRAPHER | Adam Griffin

With over a decade of experience in wedding photography, Adam Griffin draws creative inspiration from each event, focusing on capturing the authentic essence of couples and their loved ones. His style combines editorial compositions with candid storytelling, emphasising true-to-life colour and dramatic light. As a proud LGBTQ+ community member, he aims to represent all couples in his photography. Based in Los Angeles and New England, Adam Griffin is available worldwide.

Tell us about your business! 

I’ve been photographing weddings for over 10 years now, and they just keep getting more fun and more creatively inspiring with each couple I meet. No detail is too small and no moment too fleeting for my attention. The word ‘authentic’ gets thrown around a lot these days, but it really is the ultimate privilege to capture that version of you and all your loved ones, and celebrate this next chapter in your story together!

What would you like couples to know about you? 

I went to university for art, design, and architecture here in Southern California, and I lean heavily on that background in my approach to photography. I’m also an openly proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, and one of my biggest motivations is helping all couples see themselves represented in my work and throughout every level of the wedding industry!

Where are you based? 

Los Angeles-based, and New England because of my family home just outside of Boston, but I’m available worldwide!

Do you travel for weddings? 

Yes, absolutely. I love coming along for your destination wedding no matter how far!

How would you describe your style? 

It leans into editorial compositions without compromising the candid, documentary storytelling of a wedding day. My photography emphasizes true-to-life color and dramatic light, and I use my background in architecture and design to ground my subjects within a space. I love giving my couples a gallery that lets them both relive the emotions of the day, and has those swoon-worthy shots they were inspired by as they planned every detail of their wedding. It’s fine art you can feel!

What inspires you? 

I’m inspired by anything artistic in any medium, and it definitely shows up in my work. I regularly visit museums in new cities and will reference painted light and shadow in my photos. I’ll pin fashion week runway looks because of the way models carry their bodies or how a certain material moves. I have way too many still frames saved from cinema and television I’ve consumed. And I even use my personal obsession with food and cocktails to compose my details and flatlays!

Do you shoot digitally, on film or both? 

Both! I’m a hybrid digital and film photographer for all of my work, even when I’m just traveling for fun. And I especially love documenting weddings on 120 film…the colors are just so nostalgic!

What is a favourite product or service that you offer and why? 

I think my default answer is usually film because there’s such a visual poetry in knowing that a single frame might be perfectly imperfect. But I’m equally obsessed with flying my drone if weather (and the location) permits it! Those wide establishing shots of the venue, overhead frames of the tables, and artistic photos of the landscape and guests interacting with the space from such a unique vantage point really fills out a gallery, and couples often tell me those cinematic shots are some of their favorite ones to print and frame because it reminds them of their wedding day without being such an on-the-nose portrait.

Where would you love to travel to for work? 

I always jump at any opportunity to go back to Italy, but France, Portugal, Kyoto, Bali, and Iceland are high on the list of places I’d love to travel for a wedding!

Who is your dream client? 

Taylor Swift if she’s reading this and still looking for her photographer! Half kidding, but I connect the best with couples who see photography as an integral part of their day and embrace slowing down to both savor moments and capture them. My ideal clients want to tell a story through their gallery, and that usually means both a candid reaction and then some gentle suggestions of how to frame the follow-up moment so it looks like fine art for your wall but still seems effortless.

Adam Griffin Photo 

Website: adamgriffinphoto.com 

Instagram: @adamgriffinphoto