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About

Based in Lansing, New York, Danielle Gerritsen is passionate about capturing your precious moments of matrimony. Danielle uses an artistic photojournalisic approach as well as guided posing to photograph each event. She wants you to be able to relax and have fun which she documents your wedding, creating a stress free experience. Specializing in both large scale weddings and elopements.

Danielle is currently interviewing couples for 2022 weddings. She will only accept a select number of weddings per year and spaces are limited.

Experience

Boasting over 20 years of experience, Danielle began her career by earning a degree in Art Photography from Syracuse University. A lover of life’s milestones, she quickly realized her talents lent themselves well to wedding and event photography. She is now an award-winning professional and a member of the Professional Photographers of America.

Services Offered:

Gerritsen Photography offers a range of services that will surely appeal to many couples. Not only is Danielle willing to travel, she will serve only one wedding a day, allowing her to give your event her undivided attention. She can provide items including albums, canvases, and downloadable digital files. Further features of her service include:

  • One event per day personally photographed by Danielle
  • Option of a second photographer
  • High resolution digital files
  • Online Gallery
  • Engagement and trash-the-dress sessions
  • Personalized heirloom albums
  • Woman-owned
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Frequently asked questions

Which of the following are included in the starting price?

High-Res Images
Multi. Locations
Slideshow
Digital Files
Proofs

Which of the following are included in the price of your most popular wedding package?

2nd Shooter
Add'l Hours
Boudoir Shoot
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
Multi. Locations
One Event / Day
Trash The Dress
Albums
Canvas
Digital Files
Negatives
Prints
Proofs

What primary photographic style do you identify with?

Contemporary
Photojournalism
Traditional

What photography services do you offer?

Additional Hours
Boudoir Shoot
Destination / Travel
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
One Event / Day
Second Shooter
Wedding Portraits

What photography items do you offer?

Albums
Canvas
Digital Files
Flush Mount
Matted Prints
Negatives
Prints
Proofs
Thank You Cards

Reviews of Gerritsen Photography

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Guests were extremely satisfied with Danielle's photography services for engagement photos and weddings, praising her professionalism, creativity, and ability to capture beautiful moments. Multiple reviewers appreciated her guidance, flexibility, and attention to detail during the photoshoots, making the experience stress-free and enjoyable. Danielle's responsiveness, communication, and quick turnaround time for delivering high-quality images were also highlighted, with guests eagerly recommending her for weddings and special events.

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Guests were extremely satisfied with Danielle's photography services for engagement photos and weddings, praising her professionalism, creativity, and ability to capture beautiful moments. Multiple reviewers appreciated her guidance, flexibility, and attention to detail during the photoshoots, making the experience stress-free and enjoyable. Danielle's responsiveness, communication, and quick turnaround time for delivering high-quality images were also highlighted, with guests eagerly recommending her for weddings and special events.

Emily
Emily Sent on 10/16/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Nothing short of amazing!!

Danielle did our engagement photos and photographed our wedding and she did an absolutely amazing job! Her photos are the best I have ever seen! Everyone loves our photos and compliments them still to this day. Definitely worth the money. She was professional (yet very kind) and so very sweet. We would definitely recommend her to anyone!! I am so glad we had her as our photographer, she captured our beautiful day perfectly and we will enjoy our photos for years to come ❤️
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Madlyn Sent on 08/12/2025
5 out of 5 rating

The Absolute Best Photographer

Danielle shot our engagement photos and our wedding. Although this review is before we receive our wedding gallery back, I am confident that it will be absolutely stunning. Danielle is a joy to work with, very responsive and flexible. She offers guidance and direction, is very observant and has great ideas! She made us feel comfortable, important and cared for, she even bustled my dress for me before our cocktail hour entrance! Danielle goes above and beyond, and we cannot wait for the next time we can work with Danielle. We cannot recommend Danielle enough!!!
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Kelly Sent on 02/24/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Absolutely Amazing!!

Danielle is simply amazing. We have been using her since our engagement photos, which were picture perfect, and we have continued using her as our family has grown to now three children. She has taken breath-taking photos that will last a lifetime! If you have ever tried to get pictures with children, you can understand how stressful it becomes, and she is amazing at making sure we have not one or a few, but multiple pictures that we absolutely love!!

I am huge on the Pinterest inspiration and I show her what I really like and she is able to do that for us! It comes out picture perfect just like I see on the Internet!

She is not pushy or demanding and lets you lead it but if you ask her for advice or help, she is more than willing to give it to you! She gives you tips on posture that will make the pictures look better and it is so incredibly helpful!!!

I cannot say enough good things about her and I can’t imagine using anyone else! She is absolutely lovely to work with and her pictures are absolutely amazing!!!
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Rachel Sent on 01/12/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Taughannock Micro Wedding

We hired Danielle to shoot our micro wedding in may 2023. Danielle was reasonably priced for the coverage we were looking for this type of event. We are not local and had never been to the finger lakes area so we relied on Danielle’s expertise a lot in recommending a timeline for our day locations to shoot at taughannock etc. Danielle was flexible friendly and easy to work with. We had great communication throughout the process leading up to our wedding and the day of she was professional and listened to getting the pictures we desired to have and recommending spots to go even helping us to include our dogs in our special day. She hiked with us to the falls and recommended some beautiful spots to take our photos at the park. Our pictures were turned around quickly and turned out fantastic and we are so happy that she was the photographer we chose for our special day.
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Christine Sent on 01/11/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Thoughtful, timely, and trustworthy

We deeply enjoyed working with Danielle for our wedding in 2023 and our engagement photos in 2021. (She was one of our favorite and most trusted vendors in the whole experience!) Danielle was excellent in communicating with us ahead of time, putting us at ease and guiding us with some poses, and sending us the photos sooner than we even anticipated them (and of course the photos were fantastic). She cared about the little details in our relationship and was thoughtful in how they played a role in commemorating our milestones. We highly recommend her work!
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Lindsey Sent on 01/07/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Highly recommend!!

We used Danielle for our engagement photos and our wedding day and couldn't have been happier with the final product! Danielle is so easy to work with- she is very responsive and called me quickly after my initial inquiry to get to know us and discuss what we were looking for. Danielle is a true professional and clearly very experienced in what she does- from guiding us into various poses and setting up unique shots, to getting our list of "must have shots" and specific people we wanted to make sure were in our pictures, to helping organize our guests the day off- I was so surprised with how quickly and efficiently we got our post-ceremony pictures done so that we could enjoy the time with our guests! We got our pictures back quickly and the platform to view and download was very easy to use.

It can be so overwhelming to choose each vendor for your big day and it was so important to us that we chose a photographer that understood what we were looking for, was experienced, kind and produces high quality work- I am so glad we chose Danielle!
Carla
Carla Sent on 11/22/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Nicole & Vivek

Danielle and her assistant took so many beautiful pictures that it’s going to be hard to decide which pictures to use for the album and pictures. She was so professional and we hardly knew her and her assistant we there. She was very efficient and knew exactly what pictures to take. Prior to the event she contacted us to get a list of family shots. We highly recommend her and could not be happier with the photos.
Alexandra
Alexandra Sent on 02/20/2023
5 out of 5 rating

I cannot recommend Danielle enough!!

She was kind, accommodating, responsive, and an amazing photographer to work with! Our photos came out STUNNING. I could not have asked for a better person to work with; my husband and I are not the most photogenic of people nor do we know how to pose for pictures at all, and Danielle made us feel so comfortable and got amazing shots. I presented her with quite the challenge of having to organize and take a lot of family photos (I have a huge family and my husband has a blended family, so there were lots of photos needed) and she didn't skip a beat and handled it with grace. The album she sent us afterwards was also so beautiful and professionally done! I would 100% work with her again!!
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Allison Sent on 01/28/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing wedding photographer

We are so grateful Danielle was the photographer for our big day! She is incredibly professional, relaxed, and captured all of our big moments in such a beautiful way. From our first meeting to creating our album, Danielle was responsive, thoughtful, and so easy to work with. If you are looking for a photographer for your wedding (or any other important moment), we cannot recommend her enough. We love our photos!
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Christine Sent on 12/28/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing from the moment we met!

Danielle is amazing. She is easy to work with and kind. She gave us beautiful photos of our wedding day that our family and friends love. She captured beautiful moments that have been turned into memories that we can hold onto forever. We would work with her again in a heartbeat!
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Awards

156
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2023 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2022 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2020 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2019 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2018 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2017 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2016 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2015 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2014 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2012 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2011 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2010 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2009 Winner

Professional Network & Endorsements

3 Endorsements
Ithaca Marriott Downtown on the Commons Ithaca Marriott Downtown on the Commons Hotel Weddings

Danielle is great to work with! She is very professional, creative and produces a high quality product.

Norabloom Botanicals & Beauty Lounge Norabloom Botanicals & Beauty Lounge Wedding Hair & Makeup

Danielle is wonderful to work with!!

Michaleen's Florist and Garden Center Michaleen's Florist and Garden Center Wedding Florists

Michaleen's works with Gerritsen Photography on a regular basis, and we endorse this business.

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Gerritsen Photography frequently asked questions

Gerritsen Photography includes the following photography services in the starting price:
  • High-Res Images
  • Multi. Locations
  • Slideshow
  • Digital Files
  • Proofs
Gerritsen Photography includes the following photography services in their most popular wedding package:
  • 2nd Shooter
  • Add'l Hours
  • Boudoir Shoot
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • Multi. Locations
  • One Event / Day
  • Trash The Dress
  • Albums
  • Canvas
  • Digital Files
  • Negatives
  • Prints
  • Proofs
Gerritsen Photography offers the following photography styles:
  • Contemporary
  • Photojournalism
  • Traditional
Gerritsen Photography offers the following photography services for weddings:
  • Additional Hours
  • Boudoir Shoot
  • Destination / Travel
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • One Event / Day
  • Second Shooter
  • Wedding Portraits
Gerritsen Photography offers the following photography materials for weddings:
  • Albums
  • Canvas
  • Digital Files
  • Flush Mount
  • Matted Prints
  • Negatives
  • Prints
  • Proofs
  • Thank You Cards
Gerritsen Photography is recommended by 100% of couples who have used their services. Their overall rating is 5.0, with the same score awarded for quality of service, flexibility, value, professionalism and average response time.
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