LGBTQ+ Owned, Woman Owned
LGBTQ+ Owned, Woman Owned
Mae Krell Photo
Digital & Film Photography + Super 8mm video for the lovers.
Hi, I’m Mae, and I’m so glad you’ve found your way here. I’m a nomadic photographer and storyteller with roots in Brooklyn, always ready to follow love wherever it leads.
I offer a gentle directive, documentary approach. Natural, tender, and entirely true to you.
I’m inspired by earthy tones and summer rain, road trips and wildflowers, vintage guitars and the calming hum of the Rocky Mountains. By hikes with my dogs, quiet mornings with my beautiful girlfriend, and the grainy nostalgia of film and home videos on Super 8mm.
My work is an extension of these loves—honest, emotive, and nostalgic.
The approach: linger by the door for a moment longer, corner store flowers on the way home, butterflies every time you see them, nostalgic and romantic and real.
My approach to documenting you and those you cherish most is photojournalistic and observational- organic and gently directive, aiming to always prioritize your comfort and ease above all else.
I want you to feel at home in the photos we create together. My most important practice is capturing your essence and love as authentically as possible.
Based in
New York
Works with couples
USA wide
Pricing from
$1250 for NYC City Hall Elopements
$6250 for full day weddings
+ add Super 8mm video starting at $1850
My practice as an artist is rooted in documenting people in love. Come as you are, and you will be celebrated here.
Based in
New York
Works with couples
USA Wide
Pricing from
$1250 for NYC City Hall Elopements
$6250 for full day weddings
+ add Super 8mm video starting at $1850
My practice as an artist is rooted in documenting people in love. Come as you are, and you will be celebrated here.
What inspired you to work in the wedding world?
My first elopement photography job came from my manager at my first ever restaurant job. I was eighteen, and I wasn’t necessarily closeted, but I definitely wasn’t where I am today. I hadn’t spent much time around any queer people, really, and Fitch and Ashley were the first lesbian couple that I had really gotten to know and spend time around. They took me under their queer wings as I got my first good haircut (haha), took me to my first ever NYC dyke march, and experiencing and documenting their love was a massive part of what helped me accept and embrace my own identity. Seeing their love for each other helped me realize that I could be authentically myself and be loved: I didn’t have to choose, and I didn’t have to hide. Now, eight years later, I’m an out and proud butch lesbian who documents love for a living!
Do you have any pets?
Yes! I have two dogs, Apollo and Bia, a Blue Tongued Skink named Basil, and my girlfriend has a black Cat named Gigi! Full house 🙂
How do you keep up the energy during long wedding days?
A crisp diet coke is truly the MVP of a wedding day for me.
