My company was born in 2010 from a love of photography, nice people, and interesting projects.
The Amber Marlow Photography motto is “photography for everyone!” because I like working the variety of interesting people who hire me to photograph their weddings and elopements, family portraits, head shots, and boudoir photos. My style mixes modern techniques with classic composition (in other words: I’m a tech geek who grew up reading my mom’s 1970′s photography books).
I am also an editorial photographer specializing in working with small businesses to create stylized images of their products.
I’m based in Brooklyn with a foot in L.A., and will travel everywhere. I can often accommodate bad time crunches, so if you’re eloping in two days, drop me a line.
Me in a nutshell: Good coffee, good beer, horrible diner food, epic milkshakes. Three dogs, all rescued. A girls’ girl. Canon. Yankees. Chuck Taylors. The Moth. Books, books, books. Working on my Life List. Pro-breast feeding. Anti-discrimination. The Pixies. The Beatles. “Slice of life” movies.
photo of me by Maile Wilson
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P.P.S. In addition to my good reviews on Yelp, I get love notes:
Danielle D. -
“I wanted to thank you for all of the amazing pictures! I love so many of them. They are better than I imagined they would be. I will recommend you to anyone I know that may be looking for a photographer.”
Allison S. -
“Just a quick note to say that the pictures are so fantastic! We looked through them again and again last night; even [our 9 month old] was smiling when he saw each of them. We’re having a hard time figuring out favorites to choose for our Christmas card…”
C. P. -
…we really enjoyed spending time with you! In fact, J. and I both commented on how much it wasn’t like having our photos taken – it was more like a fun day hanging out 
R. F. -
We really enjoyed our photo shoot with you — thank you for making it so much fun and not intimidating at all! I felt like we were just goofing around with a friend, and we both just really felt relaxed. And you are a natural with babies!
Karin P. -
We had an absolutely great time with you – and you know, it’s not easy to be so smoochy in front of a complete stranger, especially as a gay person who doesn’t generally make large public displays of affection. For me, a part of the reason why I opted to not hire a professional photographer for our wedding was because so many of the ones available [where we got married] had portfolios that exclusively showcased straight couples in traditional and posed photographs… and we decided it just wasn’t worth the money or risk. Had we seen a portfolio like yours, where someone is clearly talented at capturing those cute-couple moments, regardless of gender, we might’ve decided differently.
Jennifer E. -
I LOVE THE SHOTS YOU TOOK. Your CD arrived on a day that Matilda was doing poorly and it really cheered me up to know I have her documented so well. And the shots of Annie are a great start to our life together.
Again – you were a great surprise! It was wonderful to meet you – hope to work with you again!
Lisa J. -
For two camera-shy humans (and one prima donna cat), she was the perfect photographer: relaxed, creative, and above all, fun! Not gonna say it never felt awkward, but we are talking people who had–until Amber’s intervention–a mere handful of photos of us together in 4 years of dating (while having, of course, 500+ photos of our cat!). She even made our crappy apartment look less crappy.
Laura C. -
Let me tell you Amber is the bees knees and I will never quit singing her praises. My fiance and I were so nervous before the shoot and that immediately went away once we met Amber. She is super down-to-earth and hip and cool without being hipster pretentious. We were immediately joking about completely inappropriate subjects and we had a blast and it shows in our photos.
Meg K. -
I’m not usually a fan of the boudoir photo session, partially because of the distinctly un-feminist language they are normally cloaked in. … they tend to range from cheese-tastic to whoa-PORN? And meeeeh. Not my thing. BUT, Amber has this way of taking the girls-girl boudoir pictures that are sexy-as-hell, and help you see yourself as you are: HOT. And I think maybe you should take some.