A few weddings a year

On purpose

I take a small number of weddings each season, for couples who want their day remembered as artwork, not just a gallery.

The Approach

Your wedding day isn't a photoshoot.

It's a story filled with emotion, intention,

and the people you love most.

My role is to help you stay fully present in your day while I preserve it. Calm in complex family dynamics.

Taking charge when needed, invisible when not. Expert in light, invested in people, and steady in the moments that matter.

The images aren't just for today. They're for the years ahead.

Bride and groom dancing in the trees at Red Butte Garden

What to Expect

It starts with a relaxed conversation about what matters most to you. Your people, your priorities, how you want the day remembered.

From there I help with timeline flow, lighting, and the moments that deserve extra care. On the day itself, you stay present while your story unfolds.

Then, like every Smyer Image experience, it ends with a reveal. You see your images for the first time and we design albums, wall art, and film around your story. Finished heirloom pieces, made to live in your home.

The Work

  • Bride with blue hair and blue dress gets out of vintage car as fiance waits for his first look

    The Storytelling

    The day, in order, as it happened. Getting ready, the first look, the vows, the last dance. Not a pile of pretty pictures. A story your grandkids can follow without anyone explaining it.

  • Candid wedding photo of the bridal party singing and dancing on the counters.

    The Candids

    The moments nobody staged. Your dad's face during the toast. The laugh between takes. The in-between seconds that turn out to be the whole day.

  • Large group photo at a Red Butte Garden wedding in summer

    Group Portraits

    The formal portraits, done right. Both families organized quickly and kindly, everyone lit well, nobody left squinting into the sun for an hour. These are the images that end up framed in three different homes.

  • Wedding rings at Snowbasin with wildflowers and a bee

    The Details

    The things you chose on purpose. The dress on its hanger, the rings, the flowers your grandmother would have loved. Small things now, treasures in thirty years.

Investment

Wedding collections are customized around coverage, artwork, albums, and cinematic film. Most couples invest between $5,000 and $15,000 in a collection that preserves their story for generations.

Details are shared in a discovery conversation, so the experience fits your vision before anything is decided.

An open heirloom album with a suede cover sits on a wood table next to a framed portrait.

Credibility

Brian’s work has been featured by:

The Today Show, People Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The Huffington Post, The Knot, Rocky Mountain Bride and more

A row of publication logos showing where Brian Smyer's photography has been featured, including The Today Show, People, The Huffington Post, and Cosmopolitan.

  • "Brian is the best of the best and I have worked with hundreds of photographers! He has style and grace and cares about YOU!"

    —Janice Boes, Pierpont Place

  • "Even with challenging conditions, he created photos and a videos that feel truly magical. We’re so grateful for the beautiful moments he preserved for us."

    —Heather Ohman

  • "Brian is the best in the business! He is professional and easy to work with ."

    —Megan Underwood

  • "His exceptional talent, creative vision, and warm personality combined to create a treasure trove of memories that we will cherish for years to come."

    —Joshua Shutkind

  • "We LOVED working with Brian. He made our wedding day special and captured the day beautifully."

    ~Lauren Sanders

  • Bride and groom in military dress uniform share a kiss in falling snow surrounded by pine trees in Park City, Utah

  • Bride throws her arms up laughing while surrounded by bridesmaids and groomsmen on the dance floor.

  • Bride and groom share a kiss on the dance floor under string lights during their wedding reception.

  • A bridal party in red dresses celebrates with drinks in a hotel bathroom while a young boy in a black and red tuxedo covers his eyes.

  • Large wedding party celebrates together with snow-capped mountains rising behind them at Snowbasin.

  • Groom reacts emotionally seeing his bride for the first time at the Utah Salt Flats.

  • Groom leaps in the air while his bride laughs and twirls her dress outside their venue.

  • Bride touches her reflection

  • Bride and groom snuggle in field of wildflower at Red Butte Garden wedding

  • Bride laughs while her groom wipes away a happy tear during their wedding reception.

  • Bride and her bridesmaids in rust-colored dresses cheer together with a mountain valley view behind them.

  • Close bridal portrait featuring a birdcage veil, red lipstick, and a citrus-toned bouquet.

  • Bride at Grand America blows a kiss into the gold mirror with chandelier in the background.

  • Bride in a flower crown sits barefoot beside a koi pond holding a wildflower bouquet.

  • Devils Backbone wedding ceremony. Groom sits admiring his bride who is glowing from the sun's reflection on the cliff her groom sits.

  • Bride and groom share a twirl at dusk with dramatic storm clouds behind them.

  • Bride, groom and their two boys throw colored chalk in the air making themselves colorful

  • Bride, groom, and wedding party laugh and cheer while walking through a forest holding swords. Millcreek, Utah

  • A bridesmaid adjusts the bride's train in a hotel powder room while getting ready before the ceremony.

  • A groom wipes away tears during an emotional outdoor wedding ceremony in Salt Lake City,Utah.

  • Bride tears up during an emotional embrace, veil and bouquet visible, at a Utah wedding.

  • Wedding party cheer while bride and groom kiss. Red and black attire.

  • Groom relaxes in an armchair showing off his black cowboy boots while getting ready for his wedding.

  • A touching moment where the groom wipes a tear from the bride's face in Heber Utah

  • Bride and groom at Entrada in Southern Utah. Pink wedding dress, pink skies, red rock

  • Newlyweds raise their hands in celebration under a rainbow as they walk back down the aisle at Louland Falls

  • A groomsman gives a toast while guests burst into laughter at a Salt Lake Valley wedding reception.

  • Bride and groom walk hand in hand into their reception as guests cheer and cameras flash.

  • Bride and groom share their first kiss at an outdoor garden ceremony as an officiant and ring bearer look on.

  • Bride and groom share their first kiss on the altar, framed through the strings of a live harp at a Utah wedding ceremony.

  • Bride and groom laughing together while feeding each other dinner at a string-lit Salt Lake Valley wedding reception.

  • Engagement ring balanced on a dog's nose in a grassy Utah backyard, a playful detail shot from an engagement session.

  • Bride and groom kiss during their sparkler exit in front of a white barn at Walker Farms at dusk.

  • Snowy, stormy embracing bride and groom in Little Cottonwood Canyon in the winter snow

  • A smiling woman in a white wedding dress with mud splatters, outdoors with green foliage in the background, and overlay text reviewing wedding photography services.

If this sounds like your day, let's talk.

A short conversation, no pressure, and you'll know if we're the right fit.

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