Emma Cleary Photo + Video

Emma Cleary Photo + Video builds a separate page for each venue it shoots, and two of those pages are Westchester rooms: Tappan Hill Mansion in Tarrytown and Crabtree’s Kittle House in Chappaqua. That is a practical signal. A studio that writes a page about Tappan Hill has usually worked the terrace light and the drive up more than once. Photography and video come from the same team, and drone aerials are shot in house rather than subcontracted to a second vendor with a second contract. The approach is described as photojournalistic and editorial. The studio is in Manhattan. On price, there is nothing. We read the Tappan Hill page on 11 September 2026 and found an inquiry form and a schedule a call button where the figures would be.

Drone in house removes a vendor, and adds a question about permission

Keeping aerials with the same crew means one contract, one arrival time and one insurance certificate. It also means the drone pilot answers to the photographer rather than to you.

Ask whether the pilot holds a current remote pilot certificate and whether your venue allows drone flight at all. Several Westchester estates restrict it, and the airspace near the river varies by location.

Venue pages are marketing, and they are still evidence

The Tappan Hill and Crabtree’s Kittle House pages tell you the studio has shot those rooms and thought about them enough to write. Pin down how many weddings it has covered at your venue, and in what seasons.

A photographer who has only worked your room in June has not seen what a 4pm November ceremony does to the available light.

The price conversation happens on a call, by design

There is no starting figure, no package tier and no hours breakdown published. The path is an inquiry form or a scheduled call. Manhattan based studios often price for the city and quote travel separately for Westchester, so raise travel on the first call rather than the third.

Photo and video sold together also need separating out in the quote. Get the photography price and the film price on their own lines, then the price for the pair. That way you can see the discount and decide whether you want both from one studio.

Editorial and photojournalistic mean different things in practice

Editorial work is directed. Someone tells you where to stand and waits for the light. Photojournalistic work is observed, with fewer instructions and more reaction shots. Most studios do some of each, and the balance decides how much of your day is spent posing.

Check how long the studio needs for family formals and for couple portraits, then build the timeline from those numbers. A thirty minute gap and a ninety minute gap are very different weddings.

At Tappan Hill the portrait window is usually outdoors and weather dependent, and at Crabtree’s Kittle House the grounds are smaller. Ask what the studio does in each room when it rains, and how much of the day it needs indoors. The answer should be specific to the venue rather than general.