Ellen Zaslaw Photography bio picture
  • Welcome to my website. I'm a photographer based in Ithaca in the scenic Finger Lakes region of New York, specializing in wedding photography and portraiture. I work largely in a photojournalistic style but portraits are a strong suit too. As well, I'm devoted to landscapes and cityscapes. Call me versatile.

    Locally, I photograph here in Central New York--in Ithaca, Syracuse, Cortland, Skaneateles, Geneva, Elmira, Corning, Aurora, Binghamton, Alpine, Watkins Glen, or anywhere else the roads go. But I've enjoyed travel to the far corners of the earth, so if you have a photo project somewhere between here and Antarctica, run it by me. You never know.

    Please enjoy a tour of my site. I hope it will be the start of a conversation.

    Ellen Zaslaw

brother and sister: portraits around Cornell



an engagement session at Stewart Park in Ithaca

This couple wanted to be photographed in Stewart Park and even on a certain swing, the place where it all began, when a friendly outing to the park became much, much more.
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a wedding at the Fontainebleau Inn in Alpine, New York

That photographer is David Spellman, my alter ego. He flew in from California to shoot this wedding with me. The dear bride called us her “dream team.”

Venue: Fontainebleau Inn, Alpine

Catering: Word of Mouth, Trumansburg

Florist: Michaleen’s, Ithaca

Hair stylists: Resistance Salon, Ithaca

Ceremony and cocktail hour music: Cornucopia Ensembles, Ithaca

DJ: Michael E. Mobile Sound, Syracuse, New York

a wedding at a grandmother’s homestead in North Lansing, New York

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Catering: Hope’s Way, Ithaca

Florist: Creations by Carol, Lansing

Tent and furniture rentals: Auburn Party Rental, Auburn

Make-up artist: Blush Skin Boutique, Ithaca

Restroom trailer: Executive Coaches of New York

Musicians: Ryan Zawel and associates

wedding photos – Auburn church and Ventosa Vineyards

This wedding took place in three locales: St. Hyacinth Church in Auburn, and Geneva on the Lake and Ventosa Vineyards, both in Geneva.  Photographed for Frank DiMeo._mg_1501_mg_15591_mg_1591_mg_1618unc_mg_1705_mg_1803r_mg_1854_mg_1858_mg_1881_mg_0035_mg_1953_mg_1982_mg_2006_mg_2043_mg_20521_mg_2065_mg_2082_mg_21161_mg_2162_mg_0085_mg_0223r_mg_0267_mg_0295_mg_0406_mg_0425_mg_0567