STAK Studios

What STAK Studios does

STAK Studios is a privately held boutique wedding photography studio founded and operated by Steven Young as a sole proprietorship, headquartered in Union Square, New York City. The studio provides documentary-style wedding photojournalism with fine-art influence, covering engagements, rehearsal dinners, wedding-day ceremonies and receptions, and post-wedding shoots, with second photographers deployed for larger events. Service delivery relies on a standard professional photography workflow using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop for three-stage post-processing, supplemented by the proprietary STAK-Booth open-air photo booth featuring studio lighting, live preview, and 8-10 second print turnaround, and a line of handcrafted custom wedding albums in premium materials.

The studio operates a direct-to-consumer go-to-market model: couples inquire via the website or by phone (718-908-6753 / [email protected]) and receive quote-based pricing rather than published rates. Revenue is generated through one-time service contracts per wedding, with attach revenue from STAK-Booth rentals and custom albums. The customer base spans couples planning traditional, cultural (Indian, Russian, Jewish, Chinese, Korean, Filipino), same-sex, and multicultural weddings, primarily across the NYC metropolitan area (New York City, Connecticut, the Hamptons, New Jersey, Long Island, Hudson Valley) and extending to destination weddings globally across 15+ countries.

STAK Studios has accumulated 102+ industry awards including ISPWP world rankings, Fearless Photographers Top 100 of All Time, Bride Box Top 20 NYC, and Rangefinder Top 30 Rising Stars, and maintains an extensive venue-specific portfolio across 150+ NYC-area venues. The business has no institutional investment, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed revenue, and operates as a craft-driven personal-services enterprise rather than a scalable technology platform.

Name

STAK Studios

Legal name

STAK Studios

Website

https://getstak.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

STAK Studios is a New York City-based boutique wedding photography studio founded by Steven Young, serving couples in NYC metro area and global destinations with documentary-style photojournalism, engagement sessions, photo booth rentals, and custom wedding albums.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Wedding Photography Services: Full-service wedding photography including engagement sessions, wedding day coverage, and post-wedding shoots. Revenue is generated through service contracts for photography sessions.
2. STAK-Booth Rental: Photo booth rental service for weddings with digital-only or print packages. Prints available as add-on to base digital package.
3. Wedding Albums: Custom handmade wedding albums with premium materials including Japanese silk, linen, and European leather covers. Albums are custom-designed with client collaboration on photo selection and layout.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

STAK Studios is a New York City-based wedding photography studio operating out of Union Square. The studio provides wedding day photography, engagement sessions, rehearsal dinner coverage, destination wedding photography, a proprietary photo booth service branded as the STAK-Booth, and physical wedding albums for engaged couples. The studio packages photography, photo booth, and album deliverables into combined offerings for its clients.

Product overview

STAK Studios is a New York City-based wedding photography studio offering a portfolio of photography services centered on wedding photography. The core offering is documentary-style wedding photography with fine art inspiration, complemented by the STAK-Booth open-air photo booth service and handcrafted custom wedding albums as premium add-ons. Additional services include engagement photography, rehearsal dinner coverage, and destination wedding photography spanning global locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• STAK-Booth: Open-air photo booth service for weddings and events with professional lighting, fast print turnaround within 8-10 seconds, and live view technology.

Products and services

• Wedding Day Photography Full-day professional photography coverage of a couple's wedding ceremony and reception, delivered as edited digital images, for engaged couples planning weddings in the New York City area and destination locations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 102+ awards recognized by top industry publications and organizations
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Shutterfly: Major consumer photo products and printing platform. Adjacent to STAK Studios' album and print business, competing for the post-wedding photo-product wallet through its own marketplace and printing capabilities.
• Zola: Wedding planning, registry, and vendor marketplace platform. Serves the same engaged-couple customer base as STAK Studios and competes for mindshare and budget allocation during the wedding planning journey.
• Thumbtack: Large US services marketplace that includes wedding photography as a category. Competes for the same local SEO and lead-generation funnel as STAK Studios, particularly for non-luxury wedding photography leads.
• Minted: Design marketplace for wedding stationery, albums, and paper goods. Overlaps with STAK Studios' album and printed-physical-product offerings and competes for the wedding-day keepsake budget.
• WeddingWire: Major wedding vendor marketplace with a photography category that competes for inbound wedding bookings. Comparable to STAK Studios through shared customers (couples) and overlapping vendor-discovery and review dynamics.
• The Knot: Leading US wedding marketplace and planning platform that connects couples with photographers and other vendors. Overlaps with STAK Studios on the customer-acquisition and vendor-discovery side, and competes for couples' wedding-services budgets.

Direct peers

• George Street Photo & Video: Large, multi-photographer wedding photography and videography company serving the NYC metro and major US destinations. Directly comparable to STAK Studios in core service (wedding day coverage, albums, photo booths) but operates at materially greater scale with a multi-shooter studio model.

Others

• HoneyBook: Business management and CRM platform built for wedding and event vendors. Not a competitor but a tooling vendor serving the same wedding-photographer segment, useful for sizing the addressable vendor base.

Emerging players

• Snappr: On-demand photography marketplace that matches customers with photographers for events, portraits, and commercial shoots. Comparable to STAK Studios in the event and on-location photography category, with a platform model that competes for some of the same SMB wedding and event budgets.
• Flytographer: Marketplace for destination and travel photographers operating in 350+ cities worldwide. Directly comparable to STAK Studios' destination wedding offering, with a similar globally distributed photographer model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/getstak
• Facebookfacebook.com/STAKphotography
• Instagraminstagram.com/getstak
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stak-studios

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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