A small crew that lights for feeling.
Stills and motion, shot like memory — a Brooklyn studio that lights for feeling.
Halcyon began in 2013 as one photographer with a manual lens and a darkroom in a Williamsburg loft. Twelve years and six hundred shoots later we are a small, senior crew of photographers, cinematographers, and editors — still shooting on the principle we started with: light for the feeling, not the checklist. Stills and motion live on the same light table here, so a wedding film and its gallery feel like one body of work, not two invoices.
Halcyon Film Co. is a photography and film studio in Brooklyn, New York shooting weddings, brand & commercial, editorial & portrait, video & film, and live events. We light for feeling, deliver fast, and license clearly — a small, senior crew you actually work with from inquiry to delivery.
The principle — stills and motion live on the same light table here. A wedding film and its gallery, a brand campaign and its spot, should feel like one body of work, not two invoices. One senior crew shoots both, so the look never splits.
Who you’ll actually work with.
No juniors swapped in — the people you meet are the people on set.
Noa Reyes
Founded Halcyon in 2013. Shoots weddings and editorial on the principle the studio was built on: light for the feeling.
Photo · Editorial · 12 yrs
Silas Okafor
Leads the motion side — brand films, docs, and wedding films. Writes, shoots, and grades; a Vimeo Staff Pick to his name.
Cinema · Color · 14 yrs
Marisol Vance
Runs commercial direction and styling. Turns a brand brief into a shot list, a moodboard, and a content library.
Direction · Styling · 10 yrs
Dane Whitlock
Heads post — editing, retouching, and the invisible color work. The reason your gallery is up in three weeks, not three months.
Edit · Retouch · 11 yrs
What we put in writing.
The crew you meet shoots your day
No juniors swapped in. The photographer and cinematographer you book are the ones on set. Always.
3–5 week delivery, in writing
A 72-hour sneak peek, then your full gallery and film within five weeks — guaranteed in your contract.
Clear, plain-English licensing
No mystery usage clauses. Your rights — print, web, paid, broadcast — are spelled out before we shoot.
Dual-card, backed-up coverage
Every shot is written to two cards on set and backed up the same night. Your memories are never on one drive.
Studio-error reshoot promise
If a gear or operator error on our side costs a frame, we reshoot what we can at no charge. Full stop.
Insured & venue-ready
General-liability insured with a certificate of insurance on request — accepted by venues citywide.