African Wedding Photographer in Berwyn, IL

MacroSnaps in Berwyn

Nigerian & African Weddings in Berwyn: photography & video

Nigerian and African weddings are big, colorful and full of energy, and they are often more than one event: a traditional engagement with its own rites and dress, a church or mosque ceremony, and a reception where the dance floor rarely empties. MacroSnaps photographers and videographers cover one event or the whole weekend, and we plan the coverage around your family's traditions rather than a generic wedding timeline.

Berwyn is a growing city in Illinois, home to roughly 56,000 people. We cover Nigerian or African wedding events in banquet halls, hotels, places of worship, restaurants and private homes throughout Berwyn and nearby Cicero and Oak Park.

Every culture has its own order of events. A Yoruba engagement is led by the alaga, with the groom and his friends prostrating to the bride's family, the bride's entrance in gele and aso oke, and the reading of the letters. At an Igbo igba nkwu the bride searches the crowd with a cup of palm wine for her groom. Ghanaian knocking and engagement ceremonies, Ethiopian and Eritrean weddings with the melse and eskista, and many other traditions each have their own key moments, and we ask about yours before the day.

For a typical Nigerian or African wedding, clients in Berwyn book about 6 hours of photography ($750) and 6 hours of videography ($1,300). Photography is $250 for the first hour and $100 for each additional hour; videography is $300 for the first hour and $200 for each additional hour, with a 2-hour minimum. The first-hour price includes travel, so Berwyn costs the same as anywhere else we work, and there are no quotes to wait for.