The Bald Dude Co. is the photography studio of Justin von Braun, a Brooklyn-based photographer creating direct-flash portraits, event coverage, and courthouse wedding stories.

Brooklyn, NY
Available worldwide

NYC EditorialPhotographer

Bold, immediate images for fashion, events, weddings, brands, and people who want to be seen.

40.7128° N / 74.0060° W

Portraits Events Weddings

Sony Focus Show / NYC

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NYC Editorial Photographer — Direct Flash — Portraits — Events — Weddings — Fashion —

New York City photography services

Photography for people, events, and brands with something happening.

I’m Justin von Braun, a Brooklyn-based photographer working in direct flash, editorial portraiture, event coverage, fashion, courthouse weddings, and commercial photography.

Available in New York City and worldwide.

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Selected archive / 2026

NYC
photography.

001—005

Model crossing the runway in a floor-length floral look under direct flash — **Runway Cut**SoHo / June 2026

Guest in a studded visor and olive leather photographed with direct flash — **Chrome Vision**SoHo / July 2026

Model in a sheer sculptural ruff posing backstage after dark — **After Dark**Backstage / July 2026

Backstage portrait of a woman wearing a sculptural purple floral look — **Petal Flash**Fashion4Ukraine / Backstage

Model in a sculptural leopard headpiece isolated against black — **Crown Control**Sony Focus Show / Flash

Selected project stories

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work in context.

01Joyce + Alex / NYC Courthouse Wedding 02Fashion4Ukraine / Backstage Event Photography 03Sony Focus Show / Editorial Event Coverage

Paparazzi weddings / New York

Vows
in print.

Courthouse exits. Sidewalk kisses. The people who came running. Wedding photography with paparazzi instinct and an editorial finish—so the day still feels completely yours, only ready for the cover.

Make the day magazine-worthy Read the NYC courthouse wedding story

Alex carrying Joyce along the courthouse balcony as they laugh — **Balcony escape**Joyce + Alex / New York

Joyce and Alex kissing in a close direct-flash portrait — **Close-up**Courthouse / Direct flash

Joyce and Alex relaxing together on a green courthouse sofa — **Between takes**Unposed / Still iconic

City ceremonyArchitecture / Motion

Joyce and Alex standing together outside the courthouse in direct flash — **City portrait**Sidewalk / New York

Joyce and Alex celebrating with their friends outside the courthouse — **The people who came running**Joy / No posing required

Motion archive / sound off, pulse on

The flash
keeps moving.

Three different cuts. Three different rooms. No repeated frames.

Fashion4UkraineBackstage / 00:38

Rooftop MotionSony Focus Show / 00:20

After DarkFashion4Ukraine / 00:17

No velvet rope required.

Beautiful

Disorder

High-flash editorial. Paparazzi reflex. New York nerve.

Black-and-white portrait of photographer Justin von Braun

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New York, New York

The photographer / 01

Justin von Braun, NYC photographer.

I’m Justin von Braun—a Brooklyn-based photographer, videographer, and founder of The Bald Dude Co. I specialize in direct-flash editorial photography for fashion, events, portraits, courthouse weddings, and commercial campaigns.

I photograph people and brands who want their images polished but never overly controlled—alive, expressive, and full of presence. Whether I’m backstage, on a red carpet, outside a courthouse, in the middle of a dance floor, or working the sidewalk, I combine decisive light with instinctive direction and an eye for the moments that cannot be staged.

The goal is never just documentation. I photograph every event with the energy, polish, and point of view of an editorial, while making every person in front of my camera feel confident, seen, and worth remembering.

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