Wade Snider Photography
Film-inspired storytelling for couples who want real moments and a damn good time.
Lake Tahoe Wedding Photographer
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Film-Inspired Storytelling
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real moments | Easy Posing
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Santa cruz | Bay Area | Maui
Lake Tahoe Wedding Photographer
Wade Snider is a Lake Tahoe wedding photographer shooting bold, film inspired stories across the Sierra Nevada, Santa Cruz, the Redwoods, and beyond. Based between Lake Tahoe and the California Coast, available from Jamaica to Maui, and everywhere else beautiful weddings need amazing photographs.
Documentary first. Natural light specialist. The kind of photographer that captures the moments you need without making your wedding a photoshoot.
RYAN AND CHLOE
High Camp · Palisades Tahoe · 8,200 ft
Venue Spotlight
Client Review
“He pulled us away for golden hour and it felt like he stopped time.
nobody even realized we were missing.”
— Allie H. · Lake Tahoe Wedding
Beyond Tahoe
From the redwood forests of Santa Cruz to the alpine peaks of Lake Tahoe. The light changes. The venues change. The approach never does.
For the Adventurous Couple
and engagements
No guest list. No timeline. Just you, your lover,, somewhere real, and a photographer who’s been in scarier places than a wedding ceremony. Lake Tahoe, Santa Cruz, the Redwoods, Maui. wherever.
Real Wedding Days
Dancing Pines · Sierraville
Bree & Jason
wailea beach resort · maui
Teagan & Mike
clair tappaan lodge · norden
jess & Parker
skylandia · tahoe city
Katie & drew
The hideout · kirkwood
Natalie & Johnny
gold hill gardens · newcastle
Kayla & aaron
The Photographer
A Lake Tahoe wedding photographer who’s always backpacking, always surfing, always somewhere. From the Sierra Nevada to Santa Cruz, through the Redwoods, out to Maui.
Film-inspired. Documentary first. No weird posing. A genuinely good time on one of the biggest days of your life.
Lake Tahoe, Santa Cruz, Maui.
Or somewhere we haven’t been yet.
Check availability · No pressure
From Real Couples
“He pulled us away for some golden hour and did so in a way that felt like he stopped time. It was like no one realized we were missing.”
— Allie H.
“I could never imagine such moments could be captured on film. Your presence went so unnoticed. It was as if you were a firefly with a camera.”
— Monique R.
“When you hire Wade you’re not just hiring a photographer — you’re hiring a friend. So incredible at what he does. I’d give 10 stars.”
— Jeremy C.