Delaney Hady

Film Photographer

Delaney is a Kansas City based photographer specializing in analog and digital mediums. With formal training in fine art photography, her work is characterized by humor, light, and tenderness. Marrying a photojournalistic approach and editorial photography for folks who are deeply in love.

Film focused weddings, elopements, and lifestyle photography

Hello romantic, these photos are for you.

Connection is the focus for your visual keepsakes. Photos that feel lived in.

A 35mm film photo of a lesbian couple holding each other outside of their wedding venue, the HarMac in Cedar Rapids.

Delaney's hope is to document each couple and their loved ones truthfully, with warmth and humor so they have images that feel just like their memories.

A deep in your soul

kind of love.


Delaney is a photographer for the feelers,  specializing in intimate weddings, elopements, and lifestyle photography on 35mm and medium format film. With 8 years of experience in the wedding industry, she focuses on helping her clients center their love and connection. Delaney is for the nontraditional couple, who wants to make their union unique, artful, and sometimes completely outrageous.

A 35mm film photo of a bride in her wedding dress crossing the street in downtown Chicago.
Black and white 35mm photo of a couple kissing at the end of their wedding ceremony at UNION 828 in Kansas City, MO.
A 120 film photo of a bride putting on her dress with her bridesmaids at Wildcliff, a wedding venue in Blackwater, MO

Imperfect, one of a kind images, that are true to the moment, and place you back in time. These are your keepsakes.

35mm film photo of a couple's wedding day shoes as they walk up the stairs in downtown Chicago at the Rookery building.
About Delaney

"To pay attention, that is our endless and proper work."

Mary Oliver

A black and white 35mm film photo of Delaney Hady looking at the camera

Delaney (she/her/hers) is film and digital hybrid wedding photographer based out of Kansas City. She helps couples experience their wedding days, instead of rushing through, trying to catch up as it passes. With a photojournalistic eye, Delaney will capture your wedding day with intention and care. If you are looking for a quick photo session, Delaney is probably not the best fit for you, but if you are someone who feels deeply and wants your love to be captured in uniquely on film, look no further.

Kind words


Sarah + Thomas

"We are so grateful to have photos of us that are so rich in feeling, genuine, & aesthetically beautiful. In the time of 40 second videos & content, we feel so blessed to have true keepsakes that were created specifically for us."

Photo of a lesbian couple at the park where they had their first date. Photographed on 35mm film.