Pittsburgh Wedding Photography -
Where your story becomes art. Timeless, Enduring, Unforgettable.
Your Fairytale, Framed.
About 🌹
Royal Rose Studio is not just a photography factory; it’s a sanctuary of artistry specializing in luxury wedding photography. Here, only a select few stories are told each year — each one infused with unmatched heart, skill, and soul.
Led by Michael Schricker, a top choice among Pittsburgh wedding photographers, Royal Rose Studio offers a level of experience and refinement that few can match. Trained by Disney and Google, along with 27 years of expertise, Michael's work has been viewed over 100 million times worldwide, with visuals featured across continents and prestigious campaigns.
His lens has beautifully captured the spirit of Hawai‘i, the vibrant color of Belize, the romance of Rome, the wonder of Australia, and the wild magic of Alaska — all before turning his full focus to what matters most: you.
With over 300 weddings photographed and a design background trusted by the world’s most iconic brands, Michael brings an extraordinary depth of storytelling to your most cherished day. As a professional wedding photographer, he doesn’t just photograph your wedding; he elevates it to art.
You won’t find a more experienced artist with this level of vision, training, and global perspective, making him one of the most expensive photographers in Pittsburgh.
He has photographed the world. Now it’s your turn to take center stage with Pittsburgh lux wedding photography.
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The Soul of Art.
For the Bride Who Deserves to Be Art
Process Behind the Magic
Royal Rose Studio is the culmination of a lifetime spent mastering the balance between technical excellence and emotional storytelling.
At the heart of it all is Michael Schricker — a multi-disciplinary creative with three college degrees in Communication, Advertising, and Video Production. His academic path was anything but traditional. W
Royal Rose Studio is the culmination of a lifetime spent mastering the balance between technical excellence and emotional storytelling.
At the heart of it all is Michael Schricker — a multi-disciplinary creative with three college degrees in Communication, Advertising, and Video Production. His academic path was anything but traditional. While most photographers pick up a camera and learn as they go, Michael immersed himself in formal education, from graphic design and advanced lighting theory to cinematography, studio art, and color grading.
He didn’t just take classes — he led them. With a foundation built in design thinking and visual communication, Michael became a sought-after creative director, a mentor in the world of CGI and digital storytelling, and a leader in blending fine art techniques with commercial clarity.
Process Behind the Magic
For the Bride Who Deserves to Be Art
Process Behind the Magic
Where Precision Meets Poetry
At Royal Rose Studio, each image is more than a snapshot — it’s the result of a meticulously crafted process that blends decades of creative mastery with cutting-edge tools and storytelling instinct.
Every couple sees the wedding day.
Michael sees the world within it.
🎞️ From Frame to Fairytale
The journey begin
Where Precision Meets Poetry
At Royal Rose Studio, each image is more than a snapshot — it’s the result of a meticulously crafted process that blends decades of creative mastery with cutting-edge tools and storytelling instinct.
Every couple sees the wedding day.
Michael sees the world within it.
🎞️ From Frame to Fairytale
The journey begins well before a single shutter is pressed. Michael prepares for each wedding the way a director approaches a film — studying light, location, timing, and emotion to build a visual framework for your day. He’s not just capturing moments, he’s scouting them — mapping out how to elevate each frame into something cinematic, romantic, and emotionally charged.
Using advanced design training in color theory, lighting, and layout, Michael composes each shot to feel effortlessly stunning — while layering in the structure of storytelling underneath it all.
🖥️ Editing as an Art Form
Once your day is captured, the magic truly begins. Every image undergoes a multi-phase post-production process, starting with color balancing and light correction, then moving into precise retouching.
- Photoshop is used to gently remove imperfections: stray hairs, temporary blemishes, uneven lighting, wrinkles in fabric — anything that distracts from the emotion of the moment.
- Lightroom handles dynamic tonal adjustments and image sequencing to ensure your gallery flows like a narrative — not a folder.
- DaVinci Resolve and graphic design tools are used for cinematic slideshows or custom presentation work when desired.
- Advanced masking and dodge/burn techniques are applied to sculpt depth, emotion, and mood into every frame — making your skin glow, your details pop, and your love story feel eternal.
But here’s what truly sets Royal Rose Studio apart: Michael doesn’t chase trends. Your gallery won’t be washed in presets that will look dated next year. Each wedding is hand-edited with a timeless, painterly approach that honors your individuality.
🧠 Design Thinking, Not Just Clicking
Thanks to years of academic and commercial experience, Michael operates with a design-thinking mindset. That means every decision — from composition to cropping, color grading to gallery structure — is intentional. Nothing is left to chance. He blends emotion and strategy, art and logic, magic and meaning.
You're not just getting beautiful photos.
You're getting a visual artifact — something your grandchildren will look at and say, "They were royalty."
For the Bride Who Deserves to Be Art
For the Bride Who Deserves to Be Art
For the Bride Who Deserves to Be Art
Because Beauty This Powerful Deserves to Be Preserved Like a Masterpiece
You are not just a bride.
You are a muse. A vision. A once-in-a-lifetime force of nature.
And you deserve more than ordinary wedding photos — you deserve to become art.
At Royal Rose Studio, we don’t just document a timeline. We elevate your presence, your beauty, and
Because Beauty This Powerful Deserves to Be Preserved Like a Masterpiece
You are not just a bride.
You are a muse. A vision. A once-in-a-lifetime force of nature.
And you deserve more than ordinary wedding photos — you deserve to become art.
At Royal Rose Studio, we don’t just document a timeline. We elevate your presence, your beauty, and your story into something that belongs in a gallery, not just a hard drive. This is for the bride who sees herself not as part of a trend, but as the centerpiece of a visual legacy. Someone who knows that elegance is eternal — and that her love story deserves to be captured with the same care and reverence as a classic painting.
🎨 A Fine Art Experience — For the Few, Not the Many
This is not a mass-market photography service. This is artistry reserved for the rarest clients — the ones who value storytelling, symbolism, mood, and memory woven into every frame. Brides who know that how you feel on your wedding day matters just as much as how you look. Brides who want to feel cinematic, powerful, weightless, and legendary.
Because this isn’t a photoshoot.
It’s a coronation.
💫 The Power of Being Seen
Michael’s work doesn’t just flatter — it reveals. It sees the moments between moments. The private glances. The held breath. The trembling hands. The magic that lives beneath the surface of your smile. And with his years of creative direction, visual training, and storytelling instinct, that fleeting magic is transformed into images that will outlive you — and say everything you ever felt, without a single word.
This is about more than beauty.
This is about immortality. And you, radiant and rare, are worthy of that.
Thank You!
