Tino Photography & Video

A picture from the beautiful bride who said yes to the dress at Estelle's Dressy Dresses  and got married yesterday. The space and time that we had to photograph her was limited as we had to run to the ceremony but we still got some beautiful shots for her.

...y ya llega la fiesta de sweet sixteen de Keillyn, muy contento de esta oportunidad, de poder documentar algo tan importante para esta familia ecuatoriana. A proposito, ellos tambien han sido de mi propia tierra.

Preparandonos ya para el sweet sixteen de Daniella hoy at Atlantis Hall. Estaremos ahi haciendo fotografia, video y photo booth.

Una foto de Daniella que tomamos la semana pasada en anticipacion de su fiesta de quinceanera este fin de semana. Daniella es una chica muy inteligente e independiente. Ella se fue por su propia cuanta a Long Island donde la sesion de fotos tuvo lugar a pesar que tuvo que tomar dos buses y caminar un poco para llegar al parque. Su intencion era ayudar a los papas para que no tomen el dia libre por motivo de su sesion de fotos.

Kevin and Justine got married at the beautiful Pavilion on Sunken Meadows Park in Long Island. This picture was taking on our way to the beach, the light was so beautiful and I took advantage of it and snapped this picture.

I  was honored to document a beautiful wedding at the Mansion at West Sayville, in Long Island. While I was there I noticed two things. First, no one could ignore the beautiful sunset and second, I notice several couples  who were having a wonderful time while attending the wedding. I approached one of them and took this shot. I hope you all like it as much as they did. 

Good things happen to those who wait....and are lucky.... a without hesitation snap the shot not before not after but at the right moment.

And I went back to the same place where I did a year and half ago their engagement pictures and a year ago their wedding pictures. Happy first wedding anniversary Amanda and Fabian.

Wedding photography is not a random burst of pictures, it's a methodic approach that allow us to take advantage of the environment where we are and as a result we are able to show or hide things as we feel it’s necessary. In this case we couldn’t ignore the beautiful chandelier, but photographing there required two main things: keep in mind the direction of light and pose the bride accordingly. The posing was not random either, it had to emphasize a few things: the beautiful  dress, the shape of her body, the softness of her hands, the beautiful makeup, etc. We also shot at a very specific angle to avoid two things: distortions associated to the lens that we had to used due to the tight space, and showing the restaurant in the first floor…. So yeah, not everyone with a camera is a photographer and not all photographers are wedding photographers.