Profile
Carina Romano
Head Photographer
With influences as renown as Ralph Eugene Meatyard and the great
Walker Evans, Carina shoots portraits in a very un-conventional
way. Through the facial expressions of her models, she references
traditional daguerreotypes, yet presents them, often times, in a
surreal story book environment. Carina favors her subject’s personality
through an image, capturing them in the most genuine way possible.
Her photos, however do not end with portraits, but also have grown to
include movie sets, architectural work, fashion product lines, landscapes,
and events. Carina also searches to be inspired by life experiences.
She often is traveling and experimenting in other forms of photography,
willing to try anything, and also to give her a new outlook on life. When
not on the road, Carina spends her time involving herself in her community,
through non-profits such as the Neighborhood Bike Works, and other
orginizations aiming to improve the quality of living in Philadelphia.
Having graduated with a BFA in Photography and Art History from
Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, and shooting weddings since 2002,
Carina’s wedding work has been recognized as a style apart from the
rest. She takes the knowledge and technique she has gained from
shooting portraits, environments, and stage set-ups, and applys them
to her weddings. Working from both a photo-journalistic and
formal point of view, she provides each couple with an array of
different images, that together tell each viewer a story. That story
is not only one of the particular day, but also a story of love shared
between two people, who vow to continue to love one another for a
lifetime.
Carina shoots her portraits primarily with her Hasselblad medium
format film camera. It’s the best.
Amanda Jaffe
Associate Wedding Photographer
Our Philosophy
Having two different backgrounds and styles, Carina and Amanda
are able to play off of each other’s strengths. Through constant
practice in shooting, we seek to challenge one another with
photography situations that test our ability, thus gaining
experience and learning new techniques whenever possible. In
this way, we aim to stay ahead of the curve, with fresh ideas and
little fear of artistic creativity.
When photographing weddings or portraits, we not only aim to
please our clients, but also to please ourselves. Because it’s true
that an artist is his/her own worst critic. With each new job or
project, our goal is to walk away with another “award winning” image.
Although we have a clear sense of artistic style, when
photographing portraits or weddings, our utmost priority is to
portray our subjects as genuine as possible. Meaning, we want
our subjects to appear as themselves in the picture, not who we
stage them to be. We stray away from the “fake” smiles and cliche
poses. We feel that each individual is beautiful in their own way,
and we don’t need to mold them into what society or the media says
they are to look. “Unphotogenic” people need not to worry either,
because we don’t believe in the word.