The Guest Book
Signed Guest Tickets
From camera-shy sitters to toddlers on no nap and couples who wanted no fuss, here is how a session with us actually feels — in their own words.
4.97 signed guest tickets
Just thirty of us round one candlelit table after the courthouse. Ace worked quietly on film, never broke into a toast, and the contact sheets look like stills from an old picture.
Eight years on the same cropped conference photo because I freeze in front of a lens. Loretta coached tiny chin and shoulder changes, and these are the best portraits I have ever owned.
My agent wanted an author portrait with warmth and quiet authority. Marisol's retouching was wonderfully restrained — I still look like my forty-six-year-old self, just rested and beautifully lit.
A lovely, relaxed family session and the price was exactly as quoted. One star off only because our prints spent an extra week in the darkroom, though Marisol kept us posted throughout.
Dizzy scouted the old desert motel we'd dreamed of and had the permit sorted before we arrived. Every frame came back exactly as promised, grain and all.
Our three-year-old had skipped his nap and was in peak chaos. Ace never once asked him to sit still — he used movement games and chased the golden light. Three prints now hang in our hallway.
Our firm needed portraits of two famously camera-shy partners. Loretta had us both laughing naturally within minutes, and for once we look approachable rather than stiff.
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