My introduction to Frank Donnino came through the eyes of a five-year-old boy’s photograph plastered on the home page of my Facebook account. I could not get over the feelings this picture emoted and immediately asked my friend, “Who took this picture?” Frank Donnino, “My Bald Photographer” as he is affectionately known, chimed in his thanks for my approval and my friend private messaged me the details of how amazingly patient and child friendly he was with her little ones and added that he is really a wedding photographer. The rest is history. A little background about me, I studied Theatre Arts and Television and Film production in New York City, so I know a little bit about a camera lens and how to tell a story through pictures. At that time I liked Frank’s Facebook page and began to receive his pictures and posts. I could not help but to browse through his public portfolio and was blown away by the passion I could feel in every photograph. When I surprisingly got engaged some months later, the choice for a photographer was a no brainer. We contacted Frank Donnino and our journey began. From our initial encounter, a question and answer online application to receiving our photographs within days after our wedding, Frank was Outstanding. Every email, every conversation, every meeting, every little surprise from Frank ended with his motto … At Your Service…. And he truly was. From tips on what to wear for our engagement photographs, to how to drop a significant amount of weight in a short time, to where in the garden to set up our chairs and sending us weather forecasts and updates the week of our wedding, Frank went Above and Beyond what we expected in a photographer. On the day of our wedding, we chose to have “first look” pictures and the bulk of our photographs taken before the ceremony. Frank used this opportunity to tell our love story in a raw yet romantically creative way. Our friends and relatives some of whom were unable to share our day could not stop commenting about how beautiful the pictures were
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