"I
just love photographing people, and I consider it an honor and a
pleasure to be part of a special occasion like a wedding. "
Chris
D'Andrea's romance with the camera began at age 14 when his father
presented him with a Yashicamat 124G camera, (a classic TLR Medium
Format camera) and helped him set up a home darkroom. Chris worked
in black and white at first, joining the High School Newspaper
and Yearbook staff. Later he took Photography and Art courses
at Antioch College, California College of Arts and Crafts, and
U.C.Berkeley, where he graduated with a degree in Italian Literature.
A San Francisco Bay Area native, Chris lives in Berkeley with
his spouse and two young children.
"Besides
my cameras and backup equipment, I bring to every wedding patience
, respect, and a sense of humor."
Chris
still uses the Yashicamat, although his main cameras now are Bronica
ETRSi for Medium Format, and Canon EOS for 35mm -and now for digital
capture. All weddings are photographed in color, then scanned
at high resolution and posted on Pictage.com, the premiere online
wedding lab. This hybrid film/digital system that gives clients
the advantages of traditional film capture, while allowing digital
editing and retouching. The result is that clients can review
their proofs online and even order prints with the built-in e-commerce
features. Final prints are produced on archival photographic paper,
and prints can be ordered in Color, Black & White, or Sepia
tone from any image.
"Every
bride I meet is beautiful, every family special, and each wedding
unique"
In
addition to wedding and event photography, Chris D'Andrea provides
commercial Stock images of Nature, Travel, Food and Business subjects
for the international agefotostock
agency with offices in New York and Europe. His photos have appeared
on book covers, and in advertisements all over Europe, in India,
South America, and the U.S.
In
recent years Chris' photos have won many awards including Color
Print of the Year, Pictorial Slide of the Year, Creative Slide
of the Year, and he was high points winner in several categories
at
Photographic
Society of America Camera Club Competitions for the last three
years, winning over 75 awards in N4C
interclub and club slide and print judgings.
