About uS

YOUR CANDID WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER

OUR STANDARDS OF SERVICE

Our Vows to You

To Tell the Truth Like Art

We document what’s real, then shape it with an artist’s eye. You’ll have images worthy of your walls, and moments worthy of your memory.

To Protect Your Presence

We won’t turn your wedding into a photo shoot. We’ll give you space to actually live it, so your memories aren’t just documented, they’re experienced.

To Bridge Memory and Image

Photos shouldn’t be proof you had a wedding. They should feel like a portal, something you can step back into years from now and immediately remember what your chest felt like.

To Capture What You Didn’t Notice

While you’re in the moment, we’re catching the edges of it, the reactions, the hugs you missed, the little kindnesses. The day is bigger than any one vantage point.

To Honor Your People

This day is built from relationships. We’ll frame them with care, light, composition, and timing, so the images feel cinematic because they’re real.

Our Team

WHO WE ARE

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MANNY

Owner, Lead Photographer
Dad | Veteran | Former Teacher | Dork | Loves Europe

Just over 20 years ago, Manny picked up a job as a senior in high school. With that first paycheck, he bought his first camera and unknowingly started a lifelong obsession with light, timing, and the kind of images that don’t just look good, but hold something.

A U.S. Army Veteran and former educator, Manny brings calm presence and clear direction to wedding days. His approach blends documentary candids with intentional, cinematic portraits, so couples get both: wall-worthy photographs and the tears, laughter, and in-between moments that make the day feel alive again.

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PAOLA

Co-Owner, Lead Content Creator
Mom | Educator | Loves Disney | Would Live In Europe

With a background in education and roots in photojournalism, Paola brings a calm, observant presence to wedding days. She’s the one quietly collecting the moments that happen between the big moments, because that’s where the real story lives.

As our Lead Content Creator, Paola captures behind-the-scenes in motion: candid clips, real reactions, and the little details you didn’t even notice while you were living them. The result is content that feels effortless and honest, your day, as it actually happened, so you can relive it without ever feeling like you were “on camera.”

THE PEOPLE BEHIND VALR STUDIOS

A quick rundown on US

  • We have two beautiful boys.

  • We have two great dogs
    (One great dog, the other misbehaves).

  • We love to travel!

  • We are both current or former educators.

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Two smiling people taking a selfie with Tower Bridge in London in the background, under cloudy skies.
A smiling young boy with curly hair sitting on the grass in a park.
Photographer and his wife enjoying a fun trip to Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
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PORTFOLIO

SOME OF OUR FAVORITE WORK

A bride and groom dressed in wedding attire, holding hands and about to kiss outdoors near a body of water with greenery in the background.
A newlywed couple outdoors at sunset, celebrating after their wedding, surrounded by friends and family with raised arms.
A bride and groom share a dance at their wedding reception surrounded by guests and floral centerpieces.
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Photograph of the photographer’s late older brother in full military uniform and gear while deployed in Afghanistan.

I’ll see you in Valhalla

How WE Got Here

WHY WE DO IT OUR WAY

Miguel wasn’t just my brother, he was like a father, my best friend, and the guy who could make me laugh when I didn’t even want to smile.

Don’t tell my wife, but aside from a few key shots, I probably wouldn’t have thought much of our wedding photos… until I realized I only had a few more years with him.

Now, those photos of him, smiling and laughing, are some of the happiest memories I have.

I’ll never forget that day, and I’ll never stop cherishing those moments.

Photographer with his late older brother, who was his best man, on his wedding day.
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Investment

SERVICES

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Invest in your MEMORIES

Your wedding photos aren’t just pictures, they’re how you’ll relive the laughter and tears for years to come.

What’s Included:

  • Minimum 8 Hours of Coverage on Every Wedding

  • A Candid Approach with room for Elegant Portraits

  • Timeline Consults that Protect your Peace

  • Assistant for lighting, gear, and making sure you look great

  • $500+ Album Credit for your Heirloom

  • Starting at $3000

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Art you can feel

Coverage you can trust

Photographs that outlive trends

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