Manolo Doreste Photographer

Who better to choose to photograph your wedding than the guy who inspired you to pick up photography as a hobby? Manolo was my first photography inspiration and still is. Manolo isn’t one of the best in the business - he IS the best in the business. If you’re looking for someone to show up with a camera and take some cool shots, Manolo isn’t your guy. What makes Manolo the best: 1. He curates your photographic experience, 2. He plans, scopes the venue in advance, 3. He takes an interest in YOUR style, 4. He takes interest in knowing the couple, 5. He has excellent organization and planning skills, and 6. His office is excellent with communication. Manolo, Thank you for giving us the gift of memories - memories of the most magical day of our lives.

Manolo is simply amazing! We had the privilege of working with Manolo for both our engagement and wedding day and would not have had it any other way! While photographing Manolo made us feel so comfortable which made all the nerves go away. His personality is amazing, and his photos are even better! For our engagement, he was already sending us pictures just hours after. We also received our entire wedding gallery less than a month after our big day. He captures the best and most unique pictures. He goes above and beyond. My husband and I could not have imagined any other photographer capturing our day for us. We cannot thank you enough Manolo, we will treasure these pictures forever!!

There are no words to describe Manolo. His commitment to perfection and efficiency are perfectly paired with warmth and comfort. This left us with an absolutely perfect experience. His team is just amazing. We planned our distance from a distance as we are out of towners and they made the process seem so effortless. Our wedding was in Miami last weekend and we could not be happier with the experience. We met Manolo a few months ago and on the initial meeting, I left feeling like he had been a friend for a long time. He patiently listened with sincere interest in our story and paid attention to detail with results being perfect. Our engagement shoot was just amazing and our wedding weekend welcome reception and wedding, Manolo was there, working his magic. His work is unparalleled and we are already thinking of ways to work with him and his team again...

We absolutely loved every part of our experience with Manolo. From our engagement photos to the pictures of the big day, it was incredible. His office is professional and streamlined and Shooting with Manolo felt like hanging out with an old friend. Our pictures above all came out edgy, fun, and beautiful! Our friends and family will not stop raving about how incredible everything came out, and neither can we.

We had the pleasure of experiencing a family photo session with Manolo. His entire process, from inviting us into his studio in effort to get to know us and our personal style a bit better, to the day of the shoot where he was incredible with my 2 year old son, to the reveal day where he had a picture of my son projected onto the wall (along with plenty of toys available so I could actually pay attention to the photos), was absolutely incredible. He even helped us coordinate our wardrobe without being "matchy-matchy". His entire team is wonderful and very responsive. To say we are happy with the photos would be an understatement. Now we just need to narrow down our favorites so we can purchase some large prints for our home. Thank you, Manolo, for being so wonderful!

Manolo is AWESOME! We used his services for our save the dates and our wedding day. At the save the date he was able to make it a fun experience. We brought our dog to the shoot and he was fantastic with him! He was incredibly calm, kind, and patient the day of the wedding. He works his butt off to get the most amazing and heart-warming shots. He also makes the experience of viewing the pictures and picking the pictures easy and fun. He is GREAT!

My husband and I had the pleasure of working with Manolo for both our engagement and wedding photos and he is AMAZING. Manolo is very professional and creative with his work. He was able to capture key moments of our ceremony and reception. I honestly hate taking pictures, but during both occasions he made my husband and I feel really comfortable and it was truly effortless. Most importantly he made us laugh. His attention to detail is also wonderful, everything from the photo shoot to the presentation of the photos after the event. I am so happy we chose Manolo to capture our big day.

My husband and I are beyond thrilled with our experience working with Manolo Doreste. Manolo was professional and warm from the first meeting and working with him was a lot of fun. He captured our moments just as we wanted and did it beautifully. Our photos look like they belong in a magazine while still showcasing the love and emotion of our special day. We have established a lifelong relationship with Manolo and can’t wait for him to capture the many milestones in our lives.

We were shocked. Did our highly regarded wedding photographer not only exceed expectations but also take command during disorganized moments and smoothly coordinate a wedding party of 25+ while also fading into the background and not overwhelming a crowd of over 200 guests. Fascinating: this is how we describe Manolo’s ability to gently capture emotional elements during key moments of the ceremony and reception and deliver hands on direction for creating cinematic snapshots. He is not just a photographer, he is an artist using a palette of happiness, chaos, celebration, emotion, love and stress to paint a beautiful mural of one of the most special experiences in our lifetime. His team’s creativity and professionalism can easily be seen when gazing through our engagement photos sailing around Miami’s coast or in our wedding photos dancing and celebrating love among the greenery at Estancia Culinaria.

Manolo is an artist, and what he was able to capture in our June 2016 wedding day was breathtaking! I was looking for a photographer that was going to get artistic jaw-dropping shots, traditional shots, and the unexpected moments. I’m demanding though because I didn’t just want a great product, I wanted a photographer that got along with us, that understood mine and my husband’s vision for our wedding, and that could make both our families smile on command without looking fake. That is asking A LOT! For Manolo though, he did it with ease and looked so sharp in a navy suit while doing it ;) Everyone noticed the stunning photos, yet no one noticed cameras in their face all night or blocking their view of our ceremony or first dance. Manolo and him team work extremely efficiently and with such ease that all photographic transitions were so fluid and quick. On a hot, summer day, this is paramount. I truly cannot gush over Manolo and our photographs enough. I am now starting the process of making an album. With the album you can either choose all the pictures yourself or have them design an album, for which I would have the final approval and say of course. I am a type-A, pour over every detail, kinda person, but with this album, I’m excited to see which pictures him and his team design for us, because I trust them that much, and they have proven that they completely get our style. 100% recommend Manolo and In Focus Studios!

Such professionalism, amazing quality work, very very sweet and makes you feel so special every time. Love him! My mom adores him! Wedding was in Nov 2015 she still talks about him all the time. ;)

Manolo and his staff are absolutely amazing! We were fortunate enough to have him capture our engagement session and wedding. During both occasions he made us feel at ease and it was truly effortless. His attention to detail, professional disposition and charisma put him above the rest. From the pre-shoot meetings to the wonderful presentation of the photos after the event, Manolo and his staff go above and beyond to please their clients and make sure every detail is covered. I am so happy that we chose Manolo to capture our special day- because of his artistry and creativity our photos are absolutely incredible!!

Manolo is amazing! He has a way of making you feel so calm and comfortable during the entire wedding day. Aside from his awesome personality, his work is spectacular! He surprised us at our reception with a short slide show of some of the pictures he had already taken throughout the day. The quality of his work is above and beyond.

Great choice for a wedding photographer!

Manolo is insanely talented and genuinely charismatic. He is fun but professional and the quality of his pictures are exemplary. He was a joy to work with and truly one of the best aspects of my wedding.

I can't write enough nice things about my experience working with Manolo and his team for our wedding... everything was handled with the utmost professionalism. And Manolo made my husband and I feel so relaxed and at ease taking our photos on our wedding day... I was not stressed for one second. Every shot turned out beyond beautiful... and we couldn't be happier with the results. We will cherish those photos for the rest of our lives.. and to all the brides out there... the peace of mind that you get when booking Manolo is PRICELESS! I promise there is no way you will be disappointed.

I am so happy with Manolo. He is great to be around...makes us smile beautifully in our pictures. The pictures turn out AMAZING!!! He was helpful with everything from our pictures, to what we should wear for our engagement photo shoot and even helped create our wedding day timeline. I would recommend him to any bride and groom :)

Manolo was fantastic. He made me feel totally comfortable, beautiful, and like true bride. I remember looking at pictures of brides in various photographers' galleries and thinking they looked beautiful but that could never be me. However, with Manolo's help (plus Makeup by Marz and Art of Hair by Claudia), I was that bride. The photos are amazing and really capture the essence of every important moment from the big day. I am very self conscious and normally cringe at the idea of pictures. However, within 15 minutes of picture taking, Manolo had me doing what we called "Tyra" - I felt comfortable not only in front of the camera, but also posing for his suggested photos. That was something I did not think I could do or wanted to do, but I am SO GLAD I did because the pictures are fantastic! Manolo is also really fun to work with. My mom, my bridesmaids and I spent the entire "getting ready" time laughing while we were with Manolo. When I told him that my grandmother and I are close, he made sure to take pictures of the important getting ready moments and of her during the ceremony. I will treasure those photos particularly forever. To say the least, I highly recommend Manolo and in focus.

Manolo is amazing! He is extremely professional, detail oriented, and punctual. I loved our engagement session and cannot wait to see the wedding pictures!

Manolo is truly an artist. Truly genius work. he and all his staff are the nicest people. The quality of the photographs were amazing. I am seriously trying to come up with reasons to have Manolo take pictures of us again.

He was not in the way. Everything was very natural.