WHAT I KNOW IS TRUE
Everyone is fascinating. The moments in between are the most provocative. Connection is everything.
My photography career has been a 30 year in the making exploration of the human spirit. I lived the first half of my life in California photographing people. If there wasn't a person in the photograph, it wasn't interesting to me. Thus began my awareness of my fascination with the human spirit. When I moved to NYC in 1998 I began documenting weddings. My knack for capturing the unscripted connections and emotions throughout the day became my trademark. Then I had kids. I watched them grow with awe and wonder, thrilled at the chance to document the ordinary rituals of my own life. From this was born my love of the ordinary. Eventually my couples started having families of their own and reached out to me to document their small wonders. Every family I witnessed got me swept up in the delight of their connections, passionately wielding my camera to bear witness to the extraordinary that makes up the fabric of who we are. Over time Moms, Dads, Brides and Grooms reached out to me to bring my curious enthusiasm to photograph their businesses - events, marketing material, head shots, services... and from there brings me to today. Whether I am documenting a baby, a bride, a birthday, or a business, my exploration of the human spirit continues to be my driving passion.
My photography is the tool with which I have been blessed to reveal the sweetness of this beautiful life. I would love to bring my camera into your life and show you what I see.
Satya
REAL thanks from REAL people…
“GORGEOUS! Your photos are just mind-blowingly amazing. I have never seen wedding photos with so much personality, movement, beauty and skill. It’s like being there again! ”
“Dearest Satya, Blessings. I can hardly express how grateful I am to you for your uniquely special way of working. Your approach put me at ease, yet kept me feeling fresh and inspired. Thank you again, dear Satya. A warm embrace!”
“THANK YOU for your amazing work last week/weekend. It was tough to pick the “highlights” because all of the images are fantastic. Thank you again for all of your hard work and contributions to the Strong Women program!”
“I cannot thank you enough for the amazing job that you did for us on Saturday, you spirit is just inspiring! It was a wonderful experience working with you and I look forward to it again some time, maybe in the future we can do baby portraits...”
“Thank you SO much, Satya! The photos came out GREAT. The team is going to absolutely love them.
Looking forward to working with you again!
Thanks! 😊”
“I have heard so many compliments about you...and I agree with every one. You were wonderful and charming and stealthy. Our guests were terribly impressed by your ability to move around unobtrusively...I completely forgot you were there (you know what i mean!). Thank you so very much - you were wonderful (even my mother said so, this morning!)”
“Joe and I are so pleased — delighted! — with the gallery, and so is the website developer. The photos exceed my expectations. You managed to capture the spirit of our place and convey the fun we had during the shoot. I have enjoyed browsing through the gallery to try to choose favorites. It’s hard only because there are so many beautiful photos! Our website should be launched on Monday and the photos are integral to that, as you would expect. We are so happy to have your beautiful photos to help us tell our story. Heartfelt thanks again! ”
“Matt & I have been looking at the photos for the last hour, and are completely blown away in every possible way, we are so moved by the event and all and your work - especially by your work, I couldn’t be more grateful. We are so fortunate to have these, especially for our relatives in England that were not able to be there. We are so happy. Thank you.”
“I’ve gotten through about 1/2 of the photos by now and had to stop to email you; they are amazing. Each one is better than the last (if that is even possible)! You are beyond talented, your energy is infectious and eye is impeccable. Everyone looks at ease - colors are awesome and you’ve perfectly captured the spirit of the Minno’s home + the times we share there/with each other. I am especially thrilled with the photos of Ellie and me - I’m always the one taking the pics so rarely get a shot of the two of us together (especially one that I like or where I am dressed in normal clothes!). Thank you from all of us!”
“Wow - what great photos! Thank you so much. I’m going to share the link with our magazine designer. This is going to be a terrific spread!”
“ I just wanted to touch base with you to thank you and your assistant for all of your hard work and patience on our wedding day. You went above and beyond what we expected and we really appreciated the amount of patience you showed with our friends and family. I wouldn’t hesitate for a moment to recommend you to anyone looking for a photographer. Thanks again and talk to you soon. ”
“As always, you are AMAZING. We are both so thrilled with these.....”
“We can’t stop saying to each other how much we enjoyed your presence and photographic direction at the wedding. I’m sure you hear it all the time, but you were a much more calming influence on us than any of our family members! So thank you, thank you, thank you. We are very lucky to have had you and your assistant there with us.”
“I LOVE MY HEADSHOT SO MUCH. It looks AMAZING on my page!!”
“Just wanted to express my full gratitude for how incredible you were on our wedding day! My family had so many nice things to say about you and really noticed your attention to detail and kindness. I could not have had a better photographer in the world!!! Your direction was fantastic and we both felt so comfortable and had a blast on top of that!!! Thank you again,
With full love and gratitude.”
“Wow. You really were the most impressive photographer any of us have ever experienced - my whole family is sitting here discussing how wonderful you were!!! Mary and I just want to send you our deepest heartfelt thanks for being so amazing on our unbelievably special day. You have a gift and it is wonderful you share it with the world - we are blessed to have met you. Thanks again.”
“Satya! We are DYINGGGGG...These are so amazing!!!! The boys look incredible and the backgrounds and buildings are so good. You did an incredible job - I don’t know how we will pick! But we will and I can’t wait to have these! Thank you so much for blessing us with your talents and your EYE and your time!”
“Thank you so much for our book; Michael and I absolutely love it! It’s great how the story unfolds and we couldn’t have been able to tell it as beautifully without you there. I know that I can look through our book in the future and find comfort, hope and rejuvenation whenever I need that little extra lift.. so thank you! ”
“I just went through all the photos from Darlene & Rich’s wedding photo gallery and I had to write you immediately to thank you! You have an amazing talent, and we’re all very grateful that we found you and that Darlene chose you to document such a special day. Obviously the girl’s got good taste! Every time that close-up comes up with Dar’s face behind that veil, I break into tears - even just thinking about it! You managed to capture the fragile innocence and beauty that she has exuded since she came into this world, as well as the unique and quirky facets of my family - and you really did it in a way that was non-invasive and kept everyone comfortable and focused on the meaning of the day. I look forward to seeing the rest! There is no one I can think of who deserves such an exceptional memoir than my baby sister. Thank you again - I am already sharing the link with my friends and highly recommending you for anyone who needs a photographer. It was a pleasure meeting you! Warm Regards”
“It is difficult to fully express how we feel over our wedding photos! Each image is timeless...precious moments in our new beginning, simply stated yet still so full of emotion in telling the tale of our story!”
“Your photos are absolutely beautiful!! I am so elated at the moment, i can’t stop crying! You and your assistant did such a fantastic job- we couldn’t have asked for anything better!”
“I hope you and your family had a great Christmas! And Frank & I will absolutely be toasting YOU this New Year! The pictures of our wedding are nothing short of amazing. We’ve looked through the entire lot of proofs several times with our parents since we picked them up and every time they bring back all the wonderful feelings of the day (I’ve been dreaming about my wedding day the past few nights and have you to thank)! Thank you again. Have a fabulous, healthy, happy, and prosperous New Year!”
“I had come to expect only the best from you, and you surely delivered! Thank you for the web gallery. My friends are loving your work!”
“Thank you SO much for the beautiful pictures. We can’t thank you enough - they are stunning, and I spent most of yesterday just continually looking through them! You have truly made our wedding unbelievably special, and for that, we’re incredibly grateful - thank you. We can’t wait to eventually pick the photos we want to put together an album - but I think it’s going to take awhile to narrow them all down!! I continue to tell everyone I know about you, and hope that we run into you at more weddings in the future ;)”
“Just wanted to say that we received the link and LOVE the wedding photos. You did such a wonderful job capturing the happiness of the day, and we can’t thank you enough. Even though the wedding and reception were in about as traditional settings as anyone could find, the pictures have a lighthearted freshness to them—which is exactly what we were hoping for. We’ll be in touch about albums! All best.”
“Thanks so much for the sending me the image so quickly for my thank you card, of course I will send you one! I can’t even tell you how many wonderful things I heard today from friends and family who viewed our gallery. I had a friend tell me that she wishes she “could go back in time and have Satya shoot my wedding”! So many people noted how stealth you were but how many wonderful shots you took :) We are looking forward to seeing you in the near future!”
“Thank you for the beautiful work you did at our wedding. The pictures are fabulous and we kept saying over and over, “What a great eye Satya has!”. You truly captured the essence and emotion of the day with tremendous depth. We love the “layers” of your images-how there are several happenings in each frame-which gives the great spontaneous feeling we were hoping for, and takes us right back into the action. We will always treasure the ability to look at your pictures and be transported to our wedding day. Thank you, also, for being so stealth with us, the super-camera-shy!”
“Adam and I are back from our honeymoon and I just wanted to drop a note to tell you just how much we appreciated all of your hard work on our wedding day. You were not only surprisingly so professional but also made EVERYONE at our wedding feel completely at ease...more importantly, though, WE felt comfortable letting you just do your amazing work. We continue to get compliments about our choice in photographer. Thank you again and we look forward to seeing your photos.”
“I have heard so many compliments about you...and I agree with every one. You were wonderful and charming and stealthy. Our guests were terribly impressed by your ability to move around unobtrusively...I completely forgot you were there (you know what I mean!). Thank you so very much - you were wonderful (even my mother said so, this morning).”
“Matt & I just finished looking through our gallery for the 16th time - I can’t believe how beautiful the pictures are - you are an amazing artist!! I love what you do, I can’t imagine you doing anything else....we are the lucky few!!”