Christy and Manny celebrated their engagement at an intimate party in South Florida, photographed by Acromatico. The evening centered on homemade paella, dancing, and a small circle of close family and friends — a warm, unscripted gathering ahead of the couple's wedding the following year.
We met Christy and Manny a few months before this celebration, and were excited to be photographing their wedding the following year. This was an intimate engagement party in South Florida — lots of really good homemade paella, dancing, and close family and friends filling the room.
It was a relaxed, personal evening rather than a formal production, and exactly the kind of gathering we love to document. Their engagement session is still ahead, with rumors it will happen at a private airport — so this party was just the beginning of their story with us.
“An intimate engagement party with lots of really good homemade paella, dancing, close family and friends.”
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Acromatico is a family-run brand and photography studio working across South Florida and New York City since 2004. We photograph the unposed parts of a celebration as readily as the planned ones — the plate of paella, the dance floor, the quiet conversations between family who don't see each other often enough.
South Florida's engagement parties tend to live in backyards, family homes, and neighborhood spots rather than grand halls, which is exactly why we shoot them the way we do: documentary first, letting the food, music, and people set the pace instead of a shot list.
An engagement party like Christy and Manny's is often the first time a photographer meets a couple's wider circle. For us, it doubles as a chance to build trust well before the wedding day — so by the time we're photographing the ceremony, we already know the family, the inside jokes, and how the room moves.
Let's create images you'll be proud to pass down for generations. Reach out and let's see if we're the right fit to tell your story in South Florida.
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