celestina ando photography llc

Montclair Location

I was once an accountant with a creative soul who studied photography for years. I decided to pursue my dream and am now a contemporary portrait photographer with a studio in Montclair, New Jersey. It's been a rewarding journey: my work has been published and featured in various publications; I've won various awards both locally and internationally and I've also held three photography exhibits, For a quick video about my journey click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCZ-g0J8Beg.

I specialize in magazine-style portraits while focusing on an authentic and empowering experience. My clients often claim they are not photogenic and are generally nervous or shy when they first start. However, it is completely my responsibility to take the pressure off by guiding, posing, and artistically lighting them so that they can just focus on having fun. By the end of the shoot, they are owning it! I get to capture this beautiful transformation and create legacy portraits with luxurious portrait products that my clients and their families can treasure for generations to come.