My family and I visited Hawaii this past October and contacted Shawn at Black Tie Cinemas to see if we could schedule a family photo shoot. Shawn was amazing! Not only did he make time for us last minute (less than a week's notice), but Shawn was so patient with us! We have a 1 year old, and like most 1 year olds, she doesn't want to sit still, especially not for photographs! Despite our daughter's resistance to sit still for photographs, Shawn was able to capture a number of photographs/moments for my family to cherish. Shawn's style is so artistic! If you are looking for a photographer to capture moments you never want to forget, I encourage you to contact Shawn at Black Tie Cinemas!

Black Tie Cinema truly deserves 5 stars in every category. We were very critical in planning our special day, and we were also budget conscious. Shawn and Cory went above and beyond our expectations not only in their performance on the wedding day, but also in every correspondence before and after the event. They beautifully captured all of the special moments in our day with an artistic flair in some photos, but a journalistic style in others. Even though this was a destination wedding with a 6-hour time difference, communication was fluid and Shawn was committed to our concerns. We are so thankful for their hard work and dedication to our amazing wedding, and we very highly recommend Black Tie Cinema.

We retained Shawn and Cory to take our engagement photo. We wanted something very different. We selected a rather new technology that produced a super-high-def large panoramic portrait of us standing on rocks fronting Sea Life Park, with waves crashing into the rocks. It was a unique and crazy (in a good way) experience and we are completely happy with the finished product which is approx 5 feet by 2.5 feet. It is amazing how Shawn and Cory took into account the way that the sunlight was reflected off the clouds and all the other details that are very apparent in a high-def photo of this size, including the water running off the rocks and the foam in the ocean and most important, making the two of us look good. What an experience! Shawn is very easy to talk to and the photo shoot experience made us "international models" for an afternoon. Highly recommended.