Yanina May Photography

Yanina is a well rounded and knowledgable photographer, ready for anything, providing an individually crafted experience, unique to her clients needs. Yanina is easy to work with, open-minded, creative, organized, flexible, and quick on her feet. She is able to make everyone feel comfortable and confident on location or in a studio setting. She can be fun and silly and wants anyone she is working with to feel heard, understood and at ease. Yanina feels the time between her and clients should be relaxed and casual.

Published Photographer in New York with a background in darkroom photography & development. Over the past 18 years Yanina's point of focus has grown to include Fine Art, Abstract, and Commercial projects. Yanina delivers a unique experience to photographic projects for products, Eco-friendly fashion brands, and creatives including Actors, Dancers, Musicians, and Models. Yanina brings a warm, human element to sacred events like weddings, and provides flawless restorations to old family photos.

The essence of her creative direction is found in the connection built with her clients. Providing a sense of ease on set translates to an organic image. She is dedicated to ensuring your end vision is successfully realized. She is adaptable, down for anything, and a Gryffindor, who is endlessly interested in understanding and perfecting new methods and perspectives for her craft. She is a visual designer delivering years worth of education and creation, and continues to consider the process, and execution when working on any new projects.

She enjoys working in different fields of Photography as she finds the skills needed for each specialty​​makes her a more well rounded and knowledgable photographer, ready for anything. Her goal with each photoshoot​ is to make sure she is providing you with an individually crafted experience, unique to you and your needs. She knows and understands that being photographed or expressing ideas for a specific image or photo session can be incredibly intimidating but she prides herself on being easy to work with, open-minded, creative, organized, flexible, and able to make everyone feel comfortable and confident on location or in a studio setting. She is here to help and looks forward to bringing the image of your vision to reality.

The more information you can give me about the event, or session the better. When it comes to portrait sessions I ask my clients to do a little research and find examples of images that they connect with, as well as provide me with a list of places they would ideally like to shoot at, if not in a studio setting. This helps me get an idea of what type of shoot you are looking for and then I can add my own style to it. If I am being booked for an event I just need to know the location, the type of set-up, timelines, how many guests, time of day, and lighting situation.