Riccardo Studios

Riccardo Studios recently did photo and video at our wedding. Their work is amazing and speaks for itself. They delivered a great product and we couldn’t be happier.

Late review… I decided to book with Anthony after meeting him at my friends wedding ! His energy and many years in the business def made us feel very comfortable in front of the camera (s) Riccardo studios captured every moment I missed on our big day! Thank you and we can’t wait to book you on our next big event!

I was married in 2009, and everything was absolutely perfect about our big day except our photographer. We were recommended to this company after our friends were married in 2005, and warned about their unprofessionalism after. Our first issue was being promised to take our engagement photos in DUMBO. After scheduling the shoot, Anthony notified us that this was not what was said and that he had «mouths to feed» and would need an additional $ 750 to make this happen, after spending almost $ 9,000 on our package. We rescheduled our shoot in Staten Island where we had to wait for the photographer. Rob, because he hit traffic coming from Brooklyn! During our shoot Rob proceeded to tell us that Anthony was not the best photographer to use because at one wedding (Anthony) was so busy talking to the father of the bride that he did not even get a picture of the bride with her father. Rob told us this and quite a few other stories about Anthony. This helped us decide to switch photographers from Anthony to Rob. The day of the wedding, everything seemed to go perfectly. The next issue was our pictures. We had put in our contract that we did not want proofs, that we wanted all of our photos on a CD so that we could own all of our photos. We made this clear in our initial meeting because we wanted to use another company for pictures and Riccardo for video, and Anthony said that he would match the other company’s package because «he does not get along with other photographers.» About 4 months after the wedding we received the CD (mind you none of our photos were retouched), and all of our pictures had a watermark on them with the incorrect date. When we spoke with Anthony about this, he called me a liar, and that I never said that we wanted to own our pictures. After many tears, phone calls, and Anthony hanging up on me saying, «he does not deal with stupid crying brides», we finally received our pictures 9 months after our wedding. The next issue occurred almost 3 years later when we received a phone call out of the blue that our wedding video was ready. Now, we were convinced that they had us confused with someone else because 3 years later is absolutely ridiculous. When I arrived at the Howard Beach office, I discovered that it was indeed our video. The video did not even compare to our friend’s video from 2005. Our love scene did not fit the screen of the video, it was poorly edited, and worst of all my name was misspelled. I contacted them and was promised that the changes would be made. We were absolutely horrified at the replacement video, filled with cartoon images covering our faces, changing the color of the video to a yellowish hue in some parts… We went back and forth with them numerous times with no success. I have numerous emails highlighting their unprofessionalism. Last year, I was at a friend’s house when I met another Riccardo bride from 2009 that still does not have her video. We discussed this for a long time and have had many similar experiences. I can never recommend them for the way they treated my husband and I, I wish that I had a better experience since my day was wonderful, but I have nothing nice to say about Anthony and his company.

I’m actually shocked to see there is only 1 review so far. The first time I laid eyes on their photos i KNEW they would be doing my wedding, no ifs and or buts. (this was 5 years prior to actually getting engaged) lol. When it finally came time for me, I left my fiancé with no choice. I browsed other photographers just in comparison but i never got that wow feeling like i did when i first saw their photos. I called and spoke to Anthony the first time i inquired about doing an engagement shoot. He is SOOO awesome. Just a phone call made me feel like i knew him forever. I said this to my fiancé and he wasn’t buying it, thinking anyone looking to get your business is going to be like that. (hes a tough critic lol) But when i dragged him to an appointment to consult about our wedding HE WAS SOLD, Even he was impressed. We booked him right away! We didn’t even look anywhere else. Fast forward months later, we used him for our engagement shoot. AMAZING!!! We were in the city allll day at 3 locations with NO rush & i have a ton of pics. Anthony made the day SOO Fun. it was funner than i had imagined. It was such an easy care free day. He is soo good at what he does. My pictures came out great. I’m obsessed with them ALL. My wedding is October 2014 and I am so excited to have them shoot my wedding. Using them for both photo & video.

The best in the business. They did my wedding 20 years ago, and they just did my daughters Sweet 16 last month. Last night they did my niece’s wedding photo and video. A great family run business that has essentially become a part of our family. We cant envision an event without Riccardo’s being to capture the moment. Our daughter’s Sweet 16 video was awesome and I’m sure my niece’s photo and video will be equally awesome. They take such pride in their work, a rare gift in today’s rush rush world, and they TALK to you, give you advice about every aspect of your event. They are a family that treats you like family, as corny as that sounds. Riccardo’s will always be a part of our family events and we cannot recommend them more highly.