Before your portrait begins

I gave Cristian's portrait of my wife to her on our fortieth anniversary. She went quiet, then laughed, then cried. It is the most beautiful thing in our house.

The likeness is remarkable, but the care behind it is what I recommend to people. Cristian asked questions, listened, and treated one photograph like it mattered.

I have ordered three portraits from this atelier and every one reads like a photograph you cannot stop looking at. Highly recommended, without hesitation.

I commissioned a portrait of my late father for my mother's birthday. She has not taken it off the wall since. The shading is so tender it looks like the room is breathing. Five stars, from all of us.

The drawing of my daughter is the finest thing we own. The tone, the likeness, the signature — it feels like a museum piece in our home. I am already planning the next commission.