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Carlos Manuel Stoner smiling with his camera in warm golden light

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Meet Carlos, Columbus wedding photographer

"Photography doesn't have to be scary."

His story in five frames

  1. Carlos sitting in the dune grass by the water

    K to 12

    Homeschooled in central Ohio

  2. A film camera on a stack of books held over a pair of jeans

    Senior year

    Picks up a camera, no idea how it works

  3. Film cameras, Polaroid prints and photo books scattered on a dark table

    2019

    First portfolio, first website, first Instagram

  4. Black and white photo of the bride holding a film camera as the groom hugs her from behind

    2021

    Weddings start flooding in

  5. Carlos leaning on an ivy-covered wall downtown with two cameras on his hip

    Today

    Booking 2027, filming reels, still the Polaroid guy

Why he shoots

Things he's here for

  • A couple slow dancing alone in an art museum gallery hung with old master paintings
    Old money
  • Black and white close-up of a pearl-studded veil
    Black and white
  • The couple beside a white vintage Lincoln on a wooded road at golden hour
    Real film
  • A woman in a red dress walking through a rose garden at sunset
    Golden low light
  • The couple running across a wet plaza toward the Ohio Statehouse
    Rainy city days

Words he lives by

"Someone can take a good photo, but the best photos are the ones with the raw emotion."

As featured in Voyage Ohio

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The couple running barefoot along the sand

More than a photo shoot

A place you're comfortable in, and photos that mean something.

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