Frank Simonetti Photography

Twenty years photographing weddings on the beaches of Florida 

My father was an amazing photographer with very high standards. That is why I followed his footsteps in the 70s as a teenager to learn his trade. His photography studio was a block from Boston Symphony Hall and the Theater District. He would provide the glossy portrait images for the guest performers. When I was 12 years of age and was given my first professional camera, my father insisted that I know each moving part of the camera in the dark prior to using film. So for weeks I would train on 4x5 (negative size) Graphic Cameras until I was able to identify and operate the parts of the camera without looking at them. My father never let me use a 35 mm camera since it was mostly an 'automatic' camera and did not rely on the photographers' input. I now use top-of-the-line digital technology. I continued my studies in photography at the Art Institute of Boston. In the early 1990s I began my work as a Fort Myers Photographer. For over twenty years I have photographed weddings and portraits in the Fort Myers and Marco Island area.