cheriefoto | the art of photography & video

About Cheriefoto:

The short version of CherieFoto is that we love, love, love being apart of the most important days in people's lives. We hold this as such an honor to be documenting these incredible moments of magic. We feel bonded to all the events that we are commissioned to shoot. We have the most amazing "job".

We are a group of consumate professionals. We do a limited number of weddings each year so we can devote more time to our couples and their needs. We can make the party or we are flies on the wall whatever the B&G may want. We can make everyone shake it up or lay back. We use the latest in cutting edge technology. All the latest equipment there is on the market to make the Bride look like a fashion model. We pamper our Brides. It is all about her. This is like shopping at a boutique and picking all the lovely things she wants for her photos to be. If the photos are one of the most important features of their wedding Cheriefoto is for her. We help design the day so that it goes smoothly and that the photos that she wants are captured in the most beautiful, loving and fun way. We try for stress free photography. We after all have shot hundreds of weddings and know the best and most fun and efficient way to capture award winning shots. It is our responsibility to do that therefore we like to be involved in the process from the beginning.

Whether the package is $3000 or $20,000 we strive for award winning shots and know they are at every wedding if planned properly.

Wedding Photography Studios:

Cheriefoto is a multi-talented group of artists that have joined forces to create a 21st Century attitude in this new digital age of photography. We are dedicated to capturing every moment of your Wedding day or Mitvah whether it be fashion style, Black and White wedding photography, creative documentary wedding or Bar Mitzvah photography or just an architectural structure. We photograph life, it’s about capturing the essence of the subject and that one moment. We provide competitive wedding vendor quotes.

Cheriefoto is a boutique-style studio who books only a limited amount of weddings and bar mitvahs's per year so that we can deliver the most perfect images for each client.

Cheriefoto has been commissioned in Canada, Russia, The Netherlands, Belize, Germany and France to shoot for private clients photos of their love in life.

Whether it be Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, architecture, flowers, shoes or their children personal portraits which she makes into large art, female figure photography, body photography, intimate portrait photography, engagement photo poses or simply wedding ideas, some have been made as large as 10 feet x 12 feet for private collections and private collectors. Cheriefoto can be commissioned for any client worldwide to shoot a wedding or portrait.

We get the best equipment we can for the job. We are up, we are down, we are in, we are out. We love what we do. We love that each Bride and each Family are different. We come into the day every time amazed and excited to see what Brides and families have developed as creative wedding ideas. We are excited to be asked to be apart of this incredible day in their lives. We love that we are creating family heirlooms.

Award Winning High End Photography:

Being a photographer is about being many things: being a stylist, a technical engineer, psychologist, a mother, a father, friend and comedian. It is about being creative, being relaxed, being on the edge, being inspired and inspirational. It is about being strong, being soft. It is about being the one person in the room that sees how the light is falling on a shoulder, seeing a tear in someone's eye, being in the right place at the right time, when that moment comes. It is about one thing, that we get the shot!

We are a channel through which people can see. We are your ears and your eyes. We are feeling.We are the page in which history is made. This is a very important job. We do 200% and take it very seriously.

We specialize also in the after the wedding "Trash the Dress" photography. This is a shoot we set up for the B&G where after the wedding they get dressed again and we go out and do the things you would not think to do on your wedding day. On this day you do not have to worry about getting the dress dirty etc. It is sometimes where some of the most imaginative photos are born, the most fun and everlasting wedding images are created.

Cherie Steinberg Cote

Cheriefoto began its life as a new California Wedding Photography studios in 2002, when owner and CEO Cherie Steinberg Cote moved her business from Colorado to California.  She is a photographer whose passion has been traveling the world to over 45 countries, photographing people.

Cherie began her photography career as a photojournalist at The Toronto Sun newspaper in Toronto, Canada. She had the distinction of being the first female freelance photographer, where she was also honored with Canada's equivalent of the National Endowment for the Arts Award. This award allowed her to be able to travel the world photographing the life of the people of these countries. This film is wating in the vault to be brought out and made into a book.

Among the numerous awards Cherie has won, she is a Getty Stock Image Photographer whose works are sold worldwide. 

In her international travels, she has captured extraordinary images which have appeared in countless publications and most recently in:

Grace Ormonde

The L.A. Times

Nikon World

Digital Photo Pro Magazine

Rangefinder Magazine

Los Angeles Magazine

Los Angeles Wedding Magazine

Orange County Wedding Magazine

Bride & Bloom

Los Angeles Weddings

Studio Design & Photography

Towne & Country

Distinctive Magazine

90210 Magazine

5280 Magazine

Professional Photographers

Palm Springs Life and Rangefinder Magazine

Nikon World wrote about her style and techniques. In each issue Nikon World writes about the work in their words "of the world's great photographers".

Her quality of work coupled with her dynamic and creative personality has made her an in demand wedding, portrait, glamour, corporate and event photographer in the Los Angeles area and she is doing destination wedding photography, whenever time allows

Hedley Jones

Hedley Jones got his start in photography shooting and printing pictures for a newspaper first in his native Jamaica and then in Toronto, Canada. For more than twenty years he honed his craft by shooting people and architecture for several magazines there. 

In 2001 he re-invented himself as a digital photographer by a devoted study of digital techniques and applications, "shooting digital is really a new medium, a sensor reads the light quite differently than film, so a different understanding of the way you read the exposure is required."  I try to do as much as possible in the camera by careful use of the custom settings"

Hedley Jones joined Cheriefoto in 2003 and is now a partner with Cherie Steinberg Cote and is one of the main shooters with the company. Together they have developed the "Cheriefoto" look.

Cherie & Hedley are available to travel worldwide .We have done weddings in all corners of the world. Our favorite places are The Isle of Capri wedding photographers, and the location is one of our all time favorites.