Mango Studios

My husband and I used Mango for our e-​shoot and all I can say is WOW. Every time I look at the pictures I am reminded of the fun day we had with the shoot. Titus made us feel so comfortable (really important with eshoots) and he was just so great to work with; he brought our ideas to life. Not only that, but he was full of great ideas himself and the pictures turned out fantastic.

I enjoyed the class (Mango 101) though if you’re well versed in photography already I wouldn’t recommend it since it’s an intro class after all. I signed up because there was a deal on Living Social so the class was $ 79 as opposed to the stated value of $ 450…not sure if I’d pay that much for it since it’s only a 5 hour class that ended up being 4 hours. They went through the settings, stressed about lighting and their approach to photography (eg. story telling). They’re professional photographers so teaching isn’t really their strength. For example, they had some difficulty explaining white balance which if they had pictorial examples of various white balance settings it would have helped.
They really helped with the creative side of photography — getting you looking at things at a different angle, how to use natural lighting in various ways etc. There’s hands on/​practice that you do in smaller groups (about 10/​group) with one of the four instructors. This was the best part because of the interaction, feedback, practice, more detailed explanations, etc.
All the instructors were really nice, knowledgeable and really wanted to help all of us improve our photography. At the end of the class they offered to stay a bit longer for anyone who wanted to approach them individually if they had any additional questions which was nice.
Another thing which was great is that they didn’t really try to up-​sell any of their services. It was more so «…oh and hey, this is all the other cool stuff we do» so there wasn’t pressure to buy any of their services.
Overall, it was a good intro class taught by photographers that really know their stuff.