Your Questions, Answered

Barquin Photography is a family-owned Miami photography studio specializing in dance studio photography, dance team photography, school photography, and professional portraits. Founded and led by Carlos and Eli Barquin, with Dance Division Director Kassie Abad, we have spent over 25 years building relationships with dance studios and schools throughout South Florida. We serve clients across Miami, Coral Gables, South Miami, Pembroke Pines, Miramar, and all of Miami-Dade and Broward County. Dance photography isn't a side service for us — it's the heart of what we do, and we've built our entire process around the unique demands of photographing dancers, studios, and teams.

We offer a comprehensive range of services designed specifically for dance studios of all sizes. Our recital portrait sessions are built to photograph your entire studio efficiently and systematically, using our exclusive barcode system to keep every dancer's images tied to their name for easy family access. Our company portrait sessions are fully custom — tailored lighting, backdrops, and posing for each dancer based on their costume and the look of your studio. We also offer our popular Banner Program, which creates large-format custom team banners through three different shooting methods: on-location, one-by-one in-studio, or our most popular composite-by-groupings approach, which ends with an exciting reveal day for your team. Additionally, we provide professional recital video coverage and our annual Rain Sessions — a signature event featuring dramatic rain effects that produces truly unforgettable dance portraits.

As early as possible — ideally a year in advance for recital portrait sessions, as our spring season calendar fills up quickly. Company portrait sessions in the Fall also book up fast. We work with many studios on a recurring annual basis, so dates are often reserved before the previous season even ends. If you're a new studio looking to work with us, we recommend reaching out as soon as you know your approximate shoot date, even if the details aren't finalized yet. Contact us at (786) 634-2088 or info@barquinphotography.com to check availability.

We come to you. Our team travels to dance studios throughout Miami-Dade and Broward County, and sessions can take place at your studio or at any location of your choosing. For in-studio sessions we bring everything — lighting, backdrops, and equipment — and set up a professional photography environment right in your space. We are experienced working in studios of all sizes and configurations, and we make the logistics as seamless as possible for you and your team.

We use a hybrid ordering system designed to work for every type of family. On shoot day, our team is available in person to help families review and place their orders on the spot. After the session, all photos are also accessible through our robust online ordering platform, so families who prefer to order from home can do so at their convenience. Our exclusive barcode system keeps every dancer's photos linked to their name from the moment they're photographed, so there's never any confusion about which images belong to which dancer. This system makes the entire experience smoother for studio directors, families, and our team alike.

Rain Sessions are our annual signature photo event — one of the most in-demand things we offer. Each year we open a limited number of individual dance portrait sessions that feature dramatic rain effects, creating stunning and artistic images unlike anything from a standard studio session. These sessions sell out every year, often within days of registration opening. They are open to dancers of all styles and levels. To get notified when registration opens, sign up for our newsletter on our website or follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @barquinphotography. You can also contact us directly to be added to the interest list.

Dance studio photography is a specialized field that requires more than a good camera — it requires deep experience with movement, costume, lighting, large group logistics, and the unique energy of working with dancers of all ages. Over 25 years in the South Florida market has given us that experience, and we've built our systems — from our barcode ordering platform to our custom lighting approach — specifically around the needs of dance studios. Many of our studio relationships span 10 years or more, which speaks to the trust studio directors place in us season after season. We are also a family business, which means every client gets a personal, consistent experience — not a rotating roster of photographers. We don't just show up to take photos; we become your studio's long-term photography partner.