Studio Kiva photography is made up of Katie and Victor Girtman, yes we have been married for 23 years and got married young and are still young!  We started our business in 2000 after Victors experience of being an art director for many different publications and Katie working as the in-house photo editor and photographer for The North Face Inc.  and other ad agencies.  We have added our daughter Brandi Girtman to the mixture now, who  just graduated from CU film school as well.  So yes we are a family team which is awesome!

Breckenridge photographer, Katie Girtman is the photographer behind Studio Kiva. She has 23 years of professional experience, shooting everything from wedding celebrations to extreme adventures and globally recognized products. Her approach to wedding and portrait photography leans toward the photojournalistic, emphasizing the natural and fleeting rather than the staged and stale. She knows firsthand how much planning goes into a wedding and kids! She feels lucky to be able to do what she loves and shoot some of the coolest couples and families from all over the world.

Katie goes out on the edge, literally, to capture exceptional moments with her camera, revealing real emotion and beauty in both her subjects and the extreme environments in which she excels at working. Pulling off breath-taking shoots with technical and compositional aplomb, Katie thinks nothing of staring down the elements on a sheer rock face or deep in the backcountry to get the shots that demand attention.

An accomplished product photographer, Katie also brings visual insight and daring to commercial shoots set in either the natural world or the studio, delighting in detail and texture, and producing arresting images that are anything but ordinary—a quality vital in today’s overcrowded marketing space.

Victor Girtman is the Art Director and Production Manager of Studio Kiva. He plays a very important role by making sure the end product fits the client’s needs, and spends lots of production time going over each image before it goes out the door. Victor has 23 years’ experience in the graphic arts, including art direction for numerous publishing companies. He excels in all aspects of digital production, including design, retouching and post-production, and printing.  Victor has a talent for designing and story boarding what the client needs.

Brandi Girtman, there daughter has been added to the mixture with some of her video and production experience to help out on shoots. She graduated in May 2011 from CU Film school in Boulder Colorado.

Studio Kiva has lighting assistants and production assistants on staff to help the main photographer and production managers needs.  Our assistants bring lots of creativity to Studio Kiva behind the scenes.  They are always there to help the photographer with there lighting needs.

Studio Kiva also has a few other photographers that work well together, as well as assistants and stylists on hand for each client’s needs.

You can also check out our commercial website at: www.studiokiva.net and www.studiokivaphoto.com

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