Who are we?
Please allow me, Renaud Menelas, the founder of Nice Touched-Pictures to introduce this company to you. The birth of NTP was a result of almost two decades of experiences mixed up with a lot of passion and love for photography and Videography. It was a decision guided partly by love to do what we enjoy and partly influenced by positive feedbacks received from our very first customers, colleagues, trainees, former employers, coworkers, business owners, etc. While you move throughout the site, you will get more details about our experiences and services. You will as well find out what we do or do not.
It was in 1991, a friend of mine gave me an SLR Yashika camera. Curiously, I started to identify the different parts on it and their functions. With no tutor, no guidebook; after a good period communicating with that photo camera, I bought my first roll of film and I started taking pictures of anything that came in front of me: from trees to people; from seas to seasonal skies; from animals to buildings. 
To me, each part of the day as well as each season has an influence on images. On weekends, I would go anywhere that came on my mind. I would get on the top of a mountain in the middle of the day to take aerial views of a city. I would be by the sea early in the morning to get some shots of the rising sun. I would take pictures of my classmates, family members, friends and neighbors to build my first portfolio.
As the time was passing by, I started to develop more love for photography and I started to buy books, magazines to have a deeper view and a more founded knowledge about this beautiful Art.
In 1996, five years later, I was already earning good incomes from pictures. I was in twelfth grade when I went to photography school (ETC Ecole of Technology and Communication-Haiti) for the first time. Bitten by the Art, I was a brilliant student, so I graduated from the school as first laureate of my promotion.
Seing my passion for the Art, the director of the school asked me to join hands with them by teaching and training new students. I accepted the offer and I embarked for a greater adventure. For the next two years, I was everywhere, from one city to another, teaching photography and training students.
In 1998, I came to the states. I enrolled at Education Direct for trainings. I spent two more years there studying photography with a better understanding and better vision. I learned every single photo editing software that I happened to be aware of. And I became ready for the transition between conventional (film) and digital photography. For years, I used my experiences and knoledges to catch the best moments and make the best memories for my clients. From their living rooms to their backyards; from the parks to he beaches; from birthday to wedding pictures; from the streets to the best studios, I have built my best portfolio ever.
As I was taking pictures, I always manifested some good interest for motion pictures as well. To me, the two go together. Consequently, I found myself doing both along the way.
At Education Direct, my last class was an introduction to videography. I seized that opportunity to have a better taste of it. So, I got a clearer understanding about video. Some years later, that enthusiasm took me to Palm Beach Film School where I really learned the craft of filmmaking. Stay turned for what is coming next...
Renaud Menelas, founder of NTP
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