Quintessence Ministry & Tag Studio NY

Long Island, NY LGBT Wedding Officiant & Videographer

Lindenhurst NY

~  www.tagstudiony.com

Quintessence Ministry is founded upon the philosophy of nondualism – the understanding that all manifestations of life and the Divine ultimately spring forth from the same singular, boundless Source.

At Quintessence Ministry, we craft wedding ceremonies as unique as your love.

Our flexible packages serve diverse needs – lavish ballroom galas or intimate elopements, blending faith traditions, secular ceremonies or LGBTQ unions. We bring personalized care, inclusive values, and extensive expertise to make your special day exceptional. Let us relieve logistical burdens so you can savor the splendor of this once-in-a-lifetime celebration of your extraordinary bond built to last. Please allow us the honor of making your wedding dreams into reality.

TAG Studio is a full service, video and media production company.

From special wedding and event videography and editing services to television commercials and independent film,TAG Studio produces top of the industry media for all ranges of production needs and budgets.  

With Russ Camarda’s theater and coaching background, TAG started as “The Acting Gym” in 1996. A roving acting class taking professional acting training to different theaters and other performance oriented venues throughout the urban and suburban New York area.

Russ has also been a film and commercial director as well as an event video producer since 1995 and the Media Production division was added in 2000. It quickly became the focus of the company. Now combining the best in Performance Coaching, Video Production and Still Photography –TAG Studio was born!

In theater and film understanding “story” is the primary focus for the director. Every project, from a television commercial to a demo reel, to the video of your most special day has a “story”. Because Russ Camarda has assembled professionals at TAG Studio with the unique, artistic, and creative backgrounds of film and theater, TAG Studio can help to tell your story like no other company of this type can.  

ABOUT RUSS CAMARDA

After three prolific decades working in the wedding industry as an award-winning cinematographer, photographer, and editor, as well as an internationally award-winning Actor and Independent Film Director, Russ Camarda is now bringing his artistic talents and exceptionally rare breadth of experience as an Officiant through Quintessence Ministry.

Over an expansive career being invited into the profound intimacy of countless sacred celebrations of love through his camera lens, Russ bore witness to an astonishing spectrum of wedding ceremonies and traditions. Unlike officiants who have only ever worked within their own faith traditions, Russ’ career has exposed him to weddings with nearly every religion and culture – from every denomination of Christian, Catholic and Jewish ceremonies to Hindu and Wiccan rituals, Greek and Russian Orthodox rites to African, Chinese, and Korean traditions and so many more interwoven with rich cultural pride. Other officiants have a narrow exposure confined to the rituals of their own denomination and communities. Russ, however, has covered the broad spectrum – spirited secular vow exchanges, grand cathedral affairs, to backyard handfastings and everywhere in between.

His firsthand experience photographing and filming well over 2000 weddings has granted Russ profound insight into the diverse rituals and customs surrounding sacred matrimonial covenants across cultures and spiritual traditions. After building trusted relationships with all the top venues throughout New York and over 30 years in the bustling metro wedding scene, his reputation precedes him as he launches Quintessence Ministry.

Yet Russ’ creative talents also extend as an accomplished trained professional actor, screenwriter, and director for over 30 years with dozens of theater productions and feature films earning him multiple international accolades and awards. He knows how to deliver dramatic, soul-stirring performances while crafting nuanced multi-dimensional narratives.

Russ leverages both his extensive insider wedding industry expertise and his artistic creative gifts, combining this unparalleled interdisciplinary experience through Quintessence Ministry, to co-author and conduct unique celebrations of matrimony as one-of-a-kind, as the connections they solemnize.

Quite literally, NO other officiant working today offers the same immense depth of cross-cultural understanding and artistic insight that Russ provides through Quintessence Ministry. His singular background enables him to honor the profoundness of couples’ unions with lovingly customized ceremonial storytelling.