Claudio Almeida is a photographer and director with over 15 years of experience in product photography, studio lighting, commercial video, and fashion films. He is specialize in crafting strong visual narratives, whether through a single image or a sequence of moving frames, always with a deep focus on emotion, detail, and meaning.

Since 2009, he has also been a trainer at the Instituto Português de Fotografia do Porto, where he helps shape the next generation of visual storytellers. He believes that teaching is a creative act and that lighting, like storytelling, is about rhythm, contrast, and connection.