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Allysia + Matt {The Wedding Book}

Ramiro — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:33:00 +0000

It’s been almost a year since I updated my site with any new content. Some may have thought I just gave up and quit, but nothing could be further from the truth. The truth is that I let the updates here slip because at the end of 2009 my family and I moved to South TX to help take care of my elderly parents. At the same time, I have been working on launching a new studio that will focus on modern and contemporary senior portraits, or how I like to call it, “Rule Breaking Senior Photography”. The new studio name is Ma Vie Studio and it’s opening it’s doors on 8/4/2010.

I photographed weddings until the end of 2009, then for most of 2010 I have taken a sabbatical to focus on Ma Vie Studio, but as Ma Vie is just about ready to open it’s doors, I have now turned my focus to Rosy’s Photography and I have some exciting changes coming.

Now, Allysia and Matt’s wedding last year was a fenomenal wedding and I was truly blessed to be a part of their special day. Since their wedding last year was one of my career highlights, I decided to commemorate the re-focusing of Rosy’s Photography with an album design from their beautiful wedding. Please click the link below, and I hope that through the images and the album design you are taken on the journey to “see” their wedding story as I experienced it.

Allysia + Matt {The Wedding Book}

Allysia + Matt {Wedding Story}

Ramiro — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:00:32 +0000

This is part 2 of Allysia and Matt’s wedding story. A few days ago I shared a few images from their rehearsal dinner and now, here is a small taste of the images of their wedding. I am so blessed to have been a part of such wonderful people. Allysia and Matt were just awesome, they were laid back, they enjoyed their wedding day, their family and their friends. Allysia told me during our planning session that she wanted some “different” pictures, and those we created, believe it or not, at midnight. At Big Foot Country Club in Fontana, there are 7 ponds, which are sacred ponds made by native indians from that area a long time ago. When the country club opened, they brought a member of the tribe to bless the 7 ponds. It was next to one of these ponds with a small waterfall that we captured the last images of the night. Goes to show how important the photography was for Allysia and Matt, even at midnight, they were willing to go out and create something unique, something that I know they will treasure forever. Thanx guys for being such wonderful people, and I hope you like the images I was able to create. Click on the last image for the slide show (be patient while it loads).

Allysia + Matt {Rehearsal Story}

Ramiro — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:25:54 +0000

I have been blessed to be a part of the most amazing wedding in my career. The locations were amazing, beautiful, and the lighting was simply perfect, but most of all, it was the people. Allysia and Matt are two of the most wonderful people you can ever meet. They are fun, passionate about life, and they have wonderful families that love them dearly. The following is a little taste of the images I was able to capture for them during the rehearsal for their wedding. Click on the last image to see the slide show for their rehearsal (be patient while it loads). Make sure to come back and visit often, as I am working on their wedding images and I’ll be putting those up in the next few days.

Jessica + Kevin

Ramiro — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:31:12 +0000

I had the privilege of working with Jessica & Kevin for their wedding pictures. Jessica & Kevin will stand as one of the most memorable weddings for me. When I met them and they told me that the bridal party were their kids, the ring bearer was their nephew, the flower girl was their niece, it became apparent that their wedding was very centered around their family. I had an amazing time and I am truly blessed to have been part of their special day. Jessica is a real state attorney and boy did she give me a real scare when she sent out the time line and wedding details, because she sent it in her firm’s letterhead and when I saw it, my heart sank and my brain started racing at 100 miles an hour as to what I had done, if I was going to jail, if I was loosing my house, etc. Then I saw that it was the time line…let’s just say that my heart took a few moments coming back up to my chest. Now we laugh so hard about it, but it was hilarious. Thanx Jess & Kevin, for sharing your wonderful family and your amazing wedding with me. Here is but a small sample of the images I created for you guys, hope you love them as much as I do. Click on the last image to see their slideshow.

iPhone goodness

Ramiro — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:14:59 +0000

Well, after almost a year of visiting our families, we are going once again to visit them in TX. What is different this time is that we are traveling by train, and the kids are having a blast. The bad thing is that we forgot to bring a camera, so for the next 2 weeks, all I have to tka pix of our trip is my iPhone. As a matter of fact, I am making this post to my blogsite from my iPhone, and the attached picture of the building outside our train car window, I also took that with my iPhone. I love this phone.

Who says you can’t shoot at noon

Ramiro — Fri, 29 May 2009 07:48:38 +0000

I am working on Amy and Kevin’s images and I just love this image of Amy. Hard to believe there is grass all around her, and no, I didn’t “erase” anything in Photoshop. This is the way I shot this image, I only added some contrast and converted it to black and white. More to come.

Inspiration to be better

Ramiro — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:18:18 +0000

I recenly came across this video of Danny Macaskill and I was so amazed at his abilities with a bike that I began to ponder one question: Do I work as hard at my craft as he does at his?Â Although I have been pushing myself to do better and learn new things about photography, composition, lighting, and more, seeing Danny in this video, brough about a new dimension to my passion of photography and how much I have to work and learn to be the best I can.Â Here is the video, I hope Danny inspires you as well to work just as hard and become as great at your craft as Danny is at his.Â Enjoy!

Congratulations Jackie & Bill

Ramiro — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:51:59 +0000

I had the priviledge of photographing Jackie & Bill’s wedding this past weekend.Â Jackie and Bill were a ton of fun, very laid back and just a great couple to be around.Â They could not have picked a more beautiful location for both, their ceremony and their reception.Â The Barn of Barrington has got to be my favorite place to shoot of all locations I have shot at.Â It’s a bit of a challenge to light it well because, well, it’s a barn, but the character of the place, and all the little rooms and nooks and cranies to shoot in, just make it an amazing place for a wedding.Â I took a bit of time last night to work a few images for Jackie and Bill so they can enjoy and share with their friends.Â I hope you guys enjoy the images as much as I enjoyed creating them.

Transform – Inspirational Video

Ramiro — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:27:38 +0000

I have had the privilege of meeting and becoming friends with some of the most amazing people.Â One such person is my friend Zack Arias, an amazingly talented editorial photographer from Atlanta.Â I had theÂ privilege of attending his One Light Workshop, and it’s one of those gems that not only teaches you, but touches you, and Zack’s life touched and enriched my life in ways that are difficult to put into words.Â Zack created a video of how he feels, pouring out his heart for all to see, and I decided to put it here on my site because of how inspired I was and because he put into words something that I feel quite often, but that I really didn’t have the words to express.Â I am blessed to know Zack and I am blessed for the inspiration that he is as an artist and as a friend.Â Enjoy!

WPPI 2009 in Review

Ramiro — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:53:03 +0000

I was going to do a post per day, but I decided to give a brief overview of what I did and learned at WPPI and share some of the images I captured. Â First of all I had theÂ privilegeÂ of attending classes with Marcus Bell, Rocco Ancora, Jerry Ghionis, Beth Forester, Bruce Dorn, and several others. Â I attended 10 classes in all that ranged from marketing to cinematic lighting, to how to bring out natural expressions on people. Â Of particular interest to me were the classes about senior portraiture and about cinematic lighting by Bruce Dorn. Â I came away from those classes with so many ideas and techniques that I am having a blast just thinking of the ways I am going to implement thatÂ knowledgeÂ this year for my couples and seniors. Â I also had the blessing of meeting some good friends like Rudy Arpia, Gloria Mesa, Mario Herrera, and others. Â We even had a lighting seminar with Mario Herrera for the spanish speaking photographer from the Foro de Fotografos, and I even got the privilege of assisting Mario with one of the groups. Â I don’t have a lot of pictures of the shoot we did with the model since I was trying to setup the shots and quiz the group as to how to light the model, but I did get a few. Â In any case, here are a few images, but scroll down for a slideshow I put together. Â Enjoy.

The Fountain by the Bellagio

Mario teaching a lighting mini-seminar

Some grid spot goodness. Â I lit Annie with my SB28 with the new Honl gridspot.

The slideshow