Another Family Portrait Session!

As you're about to see, the family portraits are popular this week for some reason! We had a lot of fun this moning hanging out with the Maresca family (brother & sisters), who wanted to surprise their parents by getting some updated photos done since it's been so long. We did a few replication photos to mimic ones of when they were kids, which I think will be really cool for the parents, and even a few with the dog (Piper)! Thanks again, and should have all the photos ready for viewing/ordering within a few days!

...... check back later for round 3! :)

Some Fun on Lake George

I ran out of apples to shoot, so I instead we headed up to Lake George today to hang out with Jennifer and her family to do some portraits at their family lake house. It's been awhile since I've had the opportunity to get up that way, and you couldn't have asked for a nicer day to be near the lake and hang out with such a nice family. Thanks again to the Curtis family and hope you enjoy your vacation!

Here's a few sample shots - be sure to check back tomorrow for round 2!

Sticky Fingers!

It's been an amazing week this week, and an extremely busy one at that..... I've had more client meetings in this past week alone than the entire month before I think! The good news is that we booked an amazing 5 more 2008 weddings within the past 5 days, which is definitely a record. (it's crazy how business can spike all of the sudden like that). I love all the new couples that have signed on for their 2008 weddings and am really excited to be a part of their weddings next year!

Due to the busy week (and it's not over yet), I'm a bit behind on my blog entrees, so figured I'd post something to try and keep up to date with things. Lately, we've been branching into a lot of different projects, which is a treat to get away from weddings to try new things every now and again. Today's prjoect was working with John, who is the owner of Sticky Fingers Apples, and offers an amazing service and product to his clients. They are a reasonably new business and decided to get some new "eye candy" photos of their products for the website. Not only was John and his wife great to deal with, but I was so impressed with what they can do with an apple.... I can't say I've ever craved an apple as badly as today trying to shoot this stuff!

Anyway, you should without a doubt check out their website and try a few of their products.... they have very unique flavored candy apples, and even offer cool gift baskets... you can check out the website at http://www.stickyfingersapples.com/! (by the way, John left me one of the "peanut butter cup" apples today, and it was so amazing, it's almost good enough to include in a wedding package :)

You can see the rest of the photos on their site that we shot today, but here's one of my favorite photos from today's project with them. We have more blog entrees coming soon this week, so be sure to check back if you get bored :)

Congratulations, Don & Mallory!!

Without a doubt an exhausting weekend, yet two amazing back to back weddings I'm extremely proud to have been a part of! Tonight, we celebrated the wedding of Don & Mallory and had a blast working with them and capturing the day as it unfolded. It's amazing the love these two share for one another, and I have no doubt they are going to have an amazing marriage together.

We got some really cool shots today and as always will be going through hundreds of images in the hopes to have things sorted and uploaded for online viewing/ordering within a couple weeks. For those that are interested in pre-registering their email, you will receive automatic notification once images go live. You can do so by simply clicking the link below:

http://mattramosphotography.instaproofs.com/enterEvent.php?id=19015

On top of now two weddings to go through, we have several meetings lined up for 2008 weddings this week and are booking up EXTREMELY fast all of the sudden.... I can tell it's going to be a crazy week. I'm beyond exhausted right now, but please check back as we'll have lots of updates and shoots to share samples of later in the week!

Congrats again, Don & Mallory!!!

Congratulations, Marc & Carrieann!

While photographing another wedding nearly 3 years ago, we had the opportunity to meet Carrieann & Marc (who were guests), and it wasn't long after that we planned to shoot their wedding! It seems like an eternity ago when I think about it, but the day finally came for them to wed, and I'm so glad to have been a part of it (not to mention, it was awesome to see the couple who's wedding we shot and introduced us so long ago)

I have only a few hours to get all the photos downloaded, backed up, batteries charged, and a few hours sleep before getting up and doing this all over again tomorrow, but I wanted to sincerely thank Marc & Carrieann as well as their family and friends for allowing us to spend the day with them. We have tons of photos that I look forward to going through, and hope to have everything sorted and uploaded for online viewing/ordering within 2 weeks or so.

For those interesed, you can pre-register your email by clicking the link below to receive confirmation of when the images go live and are available for viewing. On that note, I'm off to bed to get some rest for tomorrow's event!

http://mattramosphotography.instaproofs.com/enterEvent.php?id=19014

My New Crackberry!

Since the release of the Blackberry smartphone a couple years ago, I have been absolutely addicted to them, and find myself constantly upgrading to the latest and greatest model (I think my wife is about to kill me). I picked up my now 5th Blackberry this week (the 8803 World Edition), and absolutely love it! I've never been known to be an organized guy and always prefered to sorta go with the flow, rather than have everything planned out..... with business being absolutely insane right now, I couldn't possibly keep track of all the places I need to be and things going on, so having my entire schedule, phone & email in my pocket at all times really helps me to stay super organized!

For whatever the reason, website hits and client emails & calls have sky-rocketed this week and 2008 weddings are beginning to book up quickly - while I'm not sure what caused this, you can see the sudden spike in website hits (not even including the blog) by clicking the photo above..it's amazing how excited I used to get over getting 10 people to visit the website on a good day, and now we are getting well over 100 hits per day, which is amazing for a photography website in my opninion. Anyway, if you know someone getting married, you may want to have them get in touch with us sooner than later.... here is a link to our current calendar/schedule so you can see how crazy this year is going to be!

www.mattramosphotography.com/schedule.html

Parga Album Completed!

As usual, it's been another busy week trying to keep up with the flow of things (hence my lack of blog entrees). Since adding John to our team, I've been doing a lot of training on album design, general workflow, slideshows, etc and once he's up to par, it will make a world of difference, which I'm really looking forward to! John also assists his first wedding with us tomorrow, which I'm really excited about (I'm sure he's freaking out like I did the first time I ever shot a wedding - yikes!)

Anyway, we've been able to crank out and entire wedding and 2-3 albums this week, which is great since we have two more back to back weddings starting tomorrow! The Parga wedding is the latest album to be completed and thought I would throw up a quick sample so you an watch it if you're interested... of course this is a rough draft for them, however think it came out really well... this is going to look fantastic in the plush leather album they've selected!

Check back this weekend for samples of two more back to back weddings.... fow now, I leave you with a link to the Parga Album slideshow!

www.mattramosphotography.com/parga

Something Scenic...

I was going through some of the photos today from last night's wedding and found one I forgot to post last night - it's great when you find yourself "in the right place at the right time," sometimes, isn't it?

P.S. Let me know if anyone wants a print.... we can go up to 20X30 with amazing quality on this one :)

Congratulations, Chaddick & Laura!!!

We had a blast today celebrating another amazing wedding with a fantastic couple! Chaddick & Laura are from Texas (Laura grew up here), and drove for 3 days across the country to be here and get married amongst their friends and family. Chad gave one of the most amazing vows I have ever heard today at the church, and it's awesome how much in love these two are with each other.... there is no doubt they will have a very happy and long marriage together!

I'll admit, I have done too much with the whole cowboy theme before today, but I really enjoyed shooting something a bit different, and love the look of the hats and boots together for some of the photos. We got some pretty cool photos today as you can see, and am really excited to share them with the friends and family shortly. If you are interested in pre-registering your name to receive notification of when images go live, you may click the link below to enter your email address.

A big thanks again to Laura & Chaddick as well as their friends and family. We enjoyed being a part of your special day today, and wish you all the very best in your new journey together. The bride and groom are spending their honeymoon driving across the crounty again back to Texas and am sure they will have a phenomenal time along the way.

Here's the link for those that would like to pre-register their email for this event:

http://mattramosphotography.instaproofs.com/enterEvent.php?id=19013

U2's New Band Member...

Sorry for my lack of blog entrees this week... been busy! Stay tuned for samples fo tomorrows wedding with Laura and Chaddick! This is for all you U2 fans - I wonder what Bono would think of this - lol!

Surprise Birthday Party!

Imagine going to lunch with your husband, only to have nearly 100 people hiding behind the bushes waiting to celebrate your birthday with you. I've never had the honor of having a surprise party thrown for me, but I can tell you I'd hope it went something like what I saw today, which was amazing.

John (our new employee) and I drove about 2.5 hours today to the Harvest on Hudson restaurant, which is located in Hastings on Hudson, NY (weird name for a town in my opinion). While it didn't have all the events we are used to shooting at a wedding, it was fun to shoot candids of friends and family just having fun and enjoying themselves. Today also turned out to be a good practice session for John, til he's ready to assist in his first wedding.

We'd like to thank the family for allowing us to hang out with them today, and had a lot of fun. We will have all the images online for easy viewing & ordering within a week or so, and you can pre-register to receive an email when images go live by clicking the link below:

http://mattramosphotography.instaproofs.com/enterEvent.php?id=21822

Thanks again, and Happy Birthday!

Really Cool Custom Photo Puzzles!

Tonya had PRK eye surgery done this week, so I've sorta been on call to help her since she's been in some pain and can't open her eyes too well yet. She has to wear these dark sunglasses around the house for 3-5 days, and it's been rather interesting to say the least - after seeing what she's going through, I've never appreciated my better than 20/20 vision more!

Aside from doing some of the backend work on some of this past weeks projects & weddings, I have been making some updates to our online viewing & ordering system by adding some new features and products. One of the new items we are now offering, are these really cool, custom photo puzzles! They come in 3 sizes and can be done in traditional or metallic finishes at the same price. Here are the options they can be done in:

4X6 - 20 pc. puzzle - $19.95
8X12 - 50 pc. puzzle - $30.00
12X18 - 300 pc. puzzle - $55.00

I think I'm going to order a 300 piece, 12X18 puzzle of myself and see how many years it takes me to put it together. On a serious note, these will make for great gifts and I look forward to filling the first few orders. For those interested, they have been added to all current and future weddings and portrait sessions in the online viewing/ordering sites!

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.... I'm off to do another eyedrop application for the wife, and then getting things organized for tomorrow's surprise party (which I can't tell you about yet :)