hey. I’m Ramses. Here’s my Story:
Ever since I was young, I knew I wanted to be involved in a creative arts. I always had a passion to see how thing’s were filmed or captured and my fascination led for me to become the natural photographer for my girlfriend (now wife) when we went on Trips. For one of my first birthday’s I celebrated with my wife, she purchased me a DSLR so I can turn the passion I had an itch for into something tangible. I first started out capturing concert’s as it was something I used to go often, and finally got the green light to capture one of my favorite bands live. It was an experience that has molded my use of light, whether natural or artificial with my work. Few months later, I got invited to a surprise wedding and was told to bring my camera. Long story short, I ended up capturing a wedding for a former (NY) Yankee’s family member, and I was terrified and shaking in complete nervousness.
I was able to proceed and actually capture the wedding, with no experience in that space. I remember the couple being extremely grateful and extremely happy with their photo., They couldn’t believe it was my first wedding! That night, I went online and dug through a hole on the internet to find what kind of wedding photography inspired me. It wasn’t all light and bright and generic. There was definitely a style that was aligned with my vision of how I would see movies as moody, and intimate. That’s when my love affair with wedding photography was born. Since that moment to this day, I’ve been completely obsessed with wedding photography.
I developed a skill of directing and working with my client’s to give them idea’s of what they need to do to make them look as best as possible. I feel it comes from my background of film that I studied when I was younger. For over 4 years, I studied film a lot of the inspiration I’ve implanted into my work comes directly attributed by cinematography. Till this day, I’ll watch a film, or a series and I will literally pause just to see how something was framed or how it was shot. Then day’s later, I’m implementing it on a wedding day.
The person who’s on this journey with me is my wife. She’s my true rock. Since day 1, she has supported my dream’s and goals to make this idea I had in my head into a reality. We have been together 10 years, and married for 4. One thing I implement with my client’s is everything we wen’t through during our wedding planning (pre and post) process. I’ve been in my clients shoes. From planning to gathering vendors, to having the awesome food (YUM!) to the celebration, we are here to give idea’s and feedback on anything we can help on.
Here’s some fact’s about me:
I studied film for 4 years.
I’m obsessed with cinematography, and the process of making films happen. Before becoming a wedding photographer, my plan’s were to become a director, or behind a camera shooting film’s and events. Favorite movies? In no particular order: The Dark Knight, Joker, The Revenant, The Wolf of Wall Street, & Training Day.
The first time I traveled I was 21 years old.
When my girlfriend (now wife) first got together, our first trip was to New York City. She was surprised that I had never gone on a plane before I met her. She opened my eyes to the world of traveling and experiences. After quite a few trips, my favorite place’s I’ve traveled to are: Iceland & Ireland. There’s literally nothing like it!
Every couple is different, and I totally get it!
Not everyone is natural in front of the camera. Sometimes couples have natural chemistry and don’t need much direction. But sometimes, (and more often than not) my client’s need direction. Whether it’s helping you both interact with each other, directing you into specific action’s that will help you guy’s look the best, I’ll always make you my couple’s look like true rockstars.
The way I work with my clients:
I focus on Creating : Authentic, Vintage, Editorial, Images.
When Couples hire me, they know my style has a very intimate, natural, yet editorial way of being captured. I chase light, and I try to find dynamic background’s that can tell a story about my couple of where they were and what they were doing. The goal is create art that you’ll want to put on the wall, and print out to give your family for generations.