Its been a while... but something very special happened!

Well everybody, its been a while since my last blog post.
  With scarcity of my blogging you'd think I would have been slow or just not busy enough to post anything with substance. On the contrary, things have been so busy... its hard to remember to keep up on the whole blog posting bit side of my business
. In the past month or so I have been working hard on partners to help me along with my idea of creating an exclusive day for your pets that would make a world of difference. So my wife, my local pet salon (The Bark and Bubble), and 3 other Veterinary Clinics came up with an "Extreme Pet Makeover Day." A day where you would bring your pet to the Bark and Bubble Salon to get them groomed and pampered, then we'd schedule them to come over later that day or the day after to get their professional portrait and actions shots taken at our studio and in our Large Backyard. What fun it would be... and imagine how amazing your pet would feel afterward. So we've been busy. With our Pet Photography venture in full swing and Booking weddings still for 2013-14. Its been a whirlwind month. So thank you for being with us, reading this blog... and being apart of our special moments.

Its a New Year! Welcome

Well, 2013 is here and I've been away from the Blog for about a Month or so. I wanted to spend some much needed time with Family and Friends during the holiday season. So here we are, back again for 2013.

 In terms of Bridal Photography, what an amazing time of year it will be. So many fun Photo Sessions and Weddings to shoot at so many very different and obscure venues. If you are a 2013 or 2014 Bride, I wanted to welcome you to what I consider to be a very personal, intimate photographic experience with a style of Photography that eases that emotion, that love and sincerity out of every moment we capture for you. What I do is a passion. You certainly hear that alot from many photographers, practically all photographers... And its true for all of us!
 What you don't hear from other Photographers is that I consider what I do a "Passion for Life" in general.
 With your approval, I am allowed into a very private and intimate moment of your life and encouraged to capture those moments whenever and wherever they might be. Perhaps even the slightest detail, frozen in a frame and shared positively for the world to see.
Wow... right?
 Thats pretty powerful stuff in my opinion.
 Thats quite a leap, especially if you are an extremely private individual. I completely am honored by the opportunity to be there for you, your family and that one moment that helps define the term, "special." Come with me now and lets create something magical!

Sharing my Family with all of you this Holiday Season

Say what you will about the movie Mary Poppins, but when I was a little boy maybe 7 or 8; I loved the idea of popping in and out of chalk paintings and riding the foggy winds of London using only a Umbrella.

 To this day alot of the work I do in my Wedding Photography and Portrait Photography was inspired heavily by the imaginative movie called Disney's Mary Poppins. You see the color and sincere joy in almost every image I capture. It all comes from that inspiration.  Everything about the movie from the colorful scenes to the dancing and catchy music kept me searching my whole life for that one chalk painting that I could pop in and out of whenever life got me down.
 33 years later with an amazing wife and son, I am still obviously inspired by that very kid friendly movie. My grandmother always told me that you are only as old as you feel. Somedays, after a hard days work; I feel pretty old. On the other hand, with days like today where I get to spend it shooting our Christmas Portrait for my own family... I feel like I am a kid again. I wanted to recreate that magic I felt when I was younger. I wanted to see what it would be like to take my family there; to share that magic with them.

 With all of this in mind. Don't ever lose your imagination. Don't lose that love for one another or those things that made you happy as a child. And above all... If you can't find that magic, that one thing or moment that made you happy as a kid; Then, Re-create it. If you can't re-create... there will always be someone to help you share in that quest. Perhaps if we are lucky enough, Photo Phrame Photography can re-imagine that special moment for you.  Happy Holidays to all.

So This is the Holidays....

Whenever I have families come over to my Studio. I usually see an initial impression of their expectations such as when they say... "where's the backdrops, scenery, Colorful Props,...etc?" And after that I usually tell them... its up here (as I point to my head). Its Imagination that triggers the creativity and that helps build all these strikingly different, exotic and fun images.

To me, Life is too Ordinary to not be Extraordinary. We live in a world filled with routine, monotony, and the same old same old. On the other hand, my 2 and a half year old son sees everything new for the first time. He says, "Wow Daddy!" and "Cool." Thats what I want out of life for my family and for myself. I want to be Wowed and in turn I want to Wow my families I photograph who have never been apart of something that can be so extraordinary.
 The Ramos and Kaulfuss family pictured here were so much fun to work with. If your reading this and haven't decided yet just what you'd like to see in your family photo. Perhaps take a moment... close your eyes, use your imagination and help me create something extraordinary for you.

Xmas comes early for this lovely family.

I've been very blessed as a photographer and here is why...
Almost a year ago (ok not that far away but).. back in April, David and Crystal were married. Their cute little daughter Jayda was one of the flower girls and what a wonder high energy wedding this was. They were an amazing couple to photograph. A few months later their photos were done and although I felt very accomplished, I always hoped to shoot them again....  not just as a married couple... but as a family.

 As luck would have it, Crystal contacted me and showed interest in doing a fun creative Holiday Photo Shoot with her Hubby and Jayda. What a great time it was. They sure didn't disappoint, and I was sure proud to create something unique and appealing; perhaps something they've never seen before. Its times like this I am so excited to have started Photo Phrame Photography. I Thank You Ramos Family. Until next time! Peace.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

I just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving from Photo Phrame Photography. I embedded a Living Picture below just for fun. Feel free to click on the image, let it load and you can click all over to focus and refocus the image. My wife and son went to the Zoo and Aquarium yesterday and I brought back some Anemones for you! Enjoy guys. Have a Safe and Happy Turkey Day.

Maternity Shoot with Imagination

I wanted to do something different. I wanted to capture a maternity photo shoot that was inspirational, thoughtful, and imaginative. At the same time these images should be above all tasteful. and beautiful and pure. These are commonly the thoughts that travel around my brain when I am creating a photo shoot for a mother to be.

For Shelly and Marc, this Mommy and Daddy to be... I had thought of taking their colorful and uplifting personalities and translating that into real timeless almost artful images that tell a bit of a story. Too many times I've seen maternity images that capture a moment perfectly, yet seem to fall off a cliff, or fall short of true story telling. Sometimes you have to push your creativity further, outside your comfort zone.

This time I wanted to see if building atmosphere's and environments around the subject would engage a more emotional response. In this case, Shelly and Mark were super in front of the camera. Their dedication to each moment was 110% and it helped make every single one of these images work. At the end, I felt very confident that we would come away with a collection of images that would almost look like a storyboard pieced together to tell a Fairy Tale.

Fairy Tales played a big part in my childhood growing up and will play an equally large part in my young son's childhood as well. So it felt wonderful to give a little bit of those moments of myself to someone else who would enjoy them. I am talking about my son, but also Shelly and Marc. God Bless Shelly and Marc and you both will no doubt be amazing parents.