• Hello, and Welcome to our New Improved Blog Version 2.5!

    My name is Matt Ramos, and I'm a professional photographer out of the Capital Region of Upstate New York.  This blog serves as a compilation of past, present and future happenings, up to date sneak peeks, as well as a bit of a doorway to my personality and online journal.  I invite you to tag along, check out samples of our recent and ongoing projects, and hopefully learn a bit more about what we are all about.

    With that being said, I'm excited to invite you to our new & improved blog and online community - A commonly updated website where I can share samples from recent shoots, take you behind the scenes of the action, or even just post random thoughts about what's on my mind for the day!  At the very least, I'll do my best to share a bit of the crazy personality behind the camera & impress you with some of my stupid humor! :)

    Our new Version 2.5 blog is full of new features and improvments to hopefully make things not only much faster to load, but easier and more enjoyable to navigate through.  We have conveniently added an easy to access archive of posts, a new search feature, RSS feeds, categories, links and a new, easy to read comments bar below each post.  things are still a work in progress, so we'll be updating several things in the near future to keep up with the times.  A huge thanks to all the current & future visitors that continue to check in, and hope all of you will enjoy the new blog!  Feel free to leave some love by leaving your comments!

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Capital Region Photographer – The Wedding Album

As you can see from the blog, I haven’t had much to report or share as of late, however soon enough I’ll have more blog entries than you can handle with the 2010 main wedding season quickly approaching!  I wanted to remind all those couples out there that have not yet contacted us about their wedding album, that now is a great time too get going on things and we are glad to help.  Also – a quick reminder to folks that we offer professional album design for even couples who’s wedding we didn’t shoot :)  Here are a few sample from some of our new sample albums to hopefully get you in the mood!

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Karen & Phil – Albany, NY Engagements

Most people stay inside where it’s warm when its’ 25 degrees outside, but instead I hit the cold with Karen & Phil today to hang out and shoot some engagement photos together…. the good news, was that the normally crowded locations were dead (I may have to do all my sessions this way).  Karen & Phil are one of the hot new 2010 couples getting married this August, and I look forward to shooting their wedding…. today was a lot of fun and had a great time shooting and getting to know them a bit more.  Shooting in the freezing weather is tough stuff (both for the photographer & the couple) and these guys were such troopers even wanting to take their coats off & risk frostbite :)  Here’s a few shots from our session I thought I would share…..

P.S. Those of you that have engagement sessions, I highly recommend booking your sessions now well in advanced – we are booked absolutely silly this year, so the sooner you set up your date the better :)

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The Knot Best of 2010 Upstate NY Photographers – Matt Ramos Photography

I learned today that were voted one of the best photographers for Upstate, NY by the Knot….. I have no idea how the voting works for this as I had no idea we were even being considered, but none the less, are very excited and honored to have made the list :)

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Jamie Lynn - Congrats Matt :-) You deserve itFebruary 19, 2010 – 2:53 am

Gareth Preston - Congrats, but I really can’t say that I am surprised as your work says it all :)March 2, 2010 – 7:50 pm

Lisa & Tim – Glen Sanders Mansion Winter Wedding

Last night I had the opportunity to get back into the swing of things a bit by photographing a beautiful winter wedding at the Glen Sanders Mansion for Tim & Lisa.  It was a smaller wedding from what I’m used to, but very intimate, low stress and beautiful (just the way they should be).  Ice from the river had crashed up on the shore and damaged much of the area below, which was a bit of a shame, but still made the best of it.  Glen Sanders has recently invested over $1 million dollars in makeovers and the bridal suite was awesome to work in.  Special thanks also goes to the Glen Sanders team for making a great evening along with DJ, Mike Garassi of Music Man Entertainment for always putting on a great show!

Congrats to Tim & Lisa and hope you guys have a blast on your honeymoon in Aruba – Here are a few samples I wanted to share below from the day.  For those interested, you can pre-register your email at the link below to receive automatic notification of when images are available for online viewing & ordering (usually ready in about 30 days or less).

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Sticky Fingers Apples – Amazing Candy Apples and Wedding Goodies!

What started as a simple school project for their kids 3 years ago for my good friends, John & Donna, has now turned into a national craving almost overnight it seems.  Sticky Fingers Apples, which is a local company using local apples from orchards in the Capital Region has become one of the biggest names in the candy apple industry and it’s very exciting to see their business take off with such success.  Not only are they great people, but have an amazing assortment of candy apples & other goodies and ship daily around the country as the orders continue to pour in left and right.  Donna has some new apples including a cool Valentine’s apple so I had some fun shooting some of the new inventory today for their website.  I should also mention that they are now doing wedding apples for those wanting something a little different or to spice up their wedding with extra treats.  Be sure to check out their website at www.stickyfingersapples.com – you won’t be disappointed!  (Seriously, how good do all these look and they have tons more available on the website).

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Frank DiMeo - Matt your work is always fabulous but these are off the wall! Good food photography is supposed to make the viewer want to eat the food. These must be excellent because my mouth hasn’t stopped watering and I can’t think of anything else since I saw them. Please let John and Donna know that I have to try them because you made them look so good. Hey wait, it is Valentines Day soon (0;February 10, 2010 – 5:07 pm

John Harris - Matt…

You make our stuff look so great with your wonderful God given talent. We appreciate everything that you do for us and your friendship. Its priceless. Looking forward to many more photo shoots with you. Thanks Again!February 13, 2010 – 2:34 am

Jamie - Don’t lie… you didn’t cut that apple to take the picture, you cut it so you could eat it after :-)February 25, 2010 – 5:55 pm