Matt Ramos Photography Blog

After months of anticipation, it was awesome to finally have LOST come back for the new season tonight. It’s seriously one of the most amazing shows I have ever seen, and it’s stressful (in a good way) yet so much fun to try and piece it all together of what you think is happening or might be going to happen. Just when you think you’ve got things figured out, they throw a whole new twist at you that completely puts you back to square one again.

Tonya and I will now be glued to the TV each week to watch our favorite show. For those of you that don’t watch the show, or think they are too “lost” to get into the show, I think now is a great time to jump in.

Any other Lost fans out there?

P.S. It’s been a horrible couple of days for me…. I have a swolen uvula (that pendulum thing in the back of your throat), which has caused it to severely extend in length and now sits in my throat, causing a choking-like sensation. It’s like having something stuck in the back of your throat, but no matter how many times you cough or clear your throat it just won’t go away. It’s by far the worst thing I’ve ever experienced, and pretty scary I might add. I spent the day at the dr’s today getting x-rays, etc and am on strong meds to hopefully bring things back to normal. I hope no one ever has to get this – grrr!!!

One of the weddings we look forward to the most this year, is that of good friends, Tom & Jamie. They are probably two of the most down to earth, fun & crazy couples you will meet, and through the course of doing business, weekly emails, and a couple portrait sessions, have become such great friends. I almost wish they didn’t hire me as their photographer so we could come party with them on their wedding day. Don’t worry, guys – we’ll be there! :)

Last night, Tom and Jamie came up from Staten Island to hang out, have dinner and take a few more photos for some of their “save the date” magnets. As I mentioned awhile back, Tonya and I recently got the Nintendo Wii, so when we found out that Tom and Jamie had one too (and were just as much into it), we knew it was going to be a fun night! We picked up a few extra games, while out earlier that day, and one of them was Guitar Hero, which I had heard so much about, but had never seen or played…… Tom & Jamie were kind enough to show us how to rock out, which was a blast! (I’m now completely addicted, and my fingers are sore from playing guitar all morning – lol!) By the way, it was a blast playing Wii with 4 people on the Mario game…. insane!

It’s so awesome when clients transition into being such good friends, and I hope to build a few more relationships like that of the one we now have with T&J if possible…… they are truly awesome people, and so meant for each other. Thanks for coming up last night guys, and Tonya and I appreciate you whooping our asses at pretty much every game we tried. Below are a few shots from our session until the rest are done (I’m a little busy with rock shows downstairs if ya know what I mean!)

For anyone interested, here’s the setup you get with Guitar Hereo for the Wii…… I didnt’ think I would like a game like this as it seems a bit childish, but it ended up being a blast. Those of you that have the Wii should definitely check it out! For those that have absolutely no idea what I’m even talking about, I put a little video below that explains it a bit better and shows you a demo.

I’ve never been much into politics, however as I continue to get older (and the world continues to get worse in some areas), I have started to take more of a notice with things such as the upcoming election. For those of you that are as torn as I am about who may or may not be the right candidtate to choose, there is a cool website link that someone sent me that will help you to determine the best decision based on your personal thoughts and beliefs. I won’t share who the candidate is that was selected for me, but I’m sure some of you will enjoy checking this out and it may help you to make the best decision for yourself.

Click the photo below and answer the few simple questions, and see who your top 3 picks would be based on your answers!

About a year and a half ago, when we bought our new house, the current owners (Dave & Danielle) were some of the nicest people we could have possibly met. They are such great people, and are the type that will do anything for anyone. I can remember when the movers had just packed up our entire house the night before we were supposed to move into the new house (Dave & Danielle’s at the time), only to find out that the closing was being pushed back by about a week as the truck drove away with pretty much everything we had. (including all our clothes, etc) It was probably one of the most stressful things we ever had to go through, and weren’t quite sure how to handle it. Dave and Danielle (Del), were so amazingly kind and let us move our entire house into theirs along with all of their things, which was crazy, until we could finalize the closings. We couldn’t believe someone would allow us to do such a thing on a house that was not even yet ours….. we knew from that point forward we would end up being great friends with them even after the house situation got worked out.

We laugh about this story in hindsight together, and it’s great to hang out with Dave & Del when we can…. although, I’m sure it’s weird for them to hang out in their old house with us! One day while out having dinner together, there was a moment of silence….. without any transition whatsoever, Dave says, “So…… we’re having a baby.” That dinner out seems like yesterday (along with the house situation), and tonight we got to meet 10 day old, little Corina for the first time!

Corina’s extremely young to be doing photos already, however we wanted to get a few shots to help document this early stage in her life. She’s so tiny and hasn’t even gained the ability to focus her eyes yet, which made for some good laughs as she looks at you cross-eyed sometimes :) Anyway, we fooled around with some photos in the studio while they were here, and thought I would share some shots. Congrats on the new addition to your family guys, and thanks for being such great friends – we hope to give Corina a little Ramos friend to play with sometime :)

Without a doubt, one of the most challenging (yet rewarding) weddings of 2007 was that of good friends, Dave & Lydia. It was probably 100 degrees that day, and aside from being in New Jersey, where I had never worked before, we got to the portrait location only to find 3 other weddings going on a the same time, with other professional photographers everywhere! There was no greater pressure than what I felt that day, but in hindsight it was such an honor to be able to document the wedding of such special people as Dave & Lydia!

Now that the holidays are over, many are starting to buckle down on getting their wedding album(s) done, and after hours of work we have completed Dave & Lydia’s initial album design. (Whooo Hoooo!) I’m sure some edits will be made, but these are going to be absolutely amazing albums as they are having them done with an Italian Graphi-Studio line (some of our best albums!)

For those interested, you can check out the album presentation show by clicking the link below!

P.S. Lydia is without a doubt the most “bubbly” person you will ever meet (trust me!)…… I immediately knew what song to load into their album slideshow :) Make sure you turn up those speakers!

www.ramosdesigns.com/clay