Matt Ramos Photography – Blog

Due to the fact that we’ve shot so many weddings this year, I don’t always get the time to play around with the images I want when doing the blog entries – every now and then I skip over a few images that I really like when I do them.  We are doing our best to crank out as many weddings as possible this week, and have two on deck to be released within a few days – here’s one I found from the Heather & John wedding (about 3 weeks ago) that I really liked.  Tomorrow we’ll be shooting with Daphna & Lee, so stay tuned!

…..Doorbell’s ringing – gotta go hand out some candy!

Without a doubt, one of the most anticipated weddings of the year has been that of Tom & Jamie, who booked us nearly a year and a half ago before a they had even selected their recepton hall, church, etc.  Since day one, Tom & Jamie and Tonya and I clicked and I knew it would be the start of not only a great client relationship, but an even stronger friendship when all was said and done.  Tom and Jamie have driven up twice now all the way from Staten Island to shoot a few photos, and it’s been a blast over the last year + getting to know them, learning about Tom’s fascination with superhero’s (loves superman – LOVES!), and even getting our very first Guitar Hero lessons from them.  They are both amazing individuals, and together are even more incredible.

We’ve been planning and talking about this wedding for a year and a half now, and of couse on the day it all finally happened, it pretty much rained and poured all day, putting a huge damper in many of our photo ideas and opportunites that we had really looked forward to.  Despite this happening, they were both troopers, and we did our best to find things and places around the hotel to try and shoot with (ugh – no pressure!)  They were tough enough to go out in the rain for a few shots which was good :)

Shooting a wedding outside of my normal area was definitely a unique and fun experience (not to mention it was nice to get away for a few days).  Tom and Jamie had an awesome bridal party and family and we’d like to sincerely thank them for allowing us to document such a special day.  Tom and Jamie have been huge blog stalkers all year and it’s finally their turn to have their on entry and wedding samples – I’ve been working on this one for a long time today! :)  For those interested, you can pre-register your email at the link below to receive automatic notification of when images go live (usually about 30 days or so). 

http://mattramosphotography.instaproofs.com/enterEvent.php?id=80617

Again….. a HUGE congratulations to Tom and Jamie and best wishes in their new marriage.  They are headed on their honeymoon today, but am sure they’ll be checking the blog from their hotel – be sure to leave them lots of love and comments below as I’m sure they would love them! :)  Of course I leave you with a few samples from our day together!  

P.S. Special thanks to April Rounds from Details Wedding Planning who did a fantastic job and also drove down to Staten Island for the weekend to help Jamie with her needs, keep her calm, and help the day to flow smoothly…. if only she had the power to control the weather!

The oldest church in Staten Island

One of the best men (Frankie) telling his ring story to the groom – haha!

There’s nothing like showing up in a Bentley!

When I asked where the pigeons fly to, I was told they immediately fly home when released – think this training technique will work on my wife?

The Queen’s chair

Discussing whether or not to use the same wallpaper for their kitchen – I think it’s a go

Jamie didn’t think the best men’s speeches were funny at all

This is the look a man gives a woman when he truly realizes how much he loves her