Just cycling…
In just two words is how I describe this couple. Veronica & Angel love to ride bicycle it is their favorite past time, so when we were scheduling an engagement session this is what they had in mind, to be photographed while riding. I had so much fun doing this pictures, it was a great session with a wonderful couple that love each other above all.
Engagement of Megan & Jamie
I had been away for a while, lot of work and personal stuff. I want to share this story. Megan & Jamie are from Florida, they came to the island to get engaged, but the thing is that Megan didn’t knew anything until the moment that Jamie pop the question. He call me about 2 weeks in advance about his plans and I said OK. The day came and I went to the hotel that they were staying and I met him for the first time and set some logistics about the shooting. We planned to do it in the San Geronimo Fort in San Juan and that I will be there as a tourist taking pictures and follow them to the spot where he will propose to her. That is exactly how we did it, I followed them and took couple of pictures of them and BOOM he kneel in front of her and proposed. She was really surprised and her expression says it all. After that we went to take a couple of candids on the same fort and along the Old San Juan.
Mariana & Paul Wedding
To describe this couple I only need one word, “LOVE”. Mariana & Paul got married on Sept 1 in the city of Guaybabo PR, their reception was held on The Museum of Art of Puerto Rico. They are a very spontaneous couple full of joy and love, very humble and simple. On the reception tears was the special ingredient during the toast. Congratulations to the newlyweds.
Film Look in a Digital World.
Since the invention of photography we had been able to view and appreciate the images on paper. This process was the combination of a negative film converted into positive medium (paper). I learned to work on a dark room and to process and develop film. For me an image is finished when I saw it as a print, but we are in a digital age and with computers, tablets and smartphones most of the images never made it as a print. I like to process my images like I used to do it on the dark room. Some of the tools that I use a lot in Photoshop are the Dodge & Burn. Using this tool well will ensure you with a distintive look on your images. The other tool that I love to use is Alienskin Exposure. This plug-in for Photoshop or Lightroom will duplicate most (if not all) of the film looks ever produced, from the beginnings negative films (daguerrotype), color (Kodak Portra, Fuji Reala), black & white (Kodak Tri-X, Fuji, Ilford, Agfa), slide (Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Fuji Velvia & Reala) and polaroid. One of the great features of Exposure is that you can customize the presets to your taste and doing this you can enlarge your library of film looks.
Below are some examples of the un-processed Raw Files and the final processed image.
Raw File from camera.
Slide Filter applied with Alienskin.
Raw file from camera.
Darkened background using Dodge tool to enhance the image.
Raw file from camera.
Antique color filter applied and Dodged corners.
Raw file from camera.
Antique filter applied & dodged the walls, the benches and arcs.
Raw file straight from camera.
Converted to B & W using Exposure presets.
Raw file from camera.
Antique color filter applied with Alienskin Exposure, cropped and dodge on the trees and floor and burned a littler bit the face for more detail. The flare of the left was a positive mistake.
Kimberly & Bobby Summer Beach Wedding
Our island is a sensual paradise for weddings and specially for the ones made on the beach. Kimberly & Bobby came from Athens GA to get married in the sunset capital of the island, Rincon. Unfortunately we didn’t get the sunset we wanted that day but sure we had a gorgeous wedding at a beautiful place, surrounded by family and friends. Kimberly had everything planed and was very specific in setting all the details perfectly for her special day. I had a wonderful time in this wedding, a very close family and group of friends made me feel at home.
Monica & Mike Intimate Beach Wedding
We are in the caribbean and we have summer all year around, time to go to the beach any time of the year. Monica and Mike came from California to get married in front of a beautiful beach in Luquillo, PR. The ceremony and reception was very intimate, only family and close friends. The weather was excellent. We had a great time doing the photo session of both Monica, Mike and friends. Congratulations to the newlyweds.
Ambar & Hiram Beach Splash E. Session.
Ambar & Hiram are getting married this coming May 26 and we did this awesome E. Session a couples weeks back. I call it Beach Splash because that what it was, they decide to go into the water and the waves were very wild that day. We had a blast doing that session, is the most fun session that I had. The images were taken in the Lighthouse Ruins in Aguadilla P.R. and on the beach near that place.
Jennifer & Jorge Spring Wedding.
It’s been a while since my las post. The recent months had been great in terms of opportunities and work. Recently I had the opportunity to share with Jennifer & Jorge in their beautiful wedding in Rincon, PR. The day was gorgeous and Jorge & Jen were very excited about this day. The ceremony was held outside on the beach in Villa Cofresi in Rincon. I had also the chance to share with my good friend and wedding coordinator Aida Rodriguez and with the talented film-maker Rafy Vega and his sister Alexandra in this beautiful event.
Cheyenne & Eric, from cold to warm…
I said from cold to warm because Cheyenne and Eric came from Vermont (that at the day of the wedding was very cold) to get married in Costa Caribe Golf Resort in Ponce PR. It was a small wedding surrounded by family and friends. We had a wonderful time, joy, happiness and a lot of fun and dance. Congratulations to Cheyenne & Eric.
Lorena & Joel… Engagement…
Today we’ll be celebrating the beautiful wedding of Lorena & Joel. They’re a great looking couple that reflects a lot of love and passion. The ceremony and reception will be held at The Castillo Serralles in Ponce PR. We had the privilege to work with them before on the engagement session that was made on The Caguas Botanical Garden. We had a lot of fun during this session in such beautiful environment. The images speak for themselves, joy, passion, love & fun.
