• Today's technology has made it possible for anyone to pick up a camera (or even an iPhone) and proudly proclaim themselves a photographer! But this isn't necessarily an evil thing, it has allowed some to express themselves whom otherwise wouldn't have been able to 20 years ago. I consider myself an artist first and photographer 2nd, although depending on who you ask, those two terms are one in the same.

    This blog represents my never ending exploration and learning into my self expression using the camera as my tool. Although I do a great deal of commercial work these days, my focus is almost always finding ways to express myself artistically by communicating with my viewers with each new image I create.

Midnight Reese’s and Nerds , boudoir and some Eagle Feathers

June 17, 2013 Filed in art,Personal,Photography

 

Ok, so it wasn’t a full size Reese’s cup either, but one of those mini versions and a mini pack of Nerds. Late night carbs….Boudoir? we’ll get to that in a bit and the feathers are actually imitation Eagle feathers.  There are strict law’s who can actually possess an Eagle feather, and despite some of my American Indian heritage I am not one of those lucky few… So there are two parts to this update, first up… (if the word Boudoir caught your eye, skip to the bottom then work your way back up)

Ratheal from the 1st shoot. Makeup by the talented Blair McCall. – Authentic Plains Indian made war bonnet.  Too commercial for me, what do you think?

So, about the Eagle feathers!  It was my 2nd time shooting Ratheal in this war bonnet.  Although the first shoot we did for this project produced some photographically splendid work…I didn’t feel it was the direction, look and feel I want to go with this newly defining project.  Outfit, Makeup and warbonnet are perfect yet it was me who failed.  My main purpose with this series (Indian Ink) is to possibly have a book or art exhibit from it.  I feel the first shoot was just too commercially photographed.  Technically better than the 2nd shot and better than my 2nd model of the series, I much prefer the feeling this and Antonia’s shoots provide.  Some opinion’s may differ, but after all it’s myself I’m trying to please!:-)

Ratheal – also from the first shoot. I’ve previously blogged these.  Blair is a true artist. I can tell her what I see in my head and she puts it to a face in her own style.

So,  you’ve already seen those above…here’s one from the 2nd shoot as well as some footage I threw together.

Ratheal – 2nd shoot. a little less clothes. A little less photography tricks and more personal vision.

Additional images from this shoot in the video below

Ratheal – Indian Ink Promo II from R E N A T O on Vimeo.

Always willing and ready to shoot! Thanks Ratheal!

 

 

This weekend provided some great shots…and I can honestly say some of these next few images will go into my book of all time favs thus far.  I wasn’t going to blog these at first, but I received the approval and encouragement to do so!

I was contacted by Maria through my Facebook page of all places! She was inquiring about some “Boudoir” style photos for her boyfriend for fathers day.  It was really short notice, but I happened to have a free weekend.  Ironically, she never wears makeup. Ever…  She claims this was the first time she’s really ever tried it.  Well, I didn’t make her do it herself but put her in the capable hands of ..surprisingly my wife whom just completed and received a MUA certification.  All my normal MUA’s are far too busy for short notice work, so it was  a treat to work this session along with my wife and boss HER around for once.

Enough chatter…

I didn’t mention, she recently had a beautiful baby girl less than 5 months ago now. I don’t think I lost the weight i gained that quickly when my own wife was pregnant the first time.

gratuitous hair flip…

Anyways, I’d love to shoot her again for my own personal work some day! And I hear this father’s day gift went over well.  Ladies, looking for a gift your significant other will surely enjoy?  Maybe we can help. Shoot me an email!

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Sexy Stewardess craze nostalgia

May 8, 2013 Filed in Misc

So I forget what I was Google-ing at the time, but I ran across a photo which very much intrigued me.  So I refined my search to 60′s and 70′s Stewardess and was pleasantly surprised at all the uniform fashion photos that came up.  For some reason, I am quickly falling in love with almost every photo I find.  So much so, I think I’d like to start collecting prints of images of these types.  Obviously, the airline stewardess career has long since taken a different turn and no longer in such a glamorous spotlight…shame,  I kinda liked what they were doing back in the days before I was born.  My mom always said I was and old soul and was born too late.  (Some might argue the opposite when speaking of my humor and maturity level)

Anyways, All the sites I’ve found these had no proper credits.  If anyone knows a photographer back in these days who specialized in these, I’d love to know!  Or even if you know where one might be able to purchase original prints or reprints.

If i can find an airplane to shoot, who’s up for a retro shoot?

 

This is incredibly sexy nostalgia, right?

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Weekend update: La Pucelle d’Orléans revisit, a Creative writer and Jazzfest

May 6, 2013 Filed in art,Personal,Photography

FRIDAY:
Lately, I’ve had more photos stuck in my head than I have the time get out and shoot. As it is, I’ve been trying to nail down the 2nd shoot of a series i’m working on for the past month but the model and I’s schedules differ. So I was lucky to get contacted by one of the more interesting subjects I’ve shot in the past, Nettie Harris. She’s in and out of town constantly and we seem to keep missing the chance! However this weekend, we were able to squeeze in about 30mins of shooting before she left town again. Despite the time constraints, I managed to find a few nice images out of the set, 2 of which below:

jeanne-d’arc – La Pucelle d’Orléans- The Maid of Orleans

La Pucelle d’Orléans

Always interesting images from an interesting subject! And like the first time we shot, I wanted to keep it simple and natural and avoid any major influences that wasn’t “her”. She had moved since then from her humble trailer home to an equally full of her “character” apartment in the rear of a home in the 7th Ward area of New Orleans. Once again her humble abode served as the perfect setting for what I had in my mind.


Give Nettie Harris a Google image search here to check out tons more of her images. I normally try not to shoot anyone who’s been so popular among photographers throughout the U.S., but this is a special case! The images she has provided me in the past has brought my photography to Miami and the Seattle erotic Arts Festival in various art showcases,  so I really couldn’t pass up the opportunity to collaborate again!

You can view some of the shots from our previous set here -

 

 

SATURDAY
New (to my lens)

Antonia

Backstory: Antonia Crane is a Creative writer/Creative writing teacher out of Los Angeles. She was visiting in town this weekend with some mutual friends whom I saw posted some images on  Facebook! I thought she’d be perfect for one of my personal projects, (Indian Ink) and asked to pass the word. Luckily we were able to squeeze something in Saturday before her departure Sunday. Although it was another short shoot and I may have delayed their lunch plans a bit! (Sorry!) We managed to get a few keepers out of the bunch and I look forward to shooting her again! She’ll be back down this summer celebrating a book release and hopefully we can make it happen with better planning!

 Looking forward to diving into the editing the shoots above and see what we have!

*sidenote! I thought I’d mention how grateful I am for an understanding wife given the majority of the content I shoot. lol. Luckily she understands my creative process and supports my habit of shooting half naked to naked women. :-)

SUNDAY

Jamaican chicken, chicken curry Patte with veggies and rice!

I had originally planned on attempting Jazzfest all weekend with my son and his college buddy who came into town, but the shoot opportunities above negated those plans of me just attending Sunday. No loss, the grounds were horrendously muddy due to the ran from previously in the week. The whole place smelled of fried food, horse shit and more of both. In one breath, you were ready to eat something delicious but in the next…not so much. Then repeat.

 

 

The main goal was to catch the Black Key’s, eat some bad food and call it a day. Which, that’s how it pretty much went. The weather was unbelievably gorgeous, the food spicy good and the Rosemary Mint Honey sweetened tea…PERFECT.

 

 

bumped into some friends – MUA- Renee Ramos (no relation), Leo and new parents Crys Crash and Jorge!

I brought the trusty GoPro video camera, of which i have footage I’ve yet to go over. But it seems someone wasn’t happy I was filming. Some spanish lady walked up to us and starting going off a bit in her native tongue. Looking like I just swam here from South America myself, I don’t blame her for her confusion…Luckily my two female latin bodyguards exchanged equally ill sounding words and a few evil glances and Senorita drunken Puta was on her way.

Native American Houma Indian booth – Indian taco and Big Boobed Houma woman selling it.

 

Acura Stage – Jazzfest 2013

The Keys were ok! They seemed a bit lacking of energy, perhaps the food and wine offerings of our city slowed them down a bit or the fact they had just flew in from a concert in Nashville prior the Fest. Idk…but they didn’t seem as jovial as I was expecting. Not a let down though.

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4.6.13 – Mr. and Mrs. Scrantz

April 10, 2013 Filed in art,Personal,Photography

Back in 2008 when I was just barely into a year of playing with photography I stumbled upon a Lindsey Cooper on a model website, together we created images that I still call some of my most favorite work.  (Back from the Past…) Fast forward 5 years and we finally got a chance to work again! This time shooting her and her husband, Kelly. I rarely shoot couple/engagement type of photos but with both of them being artistic as well, we ended up again with images I can call some of my favorites.

They were married about a year ago but did not get a chance to take any photos together, so here below is one of the sets we created to make up for the missed opportunity.

 

Mr and Mrs. Scrantz, congratulations and I’m honored you requested me to capture these moments of you together.

 

Hadn’t been here in a while or your first time?  Check out my new PORTFOLIO site – www.renatoramosjr.com  However, this blogsite will always showcase my latest works.

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Addie Gibbons - WHOA! These are hot!

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A little bit of this and a little bit of that…

March 2, 2013 Filed in art,Personal,Photography

Already March and this is only the 2nd update for 2013? I procrastinate.  Truth is, I’ve been busy but not much to share on this blog!

I don’t claim to be a videographer, but just like photography I am finding myself being drawn to it more and more these days.  Not that I am becoming bored with taking photos, far from it! but discovering new creative ways working with a more dynamic medium of video is helping fuel my creative spark. And this is truly the reason I play this game…to create.  So below are two of my more recent ventures into video.

This first one is somewhat a promo video for one of my special personal projects I’ve begun for 2013.  It’s a little bit of footage and a few images from my first shoot of the series:

 

Indian Ink Sneak Peek Promo from R E N A T O on Vimeo.

Indian Ink series promo
Photography/video: Renato Ramos Jr
MUA: Blair McCall
Model: Ratheal
Music: Siouxsie and the Banshees – Peek A Boo

This 2nd video is some footage from one of my first shoots 0f 2012. I had been holding on to this footage all year and only finally a year later got around to editing and playing with it. This one is a little NSFW, so please view accordingly.

Manchester – by Renato Ramos jr from R E N A T O on Vimeo.

Model: Theresa Manchester
Photography/Video: Renato Ramos Jr
Assist: Jason Kruppa
Los Angeles based Theresa Manchester visiting New Orleans for some shooting. I decided to grab some video during our shoot for practice.
Music: Prefuse 73 – La Exchange

Keep your eye open on this spot! some interesting things to come for 2013.

RR

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