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ROMAN Francisco Studios

Hi everyone! My name is Roman and I am a photographer from East Brunswick, NJ who specializes in capturing fashion, beauty & family portraits and unique details & candid moments for the most fabulous brides and grooms.

This blog follows both my personal and professional life, and features images from the weddings I shoot, the places I travel and the friends and family members that mean so much to me. It's basically like my own personal photo album combined with an information source for my current and potential clients. This site is a little more informal and I just want to give everyone a sense of who I am, and what I am all about. Thanks for visiting.

My main website address is http://www.romanfrancisco.com. Please visit and see what I have to offer and give me a call at (213) 785-7252 if you need more info or just want to chat. Enjoy!

HP Space - Creatives Reality Show

My younger brother was recently selected to be part of a new Asian Reality show. He is a Music Video director and has done around 70+ of these. Plays the saxophone too and is into wakeboarding.

Checkout the link below and follow his standing in the show. I think the first episode will air in two days to please watch and support my little brother.

http://www.hpspace.com/en/Blogs/ContestantsBlogs/Blog_RafaelFrancisco.aspx

Izzie in the Morning

Here are a couple of pictures I took this morning before we head off. Izzie wearing one of her favorite dresses and her newer boots. (i.e., worn in reverse)

* Canon 5D 50mm f1.2 @ 1.2 

Close-Up : Blow-Up

This is a sample of a new section on my new website that will be coming up very soon. These images were taken with the new Canon macro lens 100mm f2.8. I leave it up to you what it is I am shooting. These are just sample from the series and the complete set will be on the my new website.

   

Snapshots from Halloween

The night before Halloween there was a get together that was held at my daughters school. Boggie Bash as they call it. They had games, contests and a DJ playing at the gymnasium. My 7 year old had a great time with her friends. We did spend Halloween at a local mall here in NJ. The Short Hills mall has a few participating stores that gives out candies to kids and saw a few retail stores having that Halloween spirit. I have some snapshots from those two days. Check it out below.

   

Philippine Islands - Bohol 2

Here are more images from our trip to the Philippines. These were taken on our last day in Bohol. On our way to the airport we passed by a very old Dauis Spanish church. We ate a very good breakfast.

I can't wait to go back there and spend more time. We did snorkel a bit, but if I had my way I would have done some scuba diving. Bohol is well known world wide for its coral reefs and walls. I was here 10 years ago on my first few dives and is definitely the best. Comparing to the Cayman Islands and Cozumel, I can say its as good and a LOT cheaper! So twit me or send me an email if any of you are interested in visiting Bohol for a vacation + diving experience. I'll hook you up.

By the way, I am working on my new website at RomanFrancisco.com and more images from this travel will be on a new Category on my site. So visit and checkout new stuff that I haven't shown here. Suprises!

* if you like these travel images and you would like to have your own? Bring me along on you travels and I'll take the picture with you on the shot and I'm not kidding! (Greece would be nice)

**All images are taken with a Leica M8 using a 50mm Summarit and 28mm Elmarit.       

Rebecca & Anatole's Wedding

Great wedding this Saturday. The couple looks fantastic. I already know Rebecca's family since I also photographed her older sister Rachel's wedding a few months before. So it was like a reunion of sorts. The day started at her house with rock music blazing. As soon as I came in the door I had to make some dance moves as the bridesmaids was already rockin'. Good mood to start the day.

Ceremony was at St. Michael's Church which was just a few blocks away. We then headed to FDU for some couple and bridal party portraits. Fun times definitely. The reception was held at the Park Avenue Club in Madison which was just across the road from FDU!

Update : Added two images below.

**see this engagement session that I shot at FDU last year.

                  

I can’t wait to share all their photos! Their entire wedding photo gallery will be available in the “Client Proofs” area of our main website as soon as Rebecca and Anatole return from their honeymoon.  Please click the “Comments” link at the bottom of this entry to leave your thoughts for the happy couple or for us!

Philippine Islands - Bohol

I'm posting the images below from our vacation. I love the first image (i.e., coconut tree) It gives me the feeling of relaxation, warm sunny weather, happy times, white sand beach and just lounging around. By the way I shot this image while lying on a hammock. The best bed ever.

*all images shot with a Leica M8, 50mm Summarit or a 28mm Elmarit.     

New Main Website Coming...

My main website www.RomanFrancisco.com will be getting a facelift. Bigger full screen images and more information will be provided. It will take a couple of weeks before it goes live, so for the meantime all traffic will be forwarded here to my blog. It will be fantastic and different from what I had before.

Trash The Dress at DUMBO

Kinda & Not Exactly. We did enjoy the Sunday morning at DUMBO shooting some portrait of Heather & Michael. We did take care that the dress did not dirtry and wrinkly. We did shoot several images with Heather wearing her mask. I shot their wedding around three weeks ago and also their engagement in around two months ago.

Below is an image textured with the boardwalk where we shot this image. I enjoyed the flare that the dock was reflecting due to the low position of the sun this morning.

Philippine Islands - Bohol : Amarela Resort

I'm back to the vacation images. This time we were in Panglao, Bohol. We stayed at the Amarela Resort, which was fantastic. We were picked up by their service from the Tagbilaran airport and in around 30-40 minutes we were at the place.

We did relaxed for a few minutes before we head out for take in some sights and have lunch at a floating restaurant. The weather was in the 80-90 and no rain in sight. I have below in one of the images a thick cloud, but that never came close. So for the whole time we were there it was gorgeous. There is nothing like living in Paradise! My home country...