Los Angeles Wedding Photographer Rene Miranda Wedding Photojournalism

Viceroy Hotel, Santa Monica Weddings

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:11:00 +0000

Thinking about getting married?
Consider The Viceroy Hotel in Santa Monica as your venue for a great ceremony and reception
Rated as The Finest Santa Monica Hotel.

Ambiance and floral design by: Hector Martinez/Green Leaf.

Dia de Los Muertos At Hollywood Forever

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:40:00 +0000

Dia de Los Muertos is a Mexican tradition that celebrates the dead.
The Day of The Dead holiday is observed on November 2nd in Mexico and Latin America, lately more and more people celebrate the tradition on this side of the border.
The Hollywood Forever Cemetery is Los Angeles oldest memorial park, last Saturday they held their annual Dia de los Muertos for the 10th time.
Altars, music, food, art, costumes, vendors, good vibes and a limited parking space.

I am still a wedding photographer:

Thanks Julianna & Alejandro for posing for me.

José of La Santa Cecilia rocked the stage.

Lila Downs and her band headlined the event.

Sir Paul and Lila at work.

Spanish Hills Wedding

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:31:00 +0000

Spanish Hills Country Club Wedding with my buddy Rudy Arpia
Awesome couple, awesome venue, awesome photographer.

Mother and Daughters

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:44:00 +0000

Coming soon to a nursery near us.

Semana Jalisco Cover 09

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:22:00 +0000

My image of Marielena Bravo, Señorita Jalisco Los Angeles, illustrates the cover of Semana Jalisco magazine.
The annual publication celebrates The Rebozo, a clothing accesory commonly used in Mexico for centuries.
She wears a couple of rebozos on her body and one more on her head showing the many ways to sport this classic garment, some rebozos fly in the air in the background framing her beauty.
I feel so honored for working on this commission.

Marielena Studio Photo Shoot

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:51:00 +0000

As promised, here I present to you more images of Marielena Serrano.
I shot this studio work as part of an editorial piece for Semana Jalisco Magazine.

Aurea and Ulysses' Wedding. Miami, Florida.

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:52:00 +0000

Beautiful Aurea is from Puerto Rico, Ulysses is a talented musician from Kansas City MI, now they both share their lives in sunny Florida.
I had the opportunity to document their destination wedding at The Newport Beachside Resort in Sunny Isles, Florida.
We all got a break from the stormy weather that they had during the entire week.
No rain on the 4th of July. One more reason to celebrate.

The event was timely coordinated by Tammy Malamud, Catering Manager of the Hotel.
Patricia Ozorio from Shine Salon & Spa was in charge of makeup and hair styling.
Flower arrangements by Desiree Munera from Field of Flowers
Excellent performance by the Mariachi Voces de America conducted by John W. Patiño.

Aurea + Ulysses, Sunny Isles E Session.

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:16:00 +0000

Let's say that the session went from the cool blue Florida sky to the warmer turquoise of the ocean all the way to a red-hot steamy private moment.
Miami style, with notes of Puero Rican and Mexican flavor.
Spicy.

Cafe Tacvba. Celebrating 20 años

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:32:00 +0000

Cafe Tacvba one of the most respected rock bands from Mexico is celebrating 20 years of some kick ass good music.
On June 26 they brought their show to Los Angeles as part of their 20/20 Tour. 20 años, 20 Ciudades.
Wow!, what a show, I was happy to see that their performance is getting better with age, just like with good wine.
Rubén, singer of the band, is still so full of energy and his powerful voice rocks.

Backstage I met with some good ol' friends like Jerry, considered a sound guru by many in the industry.

I shot this image of Jerry back in the 90's when he was taking care of the LA local scene.

Here is Jerry again, now touring as sound manager for mexican rock band Molotov.
Keep on rocking bro.

Marielena

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:02:00 +0000

Editorial studio shoot with Marielena.
Preview...

Maya's baby portraits

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:53:00 +0000

Maya is an adorable 1 year old baby girl.
I had some much fun getting some images of her.
I am a wedding photographer who loves to take pictures of your kids.

Workshop with Sergio Photographer and Rudy Arpia

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:01:00 +0000

Last week I had the honor to attend a photography workshop given by two of the most talented wedding photographers in the industry:
Rodolfo Arpía and Sergio Photographer
The information packed workshop lasted 12 hours each day starting with badass wedding photographer Sergio, what an awesome guy, a workaholic who also shared his techniques during a hands-on photo shoot.
Rudy shared all kinds of information about various aspects of the trade, marketing, SEO, web tools, online services, etc, etc.
Rodolfo helps me and many other photographers at his online forum foro de fotografos

Thank you guys for the opportunity to learn from you.

Group photo by: Sergio Photographer

From L to R: Yours truly, Karen Savignon from Texas, Sergio from Arizona, My beautiful friend Gloria Mesa, Cayupe -also from Arizona, Alma Beltran, Miguel Mayo, my good friend Rudy Arpia, Jorge Flores, Sergio Angon, Jose Luis Melgar, and my new amigo from Spain Antonio Gonzalez.

Señorita Jalisco in Los Angeles

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:15:00 +0000

Testing, testing

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:11:00 +0000

Isabella's hearing test was fun and with positive results, same with her visual and physical exams.
Thank God.

Im shooting film again

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:00:00 +0000

I shot this portrait of Debbie with my buddy Rudy's Contax 645 and fell in love with the camera and the results, the Zeiss lens is a wonderful piece of glass, I love the soft look I got right out of the camera and the best part, I spent zero time in Photoshop.

I love film.

Back to my origins

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:43:00 +0000

No more Canon, I am a Nikon guy again.
I love the more saturated colors and the accurate flash exposure, the way the camera feels in my hands.

Will shoot film and digital.

Maternity Season...er Session.

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:09:00 +0000

This is one of my favorites from the session.

Denisse and Miguel

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:03:00 +0000

Denisse and Miguel tied the knot, she looked so beautiful in her amazing dress.
Miguel looked like a million bucks as always.

Fashion show at the mall...

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:05:00 +0000

Fashion designer meets new talent at the Carson mall.

Denisse and Miguel photo shoot.

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:47:00 +0000

I really enjoyed this engagement session with this awesome couple.
Denisse is so young and playful, Miguel is such a great guy and we had lots of fun during the shoot at various places in the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

Please click below to view slideshow.

WPPI Las Vegas '09

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:49:00 +0000

Las Vegas Strip, The MGM Hotel on right, where the convention took place this year.

Jerry Ghionis assistant illuminating Jim Garner during a demo.

Photographer Jim Garner getting ready to renew his vows.

Master photographer Vinicius Matos getting some of the action during the reception.

Informal photo shoot with fellow photographers.

My buddy Rudy Arpia during his awesome platform presentation.

At the Blues Traveler concert.

With Rudy at the concert.

Fer Juaristi,Daniel Aguilar, Rafa Ibañez, David Josué and Rodolfo Arpia.

Ramiro Rodriguez, Dany Rupierez, Rodolfo Arpía, and yours truly.

Accompanied by Susan Cegarra and Rudy.

With my friend and fellow shooter the talented Gloria Mesa.

The amazing Spiderman was also attending the convention!

Fernanda and Nick. Engagement session

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:12:00 +0000

Peace!

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:42:00 +0000

Wedding in Moorpark

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:07:00 +0000

Veronica and Patrick got married at The secret Garden in Moorpark.
They hired talented photographer Gloria Mesa to illustrate the emotion of their day.
Gloria invited me to assist her with lighting and some shooting.
These are some of the images I managed to capture.

Wedding at The South End in Torrance

rene.fotografo@gmail.com (Rene Miranda) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:16:00 +0000

Fernanda and Nick had a beautiful Catholic ceremony at Saint Agnes Church in Los Angeles followed by a romantic reception at The South End country club in Torrance.
I had the privilege to document their wonderful day.