Come Rock Your Dress - Travel Dates Announced (new posts are below this one)

October 8th, 2009

Hello bloggers…

We’ll be shooting some assignments outside of Miami this year and next year, and I would love to do something creative with you.  So if you happen to be around us, or want to make new travel plans to create some Rockin’ Portraits, shoot me an email for some details.  contact AT AlainMartinez.com or our studio 786-888-9111

Oct 23-25, 2009 New York City

December 29 — ?? Key West

April, 2010 Cabo Mexico

May, 2010 St. Lucia

May, 2010 Dominican Republic, Casa De Campo

June 2010 (exact dates cannot be disclosed) Paris, France

So shoot me an email and let’s Rock That Dress.  I look forward to your creative portraits.  I’ll keep updating this post as we book new assignments in interesting locations.

More soon…keep it locked.

Joanne and Justin are hitched — congrats

February 5th, 2010

Hello bloggers…

Today I bring you some shots from Joanne and Justin’s beautiful and intimate wedding.  We had a lot of fun shooting this beautiful couple with some really cool vendors.  Here are some of the vitals: Venue: Breakers West, Videography: Jeremy Nelson from  Blue Shore Productions, Photography: Alain Martinez Photography, Entertainment: Shannon Powell from Liquid DJ’s, Cake: Ana Paz, Event Coordination: Karla Blanco from Stylish Events.

Here are some of my favorite pix…

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All the brides wear cute “I do” paraphernalia…

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meanwhile  look how “cute” men’s paraphernalia is…

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Right before we went to do some portraits of the bride, we passed by the groom’s room and took this shot.  They did not see each other until later…

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Shot below-right taken by Angie

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love the shot below…

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Check out the tears rolling down her cheeks.

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I hope you all enjoyed these pictures as much as we enjoyed taking them.  Keep it locked here for more soon…

Melissa and Jorge are engaged — fun engagement pictures

February 1st, 2010

Hello bloggers…

Today I bring you some fun and different pictures from Melissa and Jorge.  They’ll be getting married later on this year and wanted to take some shots for the Save The Date cards.  Here are some of my favorite shots.

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one of my favorite shots of the day taken in the Yoga studio.  3 different reflections from the mirrors around them made this shot.

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Now here’s a funny story from that day.  We had a “special” bottle of champagne that they wanted to use for some photos.  I suggested to shake it so I could capture the whole “explosion” in the shot, and after 30 solid seconds of shaking that bottle…well, see for yourself what happened…

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No explosion at all, but I kept shooting and I got this awesome expression of Jorge…He’s totally thinking WTF?????

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We all liked this image so much that it changed the entire vision for the Save the Date cards we were going to create for them…

Here’s what we created instead.

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I love moments like these.  It was freezing out on that beach and Melissa’s nose was already turning purple, but this made it all worth it.

Keep it locked here for more soon…

Melissa and Roman are hitched — congrats

January 22nd, 2010

Hello bloggers….

Today I bring you some shots from Melissa and Roman’s beautiful wedding.  These two love birds are as down to earth as they come.  We had a ton of fun shooting their engagement pictures in Coconut Grove.  Before I show you some of the pictures, here are some vitals: Church: Little Flower, Reception Venue: Four Seasons, Videography: Diego Pocovi, Photography: Alain Martinez Photography.

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A very emotional dance with her dad…

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I hope you enjoyed these images as much as they enjoyed their wedding day.  Keep it locked here for more…

DONATIONS FOR HAITI

January 21st, 2010

The people of Haiti are in dire need of our help after experiencing a catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.

Alain Martinez Photography will be accepting donations of  non-perishable items such as canned food, water, cleaning supplies, first aid kits, personal hygiene items, and slightly worn clothing.  Please see the full list below of the donations that are needed most.

All of the donations dropped off at Alain Martinez Photography will be delivered to The Salvation Army.  With your help, we’d like to deliver a sizeable donation of goods for their next cargo delivery to Haiti.

Feel free to drop off donations at the studio M-F 10 am-5 pm

Let’s do our part to help and “pay it forward”.

WHAT TO DONATE:

CANNED MEATS (Please consider pull tops as there are no can openers available)
CANNED VEGETABLES  (Please consider pull tops as there are no can openers available)
CANNED FRUITS  (Please consider pull tops as there are no can openers available)
CANNED/BOXED MILK (Please consider pull tops as there are no can openers available)
BOXED MILK
WATER
RUBBING ALCOHOL
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
ANTIBACTERIAL SOAP
DETERGENT
TOOTHBRUSHES
TOOTHPASTE
DIAPERS
PERSONAL HYGIENE ITEMS
CLOTHING
BABY CARE ITEMS
Q-TIPS
COTTON
GAUZE

The Salvation Army’s main website:

http://salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf

If you would like to make a monetary donation to The Salvation Army:

https://secure20.salvationarmy.org/pages/makeDonation/usa/makeDonation.jsf

The Miami Herald has more information on various charities and organizations collecting money and/or supplies for Haiti:
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/haiti/story/1421696.html

Keep it locked here for more soon…

Natasha and Steven’s Engagement Video

January 18th, 2010

Hello bloggers…

Once again I had the opportunity to play with the video capabilities of our SLR cameras to create something fun and unique for my clients.  Before you read any further, please note that we DO NOT do wedding videography.  There are many top cinematographers that I can recommend for that, just let me know if you need that.  Nevertheless, we met with Natasha and Steven and they really wanted to do something unique that told their true story.  Everything that you’ll see in this video is exactly how things happened and where they happened (except the chauffeur, who happens to be Steven’s brother, lol).  Time was a very important factor, since they only had one day to shoot.  The story was written the night before, and shot over 8 hours the next day, and my AMAZING assistant edited the entire thing the next day.

The video was played at the wedding at the Mandarin Oriental supervised by my amazing team (Thank you Jose, JP and Kevin) and by Forever Events.  Killer pictures are coming soon.  For now, enjoy the video.

Natasha & Steven from Alain Martinez on Vimeo.

I hope you enjoyed the video as much as they guest did.  Keep it locked here for more soon…

Suzanne and David are hitched — congrats.

January 14th, 2010

Hello bloggers…

Today I bring you some fun pictures from Suzanne and David’s beautiful wedding.  These two have an awesome connection and love for each other, which is very evident in the photos and in the Rock The Dress session.  Here are a few vitals: Venue: Eden Roc, Musicians: AA Musicians, Photography: Alain Martinez Photography, Event Planning: TC Event Design.  Here are a few of my favorite shots.

A huge thank you to Jose Rivera and David Acuna for taking some amazing photos at this wedding…

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Here are some of the Rock The Dress pictures

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I hope you all enjoy these images as much as we enjoyed shooting them.  Keep it locked here for more soon…

Janette and Tony are hitched — congrats!

December 29th, 2009

Hello bloggers…

Today I bring you some pictures from Janette and Tony’s beautiful wedding.  Janette and Tony booked us a very long time ago and we couldn’t wait to shoot her wedding.  Here are a few vitals: heart rate: 100, blood pressure: high, alcohol level: multiple Mimosas, Venue/Getting Ready: Epic Hotel, Church: Little Flower, Stationary: Leston, Accessories and Table Numbers: Twinkle Twinkle, Limo: Meilan, Styling: Gloria Pelo, Cinematography: Ray Roman, Photography: Alain Martinez Photography, and bringing us all together, the down to earth team of Jackie Ohh. Engagement Pictures: Click here to see

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Here’s the dress hanging from the AC vent, which is much safer than other places used in the past.  (zippppp, wink wink)

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Above is the reaction from Janette when she saw her sign-in book.  The sweet video version of that is coming soon.

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Aweee, daddy’s first look.

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A big fun group shot walking down the street.

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Love the image below…

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We made the labels for the mini bottles below.

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We hope you enjoyed these images as much as we enjoyed shooting this beautiful wedding.  Keep it locked here for more soon…

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all

December 25th, 2009

Hello bloggers…

From the Alain Martinez family we wish you a very merry Christmas to you and your family.  We hope you spend some quality time with your families over these holidays, and that you found the means to help in some way those families that are less fortunate.

Be safe and keep it locked here for more soon…

Veronica and Joseph are hitched — congrats!

December 18th, 2009

Hello bloggers…

Today I bring you some images from Veronica and Joseph’s wedding. It was a pleasure working with Vero and Joseph and all the vendors involved.  Here are some vitals: Epix (click here to see), Church: St. Patrick’s, Reception: The Conrad, Event Planning: Alice K Villar, Photography: Alain Martinez Photography.

A big thank you to Rodrigo Valera for coming out and shooting this event with me.  Thanks a bunch man.

Here are a few of my favorite shots.

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This is what I love about this church, every time the bride walks down the isle, some dust or something seems to fall from the ceiling and it always lands in your eyes.  The taller the guy, the quicker the dust gets to him, so Joseph being 6.4 got the dust real quick.  lol.

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Some details…

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A very emotional dance with her grandpa.

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a surprise dance with her mom which was very nice.

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I hope you like these few pictures.  We can only put so many on the blog.  More soon.  Keep it locked here for more…

It was a true pleasure shooting such a beautiful event.  We can’t wait to deliver the rest.

Fashion show at Mar A Lago for Carlos Alberto and United Way

December 15th, 2009

Hello bloggers…

Today I bring you some images from an extraordinary event I was part of last week.  It was a fundraiser for The United Way held at Mar A Lago in Palm Beach Florida.  The event featured famed Puerto Rican designer Carlos Alberto (gown designer for Miss USA and Miss Universe) and jewelry designer George Wittles, represented by La Casa Hermosa in Palm Beach, and sponsored by Seacoast National Bank.  Event decor was by Jose Graterol Designs, the event was produced by Lauren Malis from Without A Hitch Events.  Photography by Alain Martinez Photography.

Here are some of my favorite images.

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The beautiful ballroom at Mar A Lago

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This dress was something else.  Check out how sexy, sensual and elegant this dress is

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Here’s Carlos Alberto just before the event started.

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Some of the dresses that models were showing off at the cocktail reception.

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below, a beautiful portrait of Cynthia Olavarria, Miss Puerto Rico

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a little steaming of the dresses before the run way show….

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This beautiful model below was the winner of a contest in Puerto Rico to represent Carlos Alberto’s Musa (not sure what that means but I took some beautiful shots of her during prep time)

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Miss Puerto Rico doing the final touches

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a few moments before the show started

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Here are a few of the dresses modeled.

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Below from left to right: Tom Hall, EVP of seacoast National Bank, La Musa Winner, Carlos Alberto

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I hope you all enjoyed these images as much as I enjoyed shooting this magnificent event.  Keep it locked on the blog for more soon…