Testimonials
Dear Matt,
We wanted to thank you for helping to make our wedding day so special. From the first time we came across your website and saw your work we were excited to have you document our wedding. I was so much fun spending the afternoon with you on that frigid day when we had our engagement session. We couldn’t wait to share the pictures with our family and friends. Leading up to the wedding you really helped us to keep calm. We felt so comfortable and knew we wouldn’t have to worry about anything.
On our wedding day we really appreciated your unobtrusive manner. You were so pleasant and easy going, yet accommodating when we needed to get certain family shots. The photos you’ve posted so far are absolutely gorgeous and e can’t wait to see the rest! We just wanted to send this note to thank you and let you know how happy we are that you were our wedding photographer. You were the first and last photographer we looked at and that was the best decision we made! You rock!
Karen & Phil
Matt, I just wanted to send a BIG TIME thank you from Jessica and I. Your talent and passion was evident from the beginning and we have no doubts you will do and have done an amazing job. Not only were you easy to work with but we had a blast hanging out with you! The photo’s from the parlor room will make me laugh for… years to come…. We can’t wait to see the finished products!
Michael Spartano
AMAZING pictures, Matt!! We haven’t even gotten through the ceremony but they are incredible :) Thank you soooo much!!
Missy & James
Matt,
The pics are amazing !! I love, love, love every one of them !! Im so very glad that Stacey & Greg “stumbled” onto your website. You capture the moments so well. Your eye for detail & expression is impeccable !! As Mother of the Bride I think my daughter is gorgeous, but you have made her even more so…if thats possible! I can’t wait for them to see the pics !!
Sorry that you were sick, but apparently it didn’t affect your photography genius!! Thank you so much!!
-Mother of the Bride (Stacey & Greg)
Dear Matt,
We have admired your work for so long, it is surreal to finally see ourselves on this site. The photos made me cry, happy tears of course though, they truly are amazing! You don’t just take pictures of people and places your photos captured our feelings and emotions, those cherished moments in time. Thank you for going way above and beyond yesterday, and for being much more than just our photographer.
Nicole & John
Words cannot describe how amazingly beautiful these pictures are! The day was such a blur and I am blown away at how you captured all of the most important moments. I am the luckiest bride in the world to have such amazing photographers! All of our guests are still talking about you guys! :) Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
~Mrs. Downey :)
Hey Matt,
The words ‘thank you’ don’t even begin to describe how much we appreciate the work you have done for us. The album turned out more wonderful than I could have ever imagined. Not that it already wasn’t perfect when I saw it online, but to look through the actual book was unbelievable. You and your team did an amazing job every step of the way… from calming our nerves on ‘the day’ to delivering this absolutely incredible album. We look forward to hopefully working with you again (perhaps vow renewals or children.. or.. okay maybe our dog someday ha!) and will definitely recommend you to anyone who comes our way.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for helping us capture these memories on paper forever :)
Sincerely,
Dave and Debby Coons
Matt!!!
Our album came in the mail and we absolutely LOVE it!!! You should definitely order one for yourself, it’s truly unbelievable. I took it to work today and showed everyone, and a few people (older people who have seen LOTS of albums) said that they’ve never seen an album like that before. I just love it so much. And thank you so much for the calendar, it was such a nice surprise! So thanks again, it’s been so great working with you and I keep looking around my house for other things you can photograph.
Thanks!!
Nicole
Hi Matt,
We received the albums tonight–they are AMAZING!! The calendar was a surprise–that’s totally going in our office. Thank you so much for everything-you and your wife are an amazing team!
Zach and I look forward to seeing you again this fall for Courtney’s wedding!
-Cate & Zach
Matt,
We received our album weeks ago but have been very busy with our big move. We’re finally in Saratoga and getting settled in the new house. I have to say we are in love with our album. It’s stunning. Everyone we show it to is amazed at the quality and style. There are still a lot of people out there who haven’t seen a wedding album that looks more like a book. The parents were thrilled with their albums also. We just can’t say thank you enough and hopefully in the future we’ll get to work with you again.
Matt,
We are back from the honeymoon feeling very relaxed and very thankful.
We wanted to email you and say a big THANK YOU!! for your work at our wedding. We had an absolutely amazing time, and despite my disdain for having my picture taken, we thoroughly enjoyed working with you. We had many many compliments from family and friends on what a “great”, “fun”, “friendly,” etc. photographer we had. Then once the teasers were posted on the blog I cannot tell you how many people emailed me to make sure I let them know when there was a gallery posted. The photos on the blog are awesome! I really like the ones we took later in the day at The Gideon.
We had a blast working with you and had no worries at all about our wedding being captured on film. Thank you again for spending one of our happiest days with us, and for all of your hard work on that very, very hot day.
Hope all is going well for you and Tonya.
Kind Regards,
Ashley & Adam
Hi Matt,
I know we haven’t sent you a formal thank you yet but I wanted to let you know the pictures are absolutely perfect. We got so many compliments on your professionalism at the wedding and your photos. People really enjoyed the slide show you set up at the reception. And we’ve been passing your name and website around to people who are in need or who know someone in need of a wedding photographer. One of my bridesmaids even posted a bulletin on her myspace page shortly after the wedding telling everyone about you and how amazing you are. We couldn’t have been happier with you guys and wanted to let you know how talented you are, although I’m sure you hear it all of the time :) Talk to you soon.
Sarah & Kevin Reichelt
Matt & Jamaica
Thank you so much for the amazing job you both did at our wedding! Everyone loved the picture presentation at the reception & raved about the photographs after! I am so happy that we decided to hire you guys because our memories are captured impeccably forever!
Love,
Kimberly & John Arcuri
Hi Matt!
I just wanted to let you know that we received our 11×14 today and it is absolutely beautiful!!!! I can’t wait to get a frame for it, the metallic looks unbelievable. I (finally) sent out the Thank You cards and we are getting so many compliments on how beautiful they look! I stuck a little note in with all of them to check out the entire album online so hopefully you’ll get a few hits! :)
Thanks again for EVERYTHING! We couldn’t be happier with what you’ve done for us!
-Nicole
Matt,
We received our wedding album today and it is absolutely breathtaking! It far surpassed our expectations for the final product and you were correct in saying that the web album does not do the physical album justice. The layout, quality, picture selection and design are perfect. I have never seen a more spectacular wedding album (although we are a bit biased) :) Thank you again for all of your hard work and dedication – the album will help us preserve the memories of our big day for years to come.
Best,
Shannan & Ricardo
Dear Matt,
We don’t know how to thank you enough. You took a nerve racking day & helped make it the most memorable experience of our lives. We look forward to viewing our wedding photos and sharing them for years to come. thank you for allowing the flow of the events to move in it’s natural momentum while encouraging us to be our goofy selves (with or without the presence of a camera). You captured on film every touching, beautiful moment as well as each goofy pose & ridiculous scene we caused. Who knew you were there at every moment?
We will be in contact with you regarding an album. Until then, thank you again for capturing our moments!
Lee & Daphna
Hi Matt,
I just wanted to email you and say basically that you along with Jamaica and Jess absolutely rock!!! The slide show was awesome and everyone was so excited today to see the blog. I cannot tell you how excited we are now to see ALL the pics. We had a get together on Saturday and several people asked who the photographer was because they did not notice you…they were saying it in a good way… Our day was absolutely perfect and you were a big part of our overwhelming satisfaction. I think I have read and stared at the blog at least 5 times already and will look again before the night is over!!! Thanks so much for being fantastic!!!
Mr. and Mrs. Smith ;-)
Hi Matt,
Jon and I wanted to send you an email to let you know how happy we are with the wedding pictures. When we started planning for the wedding we knew we wanted to focus on picking a top notch photographer, and now we know we made the right choice. You were so easy to work with and made great suggestions. As we looked at the pictures we were so happy to see the whole day documented. Many of the pictures even made me cry. We cant thank you enough for helping to create these memories. We look forward to working with you on our album.
Thanks again
Jaime Tingley
Matt,
We got the album this weekend and are thrilled with it! It is something we will always treasure. Thanks for all the work you put into it.
(We love the metallic pages!)
Leigh and Chris
Hey there! I feel horrible I haven’t written you yet, but we LOVE LOVE LOVE our album! It just looks great and I’m very happy I took your recommendation on the metallic pages. You’re so right about how it makes the pages pop. I haven’t had a chance to show it to too many people but will likely be able to do so this weekend. Thanks for making a 2 year dream a reality for me. It was great working with you and I will definitely send business your way!
I wish you luck in your business and in the years to come.
-Danielle
Matt,
Scott and I want to thank you so much for photographing our wedding on Sunday. You, John and Jessica were so wonderful to work with and you made the whole process so comfortable. The pictures that you posted on your blog are phenomenal and we can’t wait to see the rest! I noticed that you switched the cake picture; thanks so much! Unfortunately, the baker made the seam quite obvious on the cake! I appreciate your attention to detail :)
Thank you again!
Best,
Jen & Scott
Matt – the photographs are beautiful beyond words… i sat and watched the slideshows last night and cried because they were just so incredible… Dave was thrilled with the crying ahaha.. but seriously we are both so pleased, as are our guests because I’ve heard from several in them.. also in tears :)
We will be in touch soon regarding the album – it’s going to be hard to choose!!!
Thank you,
Debby & Scott
Hi Matt & Tonya,
I just wanted to tell you what an amazing talent you both have. The photo’s are outstanding!
My guests at the reception could not believe they where already seeing pictures of the wedding. That was very impressive.
As I show my co-workers and e-mail this site to friends, I’m hearing comments that the photo’s look like they are from a magazine, and who is the photographer. I’m definitely getting your name out there. You’re already doing a wedding for a co-worker (Elaine Sillery) and she is very excited to have you for her wedding in November.
Again thank you so much for all your hard work and the outstanding effort you put forth for Jessica & Jason. My husband and I can not wait for the rest of the pictures. I’m checking hourly for new ones:)
Many, Many Thanks,
Nancy & Charlie Quinn
Matt (and Jamaica) – While you can most certainly expect a ‘formal’ thank you, we just wanted to express to you how wonderful you both were at our wedding! You were so professional, yet ‘fun’ at the same time which certainly helped ease some of the anxiety of the day! From the moment we first met you, we knew you’d be a perfect fit in our wedding plans and you definitely made that dream a reality. Thank you for your amazing attitude, professionalism and work! The pictures we have seen so far are BEAUTIFUL and our guests cannot stop raving about the slideshow during the reception. We are looking forward to working with you on our album. Thank you again for helping us create our perfect wedding day.
With sincerest gratitude,
Debby and Dave Coons
Hi Matt,
Thank you (and Jamaica) so much for all of your hard work!
I just wanted to let you know that Jennifer and I are completely and utterly impressed with how everything unfolded.
The albums look INCREDIBLE!
It’s funny, I would say the most important decision we made through the entire wedding process was the firing of a certain photographer and hiring you.
Thank again for everything!
-Patrick & Jennifer
Hey Guys,
The album looks sooo beautiful. Thank you so much, you have both done a wonderful job from start to finish. We felt more like friends than doing a business transaction with you and that’s very important to us. Also, thank you for the calendar that was so neat, we already have it hung up and everything. Everyone that has seen our album in the short amount of time were so impressed. I will be giving out your number to a few of them who are getting married and will need someone to go through to have their albums made. We will of course tell everyone we know about you guys for any occasion they may have. And like I said, we will definitely be coming back to you for portraits and baby pictures down the road. Thanks again.
-Jacquie & Logan
Words do not express the the amounts of thank you’s we could give to Matt for creating such a wonderful album for us! It was an honor for us, as well, to have you as our photographer. This is and will continue to be one of the happiest days of our life. Having your pictures recording it just makes it more special to us. You are a true friend and a fantastic photographer. Please thank Jamaica for us for all his hard work as well!
**You are right….the song “Bubbly” is perfect :-)
All the best to you, your family and your company in this New Year,
David and Lydia
Matt and Tonya,
After just having the album for just a few hours my in-laws and parents are “in awe” once again by your work. The clarity is AMAZING!! I showed the album to one of my other friends who had got married this year. They were disappointed, but only in the fact that there album was a book with pics just put in it. They had to decided to get a photographer for $600. Guess how well that turned out??? After seeing our book there upset they didn’t spend a little more when planning that. I guess we have Jess to thank for pointing us in your direction. You and Tonya make it so easy and stress free at time when stress is high. Me and Kristin can’t thank you guys enough!! I have a feeling we’ll be seeing you guys soon for some family photos when the time comes.
Dear Matt and Tonya,
Where do we begin? People view “perfection” in so many different ways. I for example, have been known to be a bit neurotic and obsessive compulsive, so when it came to my wedding day, I can honestly say, I was afraid for you! There are no words in today’s vocabulary that will ever be able to give your work the justice it deserves. As we initially browsed all of the shots you took of the day, it amazed us both how each one amazingly got more beautiful. We just loved how you were both so creative with the camera. The most difficult part of the entire process was actually choosing the photos we wanted! Now that’s a good problem to have! The two of you made our wedding day an absolute dream and we have the most beautiful photos that we will treasure forever and to also show off to everyone we know! You have this special way about you. Someone’s wedding day is the most memorable day of their lives, and you have this ability to put the bride and groom at ease and make things go as seamless as possible. For this, we thank you. Our wedding album is truly MAGNIFICENT!!! What couple gets to choose a hundred photos for their album? It’s “different” and not the “traditional” wedding album your parents had 35 years ago. We honestly can’t stop looking at it. It saddens me to know that our journey ends here. I can’t believe it’s over. Now I’ll have every excuse in the world for you to come and do another shoot!!! You are very talented and I truly believe that this is what you were meant to do! Take it from someone that knows you well. Thank you again for making our wedding the best ever!
Jacquelyn & Peter Vaccaro
Matt Ramos Photography, www.MattRamosPhotography.com, Schenectady, NY A+++++++
I can’t say enough good things about our photographer!
I first discovered Matt’s website in July, within days of us getting engaged. To tell you the truth, I’m not even sure where I found it. From the start, I loved his work. Photography was our top priority (can you tell? we only booked him before our hall and church) since it is the only thing that we will have to remember the event after the fact. You can plan the perfect fairytale wedding but it will only be a fading memory if you don’t have the perfect pictures to document it. Scrapbooking is one of my main hobbies and was another reason the photography was so important to me. I fully plan to make several scrapbooks of the day and want beautiful pictures to use.
The first thing I noticed about Matt’s work was its originality. He shoots from such a unique and creative perspective. I have never seen anything like it. They are very emotional photographs. This is very significant, with wedding pictures especially. The day is all about love, celebration, and happiness. I want to see that in my pictures… not some forced smile in some terribly stuffy posed photographs. Every posed photo I have seen that Matt has taken, looks natural. Even better, it looks different. His pictures look different depending on the couple, and my fiancé and I knew right away that he had a gift for capturing the personalities of his subjects. We live in an area where it seems everyone is striving to be the same. I’ve never seen a photograph taken by a photographer here that didn’t look “Staten Island” to me. We wanted something more and we got it.
Matt’s website is great and is one of the things that made me know right away that he was the photographer for us. You can see samples of his photography in his galleries. You also have access to view the events he’s shot online, just as the bride and groom will and their families. Many photographers just show you a sampling of their best shots. Matt puts it all out there for all to see. Every picture from the events he has shot recently. It says something to me about a person’s character who is so up front with everything. You can look through the photos of his events and see that the gallery pictures aren’t just rare lucky shots. They are happening in every event and it makes it very easy to picture what your pictures will look like (pun not intended). You can also view beautiful slideshows of these pictures or the latest albums he has put together. We even found our first dance song from one of these slideshows (We’re Man and Wife by Michelle Featherstone). Matt also keeps an updated blog on his website, talking about his latest shoots. This is what really sold us. Through keeping up with his blog, we realized how much Matt reminded us of ourselves. He seems like a regular-tech-geek, offering ipods with our pictures pre-loaded and digital picture frames! What better than a photographer you can relate to?
Another testament to Matt’s honesty, is that his FAQ answers EVERY question you will ever find in any book that tells you what to ask your wedding photographer. We had no questions during our first conference call because he had answered everything. I knew exactly what equipment he uses, what the plan is if he is sick, who will be shooting our wedding (ALWAYS Matt), etc. I trust the integrity of any business owner who lays out all of the information I need without me having to dig for it.
Matt shoots in digital format, using a Canon camera. The camera he has is freaking awesome (sorry, no better words). 17 megapixels, but I was even more happy about the fact that he uses a Canon. I’ve never seen a better processor than theirs and actually wanted to find a photographer that used Canon products. Matt uploads all of the pictures online for us and our guests to view, and order in color, sepia, or black and white.
Matt offers world class customer service. My emails are answered literally within minutes. He is so helpful and accommodating. He and his wife work together, and both are the nicest people you could ever meet. The two of them seem great together, and we couldn’t help but laugh at how cute they were on our conference call; him calling her “honey.” The both of them made wedding planning so easy for us, even being a few hours away. Matt contacted me within a few minutes of me filling out his contact form on his website. They were willing to travel to Staten Island from Albany. They were nice enough to let us know when someone else inquired about our date. They bent over backwards to mail us the contract, set up online deposits, and walk us through all of the legalities with our hall. I really can’t even describe to you how pleased we are with their service.
Also, his prices are very reasonable. We are getting much more than our money’s worth!
I highly recommend Matt Ramos Photography to anyone. His pictures are unbelievable. Customer service is unbeatable. Book him as soon as you can!
-Tom & Jamie
Matt and Tonya,
Justin and I recently received our wedding album. I can not say enough how amazing it is, I seriously can not stop looking at it. Through the entire process you have been professional and a good friend through it all. I am grateful to have had you both be a huge part in making this entire process memorable.
All the Best,
Megan & Justin
Matt,
I’ve gotta say, it was a REAL PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU YESTERDAY. I think the flow between us was outstanding for a first outing. And again, I sincerely thank you for being so courteous with your set-up and specialty shots. That will make a huge difference for me because of the limited options we had due to the weather. Your work, drive and commitment to the client is very rare, in a world where it seems everyone is just trying to get paid. What you said at the end of the night about continuing to push the envelope as much as possible also stuck with me as a testament to what takes to be the best in any and all endeavors. Honestly, I really can’t thank you enough for a great day in the field. I wish you all the very best and look forward to working with you again very soon.
Peace and Blessings,
AL Woodard
Hi Matt!
I was one of the bridesmaids at Sarah and Kevin’s wedding…
I just wanted to tell you what an amazing job you did last night. I’ve been in a lot of weddings in the past few years, and I never really thought there was a “difference” in photographers, but your pictures (even just the few I’ve seen) were the most beautiful photographs I’ve ever seen from a wedding. Beyond the pictures, your non-intrusive presence while still getting the best shots was impressive (I have seen some VERY invasive photographers and they can tend to put a damper on a fun time)
I work at a place where weddings and baby showers and any kind of special event you can think of seem to occur weekly, and everyone is always looking for “vendors”…I will definitely be spreading the word about your work to my friends and family, and when my big day happens you will be the first person I call!
Thanks again for helping to make Sarah and Kevin’s day that much more special.
Jesi
Matt & Tonya – it was a pleasure having you shoot my daughters wedding. The slide show is great and I can’t wait to see the entire collection. Thank you so much.
Matt & Tonya, you guys did an incredible job photographing the most important day of our lives. You captured EVERY priceless moment, and memory. Thank you so much for your professionalism and kindness. Your biggest fan
Hi Matt,
Just wanted to give a big “thank you” to you and John for all your hard work. You guys were not obtrusive during the day at all; hardly knew you were along for the ride. The gardens, ceremony and the reception were incredible … even your pictures here at the house. Everything was beautiful.
Can’t believe you have already loaded the shots online … you said 2 -3 wks???? Bob and I “quickly” (like 2 hrs) went thru shots and just don’t know how we are going to cut down on photos … you are really awesome at your job. We had lots of compliments on your work and are very pleased to give you as a reference.
Talk soon.
Sincerely,
Angela Chichester
I was picking up my wedding gown today at thoughts & best wishes in Latham and I went down to check out their DJ service as I have no clue where to find one, and while talking they asked about photography and when I told them I was thinking about having you as our photographer they told me that you’re amazing and a very good choice. She actually stopped trying to sell me her photographer once she knew that I would be meeting with you. Just thought you would like a reminder of what a great reputation you seem to have!
Hi Matt and Tonya!
How are you guys? I just want to tell you both that you did an amazing job!! Every single photo was fantastic. Thank you so much. Making that photo album is going to be difficult b/c I wouldn’t know what to choose from. :) Anyway I definitely would like to get started on that sometime soon. Just let me know what I would have to do. Again, Thank you so much for a wonderful job with the wedding. Talk to you later
-Jaime
Matt–
I can not begin to tell you how great those pictures came out! You are truly a master of your craft. I am having such a hard time picking my favorite one for our save the dates! Everyone else who has looked at them can not believe how great they are, and everyone loves the sunburst! I just wanted to thank you for a great shoot yesterday, it was so much fun and I can’t wait to do it again on our wedding! I wish we could do another one, I loved it so much :) So hopefully I’ll be making a decision about which picture we’ll choose for the cards, but until then I’m just going to keep staring at them!
PS–I love the slideshow!!!
–Nicole
Just a quick note to say thank you for such a wonderful photography experience. Everyone LOVED the blog entry and are anxiously awaiting more photos. I think you could tell by our reactions that the slide show was unbelievable!!!! Everyone was amazed, including us with your work.
So now we’re off to our Alaskan cruise in a few hours……so we’ll look forward to hearing from you in a few weeks. Hope your not working too hard ;0)
Thanks again– you really helped make the day that much more perfect!
Krista & Andy
Everyone who has seen our engagement photos has been very impressed, and we couldn’t be happier or more comfortable with a vendor than we are with you.
Hi Matt,
Just want to tell you what a beautiful job you guys did on the photographs. Everyone has been commenting on how great you guys are. Thanks for all your work.
I just wanted to thank you both for the phenomenal job you did for us last night. You two were *everywhere* and we loved your attitude. The initial photos that you had put on display were wonderful and we are *especially* pleased with the sunburst shots.
Thank You!
Angel & I would like to thank-you both again for recording and witnessing our daughters wedding. We could not have had the wonderful time without your help. Everyone said the pictures were outstanding but mostly I appreciated the personal touch that made everyone feel special. Thank-You again
Hi Matt….
Thank you sooooooooooooooo much for the most gorgeous wedding photos!!!!!!!!!!!! rob and i absolutely LOVE the ones on the blog and we can’t wait to see the rest!!!!!! (Hopefully when we get back from our honeymoon). Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I hope that your ankle feels better….rest up!!! We’ll talk when we get back!!!! Take care.
-Kristen
We would like to thank you so much for the lovely job you did with Stephen and Tina’s Wedding. The pictures that we saw at the reception were just beautiful. Can’t wait to see the rest. Again thanks for making this a special day for all of us.
Hey Tonya and Matt…..The pictures are amazing and everyone loved the pictures on the slide show. I can not wait to see the rest. Thanks again!!!!
Matt and Tonya,
It is amazing the number of phone calls I received and the endless compliments given on the slide show and your artwork!
Thank you both for everything. I look forward to seeing the pictures when up on the web.
Matt and Tonya the pics so far are amazing! Can’t wait to see the rest. Everyone I show can’t believe the quality.
Great shots and wonderful service! Your quality is by far the best in photography!
Ryan
