Rosato Photography

Kristie & Jim's slideshow

2010-05-22T13:13:00.000-07:00

Here is a slideshow of some of my favorites from Kristie & Jim's wedding

Kristie & Jim

2010-05-13T10:46:00.001-07:00

Kristie and Jim are just the nicest couple and it was such an honor to spend their wedding day with them. They had a beautiful ceremony followed by quite the rockin' reception, all at the gorgeous Delray Beach Marriott. All of the flowers were fantastic and I loved the peacock freather accents. I also love shoes and Kristie's did not dissapoint! Doesn't she look gorgeous? Such amazing blue eyes!

The girls, working it!!

One of my favorites from the whole day!

Jim looked pretty good, too :)

The guys mastered their GQ poses

So sweet

I love how the blue of the chairs brings out their eyes

Beautiful, warm afternoon light

This was a special request of the guys:

I love they hydrangeas and peacock feathers decorating the cake!

Congratulations!!! I wish you both all the best in your new married life!

SoFly in Lake Worth

2010-04-27T14:50:00.001-07:00

Had a fabulous time with the SoFly girls last night. We wandered around downtown Lake Worth with 3 gorgous models. After the crazy storms in the morning the weather couldn't have been more perfect. Love that late afternoon light!!

Columbus Bride

2010-04-13T11:13:00.000-07:00

I'm so excited to show everyone the images Columbus Bride chose to use in the new Spring/Summer 2010 issue. Not only did they use quite a few of my images, but I also made the cover. I'm going to try to not let this go to my head:)

Columbus Bride spring ad

2010-01-20T12:26:00.000-08:00

I've been trying to figure out which image to use for my new Columbus Bride ad in the Spring/Summer issue and I think this is my final choice. I would love to hear any comments or suggestions!

Columbus Bride show

2010-01-19T14:06:00.000-08:00

I'm a little late in blogging this but January 9th and 10th I had a booth at the Columbus Bride show at Vets memorial. Thankfully lots of excited brides and somewhat scared grooms-to-be braved the cold to come out to the show. Now that I live in South Florida I have to say that a high of 20 is a little shocking to the system! My fabulous friend Tom came with me to help as well as to look cute and lure in the ladies ;) He took this shot of me and I hardly look cold at all!

Here is a full shot of the booth. I really like how the banners turned out. It was hard to decide the layout of the booth since I had to ship everything up to Ohio from Florida, but I think it came out pretty great!

Here is a close up on one side, next to a florist.

Close up of the awesome banners!

The other side next to Michelle Sauer of Sauer Cakes. She does fantastic work. She did the cake for Chandra & Adam's wedding. The downside of being next to a cake booth is that is smells like cake and you're hungry all day! I'm proud to say I only had one sample each day. Will power of steel!

And here you see Tom doing his best hand modeling impression.

A big thanks to everyone that stopped by my booth at the show. It was wonderful to meet everyone and I hope to be shooting a lot of weddings in Ohio this year!

new logo

2009-12-02T13:28:00.001-08:00

This is sooo exciting! A past client, Nick Smith, is a fantastic designer and created a new logo for me. Here is a preview of my new business card with my new logo.

Front:
And back

Chandra & Adam album revision

2009-12-02T12:38:00.000-08:00

Chandra & Adam album preview

2009-11-18T14:06:00.000-08:00

SoFly in downtown Delray

2009-10-29T09:37:00.000-07:00

We had another fabulous SoFly shoot this week in downtown Delray Beach. Emily and Babette were fantastic models! They were so comfortable in front of the camera and really knew how to work the wedding dresses. For all of you future brides, maybe these pictures will give you some inspiration for your own photos.

The beautiful flowers were provided by The Delray Beach Florist and Anna Flowers in Jupiter.

Chandra & Adam

2009-10-23T12:27:00.000-07:00

Last week I was back in Ohio for Chandra and Adam's beautiful fall wedding. It was a little nippy for this new Floridian, but Chandra and Adam were troopers!

Here is Chandra's gorgeous dress from Wendy's Bridal.

All of the flowers were beautiful. Griffin's Floral Designs did a wonderful job.

The beautiful bride!!

And her sassy girls.

The gentlemen looking very GQ!

There ceremony was held at Trinity Lutheran Church in downtown Columbus.

The happy couple.

The reception was held at The Columbus Athenaeum. Since it was cold we didn't do pictures outside, which was fine because the Athenaeum has such a cool lobby!

Working it!

I love this one!

I hear the cake from Sauer Cakes was fantastic and it certainly looked beautiful!

First dance as husband and wife.

Chandra and Adam, I hope you enjoyed the sneak peak and I'm sure you are having an amazing time in Maui!!

Lookin' out my backdoor

2009-10-13T14:56:00.001-07:00

Now I have that Creedence Clearwater song stuck in my head! So I've not been doing so well with the photo a day. I've been pretty busy, so I've decided to only post a "photo a day" if it's actually a good photo!

While this isn't quite out my backdoor it is the entrance into our neighborhood. The sunsets are always so pretty, and I've started to take them for granted. Yesterday I took the time to enjoy and photograph another beautiful south Florida sunset. It almost make the 95 degree days bearable!

Pet Rescue

2009-10-09T15:10:00.000-07:00

Another cute kitty from Pet Rescue.

If anyone reading this has any media connections in South Florida please let me know. There is a possibility that Pet Rescue may be closed. If this were to happen many of the animals would be put down because they are "unadoptable".

Pet Rescue is the only shelter in the area that takes these special needs kitties. Some have only one eye or three legs, Scooter's back legs don't work well so she scoots along with just her front legs. Some of the cats are feral and don't really like people.

I'm hoping if there is some media attention we can raise public awareness and keep Pet Rescue open. If you can help in any way please contact me at carrie@rosatophotography.com Thanks!!

living room art

2009-10-08T13:23:00.000-07:00

I don't know why, I just really thought the light was pretty in my living room this afternoon. A photo a day is a little harder than I thought!

magazine ad

2009-10-07T12:53:00.001-07:00

I'm so excited! For the first time I'm going to have an ad in a bridal magazine. I received my proof in the mail this week. You can see my ad in the next issue of Columbus Bride magazine.

Callie again

2009-10-06T13:45:00.000-07:00

I know I said no cat pics, but this was too cute. Maybe tomorrow!

sleepy kitty

2009-10-06T12:26:00.000-07:00

Disclaimer: I totally forgot to take a picture yesterday. I remembered as I was heading upstairs to go to bed. My husband refused to be my photo subject, so I was forced to go with another kitty picture. Here is Callie taking a couch nap. You might notice there is a pattern of napping with my cats. Hopefully tomorrows picture will have more artistic value and make me look like less of a crazy cat lady:)

Last day in Key West

2009-10-05T11:18:00.000-07:00

This is the view from our hotel again. The cruise ships dock right out front. I'm always amazed by how big they are! This was a Disney cruise and if you look closely you can see Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Daisy on the front.

Key West

2009-10-05T11:04:00.001-07:00

Last weekend my husband Matt and I decided to take a last minute trip to Key West. He had a free hotel night that was about to expire so we thought, what the heck! We stayed downtown at the Westin.

We had a great room with an ocean view. The following pictures are from our balcony. I know this is supposed to be a photo a day, but I couldn't decide between these two sunset shots.

Now this picture is interesting for so many reasons! On the marina they do a sunset celebration every night with artists and street performers. As you know from my previous post I'm a cat lover. They guy performing outside our room had trained cats. In this shot there is a cat jumping over another cat through a flaming hoop. Very impressive considering all I've trained my cats to do is sleep, eat, poop and lay around.

Now this shot is even more entertaining because of the boat in the background. If you take a close look you'll see more of some drunk boys' anatomy then you probably wanted.

Photo a day contest

2009-10-02T13:54:00.001-07:00

I just joined this fabulous group of women photographers that calls themselves SoFly. You may remember an older post of a model shoot we did in downtown West Palm. This month they are having a photo a day contest. Everyone has to post a photo each day on their blog and at the end of the month whomever has the most comments wins some awesome prizes. Now I'm probably already disqualified because I didn't have a chance to post my picture yesterday, but I did take one. Here is a shot of my 2 kitties, Callie and Sadie taking a little nap together. Aren't they cute!

I volunteer at a wonderful place called Pet Rescue. They find homes for dogs and cats and also provide a home for animals that might be "unadoptable". I try to get down there once a week to help clean, play with the cats, and take pictures of any new animals so they can get their furry little faces online and find a home. You can see some of the available animals on their Facebook site. They are also creating an urban park area behind the shelter. It's called Gardnar's Grove and you can check out the progress on their Facebook site. It will be really cool once it's completed. It's going to have a dog trail complete with a play area and pool, turtle ponds, and a lot of native plants and animals. Here is a shot of a really neat, sunlight sensitive flower that just bloomed, of course I forget what it's called.

And for bonus points here is a shot of one of the cute kitties available for adoption.

September 1st SoFly shoot

2009-09-02T14:41:00.000-07:00

Last night I got together with a fantastic group of local photographer ladies that call themselves SoFly. They get together once a month and do fun photography stuff. Last night, despite the rain, we shot some gorgeous models in downtown West Palm Beach.

Here is Mackenzie looking fabulous!

Amanda working it!

Burcin making the rain look good!

Sara and Kat doing whatever it takes to get the shot.

Love this one!

Amanda looks hot!

Burcin pulls off construction worker quite well!

Mackenzie in a restaraunt we crashed. Not sure if I prefer this one or the version above?

I love that the signs by Mackenzie's head say free smells and Tasty!

Smokin' hot!

Burcin was up for playing around in the fountain. I mean, she was already out in the rain, so why not?

Sara really do anything for a shot!

A view of behind the scenes.

Lindsay & Wes

2009-08-15T13:16:00.000-07:00

On my birthday I had the honor of shooting Lindsay & Wes's gorgeous wedding at the Oakhurst Country Club. It rained like crazy the day before, but on Sunday the weather couldn't have been more perfect. I shot Lindsay's sister's wedding last summer, so it was wonderful to see all of their family again! Here are some of my favorites from their day.

The lovely ladies.

Lindsay looking beautiful.

The gentlemen, looking very GQ.

Wes looking handsome.

The fantastic couple.

My favorite of the day!

Kelly & Brian

2009-08-05T09:23:00.000-07:00

At the end of June my husband and I had the pleasure of traveling to central Pennsylvania for his step-brother Brian's wedding. The ceremony and reception were at the bride, Kelly's parent's house. It couldn't have been more picturesque with the barns and horses around. The weather was perfect and it was so great to see all of the family. Here are a few of my favorites from the day.

Brian loves sharks, he's even been cage diving, so he had a shark groom's cake. So fun!

Love this shot of Kelly's parents watching the first dance.

My new assistant!

My fantastic in-laws!

Meghan & Kevan

2009-06-05T13:58:00.000-07:00

Meghan & Kevan's wedding started out a little rough. When I arrived in Orlando several hours before we were going to start pictures it was pouring rain and there were tornado warnings. Thankfully, although we had to shoot indoors, the JW Marriott provided beautiful backdrops.

The ceremony was held at St. James Cathedral in downtown Orlando. The ceremony was especially meaningful because Meghan's father is a minister and he performed part of the service.

The rain stopped during the ceremony and we ended up with gorgeous, soft light for the portraits. We then headed to Lake Buena Vista Watersports for the reception. You couldn't ask for a more beautiful location, right on the water. The night was fantastic, I've never seen so many people up and dancing! I'm so glad I could be a part of such a special day!

Chandra & Adam

2009-05-20T14:30:00.001-07:00

What a difference a day makes! The day after shooting Lindsay & Wes at the Conservatory due to rain, I met up with Chandra & Adam at the same location. This time the weather was gorgeous and we walked all around the beautiful grounds. You just can't beat that warm, late afternoon sun! Hope you enjoy!

Lindsay & Wes

2009-05-19T13:54:00.000-07:00

When I was back in Ohio I met up with Lindsay & Wes to shoot some engagement pics. You may remember Lindsay's sister Samantha's wedding from last summer. We had planned on going to Schiller Park, but since it was raining we went to the Franklin Park Conservatory instead. Here are a few of my favorites from the day. I can't wait to show everyone their wedding pictures. It has to be a great wedding because they are getting married on my birthday:)

The zoo!

2009-05-18T14:16:00.001-07:00

I was back in Ohio for the joint baby shower for my friends Kristen & Jenny who are both having girls any day now! While I was back I had to go see the baby elephant, Beco, at the Columbus Zoo. I worked at the zoo for about 9 years, one of those years in the Pachyderm Department, and I miss seeing the elephants and rhinos. One perk of being an ex-employee is that sometimes when I come back to visit I get to go behind the scenes. Jenny and Ryan came with me and we waited in line to see Beco for about 45 minutes. Once we were inside I saw Aaron, who kindly let us come in and I got to take some baby pictures:) As you can see, a very pregnant Jenny also got her picture taken with the baby elephant statute. I also included some fun pictures of the sun bear and some pheasants. I can't wait to come back the next time I'm in town and see how much Beco has grown!

Colleen & John

2009-04-29T10:00:00.000-07:00

Colleen & John were married a couple weeks ago in a beautiful house in Delray Beach. They had a little rain to contend with, but they still had a wonderful day with their friends and family.

Flowers!

2009-02-03T15:36:00.000-08:00

I am a terrible person! I've meant to post these images on my blog for months. I worked with Renea from Talbott's in Westerville, OH at Lauren & Mike's wedding. They did absolutely gorgeous flowers for them! I had sent her some images to use and Renea thanked me with this fantastic bouquet. Thank you again Renea!

Bad, bad blogger

2009-02-03T15:20:00.000-08:00

I'm a terrible blogger, I appologize! First there were the holidays, then we were house hunting, then we bought a house, and then we had to move...and paint...and decorate. You get the idea. I'm also preparing for 2 upcoming bridal shows. The first show is the Great Bridal Expo. The show will be Feb. 7 at the Broward Co. Convention Center in Ft. Lauderdale. The second show is Brides 2 Be located at the PGA National Resort and SPA on Feb. 15. If you are attending either of these shows please stop by and say Hi!
So I haven't posted any wedding pictures in awhile so here is your fix. These are from a wedding a couple months ago. Lauren & Patrick had a beautiful day!

Jaime and Jeff in Orlando

2008-11-03T13:28:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since I've posted, but I was recuporating from all of the summer wedding/traveling craziness! Plus I'm trying to get everyone's orders in before the Christmas deadline. A couple of weeks ago I traveled to Orlando to shoot a wedding with the fabulous Sara Kauss. Jaime and Jeff's wedding was just gorgeous! We shot the girls getting ready downtown at the Westin Grand Bohemian. Then I went to the ceremony/reception location at the CityArts Factory to get some shots of the guys. I had such a great time and can't wait to shoot some more weddings here in sunny Florida!

Brittany & Nick

2008-09-29T12:15:00.001-07:00

Well it finally came, my last wedding in Ohio. Very sad! I'm glad I got to end on such a great wedding. Brittany and Nick had a gorgeous day with their ceremony at Church of the Master on Otterbein campus and a reception at Villa Milano. The weather was fantastic! Check out the shot at the reception with Brittany, Nick and Nick's "brother". Nick's brother was to be the best man, but he is a Marine and was deployed to Iraq right before the wedding. Though he couldn't be there in person he was still a big part of their wedding.

Brittany

2008-09-24T16:28:00.000-07:00

So I don't do a whole lot of senior pictures. I'm not really into the pictures surrounding someone with all of their sports paraphernalia or casually leaning on a giant '08. So when Pam, a former bride, contacted me about shooting her niece's senior pictures I was hesitant. But, we had such a great time! Brittany had a bit of a funky, edgy thing going on and we had some great locations to shoot in down in the Short North. These are just some of my favorites.

Ashley & Adam

2008-09-15T09:53:00.001-07:00

Last week I had the pleasure of returning to Lake Erie for another beautiful wedding. Ashley and Adam could not have asked for better weather or a prettier day. They were surrounded by lots of family and friends and you could definitely feel the love and joy. There were fantastic details, check out their getaway car!

Jodi Beth & Ben

2008-08-28T17:23:00.000-07:00

I was in Geneva-on-the-lake a week ago for the fabulous wedding of Jodi and Ben. I just love their families! They made us feel so welcome and we had so much fun. The weather was perfect, not too hot and not a cloud in the sky. The location was right on the water which made for beautiful pictures. I love that Jodi's colors were black and white with Tiffany blue. I also love that the guys wore kilts. I have to admit this is the first time I've done a wedding with kilts and they do present a few unique challenges! Also please check out the last picture where Ben joins his new brother-in-law Chad for the best recreation of the dance from Footloose I've ever seen!

Cassi & Brandon

2008-08-12T10:09:00.000-07:00

This has been a pretty hot summer for weddings in Ohio, but last Saturday was perfect! It was in the high 70's, no humidity, what more could a wedding photographer ask for? On top of that Cassi and Brandon are a fantastic couple who chose beautiful locations for their wedding. The ceremony was at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Grove City and the reception was held at The Pinnacle golf club. This was my first time at Pinnacle and let me say the photo opportunities are endless! Everywhere you turn is a beautiful location. To top off the night Cassi's parents had a surprise for everyone. For all you Buckeye fans check out the pictures of Brutus at the end. Here are some of my favorites from the day.

Jessica & Josh

2008-08-01T07:41:00.000-07:00

First let me say I don't know how I get so lucky. I have the best clients! Everyone I've had the pleasure to work with this summer is just so nice and wonderful and I'm so thankful that I get to be a part of such an important occasion. Last Saturday was no different! Jessica and Josh were married at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral in the Short North and their reception was held at the Athletic Club downtown. Everything was amazing and they had a beautiful day. Here are some of my favorites.

Kelly & Sean

2008-07-22T07:12:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday I had the honor of photographing the wedding of Kelly and Sean. They are such a wonderful couple and you can just see how much in love they are. The ceremony was at St. Francis in Victorian Village which is one of my favorite churches, the light is just amazing there! The reception was held at the Worthington Hill Country Club and again the light was fantastic. It was a little hot, but other than that the day was absolutely gorgeous! Here are a few of my favorites.

Samantha & Beau

2008-07-16T08:01:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday I was back in Ohio for another beautiful wedding. Samantha and Beau are such great people, it was a pleasure to spend the day with them, as well as their wonderful family and friends. There was a little rain, which seems to be a theme right now, but they had a fantastic day! Here are some of my favorites, I especially love the one of Beau dancing. These were some party people! I hope you guys are enjoying your Honeymoon.

Lauren & Mike

2008-07-09T07:54:00.000-07:00

Not too long ago I was back in Ohio for another beautiful wedding. Lauren and Mike were married at the Darby House, which is just gorgeous! There were some issues with weather but once all the rained stopped it turned into a beautiful day. All of the details were just amazing, the flowers, cake, horse drawn carriages, ice sculpture. Lauren and Mike did not hold back! So here are some of my favorite images of the day.

Bosart family

2008-07-07T08:01:00.000-07:00

Last weekend I was in Ohio for a wedding and I got to meet up with Matt, Amanda and Mallory for some family pictures. I can't believe how big Mallory is getting! It was a little hot and sweaty but we had a lot of fun! Here are some of my favorites.

Sofia & Kevin

2008-06-05T10:58:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday Sofia & Kevin married on a gorgeous day! For those of you in Columbus you know how lucky there were to not have rain on a tournament day!! Sofia & Kevin are just the nicest people and are obviously so in love. Ashlea and I had such so much fun photographing them. I had a very hard time narrowing down which pictures to post, I loved too many of them! So I've posted a couple favorites and included a slideshow, click on lthe ink below to view. Hope you enjoy! I have to add that you can tell by the cake picture who started the smashing! I hope you guys are having a wonderful time in Hawii!

www.rosatophotography.com/Sofia&Kevin

The Conwells

2008-06-04T16:52:00.000-07:00

When I was in Columbus last weekend for a wedding I got to do a shoot with one of my favorite families, the Conwells. You might recognize Chris and Alicia from my website. They were incredibly photogenic and their beautiful daughters are no different! Here are a few of my favorites.

Jaci & Chris

2008-05-23T08:38:00.001-07:00

Last weekend I was back in Ohio for Jaci and Chris' wedding. I was a little concerned about rain, but it is supposed to be good luck. Thankfully there were only a few sprinkles as the wedding party headed out to the tent for the ceremony. After a couple minutes the skies cleared and it turned out to be a beautiful day. Ashlea and I had such a great time. Jaci and Chris are a wonderful couple and you could feel all the love from their family and friends. Here are some of my favorite shots from the day. I hope you two are enjoying a fabulous honeymoon!

Brittany & Nick

2008-05-20T12:50:00.000-07:00

While I was in Ohio for the wedding of Jaci and Chris I had the opportunity to do some engagements for Brittany and Nick. We were worried about the weather but it ended up to be a beautiful day. A little windy, but if that means no rain I'll take it! We walked around the Short North for awhile and then headed over to CCAD's campus for a couple shots. I had a great time and hope you guys did too! Here are a couple of my favorites.

Back to Ohio

2008-05-14T19:33:00.001-07:00

I'm headed back to Ohio tomorrow morning for a wedding. Check back next week to see some shots of Jaci and Chris' wedding at The Brookshire.

Jodi & Ben

2008-05-08T06:57:00.000-07:00

When I was home to shoot Lauren & Joe's wedding I had the opportunity to shoot engagement pictures for Jodi and Ben. They will be getting married later this summer. I had the privelage of shooting Jodi's brother Chad's wedding to the lovely Sara last summer. It was so great to see Jodi and Ben again. Jodi's mom even came along to The Lakes with them to watch. We had such a great time, I feel like I've know them forever! Here are a few of my favorites from the day.

Lauren & Joe 4.26.08

2008-05-07T10:17:00.000-07:00

These are some of my favorite images from the beautiful wedding of Lauren & Joe on April 26th. The ceremony was in the gorgeous St. Joseph's Cathedral in downtown Columbus. After the ceremony we had lots of time for some fun portraits at the statehouse and then up to Dublin for some shots at Brazenhead. Then it was on to the reception at the Embassy Suites. It was such a wonderful day and I wish you both the best!

Bebbinar

2008-05-07T09:24:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago I was in Atlanta for a photography seminar. But it wasn't your average seminar, it was a Bebbinar! It was done by the fabulous Jen and Steve Bebb of Bebb Studios from Vancouver. I learned so much that will help my business grow and improve. I also made some new, wonderful friends who I wish the best for. These are some pictures I shot while in Atlanta. Of course I had to throw one if of the fantastic Ms. Bebb!

New website!

2008-04-22T14:21:00.000-07:00

So a lot has happened since my last post! I was married to my wonderful husband Matt on January 5th. Here are some pictures from our fantastic day!

Everything was perfect! For January in Ohio it wasn't that cold and it didn't rain! Our family and close friends were able to be there and it was one of the most special days of my life! We had a fabulous meal at Lindey's in German Village. And I can't thank Dave and Karla Banks of Banks Photography enough for the wonderful way they documented everything.

Then on January 12th we made the long drive from Columbus, OH to Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The weather here has been fantastic, but everyone has warned me that the summers can be brutal. I'm not going to lie, I'm a little scared! So now that I have found a place to live and things are getting settled I'm going to be a little better about my blogging.

Most exciting of all is that my new website is finally up and running. Please check it out and let me know what you think!

1st Post!

2007-12-17T10:49:00.000-08:00

Welcome to my new blog! This is all so exciting. I have been a wedding photographer in Columbus, OH for 6 years now. I've been the associate photographer for a local studio, which has been a fantastic experience, but am now going out on my own. I've got a lot of things in the works: a new website, a booth in an upcoming bridal show, brochures, a new logo. Lots of things to keep me busy! I will keep this blog updated with all of the exciting things going on and hope to post a lot of pitures as well.

Happy Holidays!!

Carrie