Thank you for coming to del Rio foto and visiting the site of Bobby Arellano, Photographer. I am a lifestyle and event photographer located in Richmond, VA and serving the nation!.
I believe in capturing memories in a natural, non-posed state with the clarity and brilliance that creates a lasting impression. The world around is ultimately more interesting than anything that could be staged
This blog is a running journal of my life and features images I have shot and processed. I hope you will find that my style captures the essence of the subject - no boring images here! Feel free to contact me to book a session or just to talk photography.
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I was asked to photograph this beautiful baby recently. Although it was an overcast day and natural lighting was a challenge this gorgeous toddler made it all worthwhile. AND, the family dog had to be involved!
Ok, so this isn’t for normal adrenaline junkies. This is taking it one step further – but dang, it just looks like fun!
I think I was snowed….I purchased a five pack of Snow Leopard licenses. We have three Macs in the house and I always am attempting a hackintosh project or two.
I did the upgrade option. Not good. On either Macbook Pro or the MacPro. I began having difficulty running programs and even RE-installing programs. I gave up and wiped out hard drives and re-installed.
Of course everything works like a charm. As it should because I basically have a brand new computer now. AND I was forced into using Photoshop CS4 and giving up my old friend CS3…..I was sooo familiar with CS3. CS4 has a difference UI and new functionality. I don’t think it will take me long but it will take me a bit to review tutorials and vids about CS4′s new features….oh well. Its all in the name of Geekitude…
Mr. Bono aka Rockstar aka Bonehead was able to take in his first Virginia morning. Ireland du Hameau Saint Blaise, also known as Bono, puttered around, picked up pinecones, chewed on some grass, and ran around like a nut job. He did stay still long enough for me to shoot some pics using my buttah-flavahed 50mm f one dot. His long trip from Belgium didn’t seem to have phased him one bit.
Didn’t take as many liberties with post processing – I love how the 50 shoots so I left well enough alone. Lots of interesting depth of field layers throughout the images. I’ve picked [initially] a small group of shots that I liked.
Will is a rising senior in the Richmond area. He recently was offered an athletic scholarship to play baseball at the next level! Congrats and enjoy the early peeks at the shoot shots.
Took some time the other afternoon to shoot a friend’s bike. It was muggy and very sunny but the clouds cooperated by giving me natural soft box just when I needed it.
This is an image I shot a few months ago. I sometimes forget how as adults, we push our kids into situations in which they become warriors – even if its just for an hour or two.
This image still catches my eye and I decided to keep to my initial processing steps with just a bit of an adjustment.
and the first processing image I posted
Found an old photo [ok, not so old - its from this year] and tried some alternative post processing techniques in Photoshop CS4.
The balance of the shoot picks/pics from Sunday’s baseball game
My friend Mark asked me to photograph his son today. Weather was great, action good, and I was able to bring out the Bigma [50-500mm] to shoot.
More to come!
Today was a tough day. I was ready to go, feeling very inspired, and in true belief that today would be a good shooting day……Not so much, I think. But here’s what came out of my day.
Location: Wakefield, VA
Notes: One abondoned factory, a small cemetary, and an antique and curio store…..
Evidence of tragedy
Burned out factor
Abandoned house
Crank and gears
Gears and things
Rusty crusty
Flores
Mr. Fox
Lawn statue
Oil tank
Storefront
Garage to the store
Door to the store
Church storefront
Statue on a grave
Cemetary shot
I drove home today from an event. Ok, I’ll admit it was a dog show and my puppy was entered. I was driving the 2 hours back and forth each day to take care of the dogs at home while Angela was at the hotel near the show site.
Driving home, the blasted GPS took me on some crazy route. I stopped to take these two shots on a low bridge over a swamp area. I didn’t know if I would get anything good due to the overcast skies and the overabundance of greenery…..
I went down to Brown’s Island [Richmond, VA] to photograph a ‘dock diving’ event. If you are not familiar with this, a handler and a dog are part of a team in which the dog attempts to leap as far out into a body of water as possible. The handler, often the owner, uses a variety of toys to get the most length out of his dog’s jump as possible. This event is run by Ultimate Air Dogs in conjunction with the United Kennel Club. The owner of the business, Milt Wilcox, also owns a Belgian Malinois [click to my doggy site].
Here are a few of my favorite pics – don’t forget to play the slideshow down below. Video on YouTube courtesy of Animoto.com
I’m finally back from vacation and I’m currently rendering the music video for the baseball team. As a matter of course, the same images that I used for the music video can be used for the slideshow. I used a different song because the pace of the slideshow tends to be slower than the music vid.
While on vacation, I was able to photograph two beautiful Belgian Tervuren. Their names? Punch and Judy of course.
I picked a few to process quickly and the rest can be found in the eStore
Dancing the day away
Dancing Fool
Crooked Street
Top of Lombard
Choco Delight!
Choco Windows
Emblem
Fontana de Arboles
Dali, dally, dilly
Holocaust Memorial
Holocaust Memorial
Friends
