Johnny Arguedas - awesomeographer

My new blog!

Johnny — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:55 +0000

Hi all,

This blog has served me well for a long time, but it’s time for me to get something bigger and better. Check out my new blog right here!

I’ll update both for a few posts, but soon I’ll only update my newer blog. Thanks for sticking around!

Johnny

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Victoria and Matt

Johnny — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:31:13 +0000

My last wedding of ’08! Victoria and Matt were married at St. Mary of the Assumption with the reception taking place at Veronique, all in Brookline, MA.

Something borrowed.

Victoria and Matt decided to get their formals done before the ceremony, so he was blindfolded and we headed to Larz Anderson Park, for the Big Reveal!

They love Guitar Hero.

Posted in Weddings Tagged: brookline, larz anderson park, veronique, wedding

Lookin’ after the dogs…

Johnny — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:06:03 +0000

Recently Suzi and I had a can’t miss opportunity: my friend and photographer extraordinaire Erin Curran needed someone to look after her two dogs while she and her family went to New York to see the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. We were happy to oblige!

Regis!

Bronson! Suzi kept calling him Michael Phelps.

Our ferret, Kaylee. The dogs were scared of her. Because she rules.

Posted in Personal Tagged: dog, dog sitting, ferret

Jona & Todd

Johnny — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:37:07 +0000

I like being sneaky.

Jona and Todd love going to museums and viewing art, so I thought it would be a natural fit to do their engagement shoot inside Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. I love that place! Here’s where being an unobtrusive shooter came into play: no flash is allowed inside the museum, so it was up to me to get some great shots of them in difficult lighting conditions and without interrupting the other people’s experiences inside the museum. Check these out:

Once the museum closed we did a few outside.

Posted in Engagement Shoots Tagged: boston, engagement, holga, mfa, museum of fine arts, panorama, school of the museum of fine arts, smfa, through the viewfinder, ttv

Third Stone

Johnny — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:09:29 +0000

Just a quickie post- here’s a few pictures I shot for the cover band Third Stone. I happened to know their new lead guitar player. The Boston music scene is pretty small!

Posted in Music Tagged: allston, rock band, third stone

Girls, Guns and Glory promo shoot

Johnny — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:12:56 +0000

Fresh off winning the WBCN Rock n’ Roll Rumble, Girls, Guns and Glory hired me to shoot some promotional photographs for them. Here’s a few from the studio and on location.

I’ll be shooting them once more during the Boston Music Awards this Sunday, December 7th. Good luck, guys!

Posted in Music Tagged: bma, boston music awards, girls guns and glory, rock band

Did you vote?

Johnny — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:59:29 +0000

Suzi and I went to vote early this morning. There was a sizable line out the door at 7:30am! The line moved quickly, but it was still 45 minutes before we were out. Check it:

My lovely wife.

I’m a little grizzly in the morning. Photo by Suzi.

Posted in Personal Tagged: november 4, somerville, vote

Halloween

Johnny — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:47:19 +0000

Every year my wife Suzi and I like to dress up for Halloween. We pretend like we’re not old. This year, Suzi was a peacock:

I’m usually pretty picky about my costume. I like it to be comfortable, not too expensive to make myself, and semi-obscure/geeky. I can get a little obsessive over details, like three years ago when I combed through footage to get the right font and color for my nametag on my Shaun of the Dead costume. However, this year I was sick for most of the week so I didn’t have much of a chance to work on the details for my Dr. Horrible costume. Ah well, close enough!

Posted in Personal Tagged: costume, dr. horrible's sing-a-long blog, halloween, peacock

I’m a winnah! Plus: Wedcomp

Johnny — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:13:54 +0000

Woot! The results of the ISPWP Fall ’08 contest are in and a few of my images placed in the top 20! As a matter of fact, my images did so well that out of all the talented ISPWP photographers throughout the US that submitted to the contest, I placed 15th overall. Go check out the lovely images through the link I posted above.

As a little taste, this image from Andrea and Peter’s wedding placed first in creative use of wide angle:

Entering contests is a great way to get some name recognition and keep the spirit of competitiveness alive, which pushes me to constantly produce kickass images. This January I will be entering a few pictures into the Wedcomp competition once more. Once again they’ve lined up some of the best photographers as judges: Rachel LaCour Niesen, Cliff Mautner, Jennifer Bebb and Zack Arias. Wish me luck!

Posted in Personal, Weddings Tagged: award, bebb studios, cliff mautner, ispwp, lacour, wedcomp, wedding, zack arias

Erin & Graham

Johnny — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:24:48 +0000

Erin and Graham did the whole shebang in Cohasset: they got ready at the Cohasset Harbor Resort, were married at First Parish and had their reception at Atlantica. Here’s a sneak peek!

The bridesmaids protect Erin from view as the last of the guests walk into the Church

The bridal party lines up shortly before being introduced.

The father-daughter dance started as normal, and then the dj put on Sugar Hill Gang’s “Apache (Jump On It).” Awwwww yeah.

I wish I could do the worm. Graham totally rocked it.

Posted in Weddings Tagged: atlantica, cohasset, cohasset harbor resort, wedding