Volturi from Karlo X Ramos/KX0101 on Vimeo.

VOLTURI:
corte y color y concepto: joel torres / joel-torres.com
make up: bridgette
foto: jose vazquez
edicion de foto: iancarlo reyes
video: karlo x ramos / karloxramos.com
vestuario: wilfredo
estudio: ed studio
audio: Logobeat / www.atrumorbis.com/logobeat

Late Arrival from Karlo X Ramos / KX0101.com on Vimeo.

Shot and Edited: Karlo X. Ramos
Photographer: Senen Llanos
Designer: Namibia Viera
Hair: Joel Torres
Make-up: Ingrid Roman Olivieri
Model: Lola Morales-Aponte
Audio: Gorillaz “Empire Ants”

It’s been a while since i wrote something good here. I have to confess that I just shut everything down for the last weeks of class around two weeks ago to focus in school during which time i wrote a 12 page paper analyzing a script from the hit series Spartacus: Blood and Sand for class. I am very happy with the outcome of it not only because of the paper but because it was also my last class as a graduate student. Yup it’s true I finished my Masters in Media Studies, time to update my resume. So to celebrate the occasion and have proof of all the hard work and long hours i decided to travel to NYC for graduation and at the same time score some points with my wife by bringing her along for a week vacation.

One of the highlights of it was the visit to the Natural Museum of History our first time visiting. I thought it was fascinating and very grabbing. I was familiar with the dioramas first by watching the photography work of Hiroshi Sugimoto. However i decided to dive a bit deeper into the action and perhaps put a vantage point favoring a specific character in the piece and all the sudden the “fake-ness” of the piece went away.

natural history dioramas – Images by Karlo X. Ramos

Hábitat-Bosque from Karlo X Ramos / KX0101.com on Vimeo.

Bosque
Artist: Hábitat
Cenizas
Dir. Karlo X. Ramos
©2010 HMG

60 sec flight from Karlo X Ramos / KX0101.com on Vimeo.

Just a quick trip along the north coastline of Puerto Rico including a slight look into the mountains. The idea was to have an experience like a birds eye point of view of the changing topography in the island within a 60 sec timeline.

Part of the metrics/measured experiences series. produced by kx0101

This was a fun shoot full of unexpected situations. We started shooting around 3:00pm guerilla style across Old San Juan trying to exploit several spots. However as we were walking we found an awesome restaurant with cool lighting and a nice backdrop. The light was fading quick and Gigi (Carla’s mother) quickly talk to the manager of OstraCosa and they kindly let us use their restaurant and lounge area to shoot. After a few Piña Coladas everyone felt at ease and ready to make some pictures the results speak from themselves.

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