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San Francisco Photographer – Bay Area Portrait Photography bio picture

welcome to my blog and website!

I love what I do - I'm a mother to my 2 year-old baby girl named Gemma, wife to my amazing husband Scott, sister (youngest of 6) to my wonderful brothers and sisters, and daughter to my supportive and sweet mother and father (may he rest in peace).  I am also a photographer in the Bay Area with passion for people and telling stories.  

For 15 years I produced video games, focusing mainly on art, animation and story. Now I'm applying those artistic and story-telling skills to my photography and having so much fun!  

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my site. Drop me a comment and let me know what you think - I love hearing from folks!  :)

Enjoy life!  Enjoy my site!  Gracias!

Ellie Trashes the Dress | sneak peek

Ellie and Sam were married this past weekend and I couldn’t attend since I was at Jazz Camp. So we decided to do a post-wedding shoot, what I call ‘Rock the Dress’, in the Mission District no less. Hey, they are from NY and wanted to embrace the urban experience and boy, did we. This picture doesn’t show all the wonderfully random experineces we had on the shoot but it does show how beautiful Ellie is and I wanted to share it with you all. Will post up a full blog which will include Sam, graffiti, taxi cabs and much more. Here’s Ellie rocking her dress!Ellie&Sam_02

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Gonzalo Sandoval - I really like your pictures (all of them)... and the online proofs thing Rocks... i also love the ability to buy pictures ... Smug mug? do they take a percentage. ??? Curious how this works ...please advise. In a Nut Snell your Photography is inspiring!!! I Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you do for me and for the Family!!! With lot's of Love, Your Brother, ~G

Vicky (Kyle's Mom) - Rose, How beautiful!!! When did you start all this and leave Crystal D? I didn't know you are a photographer..... I received the journal with all the beautiful memories of Kyle, the game, the framed game, Kyle's drawing of the angel, and the wonderful portrait Shao Wei did. Thank you for the picture of all of us. How lucky he was to work with all of you. Your kindness and thoughtfulness to me and great love of Kyle will never be forgotten. Your Gemma looks like her beautiful Mother and Grandmother!! Please give her a big hug and kiss for me and stay in touch if you have time. Love, Vicky

shirl - i can't wait either. so instead of watching the fireworks..you just post away the rest of the photos.

Ellie - Oooooooooo Very nice! I love it!!! We had a BLAST working with you! It was fun and really easy going. Can't wait to see the rest...! xoxo E

Jazz Camp

Just a quick note to say that I will be away and not posting and checking emails until the 29th of June.  I’ll be up in La Honda with 300 other musicians, dancers and artists enjoying nature and music.  Check out the website – maybe next year you’ll come along too!:  www.jazzcampwest.com.

When I return I’ll make a big post about the week.  I’m one of the official photographers so I’ll have plenty to share.

Take care!

Karin Carson - Hi Rosaura. It was so nice to meet you at Jazz Camp! I look forward to seeing some of the pictures when you post them. My camera had a melt down... =) Thanks again for all that you do! Karin Carson

Valerie Rose | musician, more

I wanted to share some a few more photos from Valerie’s music promo shoot. Here are some more of my favs:

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I love that she was willing to get into this cave, now known to us as the ‘magic cave.’  🙂  Yes, shoes were muddied in the process of taking this picture.

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Catie Ronquillo - LOVE that second shot. So cool! :)

Gonzalo - Right on ... I love the Violin. And Valerie Rose is Surrounded by you Artistic Vision ...Great color and very Creative Images ...I Love the Magic Cave.... The Shoes can always be Cleaned ....i'll do it! lol Peace & Love Always... Gonzo~ P.S. Did the Giant Grasshoppers in pic 3 come with leashes ? lol...Love it!

Valerie Rose| Musician

Valerie Rose is a super talented Irish singer and fiddler in the SF Bay Area. This week I had the pleasure to shoot her promotional shots at the College of Notre Dame to go with the Celtic theme we were going for. Here’s a sneak peek of one of my favorite shots of the session:

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Rocio Guitard - Just gorgeous, mujer.

Dan + Zita = married | Sneak Peek

This past weekend I had the amazing honor of photographing Dan and Zita’s wedding day at the Mountain Terrace in La Honda. They are such a fun, quirky and unique couple and the love they share is so apparent in all they do, but especially on how they celebrated their wedding day. More to come on that in a bigger post but for now here’s a sneak peek.

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Carmen Sandoval Jr. - Rosie, Your work speaks for itself. I know your clients are pleased with their photos. You are the "Wedding Photographer" and I am sure you will recieve many referrals! Love you Lots, Carmelita Ormigita Bionica

Preston Castle – sneak peek

Yesterday I had an amazing day with 7 other East Bay Wedding photographers shooting 4 models and tons of designer dresses provided by Image Provocateur at Preston Castle in Ione. A huge ‘thank you’ to my very talented photographer friend, Jessie Cho, who organized the event for us. There will be a bigger post about this once I process some other work but for now here’s a peek for you.

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Lisa Ayala - Great job Rosie! Loved them all.

Marisa - Really like the second one. Different kind of pose/feel. Very cool!