| Professional Status: |
Professional |
| Specializations: |
Print, Sport, Casual, Glamour, Swimwear, Lingerie, Nude, Artistic Nude, Implied Nude, Erotic |
| Services Offered: |
Portfolio Development- Fee Based |
| Photography Type: |
Studio Based (Indoor), On Location (Outdoor) |
| Credits or Awards: |
His partial credits include, Parade (cover story), People, New York Times, Playboy, Rangefinder (cover story), Maxim, Sports Illustrated, St. Martin's Press, Amherst Media, Studio Photography, Digital Imaging, Peterson's 4-Wheel Drive, Stars & Stripes, Army Times, Airman, Soldiers, San Antonio Express News, South Texas Reporter, La Prensa, Keller Cresent Advertising Agency, Heaven Hills, Evan Williams Bourbon, Playboy Special Editions, Netscape.com, AOL/Time Warner, PMA Daily, Leica World News, Shutterbug, Photo District News, Photo Media, D-Pixx (cover story, European), Zoom NL (Europe), Photographie (Europe), PROFIFTOTO (Europe), fotoMAGAZIN (Europe), FOTO-VIDEO DIGITAAL (Europe), Camera Magazine (Europe), and many nationwide newspapers.
Sponsors & Supporters include Leica, Lexar, Hensel, California Sunbounce, Samy's Camera, Wacom, Lightware, Chimera, RoloLight, Lens Babies, PictoBooks and Hoodman USA.
His military awards include, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Army Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, 1st Oak Leaf Cluster (2 awards), Army Good Conduct Medal (two awards), National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Haiti, Operation Uphold Democracy, NCO Professional Development Ribbon, with 2 device, Army Service Ribbon, Army Overseas Ribbon, with 2 device, Weapons Qualification Badge, U.S. Army, Expert, Rifle, Pistol, Grenade, Bayonet and the German Armed Forces Badge of Marksmanship (German: Schützenschnur), Bronze.
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Please visit my blog, with how-to articles, images and workshop information at http://www.rolandogomez.net. Also, check out the big model and photographer event at http://www.backtotheranch.net
First, he's the only glamour, fashion, beauty and nude workshop host featured on Wikipedia.com. not to menton he's one of the Lexar Media original 30 Elite Photographers for over seven years--no workshop hosts in his genres can make this claim.
He graduated from the University of Texas, San Antonio with a Bachelor's Degree in Communication, in 2001, summa laude at an age twice that of most people entering their first year of college--but that was his choice after turning down a scholarship in 1980 when he graduated from Victoria High School because of his passion for photography.
He transitioned from combat photography to glamour, beauty, nude and fashion photography in the late 90's after founding the popular website GarageGlamour.com. He's also the founder of the free photography critique site, ShotCritic.com.
You can also find him at ModelOverDrive.com
His passion for photography is his sole motivating force, as Rolando states, "I believe in loyalty and will not jeopardize my integrity for anyone. I believe in a marriage of the minds to create that perfect photographic smile--when the corners of the eyes are in perfect harmony with the corners of the lips. I believe the Internet is the Great Equalizer--I'm proof of that! I also believe we're not perfect, all humans make mistakes, I'm proof of that too!
I believe you can't have love without passion, though you can have passion without love. I believe in sending her roses when she least expects it. I know the difference between affect and effect, but I don't know who invented liquid soap and why? I vote, I play, I work hard, I am that I am."
Author of three glamour photography books for Amhest Media, with more on the way, Rolando has taught over 300 Glamour, Beauty & the Nude workshops, seminars, lectures and discovered a Playboy Playmate (Holley Dorrough, April 2006) and a Penthouse Pet (Jana Adams, Oct. 87'). He's been a featured guest speaker at Photo Plus Exo in NYC, FotoFusion in Florida, Samy's Digital Photo Institute in Los Angeles, Julia Dean Photo School in Venice and the Palm Beach Photographic Center. Most recently he completed a 3-country, 7-city tour for Calumet Photographic in Europe.
His assignments in photography have allowed him to travel to 39 countries and he even documented the drug war in the early 90's and was presented the Dept. of Defense Meritorious Medal by the Commander in Chief, United States Southern Comman, Gen. George A. Joulwan for his efforts.
| Rolando Gomez's Links:
Personal Site
Personal Blog
ShotCritic Port
Garage Glamour™ Port
Model Over Drive™ Port
His Myspace
OMP Port
Paid Models Port
ModelMayhem Port
Ujena Port
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