I'm thrilled to have a New Book Project - Washington DC: A Photographic Portrait - just released by the fine folks over at Twin Lights Publishing. Twin Lights is a publisher of very high quality retail picture books and was a pleasure to work with through all stages of editing and production. I am truly fortunate to have been involved in this project and overall am very pleased with the final product.
I recently bought a Canon 100mm 2.8L Macro. I just started shooting with it this past weekend, what a fantastic lens! Here's a little gallery of what I've shot so far. I'm fortunate to have realized great success in marketing my Collection of Washington DC Photography and am always looking towards expanding the scope of work I might offer within my existing client base. I'm fascinated with the Details in Nature and this lens enables me to capture what I see at this scale - hopefully I will produce (and successfully market) a body of work that will allow me to supplement existing projects and extend my reach towards a newly targeted market segment.
I have been a Professional Photographer in Washington DC since I was 19 years old. Through the years I have worked constantly to improve my skills; creatively, technically and in business. My passion lies in creating images of what I see, Here and Now, As I Walk This Earth - and to hopefully share this vision. I have always felt a heightened sense of awareness of the world around me and am obsessively driven to express myself creatively. I feel this is the most exciting time ever to be a photographer, artist, or creative professional and am truly fortunate to live in an age where my creative energy can be positively focused to maintain a livelihood and support my family.
My youngest son James has Autism. For several months I have been taking him every Saturday for one activity he particularly enjoys, horse ri...
“ Randy Santos is a photographer whose artistic vision and unique personal perspective on the world around him has established him as one of the Washington DC area’s preeminent photographers.
A native Washingtonian with over 30 years of photographic experience, Randy’s work reflects his passion and drive for creative self-expression, a mastery of the medium of photography, and his love for the architectural beauty and history found in his hometown.
Randy’s distinctive work is regularly featured in art installations, corporate and hospitality environments, government facilities, and innumerable print and electronic media worldwide.
In addition to being an artist, Randy is also a husband and father. Randy has established a business model that enables him to make family life a priority while enjoying the aesthetic and personal fulfillment that his work brings. "