Folsom, El Dorado Hills, Roseville and greater Sacramento

Be in the picture.

You are the one holding the camera at every birthday, every first day of school, every trip to the lake. Twenty years from now your children will want a photograph with you in it — not behind it. That is what this studio is for.

Booking October · usually two to four weeks out

What actually happens

Family sessionFolsom Lake

EngagementLake Natoma

Within 48 hours: Five edited photographs, straight to your phone, before the day even blurs.
In 10 days: The full private gallery, with a print release so you can print anything.
At your pace: Sessions run around naps and feeds. Nobody is rushed, nobody says cheese.
Nothing to buy: No outfit shopping, no props, no Pinterest board required. Come as you are.

The portfolio

Real families, real light, real Saturdays.

Every frame below is a placeholder the page draws for itself — Rommel’s own photographs drop straight into these mounts.

Family sessionFolsom Lake

Lifestyle at homeFolsom

EngagementAmerican River

Milestone miniNegro Bar

HeadshotsRoseville

Event coverageLake Natoma Inn

Family sessionHistoric District

CouplesGranite Bay

First birthdayAt home

Before you talk yourself out of it

The four things everyone says to me first.

None of them has ever been the reason a session went badly.

“I hate photos of myself.”

Almost everyone says this, and almost everyone changes their mind when they see themselves laughing instead of posing. I will never ask you to hold a pose you would not hold in real life, and I will never point a camera at you from below. If a photograph does not look like you, it does not go in the gallery.

“My toddler will not cooperate.”

Good. A three-year-old running away from you is a real photograph; a three-year-old sitting still is a school portrait. I plan for the meltdown — it usually arrives around minute twenty, we stop, we get a snack, and the best frames come in the ten minutes after.

“We have nothing to wear.”

You do. Two or three colours that sit near each other, no logos, no tight stripes. I send a short guide with photographs of real families once your date is held — and if you ignore it and wear what you actually own, the pictures look more like you, not less.

“We are not a photogenic couple.”

Nobody is, standing still and being told to look natural. So we do not do that. We walk, you talk to each other, I stay out of the way — and the frames that end up on your wall are the ones where you forgot I was there.

Limited · October Mini Sessions

Thirty minutes, one golden hour, 8 families.

Once a month I block one evening and photograph families back to back. Same beautiful light, a third of the price of a full session.

Last October’s minisNegro Bar, Folsom Lake

DateSaturday, October 10, 2026
WhereNegro Bar, Folsom Lake — meet at the lower lot
Length30 minutes, one family per slot
You get12 edited photographs, private gallery, print release
Price$225 — a $68 deposit holds your time

Investment

Every price, on the page.

No “enquire for pricing”, no sales call. Direction on the day, a private gallery and a print release come with everything. Travel within 30 miles of Folsom is included.

Most booked
Families & LifestylePhotographed at the pace of whoever is smallest. Nobody has to say cheese, and you are in the pictures too.
Milestone Mini$22530 min · 12 edited photographs · At a set place on a set date. This is what the monthly mini sessions run on.
Family Session$4751 hr 15 min · 45 edited photographs · Up to six of you. Grandparents, dogs and bribery snacks all welcome.
Lifestyle at Home$5952 hr 30 min · 50 edited photographs · In your own house and your own light. Unhurried, with feeding and nap breaks built in.
Engagement & CouplesThe easy, unposed kind. You two, somewhere that means something, in the last hour of light.
Couples Mini$24530 min · 12 edited photographs · One location, half an hour, no production. Good for an anniversary or a first set of photos together.
Engagement Session$5251 hr 30 min · 40 edited photographs · Two locations and an outfit change, shot into the last light. Save-the-date crops included.
Anniversary Session$4751 hr 15 min · 35 edited photographs · For the years after the wedding, when nobody has taken a proper photo of you in a decade.
EventsCoverage that looks like the room actually felt — birthdays, showers, reunions, company evenings.
Event Coverage$5502 hr · 80 edited photographs · Two hours — birthdays, showers, retirements. A set of 20 for social the next day.
Half-day Event$8504 hr · 150 edited photographs · Four hours of coverage, start to speeches.
Full-day Event$1,4508 hr · 250 edited photographs · A full day, planned off a run sheet we build together beforehand.
Headshots & Personal BrandingSixty minutes and you walk away with something you are happy to put your name on.
Headshot Kit$3501 hr · 6 edited photographs · Clean and environmental looks, six retouched finals sized for LinkedIn, press and print.
Personal Brand Session$6502 hr · 60 edited photographs · Headshots plus working shots and detail frames — enough to carry a website and a quarter of posts.
Team Headshots$9515 min · 3 edited photographs · Per person, minimum five people, shot on location at your office on one consistent setup.

A 30% deposit holds your date · the balance is due the day of the session · free reschedule up to 72 hours before

From booking to prints

Four steps, and one of them is just showing up.

Choose your time

Pick a session and a date. Evening slots sit in the last hour before sunset, which is not a coincidence.

Hold it with 30%

The deposit makes the date yours. The balance is due the day of the session.

We photograph

I direct the whole time and I keep it moving. You will never be left wondering what to do with your hands.

Peek, then gallery

Five edited photographs in 48 hours. The full gallery in 10 days, yours to print forever.

RommelFolsom

Hello

I started this because I was missing from my own family album.

I am Rommel. I have a son, and for years the only photographs of the two of us together were blurry selfies taken at arm’s length. I learned to photograph families because I wanted better than that for mine, and it turned out I wanted it for everyone else’s too.

So I work slowly. I arrive early and find where the light will land in forty minutes. I let the kids be exactly as loud as they are. And I always make sure there are photographs with you in them — not just the ones you took.

Come as you are. I will do the rest.

Practical things

The questions I get every week.

How far ahead should I book?

Two to four weeks for families, portraits and engagements. Events need a little more so we can plan the run sheet. Mini sessions go in a few days — there are only eight slots and the same families come back every year.

What if my child is having a bad day?

Then we photograph the day you are actually having. If it genuinely falls apart — fever, no sleep, a toddler who will not leave the car — we stop and reschedule at no cost. That has happened, and it was fine.

What happens if it rains, or the smoke rolls in?

We move it, free, no discussion. Northern California summers mean air-quality calls too — if the AQI is over 150 I message you that morning and we take the next open slot.

Can I reschedule? Is the deposit refundable?

Free reschedule once, up to 72 hours before. Inside 72 hours the deposit follows you to the new date but is not refunded, because that time is usually too late to fill.

Do you travel outside Folsom?

Thirty miles is included, which covers El Dorado Hills, Roseville, Granite Bay and most of Sacramento. Beyond that it is $0.70 a mile round trip.

Who owns the photographs, and can I print them?

You get a print release with every gallery — print them, frame them, send them to grandparents. I keep the copyright and the right to show a few here and on Instagram. Tell me you would rather I did not, and I will not. That includes never posting your children if you ask.

Do you shoot weddings?

No — engagements yes, the wedding day no. A wedding needs someone who does nothing but weddings. Ask and I will happily send you names.