Who is this guy?
DRAWING ON 27 YEARS IN THE HOLLYWOOD COMMERCIAL FILM INDUSTRY, MORETTI NOW DESIGNS CONTENT FOR TOURISM BOARDS, HOTELS & RESORTS, FASHION BRANDS, AUTOMOTIVE BRANDS AND MORE.
HIS CINEMATIC APPROACH TO STORYTELLING DRAWS HIS AUDIENCE INTO THE EXPERIENCE, CAPTURING THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE LOCATIONS IN HIS PHOTOS
At the age of 9yrs old, I saw the movie Star Wars and I realized that through cinema, anything could be possible. I made my first 8mm stop motion film using my Star Wars figurines and built a miniature set with bottles of talcum powder for snow. I was hooked.
At 28 I moved to Los Angeles and started working in the Art Department making special effects rigs and building sets, eventually becoming an Art Director. When digital editing became possible on set, I decided to invest everything I had and build a recording system that allowed playback to monitors around the set for directors and clients. I learned how to edit on set while we were shooting a 30 second commercial. We could shoot for days, but the story always had to be cut to 30 seconds giving me experience on how to tell a story in a short amount of time. In 2007 I started directing some projects of my own and then moved onto directing commercials.
In 2013 I met an incredible girl that loved to travel the world. In 2014, we got married. Aggie showed me her passion for travel and I was able to bring what I knew to capturing our moments together. I was still a video guy more than a photographer, so it was something I had to learn.
We spent the next 4 years together traveling the world and capturing our incredible adventures. I used my background of story telling to create videos, but also to try and capture a story within just a single frame. I pushed myself to learn. The only way to get better at what you do is to expand on what you know, and to practice what you learn.
I have a complete list of what my typical trip would include with plus everything else I own for specific needs.
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I grew up in a small town called Wilbraham, Massachusetts in America until I graduated High School and turned 18. (Link to google map)
The most criticism I have received was from people who don’t travel and were mad at me for going to Cuba, yet so many Cubans thanked me for showing how beautiful their country is.
Yes, I was married to Aggie for 4 years.
Yes! Although I have to warn you that I won’t be like an ordinary photographer for an ordinary wedding. Destination and beautiful locations only... Contact me!
I still have a business in the Hollywood film industry that is about 20% of my time, while photography has been the other 80%.
I use Adobe Lightroom first to color my photos, then bring it into Photoshop if there are any “fixes” that need to be made. I use Adobe Premier to edit videos.
When I retire, I want it to be with someone so special to me that being with her is like being everywhere.
Impossible to answer because you can’t compare the Maldives to Tanzania to Sri Lanka, but all are incredible. If I had to choose only one place to go back if I had no choice, it would be somewhere in Africa.
Self taught. My first camera was when I was 16, but I really didn’t take photography seriously until the last 5 years. Learned as I went, and always tried to improve myself.
My primary camera is the Canon 1DX II. I have a Sony a7s II as my backup camera as well as my full frame underwater camera. For a complete list, Click Here
My father is from Paris, France, but there are some ties to the Island of Corsica in which Napoleon kinda made it French at one time. So way back, there is some Italian!
