Biography

Ralph A. Panagrosso, Jr. is a Nationally Certified Professional Photographer. Ralph is a past Vice President and an active member of the Connecticut Professional Photographers Association. In 1997 he was named Connecticut’s Photographer Of The Year in two categories. He has also earned the very prestigious Fuji Masterpiece Award.

Ralph is also a National Award Winning Photographer with the Professional Photographers Of America.

Starting his career, Ralph attended Rochester Institute of Photography (R.I.T.) through the United States Air Force. He served overseas in a recon squadron during Viet Nam. Working as Chief Photographer for Perkin-Elmer for over 15 years, Ralph was responsible for the photography of manufacturing of NASA's Hubble Telescope. In 1985 he left Perkin-Elmer and established a professional photographic studio in Woodbury, CT.

With his commercial and industrial background, Ralph has over 20 years photographing weddings and portraits. He has taught over two years at a college level and pride's himself with being advanced in Photoshop.

Ralph is continually increasing his knowledge in photography. Through seminars and workshops Ralph keeps up with the ever changing techniques of the wedding and portrait industry. One of the major schools he attends is the New England Institute of Professional Photography, which once a year is a long intense week in advanced photography courses. He has studied with national & international figures such as Clay Blackmore, Lizbeth, Joyce Wilson, Charles Lewis, Ed Pierce, Chris & Pat Beltrami, Hanson Fong, Gary Box, Don Emmerich, Darton Drake, Doug Box, Michael Redford, Sam Puc & Dave Junion, Bambi Cantrell and Mitche Graf.

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