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Welcome to the Ryan Estes Photography Blog

I'm Ryan, and you'll often find me with camera in hand.  I live and work in the greater Philadelphia area providing brides, grooms, and families with cutting-edge photography.  Here you'll find the latest images, news, and bits of this and that from Ryan Estes Photography.  Come back often -- there's a lot happening, both in my life and in those of my clients.

What sort of images can you expect to see?  That's a difficult question to answer... photojournalism + fashion, portraiture + landscape, documentary + candid... real people on the most important day of their lives, and genuine emotions shining through.

One thing is clear: these aren't your grandmother's wedding pictures.  (No offense to your grandmother, of course...)

Monthly Archives: May 2008

In front of the camera for a change

Because I’m usually the one holding the camera, there are plenty of pictures of the other people in my family but not so many where I’m in the shot. This week that changed when my friend Joy and her boyfriend Don came over for dinner… while they were here Joy did a family portrait...

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Meeting Jimmy

Today Kelly and I took Vienna to meet our friend Jimmy… he has been keeping close tabs on Vienna’s first few weeks of life. Jimmy is as faithful a person as you could hope to find, and we were excited to introduce our daughter to him.

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The Bowman Family

Happy Memorial Day! Yesterday I had the chance to get together with some of my favorite clients for some photos. Megan is pursuing photography as well, so we spent some time talking about how to make images that rock, then afterwards had a mini portrait session with her husband and their adorable girls.
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Something amazing you absolutely must have

Because Ryan Estes Photography is far more interested in quality than novelty (just because you CAN get a photo printed on your gym shorts doesn’t mean you SHOULD), our product line only expands at those times when we find something truly cool that our clients (our amazing, discerning, supercool clients who have impeccable taste!) will...

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5.10.08 - Kate & Doug

It’s not every day that I get to work in my own hometown, but for the second weekend in a row I had a wedding in Elverson, PA where I grew up… Kate and Doug were married in Kate’s own backyard, which makes for a really fun event to shoot. Another fun tidbit: although...

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