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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: June 2008

Amanda & Ben

I do love shooting engagement sessions… what could be better than meeting cool people and taking pictures at great (and unconventional) locations?
A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to shoot some portraits for Amanda & Ben. They’re getting married in Canada so sadly I won’t be shooting their wedding, but I’ll take...

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Back to work

After far too few days in Sea Isle City, I’m back at work. The rest of my family is still at the shore sleeping in, getting sunburnt, sleeping some more, reading a lot, playing soccer on the beach, and washing sand out of hard-to-reach places… I came back early to shoot John & Kristen’s...

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Away for a few days

I’m going to be out of the office this week. We’re going on a much-needed mini-vacation, taking Vienna on her first trip out-of-state to hang out with my family at Ye Olde Seashore. I will have limited access to email but I will try to check phone messages periodically. And yes, I...

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Bonnet Island Estate - Tiffany & Steve

I’ve been looking forward to Tiffany & Steve’s wedding for a while, for several reasons:
1) They’re a very cool couple who are a lot of fun to shoot!
2) Their wedding was at Bonnet Island Estate in New Jersey, which is simply an amazing venue.
3) The band was absolutely fabulous!
4) Tiffany had put so much thought...

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Brandi & Paul

Last Friday I headed down to Longwood Gardens to shoot Brandi & Paul’s engagement session. We were there at the perfect time of day, and we had superfun times looking for cool places to shoot throughout the park. Just a few that caught my eye…

On the way home we stopped off at Chadds...

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