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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.

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Paying it forward

Monday, November 3, 2008 Posted in Other Photogs, Portraits

A few weeks ago I shot a portrait session for Sofia Negron, another Philadelphia photographer, and her daughter, for John Michael Cooper’s “Roadside Families” project. (Read all about it here: http://www.roadsidefamilies.com/) The idea is that photographers rarely have photos taken of their own families, so this is a pay-it-forward deal… a few weeks ago we had our photos taken by Neville & Lori Stringer, and in return I had to shoot another photographer’s family. Here are some images from that day…







Sofia’s daughter is a ballerina and busted out some crazy dance moves for the camera!



Sometimes it was tough to coax out a natural smile…



…so shooting when she wasn’t aware of it was best.





And afterwards they bought me lunch!



Can’t wait to see who you pay it forward to, Sofia!

by Ryan

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November 3, 2008 - 2:06 pm sofia negron - these are great!!!! I can't wait to see the rest! THANK YOU!!!!

November 3, 2008 - 2:14 pm Lynn Michelle - Sofia, she is incredibly adorable! Ryan, you nailed the cute kid aspect!

November 3, 2008 - 2:30 pm jacob bergmeier - Ryan, you should trademark that shot of her looking up at her mother because you are going to see a hundred of them flying around on the internet. Shooooot... I'm almost half tempted myself. ;) Awesome job once again!!!!

November 3, 2008 - 5:07 pm jason groupp - Awesome stuff! So c-u-t-e!

November 3, 2008 - 11:02 pm Neville & Lori Stringer - Hey Ryan - Awesome shots!! We love them. Lori & Neville

November 4, 2008 - 7:20 am Joe Pulcinella - Very nice! Yeah, I'll steal that one, too!

November 4, 2008 - 3:36 pm Nicole - hahaha. I bet it would have been hard to get a natural smile out of me when I was that little, too. : ) Absolutely beautiful.

November 7, 2008 - 4:27 am Jessica Smolleck - As always I love your pictures

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