Ryan Estes Photography Blog

I used to love making mix tapes… still do, actually, though since we’ve traded in our cassettes for CDs and iPod playlists, something gets lost in translation, something wonderfully analog and earthy. When I made mix tapes for girls (and of course they were always for girls) there was always pressure to make sure...

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Late last year a few other photographers and I met up in town to have some fun and shoot (I know, it seems like we do this all the time, but that’s not really the case). Pete from First Floor Films was there to capture it all on video, and this morning I checked...

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Getting together with other photographers is something I love doing. (WHAT? The competition?!) Yep. It’s sort of a chance to get out of the office these cold winter months, blow off some steam, learn from each other, and just have a good time. Rob from Humbled Eyes organized this event...

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Earlier this month a friend of mine, Mr. Culbert, asked me to come and speak to his 8th grade career class at one of the local high schools. It was a lot of fun talking to these kids about photography, what it takes to get started as a photographer, what my day-to-day working life...

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One of my goals for 2009 is to be better at blogging wedding images very soon after I shoot it… so far, so good! Dawn & Andy were married today (well, yesterday, as I type this) at the Absecon Methodist Church in Absecon, NJ, followed by a great party at the Ram’s Head Inn....

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