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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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Where the magic happens

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Posted in Products

I think I’ve mentioned before just how much I love the albums that my clients get, right? Well, yesterday a few other photografriends and I piled into Jenn’s SUV the St. Patrick’s Day Funmobile to take a trip up to Leather Craftsmen to take a tour of the place and see where the magic happens.

I knew these books are handmade, but I was still incredibly pleased to see the level of care and craftsmanship that goes into each one.

Tour of the Leather Craftsmen plant in Farmingdale, NY

When we came to the place where they stamp the photographers’ logos with custom-made dies, I just had to find mine… below-right you can see what the final result looks like.

Leather Craftsmen custom studio die

And, of course, having made the trip with some friends makes it all that much more fun. Thanks to Jenn Childress, Geoff Horowitz, Pete Malone, Joy Moody, and Sofia Negron for making the trip with me!

St. Patrick's Day road trip

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March 18, 2009 - 9:31 am Joy Moody - uhhh ****REQUEST**** Ryan you Have to post all of us with that smile sticker! :) Yesterday was Soo much fun. The time in the car FLEW by, or maybe that was Pete's mad driving skills. I have a much better appreciation for these awesome albums! Ryan you rock and I am stealing some of these for my blog. :)

March 18, 2009 - 9:52 am sofia - AWESOME!!! Don't forget the brown mosquito.

March 19, 2009 - 7:16 am Pete Malone - So much fun the other day! I haven't laughed like that in a while. And Ryan, I love that shot of the guy in the green T. He looks like he is so proud of finishing yet another AWESOME album!

March 19, 2009 - 8:49 pm nicole lenko - ryan, i love your art. and your perspective on life. also, tonight i went to a wedding! it was the smallest wedding ever, and the photographer was cracking me up during the whole little reception. so of course i thought of you. :)

April 10, 2009 - 11:20 am Old School, plastic and Lomo » 217 Photography - [...] sharp lens which yields some very rich colors. These next 2 images were taken last month on our little excursion to the Leather Craftsmen factory in [...]

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