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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...)

Category Archives: Documentary

Facebook is the new black

And here I thought I was already on the Information Superhighway. Note to all the young’uns: That’s what they called the Internet way back when…
I am finding myself behind the game, and so today I joined Facebook. (Verdict after 3 hrs of membership: definitely cooler than MySpace, and there’s no annoying music that...

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Through Their Eyes Africa

Remember that documentary Born Into Brothels? If you don’t, you really should see it… it’s a fascinating story of a photographer who spent a lot of time with the children of prostitutes in Calcutta’s red light district, gave them cameras, and began to teach them photography in an effort to help them get out...

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Images from Haiti 4

More images from House of Hope.

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Images from Haiti 3

Still more…

The following images are all from House of Hope, an orphanage in La Pointe where those kids who are among the most destitute (virtually all of them have some form of tuberculosis) can receive care, food, a place to sleep, education, and love.

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Images from Haiti 2

More from Haiti…

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