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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: Portraits

Paying it forward

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...

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Christie & Eric, hardcore Flyers fans

So Christie & Eric, who’s totally awesome wedding I’ll be shooting in December, are pretty into the Philadelphia Flyers. As in, Eric’s family has a brick with their name on it outside of the Wachovia Center… so we headed down there to shoot their engagement session a couple of weeks ago.
We started out doing...

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New home (not for me)

Our friends Joy & Don recently got a new place (it’s totally sweet, you gotta check it out). Yesterday was their first day in the new house and I stopped by to take a few pictures. I haven’t gotten around to editing most of them yet but I promised Joy a few teasers…

Congratulations,...

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Sue & Matt

Earlier this month I had the opportunity–nay, the privilege–of shooting Sue & Matt’s engagement portraits… They were great, and despite the fact that the Phillies were playing at that very moment, Matt put on his best game face and he and Sue infused my cameras with their awesomeness.
A coupla quick ones…

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Dawn & Andy

Recently I got to shoot Dawn & Andy’s engagement portraits. We had a gorgeous fall day in the city, and made the most of it. I’m just going to let the images do the talking here, but needless to say, I really enjoyed hanging out with these two, and I’m excited to shoot...

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