There are few ambient light sources I love to play with more than a bright ray of sunlight coming through thick curtains — especially when it happens at 2 a.m. No, I didn’t take this in the Arctic Circle. This was another in my recent experiments to poke and prod at some of the possibilities…
Monthly Archives: February 2011
I’m really excited for my upcoming workshop March 18-19th in Los Angeles — for the price of putting on a workshop in Manhattan, you can get some AMAZING locations out there! I’ve put together an informational page that will be updated as we go along, and I hope to see lots of you there! I…
I have today’s Photo of the Day over on Moment Junkie.com, just to make sure that you all are reading Moment Junkie. Right? BACK TO TOP | CONTACT ME Pin it
Here’s another from my series I like to call “Well, I’m in Texas, let’s get some models and see what kind of photos we can make by tearing apart hotels.” (I’m not that great at naming collections.) Here I wanted to explore some different things in content and technique (which, of course, heavily relate to…
I’m excited to have a tutorial on freelensing coming up on B&H’s Web site — here it is! Camera: Nikon D3s Lens: Nikon 50mm f/1.2 (freelensed) BACK TO TOP | CONTACT ME Pin it
Backlit shot from Gianna and Sebastian’s first dance. Lens: Sigma 85mm f/1.4 Camera: Nikon D3s BACK TO TOP | CONTACT ME Pin it
The extra member of the wedding party checks out the spread. MomentJunkie.com — the new site I co-founded devoted to highlighting great moments on wedding days — is really taking off fast! And all of the thought that I’ve put into that launch process has already heightened my energy and vigor in seeking out great…
After a cold-but-exciting engagement shoot in New York City, I think we were all excited that Liz and Steven’s wedding was at the gorgeous, rustic West Vista Ranch in Austin, Texas. So, of course, the week before was one of the very, very few times that Austin saw snow and temperatures in the 20s. But…
One of the fantastic things about working out of NYC is that I feel like a specialist in about 18 different cultures. I sometimes know the ins and outs of Jewish and Hindu ceremonies better than the people getting married; I can tell you how to set a table for a Basque wedding, and I…
(Not that Hollywood) I’ve gotten a lot of requests to do workshops outside the NYC area, and I did a test seminar in New Orleans back in 2009, but I wanted to wait until I could be sure I could take this show on the road and do a great job with it. March 18th…
One thing about being a wedding photographer is that you spend a lot of time in hotel rooms, thinking about how to photograph in them, the lighting of them, the obstacle of overcrowding … but it’s the one part of the wedding day that is always, always at daytime.* So with the modicum of free…
They came from a LONG way to find each other. I can’t tell you more, since their family might not know they’re engaged yet. Happy Valentine’s Day. Lens: 70-200mm VR II Camera: Nikon D3s BACK TO TOP | CONTACT ME Pin it
Here’s a little side-project I’ve been working on with photographer Kyle Hepp and the input of lots of other photographers: MomentJunkie.com, a new blog featuring the most tender, most quirky, most hilarious, most joyful, most heartbreaking images we can find from photographers all over the globe! “Now Ryan,” you say, “You’re extremely busy, is it…
It was a cold night for Austin, but Steven saved the day with chivalry. 20-shot Brenizer method, basically no light at all. (ISO 12,800 — panoramas reduce noise) Lens: Sigma 85mm f/1.4 Camera: Nikon D3s BACK TO TOP | CONTACT ME Pin it