Photography has filled me with purpose and joy, and taken me places I never thought I'd go. I have covered three U.S. presidents, been blessed by the Pope, and been stared down by Muhammad Ali. I've shared a laugh with Smokey Robinson, and had a picture I took of him used when he received a lifetime achievement award. I've photographed a 110-year-old woman as she told me what it was like to climb onto the torch of the Statue of Liberty. I was chosen as the only independent photographer allowed near Obama and McCain in their last meeting before the 2008 election. I'm the only photographer in the world to have been officially represented by the three largest photographic retailers in the Western hemipshere. Heck, I've even had a photographic technique named after me (which is crazy).
But I have never felt so blessed by photography as when I am photographing a wedding. At weddings, we are most visibly ourselves -- the walls we walk around with come tumbling down under the forces of joy, anxiety (and sometimes a bit of alcohol). To document that experience, the relationship of friends, families, and a couple launching a new stage in their life, is an incredible feeling. When a client says "This is the first picture I've seen of my parents that actually looks like them!" I feel like I've done something with lasting value. After years of shooting and more than 225 weddings under my belt, I still find each one to be more exciting than the last, and try to make each one the best one that I've ever photographed.
In addition to a staff of photo assistants, I am so happy to have my partner Wendy as a full-time studio manager to make sure that our clients' needs are met at every stage from the first inquiry until years after the wedding. Wendy is the hardest worker I have ever known, and she makes my clients' experience as stress-free as possible.
Aram Stith - wow, on a blog FILLED with amazing photos this stands out.
Emi@1314 - Awesome photo! Just curious, what lens are you testing?
Klick Studios, Inc. - Photos can define a career, I wish you the best and that this shot of the NYC skyline does just that for you.
Max - AWESOMEEEEE!
Sezin Koehler - Please put a watermark on this photo so that we can share and not steal your thunder. Pun intended. ;-)
One of the most amazing captures I’ve ever seen. Ryan, you are blessed.
Cheers,
Sezin
Eric Faber - Is there any way I can get a high res copy of this photo? It would make an incredible background for my dual monitor set-up.
Rick Miller - Wow!
Craig Cacchioli - Looks amazing. Can’t believe that this hasn’t had that much PS to bring it out like this.
coyote - All hail Gozer…!
Bigdady1 - Looks amazing it’s very hard to believe its real
Joseph - Gotham city looks amazing! =)
gerardo huertas - Good fotos and nace
amiin - Wow masha Allah amazing photo
jorge.cortell.net » Incredible photo of last night’s “derecho” storm in New York - [...] concentrated on something else” (although I would have loved it), but this is a great shot by Ryan Brenizer. Share-Comparte:Related [...]
Michelle - Looks like a Batman movie right before a big brawl between good and evil is about to begin, I love it,capture more….
brian - amazing shot! were you taking these from the pulaski bridge, by any chance?
Daniel Berry, NYC - WOW. it looks like we were about to be sucked up into the sky!
Gozer Arrives | Distant Voices, Vibrating Electrons - [...] Juuuuust before Thursday’s storm: [...]
Neil Redfern - Wow – what a sky, it’s like the end of the world…!
Jonathan - Hey Ryan! What’s your secret to getting great colours directly out of the camera without photoshop? By the way, I’m a Nikon D90 user. Hope to hear from you!
Noelle Goveia - Wow- these photos are absolutely stunning!
when nature reminds you to stop what you are doing | The Improvised Life - [...] an even more amazing picture of that storm, by Ryan Brenizer: photo: Ryan [...]
A Talk with Climatologist John Abraham, Part 2 | FutureDude™ Magazine - [...] In late September, I’ll conduct the final interview of this three-part series. By then, I’ll have traveled down under to visit Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to witness, first hand, the damage being wrought by our rapidly shifting and warming climate. It should be quite an adventure! Images: Statesman, Scripps, Geolog, Blogspot, NBCNews [...]
baraka - what a beutiful world!