Category Archives: Personal

Ashley’s Totally Awesome Triathlon Fundraiser

What’s more fun than having a drink with your friends at the bar? Knowing that your money is going towards a great cause like finding a cure for cancer! Ashley Delegal, my fiance, has been training for the New York City Triathlon with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training, a group which raises...

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Ryan visits the Bahamas

As many of you know, as well as being a photographer, I’m also a freelance theatrical and event designer.  The project I’m currently working on required that I spend a week at the Atlantis in the Bahamas for meetings and site surveys.  This was an amazing resort in one of the earth’s most beautiful areas....

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Snow Day!

We woke up this morning to a blanket of whiteness!  Central Park got between 7″ – 8″ of snow and NYC schools were canceled for the first time in 5 years apparently.   Because of this and the fact that we’ve been putting in some long hours lately, the studio declared this a snow day!  Of...

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Engaged!

I’m am excited to announce that I asked Ashley Delegal to marry me…and she said yes! We had planned on going to Central park for the day just to walk around and try out my new camera lens (a macro which I had purchaced for the sole purpose of photographing her ring).  We made it...

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Virginia and Izee’s Wedding

Ashley and I were invited to a wedding for Virginia and Izee which is one of her co-workers at the Public Theatre. Although I wasn’t hired as the photographer, I couldn’t resist taking my camera! The ceremony and reception was held at Giando on the Water in Brooklyn. It was a beautiful space with nice...

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Happy Holidays!

Ashley and I headed to Florida to be with her family this Christmas and had some fun in the sun while we were at it. Wishing everyone a Happy Holidays!

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The old farm

When we went home for Thanksgiving Ashley and I took a trip to see my grandparent’s old farm outside of Lyman, NE. It’s been years since I’d been back out there. The weather was very cold and windy and it was a little sad to see that many people have moved away from that sleepy...

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Thanksgiving in Nebraska

I had the chance to fly home to Nebraska for thanksgiving. Lots of food, football, and time spent with my favorite 2 1/2 year old nephew, Baylen. There also happened to be a fair amount of time devoted to singing and playing “wheels on the bus”. Thank goodness we all buckled our imaginary seat belts...

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Opening of Macy’s Windows

Well, it’s officially the Christmas season…the Macy’s Christmas windows are open! Our good friend Eric Hart was one of the carpenters who built those glittery Christmas windows and invited us to share in the opening festivities. It was a cold night but we were packed in with so many people we didn’t notice. There’s an...

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Central Park at Night

I was waiting for Ashley to get off work last night and thought I would take my tripod to central park and get some night shots. When shooting in Central Park after dark, I was comforted by the fact that my tripod could be used as a weapon. That and I could snap a picture...

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