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Caitlin and Rodney meet Beautiful Blooms

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:00:27 +0000

When Caitlin and Rodney met with Donna O’Brien of Beautiful Blooms, Joy Moody and Ryan Estes were there as well. As this couple meets with various wedding professionals interested in helping them create a beautiful day, it has been incredibly fun and interesting for us, the photographers, to get a glimpse behind the scenes of other parts of the wedding industry. Donna is a top-notch floral designer, and her company Beautiful Blooms is known in Philadelphia for creating eye-poppingly gorgeous and creative arrangements. Here, Caitlin and Rodney, along with their planner Nicole and Caitlin’s sister, speak with Donna about their vision for their wedding. Can I (Ryan) just say that I’m amazed with the amount of talent and skill that goes into creating a comprehensive set of bouquets, centerpieces, bouttonieres, and other arrangements for an event like this!

PWP slideshow of recent work – the last weddings of 2009

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:06:29 +0000

The holiday season is over and with that brings all of us a much needed break. So as we finish up album orders and meet with new brides, we leave a few images from each of our last weddings of the year. Enjoy the slideshow of recent work.

Ryan Estes: Real wedding with Alexis & Alfonso

admin — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:38:31 +0000

Here’s another recent wedding shot by some of the PWP photographers… Ryan Estes, along with Sofia Negron, shot Alexis & Alfonso’s wedding at Appleford Estate on August 15. What a great day! One more example of the PWP photographers working together to tell a couple’s beautiful story!

PWP Recent Work Slideshow

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:57:43 +0000

Part of the reason why we are involved in this project is because we are all inspired and challenged by each other every week. All of us approach photography and telling a story a little bit differently, you can imagine our excitement to do this project as a group. Getting the chance to work together for the greater good of one deserving couple is going to just be awesome.

Check out some of our recent work in the slideshow below.

Ryan Estes: Real Wedding, Philadelphia

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:38:49 +0000

Kristi & Billy’s wedding has been one of my favorites this year. It was a gorgeous day, and Kristi & Billy were simply a pleasure to be around. I’m not going to say too much about it, I’m just going to post a few of my favorite images…

We try to make sure the wedding day stays fun and relaxed… I’m really looking forward to giving our winners a similar experience with the Philadelphia Wedding Project!

Biography – Ryan Estes

admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:38:44 +0000

My name is Ryan Estes, and unlike many of the other PWP photographers, I haven’t been playing with cameras since I was 2 years old (I spent most of my time getting picked last for kickball). In fact, although I’ve long been intrigued by photography and the magic of freezing time, I actually spent much of my life thinking I’d go into television or video production.

It wasn’t until I finished college, expensive diploma in hand (“That’s ‘Ryan Estes, B.A.’ to you, sir!”), that photography grabbed me and refused to let go.

The next five years were an intense self-taught crash course… I read a lot of books, learned a lot from mentors and even more from mistakes. As time went on, I realized that while I loved nature photography, shooting people is what really ignites me. The image on the right (taken years ago, those feet belong to my wife, Kelly, on an old street in Istanbul) helped me start to realize that. I love the tone, the grain of the film, and I love what it doesn’t say. “Who? Where? Why?” It has hung in our house since then, and reminds me why I do what I do.

Shooting weddings allows me to create and capture on a weekly basis. The start of a couple’s life together, the joining of two families, the inherent beauty of the day (regardless of the weather!)… this is rich ground for art, a perfect place to invest in people, stop time, and create. There are so many stories to tell, and I want to tell them.

Ryan Estes is a member of Professional Photographers of America and Wedding & Portrait Photographers International. His work has appeared in numerous publications, and he has the cutest daughter in the world. Seriously.