Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
Just a quick little brag that I forgot to mention…
Every spring, tens of thousands of wedding and portrait photographers from around the world descend upon Las Vegas for the Wedding & Portrait Photographers International convention. One of the highlights is the 16×20 print competition. The competition is notorious for the exacting standards and crazy attention to detail of the judges, for the world-class quality of the entries, and for the sheer number of entries from around the world. Let’s just say this particular competition has some street cred.
I am honored to be able to share with you that two of my prints attained an Accolade of Excellence award this year and I am nothing short of humbled when I look around at the company I am in.
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Tags: bride
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
After watching the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games, I had to go through my archive and post some of my photographs from the 2002 games in Salt Lake City. These photos are from the USA vs Russia Game, which happened to be played on the 22nd anniversary of the 1980 Miracle on Ice. I have photographed countless hockey games, and in my opinion this game was the second greatest game ever, the first being the original game between the two countries in 1980.
Ryan
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
When I was a child my father had a 4+ hour reel-to-reel mix of Christmas music that he would bring out every December and that labor of love became an integral part of my holiday memories. About 5 years ago I began to gather all of the songs on my father’s original collection and have been adding my own selections to that core group ever since. Today we have nearly 1200 songs in nearly every genre and period, including timeless classics, contemporary updates, irreverent satire, and the just plain strange…. ZumaPhoto would like to share it with you as our way of saying thanks, and of course Happy Holidays!
This is a tradition that I wish to pass on to my own children, and so I have named the stream after my son Zen. So far, he isn’t really showing what I consider to be appropriate appreciation, but then he’s not yet 2.
And so without further ado, we offer for your listening pleasure Zen’s Christmas Toybox.
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Tags: holidays, music
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Continuing on from yesterday’s post… after M.I.A., New York’s Star F*ing Hipsters (hey, its a family blog) took the stage for a high-energy and varied set. After that came U.K.-style political-tinged commentary from Bath, England’s own Citizen Fish, featuring former frontman of the influential Subhumans, Dick Lucas. And finally it was time to make way for the man himself as Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine took the stage to demonstrate once again why Jello is such a legend. Stirring performance.
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Tags: concert, music
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
So here’s a bit of a diversion from the usual…
Back in 1979 American punk bands had just a pickle of a time getting records made and distributed. One of the most active, influential and notorious of these plucky groups was The Dead Kennedys – true pioneers of hardcore. In the true spirit of the punk DIY ethic, they started their own label, Alternative Tentacles, which rapidly grew to be the home of dozens of varied acts with an eventual catalog of hundreds of ground breaking, important albums. The DKs and many of the other bands that Alternative Tentacles carried were a huge part of my early life and the memories are so vivid that they seem like yesterday…. Well, they weren’t! They were exactly 30 years ago! To celebrate, Alternative Tentacles invited a representative cross-section of acts from throughout its history. My buddy (and amazing photographer in his own right) Nick Adams is the guitarist for one of those invited bands, M.I.A. Nick was kind enough to invite me out for the show! Part 2 is here.
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Tags: concert, music
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Sir Frederick Ashton’s hilarious one-hour telling of Shakespeare’s moon-lit masterpiece “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” returns to Ballet West for the first time in over ten years! Along with the Ballet West premiere of Ben Stevenson’s stunning, romantic pas de deux, Three Preludes, and Bruce Marks’ tribute to Utah’s Mormon pioneers, Songs of the Valley, this diverse program offers a taste of what ballet is all about.
Okay, I “borrowed” that text from Ballet West’s website (I never know what to write – I’m a visual guy), but I suggest you visit their site and buy tickets! These ballets are spectacular, full of energy and emotion, pure ART!
Ryan
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Tags: ballet
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Last week, Ballet West Artists Romi Beppu and Michael Bearden came to the studio for some promotional photos for their upcoming production “The Dream.” Be sure to get your tickets to the performance October 30, 31 & November 4 – 7. Actually, just buy season tickets, all their performances this season promise to be amazing. Oh, and check-out the photos 
Ryan
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Tags: ballet
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
Accident, or art? These photographs were made by my camera, not me. They’re all misfires as my camera rolls about in the trunk of my car, or simply gets bumped and decides to release the shutter. Accidental photos are proof that great things can happen by mistake… if you’re looking.
Happy Monday, and look for great things everywhere, even in mistakes!
Ryan
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Friday, October 9th, 2009
Wednesday the world lost one of the centuries most prolific and influential photographers. Irving Penn’s signature blend of classical elegance and cool minimalism was recognizable to magazine readers and museumgoers worldwide. His contribution to the worlds of art and fashion are priceless. He has certainly inspired my photography over the years. His portraits are simple and clean, yet reveal a deep emotion and history. His still lifes of food and mundane objects show sculptured balances of shape, color and texture. Mr. Penn has left a thumbprint in my fascination and love for photography. His work will be remembered for centuries. To read more about Mr. Penn, you can read his obituary from the New York Times. “Photographing a cake can be art”
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
Dance is one of my favorite things to photograph, capturing the energy, the grace and motion is a challenge… and a thrill. Recently, I photographed Ballet West’s “Curtain Up” at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. Ballet West dancers choreographed six selections, dancers from Ballet West II and Ballet West Academy performed. Top selections will be included in the 2010 Innovations program.
Ballet West’s 2009-2010 season promises to be spectacular, so check them out!
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