Back to the Valley...

For all my Phoenix peeps...I have my next Phoenix trip on the schedule. I will be available for bookings from Saturday, January 24th through Monday the 26th. These three days will fill up quickly. If you are interested in getting on the schedule send me an e-mail at ryno@ryno-photo.com.

Happy Holidays!

To the Park!

For those of you not in Kansas City, the winter weather finally hit the past week. We had our first significant snow and some cold temperatures. Today we had a small break and in our household that means a trip to the park. I just happened to have a camera handy...




Tomorrow's forecast: High of 52 and snow (seriously).

Finley rocks...

I made a new friend today and her name is Finley. This was my first time meeting her and naturally she was a little camera shy.

But after some talk about the Backyardigans and some pretzels we started to see eye to eye.

I found out she has some old school musical tastes...

And the old school moves to match...

She loves cars...


And like any young girl should, she sports an impressive wardrobe...





One my favorite shots of the day.


And finally with her proud parents Ryan and Christine. I have known Christine for a very long time. I spent about half of my childhood at her house (I guess technically it was her parent's house) hanging out with her big brother Matt. We haven't scene much of each other in the years since high school so it was an added bonus to it to hang out with her and her husband.

Thanks you guys!! Hope to see you all again soon!!

Thank you...

Long time, no blog.

As we approach the end of 2008 I wanted to take the time to thank some people in a public fashion that have contributed to my success as a photographer.

Thanks to Matt Englehart at Ford Robert Black who has been one of my biggest supporters since I started shooting. For me everything started with shooting actors for Matt at Ford. Thanks to the SIM Agency and Aimee Sugar who has referred many from her talented roster my direction. Thanks to Dani's and Misti at Dani's Agency who also have referred a number of actors to my door. Thanks to Elayne Stein commercial acting coach extraordinaire. I always know when someone has come from Elayne's class because they bring lots of blue shirts to their shoot. Thanks to Linda Waymire of Matlin Studios, Linda has not only been a kind friend to me over the years but she has even allowed me to use her facilities as a shooting space when I travel back to Phoenix. Thanks to Jean Fowler another acting coach who has been very supportive as well as Matt and Leeann Dearing from the Dearing Studio. You all are a huge part of what allows me to do what I do. I can't thank you enough.

I also want to thank the folks at Phoenix Theatre including Michael Barnard, Vincent VanVleet, Daniel Schay, Beth Reynolds (my friend and initial contact there) and most importantly Robbie Harper who has been so kind to allow me to shoot at their facility a number of times even when I started early in the morning.

Thank you to my makeup artist and dear friend Krissy Thomason who has put up with me on countless shoots and still returns my phone calls.

Thank you to my makeup artist and dear friend Laura Flagler who has survived some long shoots with me and has always brought her talent and sense of humor to every shoot.

And finally and most importantly no matter how you found me thank you to all my clients that have actually hired me as a photographer. Many of you have become friends which is just an added bonus. I am blessed to do what I do for a living and it wouldn't happen without all of you.

Happy Holidays to all of you and again thank you!!

The first haircut...

One of the things that fascinates me about kids is the range of emotions they are capable of achieving in a very short time frame. I think these pictures document this phenomenon.

My youngest daughter Malia got her first haircut this past weekend. We took her to a place called Shear Madness (quite an appropriate name by the way). Shear Madness caters specifically to kids which means complete sensory overload. We are talking toys (strategically placed at kid level), televisions at each stylist station, barber chairs in the shapes of cars, candy, and as an added bonus for us a cranky "stylist." Seriously stylist lady I know we all have bad days but you think you could at least muster up a little enthusiasm when you are giving a child their first haircut.

Random sidenote: I always have to laugh when parents talk about how crazy wild their kids when they take them out to "kid friendly" places like this. You think it might have something to do with the available sugar on top of lots of noise and lights? These places shouldn't be called kid friendly because they really aren't, they should be called "places of completely sensory overload that will break kids and parents down until you buy lots of stuff."

Anyhow, I digress....

Malia's inner thoughts, "Okay the car is cool....this might not be too bad"

"I don't like the direction this is headed..."

"Seriously this can't be good, my arms just disappeared"

"Maybe if I cry enough I will get some of that candy I see sitting around everywhere"

"This is way too easy"


"All this for $17...priceless"

Cash Durbin Male Model...

My camera has been busy lately (I even have the arthritic trigger finger to prove it). I had another family session with three of my favorite people this weekend. You met Cash in the recent Halloween pictures and now you get to meet his awesome parents Ken and Rachel.

I have known Rachel's family since elementary school. Rachel and Ken married a few years back and they are amazing parents and among our dearest friends. Always love shooting with them...

They like their "Cash Man" just a little bit.

I told them not to worry about Cash for a minute and just look at the camera. Cash saw an opening and went for it!



I love this image.



He wasn't crazy about being buried in leaves initially but we coaxed a smile or two out of him.



Thank you Durbin's!! Ryno loves you guys...

Halloween 2008

For those of you that aren't in Kansas City this Halloween was one to remember. The weather was amazing (in the 70's) and we hosted our second annual Halloween party with some of our family and friends.

I just happened to have a camera handy.

My daughter Malia was my first victim still repping for our lowly Chiefs.


Our oldest Manoa decided to upgrade from the Chiefs cheerleader look to a Princess.

And yes I will be starting a shotgun collection very soon.

Elena (my buddy John's daughter) represented the fairy population nicely...

I just couldn't get her to cast a spell for me.

The youngest member of our party was Eli. The cutest lobster I have ever had the honor to photograph.

His big brother Noah gets my award for the most creative costume award of the evening.

Noah is already more handy with his tools than I will ever be.

A couple of the entire crew.



Our last arrival was Cash. Cash has been subjected to my camera on a number of occasions.

I think he might be over me :)


After knocking out the photos we headed over to Brookside for their annual Halloween party. Noah was just a little excited about it.

Happy Halloween

For all you suffering Chiefs fans out there (and I know there are many of you) my "assistants" Manoa and Malia are here to brighten your Halloween day at least for a moment.



You can say what you want about the Chiefs as a football team, but their cheerleaders are without question the cutest in the NFL. Of course I might be a little biased...




Happy Halloween!