Reviews

OH MY GOD. STOP READING THESE REVIEWS. Your search is over and just book Ryan already!

I was initially drawn to his style because he can capture “in the moment” shots. The small looks and giggles between the staged shots. He was able to capture all of that. One of my favorite things about my photos was that he was able to capture my guests’ genuine reactions during the wedding. He truly can rock the momemt. So talented!

He knows how to pose people in small, medium, and large groups. He’ll remind guests if they need to button any jackets to get that great shot. He knows how to incorporate the background so he isn’t just taking pictures of people but really the entire environment. There is great balance in the photos.

He was extremely flexible the day of. We had minor schedule changes and he just went with the flow.

I am SOOOO grateful he was able to photograph our big day. THANK YOU RYAN!!

Planning a wedding might be one of the hardest things you’ll ever do, but working with Ryan and his team was one of the easiest decisions that we made during the process. Not only was he friendly, professional, and communicative, but his work is nothing short of art. Our wedding was filled with laughs and tears and songs and Ryan perfectly captured every single moment–My wife and I look at our photos every other week just so we can remember the greatest party of our lives! If I ever get married again, I’ll call Ryan, but until then he’s my number one recommendation for anyone that is getting engaged / married / having a baby / or just wants to capture a moment in a way that will always make you smile.

Ryan. Motha. F***ing. Horban! Beautiful unique photos? check.

Make you pee your pants? check. He is that funny. Grab a beer or two with you? check.

Drive you and your wedding party home from your wedding because you are too drunk? double check.

This guy, who is now our friend, offers nothing short of genuine magic. I mean, just look at his photos! But its not all about the photos, is it? Ryan grabs the wedding day by the balls and knows what the hell he is doing. On your wedding day, you are so consumed with time, your venue, your vendors, omg is it fucking raining?! type of situations and Ryan just shows up and gets right to work. Capturing moments you have no idea are going on. He basically is a Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon type of photographer… although, he doesn’t bring his samurai sword with him and that’s about all the disappointment to be had working with this warlock.

Once I found him and we exchanged one email, I stopped looking. I KNEW he was the best fit and clearly I was right. The entire wedding party loved him, too. What a guy

Hire Ryan now, and you can thank me later…seriously!

My husband and I very recently got married in Temecula, and I was not satisfied with any of the photographers the winery recommended (I wanted a local photographer). We are not the whimsical type, and my husband hates taking pictures. So I googled, googled some more, and voila, found Ryan. He had me at his website intro, something about drinking beer and playing tunes on his banjo for his lady. I knew at this point our personalities would click, and this was hugely important for a couple that feels awkward in front of the camera.

Not only did we have fun at our first meeting, our engagement session in San Diego, but we were blown away once we got our pictures back. Ryan is awesome. He puts his heart into all of his photos. He will not take cheesy photos, he in fact nixed one of my themed ideas that was incredibly cheesy, and he really gets to know the couples he photographs. You can tell that he absolutely loves what he does.

We just got our wedding photos back, in what felt like a blink of an eye, and they are perfect! Everyone had so much fun at our wedding, like couldn’t stop smiling and laughing, and Ryan captured all of that. From our group photos to the action dance shots, Ryan killed it. Now the only problem is narrowing down which will go into a book, and which ones get to be framed. I supposed there are worse problems to have

Hire Ryan! Do not hesitate!

I live in Europe, so finding a wedding photographer for our California wedding wasn’t easy and a little nerve-wracking, but I honestly had nothing to worry about!

After emailing back and forth to get all the details and communicate what we were looking for, we hired him and a second shooter (totally worth it) for six hours, including one hour of getting ready shots. From the moment he walked into our room, I felt at ease. He got straight to work photographing the dress, while keeping a keen eye on any special moments that might be going on while I got ready with my mom and sisters. Meanwhile in the groom’s room, his second shooter was hanging with the guys getting some very natural and fun shots with really cool lighting. Ryan seems very passionate about what he is doing, and he’s very good with lighting.

We had some tough lighting with an early afternoon wedding and lots of shadows in the overhead sun. These didn’t stop him from getting some gorgeous photos. I am still getting comments from guests two months later on how beautiful our photos turned out, and it seems that he captured pretty much everyone at the reception, so it was exciting for everyone to look through them.

Personality-wise, as my grandmother described him, “Ryan is such a doll!” Even my camera-shy groom felt comfortable taking our photos, and Ryan had us laughing through the shoot. A few family members and friends asked me if Ryan is a friend I hired, because he fit right in at the party. They were surprised to hear I had only met him that day! He was fun and easygoing while still maintaining a sense of professionalism.

I cannot say enough good things. We are so pleased with our photos, and felt like the price was very reasonable compared to other photographers in Temecula and definitely worth it for the quality of the product delivered.

Stop looking and just hire Ryan. The guy is going to blow up and have a year-long + waiting list any day now.

I knew Ryan was our guy when I saw his work. There just isn’t anyone else working in this naturalistic and unpretentious way in wedding photography, which can so often be over staged and cringe-y. His style is completely original & captures the heart and soul of the people and environment he’s photographing.

Ryan also proved himself to be a top-notch human and showed up for us when our entire wedding plan imploded and we had to make some tough decisions last minute. We were supposed to get married in Markleeville, CA on July 24th, 2021 but the Tamarack fire (which grew out of control 1 week before our wedding date) prevented us from using our original venue, which was the Carson River Resort. It just barely survived the fire and came thisclose to burning down. Thankfully we were able to transition to another wonderful venue called Piper’s Opera House in Virginia City, NV for our wedding day

We asked a lot of Ryan, who had to upend his own travel plans on our behalf and drive through a smokey hellscape to make it to our wedding. He could have easily backed out but he didn’t. On the day of our wedding, the sky was blotted out with smoke and we were experiencing a heatwave in the area. Our venue was in an old historic opera house with no air conditioning. We were all sweating like pigs.

Not only did Ryan come through for us, but he absolutely killed it upon arrival. He was so professional, personable, hilarious, and kept our chatty and drunk friends and family on task during the group photos (not easy).

Additionally, Ryan had an insanely quick turnaround time. He got our photos to us edited and ready to go within a couple of weeks of our wedding day.

We were absolutely floored when we saw the photos. He captured all the important moments and people that I had hoped he would. I’m still getting comments from people about how incredible the photographer was.

An amazing experience all around. Ryan, you saved the day.