Ryan's Photography Blog – Through the lens

Ok so it continues for now.  Here’s another image that facebook deleted. In this case though, I can kinda guess that they didn’t care for the implied nudity or maybe they think it’s violent? I dunno. Thoughts?

Here it is the first censored picture. I have seen more on billboards and tv then is presented here. So really, what’s soo bad and inappropriate about this picture? Suggestive yes, but in need of banning? Come on!

Ok, so yesterday I had a number of images pulled from facebook as they were deemed inappropriate to their TOS.

I have no problems with following guidelines for various sites  but it kills me when their guidelines are arbitrarily applied without logic.

I will be posting the various deleted images (that I remember of course) soon and get your opinions on each.

Anyone else seeing a lot of this? Wanna weigh in?

I  know I’ve been lax in posting but I’ve been sooo busy it’s tough to blog, facebook, email, voicemail, text message, twitter, well you get the idea! LOL!

Anyway, here’s a shot that I did for Erica Gabriel’s Fabulous party at DTOX bar on 2nd avenue in NYC. Check it out, you’ll have an amazing time I’m sure!

Here are a couple of images from a work in progress. They are from a much larger collection but I thought I would share a couple. Enjoy!

I know, I’ve been horrible about keeping up with my blog. In my defense, I’ve been amazingly busy. Finding a new location and shooting and everything else. In any event, please check out the latest editorial for YVY Mag!

http://www.yvymag.com/2009/10/yvy-exclusive-young-chariot-by-ryan-colford/

Ok boys and girls as if there weren’t enough ways to check my work and as if there weren’t enough maintain!

I have a fan page on Facebook. Come check it out! Join it, tell your friends, strangers, even your mailman.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ryan-Colford-Photography/143637939007

I recently had the chance to shoot some of the women from the Red Hats Society. I thought they had such great open and warm personalities and wanted to share a couple of shots of them.

Ok, boys (and girls). It’s been waay too long since I posted anything. I’ve been running around like a lunatic this past month and not to mention the untimely death of my laptop during a week in Ft. Lauderdale. That being said, I’ll share some images of these drunken party animals that I hung out with.

Katrina Campins from Bravo’s “Miami Social” was also on hand with Justin Tuck at the Powerplay event. Katrina participated in a Q & A with 3 other distinguished women from various industries. She  gave wonderful real-world advice to these girls and serves as a shining example on how to be a successful in business. It was obvious that her warm and engaging style really captured their attention.

Justin Tuck, defensive end for the New York Giants was on hand at a very special charity event that I covered last week.

It was a one-day event run by Powerplay (www.powerplaynyc.org) providing high school girls from underserved communities with the opportunity to:

• Connect with female role models & mentors
• Explore a variety of careers
• Learn valuable life skills
• Paticpate in sports & fitness activities

Justin spent the day mentoring these girls in football and providing positive feedback through example. A couple more pictures below.

I’ll post more shots of the attendees and girls soon.

Dave Thomas from Adam Models in NYC worked out this set from a recent shoot.

 A few more wonderful images can be found in the thumbnails below.

He was a great sport and all around nice guy and with looks like his – Watch out!

Click the thumbnails to see the larger feature …

 Here’s the cover shot and feature images that I shot for Next Magazine. Next is a weekly New York City magazine.

 Pick it up, check it out and have a great weekend!

Here’s a favorite image of mine that’s also available for purchase in the store section of my website.