RYAN KURTZ

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Rollergirls

We just did another round of pictures for the Black n Bluegrass Rollergirls site.  We shot several themes at a farm in Kentucky and had three hours to pull off 7 shots…this one was the very last frame…and my favorite.

Laurel Court

We shot the feature well for Cincinnati Wedding Magazine this week at a fantastic house in College Hill called Laurel Court.  My assistant Steve turned me onto a fun little app for the iPhone called Hipstamatic.

Cinco de Mayo

Wrapping another day of shooting.  Happy Cinco de Mayo!  thanks for the cerveza Kate.

Cinco_de_Mayo2010

Zinc House

Here is a home that I recently photographed for architect Jose Garcia.  We had a perfect day for shooting this house with all the glass and beautiful fall colors outside.  By the time we completed the day we shot over 60 different angles on the house.  It makes it hard to edit.  More can be seen HERE 

Zinc House exterior

Zinc House exterior

Cincinnati Observatory Center

I recently shot at story for Cincinnati Magazine on the Cincinnati Observatory Center.  I made 5 trips to their facilities during the month of August.  The two National Historic Landmarks sit atop a hill in Mt Lookout, OH.  The Observatory is home to the world’s oldest telescope still in use nightly by the general public.  You can view more images from the story here: Observatory

 

1904 Alvan Clark & Sons Refractor

1904 Alvan Clark & Sons Refractor

 

 

 

Glass Animals

Glass animals that live above the toilet of a house I shot.

Falcon

This is peregrine falcon eating a pigeon outside my studio window.  There are several that live downtown and one has taken up residence around the corner.

Peregrine Falcon

Not Even Close

So this is what our children were supposed to look like…I like the way they turned out instead.  Wait, it kind of looks like my brother.

PamelaRyan_baby