Ryan Phillips Blog

This was a spectacular wedding despite the 2 hour rain storm that started as the bride was walking down the aisle. Getting ready at the amazing Mondrian hotel with wedding at the equally fab Raleigh Miami Beach. I’ll post full details and images when I have more time but for now enjoy a few pics…

We are working on a new site and blog so I haven’t been posting on here…but since it might be a little while longer, I’ll post a few here this week until the new sites are up…

Here are a few from Katie and Ryan’s shoot in Laguna Beach. We had so much fun and the outtakes are almost as good as the keepers.

Wow, where did the last few months go?! It has been crazy busy lately with PurePhoto and now the wedding season is in full swing. Here are a few shots from a recent engagement session in downtown LA. I love Tuyet’s Dress, it always wound up in the perfect position with the wind blowing just enough to give it some lift. I am off to Miami next week to shoot a wedding in South Beach…Stay tuned for that!

Check out the latest edition of 805 Magazine to see a little feature on us…

My clients ask me this all the time so I thought I would share my favorite apps for the iPhone.

If you buy only one app for your iPhone BUY THIS ONE! CAMERA+
Do not just type in camera plus…it is actually camera+ and the other one is not the same thing. Once you get it, hide the factory iPhone app and use this.

A few notes…

• Make sure you adjust the settings to save to your camera roll.
• Lots of people buy this app but don’t know how to use it. Plant two fingers on the screen. One is exposure and one is focus. Set the focus where you want it and then move the exposure icon to the part of the photo that gives you the best result.
• This will solve all your backlit dark photo problems!

You will wonder why apple hasn’t bought this and installed it as the native camera app.

Shake It Photo takes amazing images in the daytime…but not great at night unless the lighting is right. It has a  polaroid look and shape. Just make sure you adjust the settings to save to camera roll WITH ORIGINAL that way you can always go back.

KitCam allows you to change lenses, film, borders and some other general settings to take more artistic photos. However, please undrstand it is not a one button process, there is work involved to getting a good shot. Hipstamatic is also really cool!

PhotoForge2 is a great app for editing your photos. The first tab is the best as you can change , exposure, clarity, levels, curves and a host of other things easily. You can see the change right there so you don’t actually have to know how to use them like you would in photoshop. Just click and drag around a little. The other thing is you can send straight to a postcard. They send out an amazingly well printed thick photo card right from your phone via the post office. We send them out all the time while on vacation. It’s nice to see real prints and not just another file you store on your computer – rare to be seen.

Lastly, For editing you can also try the immensely popular Snapseed.

Video:
8mm:This produces wonderful old school super 8 looking movies and does it very well! I personally like the 1960′s era.

Action Movie: This is really an app for 12 year old boys…but still fun for everyone.

Slo Motion: We have had lots of fun in our house playing in the pool with the cousins and shooting slo motion jump scenes.

Check out Lacey and Charlie’s wedding in the new edition of The Knot Spring/Summer Guide! If you haven’t seen their wedding pics yet, check them out here: Wedding @ The Busch Family’s Ranch (Folded Hills Ranch) in Santa Ynez

Mathias and Melissa had a beautiful ceremony at St. Monica’s church in Santa Monica before heading over to the equally beautiful Saddlerock Winery for a reception at the Le Chateau location. The two infused their love of food and their respective cultures into a German-American fusion of Gastronomic delights. The food was unique..and I might add, incredibly good The amazing Jessi Kaufman helped the couple plan a small intimate reception under the starts with a partially covered tent so everyone could look up and see the full moon and stars.

Becky and Greg were married on a private estate in Malibu. It was a beautiful ceremony with extensive custom vows that had everyone laughing and crying at the same time. The reception was no different as the speeches went through a roller coaster of emotions.