Softball

wow....Triple Crown World Series of Softball...rolls into town and takes over Park City ...you can imagine the chants, the decorated cars, the teen girl madness...

Rodeo - Oakley, Utah

Mountain Biking

Well the first week of work was pretty damn fun. I met and photographed the attorney general of Afghanistan, shot a rodeo, a huge mountain biking tournament, and a million other things. Below are some biking pics. Thanks for looking.

Aztec in DF

Here is a link to some of my work from time spent with a family of Aztec dancers who work in Mexico City. This was part of my project during the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop.

http://ryderpictures.com/aztec/

Eddie Adams workshop

I feel truly honored to have been accepted into the Eddie Adams workshop for this October. Barnstorm XXI is a class of talented photojournalists and it humbles me when I see who is on that list. 

Here is a link to the roster.

Foundry workshop

I am currently in Mexico City having an amazing experience photographing a family of Aztec dancers while participating in the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop. The week is an intense schedule of shooting, critiques, slide shows and lack of sleep. Highly recommended.

New work in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Follow this link to see a Seattle P-I gallery with my images from a story on the women's pro football team in Seattle, the Majestics. My images are mixed in with P-I photographer Grant Haller's, and mine begin at photo number 2.

Here is a link to the full story with text.

These ladies are great athletes, and cool people too.

Lightning

I just moved to Park City, Utah and it was beautiful and sunny. That was a relief after suffering through a long, dreary, never-ending winter in Seattle. Then we got snow and lightning tonight. Living in the mountains is a blast though...uh, yes the pun was intended...

Suzanne and Anthony Wedding

Take a look at their wedding gallery. What a way to start the wedding season! Suzanne and Anthony were so laid back and fun to work with. Thanks guys.

papparazi

did i spell that right?

here is a snap from a wedding i just shot. thanks for looking.

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Another from the house fire. See the gallery in the post below.

House Fire Gallery

Here is a gallery of images from my house fire:

http://ryderpictures.com/housefire/index.html

Thanks for looking.

House Fire

Tragedy strikes and it can be difficult to photograph...especially when the tragedy is in my own life... This is an image from a personal essay about a big fire at my house. More to come...

New job

I just accepted a position in Park City, UT for chief photographer at the Park Record, a paper that prints twice per week. Life is good.

Another from the vault

Possible news on a new staff job at a paper...more info to come...

As I work out some kinks in my brain, I have to post a couple of photos from the vault. New work to come soonest...

Old portrait. Summer 2007.

From the vault

Washington's Joel Smith. He doesn't score a ton, but when he does, it's with style. This is a recent addition to the ryderpictures.com 'sport' gallery. Other new or updated galleries are Cuba, Cockfighting in Cuba, and Food and Wine.

NYC street photography

From a short visit this week. Click to see em large, with true color.

Website idea

Trying out new looks for the front page of my site...here's one idea

Football

'A Photo Editor' Promo

I made the cut for the promo over at Rob Haggart's 'A Photo Editor' blog. It's a slide show of his top picks of talented photographers, meant to connect photo editors and art buyers with photographers. Click here to see it.

My image is #97 and looks like this:


Update: I realized I can embed the slide show, so here it is --