When asked if I’d shoot Dakotas senior photos I was honored and excited. Dakota has cerebral palsy. Photographing those with disabilities is both rewarding and challenging, and I enjoy it immensely.

I love shooting portriats and senior photos! We shot at Cannonsburg, and ended up with a good variety of images to chose from! Portrait, headshot and senior photography by Ryan Velting.

Not one, but TWO bucket list photos for me this spring in Boston.

A few images from an ongoing personal photo project dedicated to my love of cameras and honoring the history of photography.

Black Calder Brewing Company, Michigan’s first Black-Owned brewery located in Grand Rapids Michigan. Black Calder Brewing product photos for social media, photos for website and advertising.

Please, take pictures of your pets. Good quality photos. If you’re not able to, have someone do it for you.

Yes, we do Product photography and love working with our corporate and commercial product photography clients.

After almost 20 years designing with Wordpress, I’ve left Wordpress and switched to Squarespace.

BTS with commercial photographer Ryan Velting at Frederik Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Yes, yet another website redesign.. But THIS TIME, with good reason.

Children, especially young toddlers, can be especially challenging to photograph. My approach is always the same. Let kids be kids, and be ready.

We don’t shoot many senior photos sessions, but we do try to squeeze them in when time allows since we always have such a great time with senior photo shoots.

Personal project of my wife’s Michigan Titanium triathlon in Grand Rapids Michigan.

The Grandville High School football program asked me again this year to take photos for banners of their Senior football players.

Dawg Days of Summer - Strider National Championship strider bike race held at Cannonsburg Ski Area.

Dirty Burg is a trail running Ultra Marathon held yearly at Cannonsburg Ski Area, organized by Switchback Endurance. I was asked to photograph it!

My dear friend Johnny Agar is co-race-director for a 5k race held yearly in Ada, Michigan. This year, they officially changed the name of the race to “Johnny’s Run”.

Grand Rapid’s medical practice West Michigan Cardiology hired me to plan, arrange and photograph their group of cardiologists and medical providers.