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About
Your story deserves to be seen and remembered beautifully. With over 20 years in professional photography, I specialize in engagement, wedding and event, boudoir, and headshot photography tailored to you.
As a one-person studio, you’ll work directly with me from planning to final images, ensuring a relaxed experience and photos that feel authentic, flattering, and true to who you are.
Whether you’re celebrating a milestone, elevating your brand, or creating something just for you, I’m here to make your photo hero dreams come true—with care, creativity, and attention to detail.
Reach out to share your vision, and let’s start planning your session.
Overview
Hired 3 times
Serves Portland, OR
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1 employee
21 years in business
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This pro accepts payments via Cash, Credit card, PayPal, Square cash app, and Venmo.
Customers rated this pro highly for professionalism, work quality, and value.
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Matt l.
4 weeks ago
I was worried about the wedding pictures, I gotta admit. It seemed like such a big deal, and I didn't really know anything about it, other than I knew I wanted somebody who would capture the whole width and breadth of it. I wanted to see the wedding party scrambling to get ready. I wanted to see what it really felt like, for myself and everybody else involved.
I needn't have worried... Ryan killed it.
From beginning to finish, he was totally professional, confident and experienced. It hardly felt like it took any conversation or coordination at all to get him set up to get the shots we were looking for. He was right there in the middle of things, caught a ton of brilliant candid shots that *I do not remember him even being there for*, and had them all lined up nice and neat for us afterwards - including a very sweet video sequence of the vows.
I don't know what else to say, except you can trust mister Maher with recording your special day. He does excellent work, and he's easy to work with, pretty much all you could ask for.
Austin c.
4 weeks ago
Ryan's photography TELLS A STORY! We had a Circus themed wedding with about 200 people. Ryan caught everyone and every photo tells a story. The rehearsed and composed photo's were amazing of course. It was the unscripted, moments he captured that keeps the story of our wedding vibrant and alive!
Jasmine G.
3 weeks ago
Ryan was excellent to work with! He had great attention to detail. He offered suggestions but also found impeccable opportunity for candid moments during my wedding shoot. He was always exactly where he needed to be throughout the day! I absolutely love the photos I got and his turn around time was speedy! High recommend Ryan!
Agape G.
2 weeks ago
I hired Ryan to provide professional headshots for our employees as well as event photography for a client-partnered employee engagement event, and he exceeded our expectations on both projects.
For the headshots, Ryan worked efficiently and professionally, photographing each employee within the allotted time while making everyone feel comfortable and at ease. The final images were polished, professional, and captured each person naturally.
His corporate eventphotography was equally impressive. The candid photos throughout the employee engagement event were phenomenal. From start to finish, Ryan captured a cohesive visual story of the entire event, including so many genuine moments and interactions that even our client noticed, asked about, and shared afterward.
Since that first experience, Ryan has become our go-to photographer for corporate events, client events, annual employee engagement events, and annual employee headshots. He consistently delivers high-quality, professional photography with a quick turnaround, excellent attention to detail, and a clear understanding of the intent behind each event.
Ryan is reliable, personable, organized, and incredibly talented at capturing both polished professional portraits and authentic candid moments. If you’re looking for a corporate photographer for employee headshots, company events, client events, or employee engagement photography, I highly recommend Ryan. He has become a trusted part of our events, and we look forward to working with him year after year.
Keesha E.
2 days ago
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Ryan was an absolute dream to work with. It would not let me also rate him on his responsiveness and punctuality but those were also 5 stars. From the very beginning of the planning of our wedding, he was really easy to work with. The final product was outstanding and his presence during our wedding was so delightful. He’s a wonderful person and photographer!!
Details: Wedding • Fewer than 25 guests • Outdoors • Physical proofs or prints
Wedding and Event Photography
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Ryan Maher
FAQs
What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
Pricing Varies based on size of event or assignment.
What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
Typically when receiving a new inquiry ill exchange links, to make sure you are seeing my work. Its important to me that I know you appreciate photography . If you're into what you see, ill likely meetup for a coffee and take a look at some wedding albums and hopefully commit to a booking.
What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I have a degree in Photojournalism from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Years ago I had dreams of capturing that breaking news, now a days I enjoy telling your stories through my photos.
