Darren Ryan | Atlanta Photography 365 | Photoblog

urban oasis.

2011-08-18T20:43:00.001-04:00

urban oasis., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

the odds are stacked...

2011-08-18T07:45:00.001-04:00

the odds are stacked..., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

two north, twenty til eight.

2011-08-17T18:28:00.001-04:00

two north, twenty til eight., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

the world keeps changing...

2011-08-16T22:06:00.001-04:00

the world keeps changing..., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

desert gold II

2010-10-24T10:53:00.001-04:00

desert gold II, originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

dessert gold.

2010-10-23T21:12:00.001-04:00

dessert gold., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

controlled chaos.

2010-10-21T20:11:00.001-04:00

controlled chaos., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

golden tower.

2010-10-20T21:27:00.001-04:00

golden tower., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

aria.

2010-10-16T00:34:00.001-04:00

aria., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

things can get meshy.

2010-09-18T00:39:00.001-04:00

things can get meshy., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

golden stairs.

2010-09-18T00:38:00.001-04:00

golden stairs., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

floating by.

2010-09-13T22:33:00.001-04:00

floating by., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

deception.

2010-09-12T23:19:00.001-04:00

deception., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

ready for takeoff...

2010-09-07T09:46:00.001-04:00

ready for takeoff..., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

erect.

2010-09-06T20:05:00.001-04:00

erect., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

cutting through the sky.

2010-09-05T09:53:00.001-04:00

cutting through the sky., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

slippery slope.

2010-09-02T23:40:00.001-04:00

slippery slope., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

gateway.

2010-08-31T11:38:00.001-04:00

gateway., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

rainbow playground.

2010-07-18T19:24:00.001-04:00

rainbow playground., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

rainbow slide.

2010-07-17T16:03:00.001-04:00

rainbow slide., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

summer's glow.

2010-07-07T22:18:00.001-04:00

summer's glow., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

summer is coming.

2010-06-13T23:25:00.001-04:00

summer is coming., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

takin' a trip.

2010-06-09T00:30:00.001-04:00

takin' a trip., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

round and round.

2010-06-05T15:56:00.003-04:00

, originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

grand.

2010-06-05T15:56:00.001-04:00

grand., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

may our paths continue to cross...

2009-08-05T12:31:00.001-04:00

may our paths continue to cross..., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

It's a Beautiful World

2009-05-01T22:44:00.001-04:00

fenced in.

2009-01-24T00:44:00.001-05:00

, originally uploaded by D.James | Darren J. Ryan.

dark edge.

2009-01-19T16:54:00.001-05:00

dark edge., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren Ryan.

upstream.

2009-01-14T16:07:00.001-05:00

upstream., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren Ryan.

into hell.

2009-01-13T08:38:00.001-05:00

into hell., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren Ryan.

Darren Ryan Photography | Architecture Volume 1

2009-01-11T20:21:00.005-05:00

Get your own - Open publication

light hive.

2009-01-02T16:35:00.001-05:00

, originally uploaded by D.James | Darren Ryan.

atlanta is truly an interesting city...you just have to look around you!

happy new year!

full frontal.

2008-10-05T21:11:00.001-04:00

full frontal., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren Ryan.

I love this building. Terminus in the buckhead District is fairly new, I am thinking it was completed in 07. the sun was perfect and so was the sky and the reverberation of the white steel just made music in my head. I must have stood there and taken over 100 shots that afternoon.

holy anole.

2008-08-24T00:06:00.001-04:00

holy anole., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren Ryan.

these little guys have become such a presence at the house and they are really hams!

this particular anole seems to take a liking for the camera. he had recently lost his tail, a sign that a predator tried to nab him for dinner, but seemed to know that i wasn't a threat to him.

it almost looks like he was smiling!

sharpness.

2008-08-15T15:30:00.001-04:00

sharpness., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren Ryan.

i love this shot, it's one of my favorites because of the contrast and the lines. it was such a bright day and the sunlight was just blowing everything out, but at this particular angle, the light created these deep shadows and caught the tips of the facade forcing them to glow. the result became such an abstraction with a great deal of detail!

choices.

2008-08-14T13:48:00.001-04:00

choices., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren Ryan.

this was s hot from east atlanta village where i live. it's a wonderful area of the city of atlanta that is still struggling to come into it's own. these chair were left in a back alley/parking area for the garbage and i just loved the lines, colors and simplicity of the shot.

i went back to see if the chairs were still there that evening to snap a few more shots, but they were gone...someone found a use for them.

chicago blues.

2008-08-09T16:03:00.001-04:00

chicago blues., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren Ryan.

this is one of my favorites from the chicago set. chicago is such a beautiful city to begin with, but as the sun goes down, it get;s even more spectacular. i lucked out with this shot, because i was walking through this area at the right time.

I only had a very short window each day for three days as i was there for a conference. the sodium lighting and the tones int he sky were brilliant.

return for refund.

2008-08-07T12:33:00.001-04:00

return for refund., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren Ryan.

my family had come to visit for thanksgiving and of course we had to take them to all of the atlanta tourist traps since this the first vist for some of them. this was taken at the old world of coke and all those tourists probably thought i was nuts!

i just had to get the words on the tops of the bottles to be in full focus, but the bottles were moving on a conveyor belt, so i stood there shooting until i got the shot that i wanted. i can just imaging some of those tourists wondering what the heck i was doing!

the edge.

2008-08-04T17:06:00.003-04:00

the edge., originally uploaded by D.James Darren Ryan.

{note: blogger distorted this image because it doesn't understand square images, click through on the photo to see the correct composition.}

this is a shot of the georgia one builing on the edge of downtown heading toward midtown atlanta.

i was walking and running out of daylight and was walking down north avenue and all of a sudden the exterior light came on shining up on this builing. the mixture of the sunset and the uplighting made for wonderful colors. i didn't notice the detail of the builind until i took a couple of shots and then i started to realize how intricate the framing is and the way the light played so well right with it.

it's a stunning building that is often forgotten because of the bigger newer buildings around town. this is one of my favorite buildings here in atlanta.

Face in the Fountain

2008-08-03T18:48:00.001-04:00

Face in the Fountain, originally uploaded by D.James | Darren Ryan.

ahhh. yes, the face in the fountain. this is a sculpture that sits under a small waterfall at the atlanta botanical gardens. this particular face has been photographed many times and each time it is shot, depending on who takes it and how the shot is taken, she takes on different emotion.

this is my version of the face in the fountain and here she seems sad , older and alone. there are over 100 photographers that i know of that have take a shot at her, but this one is still the most interesting according to flickr.

it was just a dream.

2008-08-02T01:26:00.001-04:00

it was just a dream., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren Ryan.

i was in such a hurry when i took this shot. i was attending the how deisgn conference and wanted to get to a session, but i also wanted to get this shot. i waited 25 minutes for the elevators to work in my favor, needless to say i never did make it to that session. i love the lines here...they are so futuristic for such old architecture.

row 1, seat 22.

2008-08-01T15:58:00.001-04:00

row 1, seat 22., originally uploaded by D.James | Darren Ryan.

i finally got to go to an atlanta silverbacks game. for those of you who aren't familiar, the siverbacks are atlanta's pro soccer teams. in addition to having a great time at the game, i really enjoyed the colors of the stadium's seating. it really added to the fun atmosphere. there weren't many folks there yet, so i decided to shoot the seats at different angles and this one turned out to be my favorite of the bunch. the light was totally natural from the sun going down and had that burnt out glow which really added to the colors.

forgotten.

2008-08-01T15:29:00.002-04:00

forgotten., originally uploaded by D.James Darren Ryan.

this is the georgia pacific building in downtown atlanta. i titled this photo forgotten, because of the angle or view. most folks see this building from every angle except this one because of the way the building sits on it's location. the shot had to be set up in the middle of the street due to large, old trees blocking the view from the sidewalk.

a new beginning...

2008-08-01T15:25:00.001-04:00

i am not a great blogger, just wanted a place to add context to some of my photos that are very popular. on flickr, i don't often share much about the photo itself just because it doesn't always seem to be the easist thing to do over there. so here are some of my more popular photos and some more info behind them.