A New Part of Life...

Well Hello All,

It has been a very, very long time since I have written and updated you all, there is almost too much to write it all down, sooo I will give you the condensed version.  I have finally moved to Hawaii and still trying to adjust and get settled in, but things are slowly picking up :)  I am a personal trainer now, ACE certified and it is going well, I just got a job here at the 24 Hr Fitness in Honolulu, it seems like I will be working with some great people :)  I am hoping to shoot weddings out here, there is no way I can move to Hawaii and not shoot a wedding out here, because HOLY COW!  What else... well lets make it like a list of things from the beginning:  I went to California and chilled with my cousins for 4 days and had a bon fire at Santa Cruz and met some GREAT PEOPLE OUT THERE :), then came here and am now living in Honolulu, tore my hair out because of stresses, trying to market the photography business, looking for a personal training job, trying to start my own personal training service as well, seeing so many homeless people, encountered two prostitutes, learning to live with room mates, more business stuff, worrying about making rent, and more real world stuff...  Although there are a lot of perks to living in Hawaii, the sunsets, the beaches, the boards and the waves :) Here are some pics from my lanai... enjoy everyone and please pray that God provides opportunities for me to get some weddings here in beautiful Hawaii :)

Still trying to figure this out...

Well it's all up to God!

Hi all!!!
Well I have finally made the jump across the U.S.!!! I am officially living in Hawaii for the year of 2009-July 2010!!! This has been something that I had in my mind for sometime; but thought nothing of it for a while, just wanted to see how things went. but finally prayed about it and felt that I can really try and make an impact somehow in the type of wedding photography that is found on the island... I just pray that God gives me the strength to do so, and gives me guidance and patience... because he has clients that are waiting for me and it is in His time to present them :)
So, that is the reason why I haven't done much blogging lately... sorry folks, but now that the moving process is over, all is left is the unpacking, organizing, shopping for things that I need, applying for a second job, organize banking, contact business contacts, make new ones, market, and everything else that comes along with our glorious love and passions of art, or whatever it is that floats your boat :) Well here are some of my favorite pictures from my transition and some of the new apartment :)

Unfortunately, the pictures do not seem to be loading, if we are friends on facebook I have an album up of some of my pictures :)  I'll try and see what I can do to get the pictures up!  Thanks all for bearing with me and for all your prayers :)

1st Senior Slide Show

Hawai`i

Aloha Hawai`i

I made it! This is the beautiful apartment I'm living in for awhile and I'm very excited. As you can see there was no furniture to begin with, BUT that only means I can have some fune creating the atmosphere of my humble abode.



This is the marvelous view from the lanai (balcony) of the Pacific Ocean, Honolulu and a hill peak called Punchbowl.



We can take our bikes or a really long walk to the beach, but just in case we would prefer to stay home and chill. It is O-SO-WONDERFUL to come home to a salt water pool that is always the perfect temperature, hang out with a few people or just wind down for the day. This is the view of the pool from the 23rd floor.



From our apartment, Hawai`i by night is a lovely sight to see.



Steven is arriving at the end of this month and things around the apartment are coming together nicely. More exciting photos to come and stories to tell!

I am really.....and I mean Really.... Thankful.

What a BEAUTIFUL CITY!!!

Okay, well that was quick wasn't it, so let me just say that I had a FANTASTIC DAY (8/26/08)!!!  I went to Chicago with a really great person, and got to use my new 5D and I can not think of a more beautiful site to introduce my new camera to :)  I'll let the pictures speak for themselves... ENJOY EVERYONE!!!

       

Cont...

Ladies and Gentlemen!!!

THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT!!  I've joined the ranks... I Finally, by God's grace, bought a Canon 5D and loving it!  It is such a great camera I just had to tell you fine folks about it... So, know let the praying begin for some business :)

Thank you all for listening... This has been a public announcement from Steven Ryne Photography, you may now go back to your regularly scheduled program, be sure to check back frequently for more updates :)

FREE TO SUCCEED!!!

Hello all,

LOOK!!  2 DAYS in a row, haha what'd ya know I'm improving ;)  So I thought I'd give you a little more on how awesome the Free to Succeed tour/ conference really was!!!  So if you know me, at all, I have a tendency to run late, however for this (regardless of the insane traffic) I got there at exactly 6pm and I MADE IT, A WOO HOO!!! 

 

So first up was David Jay...

He opened up with a great presentation on Workflow, and how to minimize the time we as photographers spend in front of the computer, like I'm doing right now ;), and more with our clients and behind the camera... cause lets face it; that's why most of us became photographers; right?  I obviously wont go into too much detail cause, well I don't want to give DJ's presentation for him, if I'm not on the payroll ;)  (just kidding)  

2nd to bat was the magnificent Jasmine Star...

I thoroughly enjoyed her presentation; it wasn't so much on the technical aspects of photography or editing... but it was more on the personal aspect of photography and how to construct your label through searching your soul, because when we as small business owners provide a service, we should think of our clients as people and not profit margins... so if your clients can find a connection between themselves and you... well then you'll be pretty successful :)  And in order to be successful; you better know WHO YOU ARE!!!

And anchoring the relay; was David Jay, yet again...

Finishing off the conference was DJ talking about lightroom 2.0 and comparatively I have 1.1 and just from the presentation, 2.0 is much more efficient and has way cooler gadgets :)  He also discussed the benefits of applying your uniqueness to your business in the aspects of your website, relationships to your clients and prospective clients and how to separate yourself from the rest; by being YOURSELF!

(Wow... I actually look like I'm learning, pst... I'm really sleeping :)  JUST KIDDING!)

I really found this conference applicable to my life and where the business is at right now, it has caused me to revamp the way I carry my workflow and where I really need to make some changes... I am excited to apply what I have learned from this conference and where God will take the business once focuses are shifted and changes have been made.

(Absolutely fantastic people...)

A PRAYER:

Thank you God for the many, MANY, blessings you have placed in my life... I thank you for my family and my friends who have helped me begin this NEW area of my life (you all know who you are); thank you for showing me and  continually showing me the man that I am becoming. Lord as I embark on more business endeavors and continually putting myself into this company, I pray that YOU be with me always, help me to realize WHO I AM more and more each day, and let YOUR KINGDOM be furthered through the prosperity of this business, and let my life show YOUR presence in everything that I do... in your precious and HOLY NAME I PRAY... AMEN...

THANK YOU GUYS FOR READING MY BLOG, I APPRECIATE THE LOVE :)

(A special thanks to KENNY KIM for letting me use his photos, thanks bro!)

Woweee...

Hello all,

Ok, so I am absolutely terrible at the whole blogging bit... I am sorry to all of you who read my stuff... unless you've given up :(  Well, I hope you haven't, but anywho... so there has been a lot of things going on in my life lately;  I am officially 23 yrs old now (HOLY COW!!!)  Also, I am really trying to get a better grasp on owning a business and with all these new things going on in my life it is very, Very, VERY!  difficult trying to develop a work flow, so again I want to apologize to all of those who may be waiting to hear from me :(  

On a brighter note... yesterday I got to attend my 1st photography conference, IT WAS AMAZING!!!  I had the privilege of finally meeting the infamous David Jay... I think he is a photographer? ;)  Just kidding :)  and the absolute privilege of meeting Jasmine Starr, who is FANTASTIC!!  Along with those two I got to meet a whole lot of wonderful people and other photographers and I learned so much about how to better my business :)  I also have just recently bought show it web and am trying to figure out the last step of publishing the slideshows, so hopefully once I do that I will be putting up some slideshows on the blog and be able to keep updating you all about what's new.  

Oh yeah... if anyone can help me out in publishing the slideshows from show it that'd be greatly appreciated :)  Hope you all are doing well, and please keep checking in, I promise to work on my BLOGGING SKILLS!!!  :)