Notes From the Home Office
News from Philadelphia editorial, advertising, and corporate photographer Ryan Donnell

I’ve been pokin’ ’round the old archive lately while re-editing my portfolios and I’ve been running across a lot of images that I’ve forgotten about. Here are a couple from last year’s presidential inauguration. I had hopes of testing some new equipment for making cinematic-style panoramas. But maybe an event during which I had to [...]

One thing that’s missing from digital photography: Mystery Rolls. These are the forgotten rolls. The half-shot rolls, re-wound midway through because you needed a different ISO. Or maybe a personal roll you shot of your dog that you’d stick on your desk and promise yourself to take to the lab later, after your nap.
For years, [...]

April in Paris – Images by Ryan Donnell
I’ve got some new images from a recent trip to Paris that my wife and I took last month. I will be adding images to this gallery as I find time.
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I just finished listening to a moving obituary of UPenn tramua surgeon and Army Reserve Maj. John Pryor by Philly-based NPR reporter Joel Rose. As I was listening, the name sparked a memory in my mind. After a few minutes it finally dawned on me that I had spent some time with Dr. Pryor in [...]