Philly Mag 2011 Shore Issue
It might be considered a rite of passage for Philadelphia photographers, that is to shoot the annual shore issue for Philadelphia Magazine. If nothing else, it’s a kind of honor. I write “kind of” because, while it confers a trust and loyalty from the powers-that-be at the magazine, which any photographer would be honored to [...]
New Editorial Work in February Philadelphia Magazine
With the risk of being accused of ass kissing, my intent with showing my latest feature clip from Philadelphia Magazine isn’t so much to show my work (which did require multiple days of sitting on cold streets photographing cabs, during which I believe I contracted Bronchitis), but rather to highlight Design Director Michael McCormick’s incredible [...]
New Editorial Work for Money Magazine
Flying through Pittsburgh the other day I happened on my portrait of Detroit cupcake magnate Pam Turkin in Money Magazine. We photographed Pam in December for a story about second careers. A former VP of of marketing for a merchandising firm, Pam left that career to cash in on the current (waning?) cupcake craze with [...]
Keeping Good Company at Bransch
The über-awesome agency Bransch has highlighted my Behind the Curtain polling project as “inspiration” for it’s readers. I’m quite honored to be keeping company with the likes of Olaf Blecker and the rest of the talented photographers and illustrators represented by the Hamburg-based agency. Thanks Bransch. And Dear Readers, please go check out their artists. [...]
The Talented Mr. Donnell
So my talented younger brother, Colin, was in town last month. He was touring with the Broadway show Wicked. (He was playing Fiyero for all those who actually know the show.) It was great having him in town, since we haven’t lived in the same town for any length of time since I was in [...]
Virginia Bound.
I’ll be traveling to a small town in southern Virginia this week. It should be a great shoot, for a great client. I’ll be returning on Thursday afternoon.
Randy Eli Grothe Farewell
My wife forwarded me a “Farewell” post from recently laid off Dallas Morning News photographer Randy Eli Grothe, which was posted at DMN:cuts blog. I was privileged to work with Randy (and a whole shit load of talented photographers at the DMN in the early parts of my career). Randy was a incredibly talented photographer [...]
Clip – Phila Mag / March 09
Philadelphia Magazine. March 09. Photo Editor: Zoey Sless-Kitain Design Director: Michael McCormick Here is a link to this story on Philly Mag’s website. I really think the writer, Steve Volk, did a nice job looking at what it will take to help save the upcoming generation of inner-city children. Philadelphia Magazine has done some really [...]
Geek Moment
So I ran across a way cool piece of software for my iPhone the other day. It’s called QuadCamera. It allows you to create a series of images, one after another, similar to the that Lomo camera the ActionSampler. Check it out, it’s fun. As you may or may not be aware, I have a [...]
Shout Out: Rory Lucey (aka My Brother-in-Law)
Need a nice break in your day? My brother-in-law and current RISD student, Rory Lucey, has just posted a few animations to his Vimeo site here. Nice work, Rory.
Recent Clips: Runner's World & Phila Mag
I just wanted to post a couple of recent clips from some editorial clients: Runner’s World. Feb 2009. Photo Editor: Andrea Maurio Assoc. Photo Editor: Nick Galac Philadelphia Magazine, Feb. 2009. Design Director: Michael McCormick Photo Editor: Zoey Sless-Kitain
Motivation
Sometimes it’s important to get away from all the backend duties of running a photo business (the bookkeeping, the marketing, the post-production on already-shot jobs). And one of my favorite activites to help with that is walking my dog Hank. It allows me to drop everything, listen to some music and just enjoy a city [...]
Birthdays
Today’s the one-year anniversary of a blog written by my wife, Catherine Lucey, and her colleague Chris Brennan for the Philadelphia Daily News. It’s called PhillyClout and if you live in Philly, or you’re just a Philly-ophile, you should be reading it. Happy birthday, guys. Keep up the good work.
Cool Techy Stuff
For all you cool kids with the iPhone, you can now surf on over to ryandonnell.com and be automatically transferred to my new iPhone-optimized site. If you don’t have the iPhone (sorry) you can still check it out, here.
Hello World.
I would like to welcome you all (Hi, Mom.) to my humble little Cyberhome. It’s my little place in the crowd. Here are some things you will find on this Blog and their corresponding tags: News about my business or the photography industry (Bizznazz) Photos of mine that have, or will be, published somewhere (Clips) [...]