I take this cake to be my wedded dessert, to have and to eat, from this fork forward, for buttercream, for moose, for chocolate, for vanilla, in second servings and in possibly thirds, to love and to cherish, till crumbs do us part, according to Bakery Chefs’ holy ordinance; and thereto I pledge thee my sweet tooth desires to this sugary goddess.

Our goal for this weeks challenge was to become Wes Anderson for a shot and capture an image in his signature vibe. Ryan’s Experience: One of my favorite Wes Anderson movies of all time is Rushmore. There is something special about this slow-moving film. It’s packed full of witty lines, great music…

For week seven we were tasked with finding taking a picture of “Industry damaging the environment that was also beautiful.” Ryan’s Experience: The biggest industry in rural Iowa is farming. The only gotcha is that it’s the middle of winter, so the only thing that is growing is icicles, and if I’m…

I kicked off 2018 right with a creative collaboration. I met Katie McTeirnan while visiting Denver last year with my wife. Katie is a brilliant photographer that can capture real pictures of people in their everyday life. I, on the other hand, develop full productions to create a picture. …

The third “Shut up and Shutter” challenge was to capture a picture of someone making a silly face that made you smile. This picture requires the photographer to ask their subject to pose a specific way. They need to become a producer and direct their subject in order to obtain…

We’ve officially started the “Shut up & Shutter” weekly photo challenges. The first challenge was to take a picture of “someone who you strike up a conversation with and learn something about.” Ryan’s Experience: “I’ve chickened out a bunch of times to take a picture of an interesting person, but after this…

On this New Year’s eve, I challenge you to join photographer extraordinaire, Katie McTiernan, and me for the “Shut up & Shutter” weekly photo challenge. Do you need a creative kick in the ass, too? What better time to start than the New Year? If you’d like to come along on our creativity adventure, visit the website at http://www.shutupandshutter.com for a list of the weekly challenges, post your weekly challenge picture on Instagram no later than Sunday. Make sure to tag your picture with the challenge number and the #SUAshutter tag. Tagged pictures will appear on the website automatically. The first due date is January 7th, 2018.

I’ve worn bells around my ankles everyday for over 12 years. As you can probably imagine I’ve mastered some pretty awesome dance moves that create ear pleasing melodies. I’m a strong supporter of funding my own project ideas. For some reason if I work hard to earn the money needed…

My war on words and what I’m going to do about it. For the longest time I’ve wanted to write publicly. A small blog or interesting tutorials about some of the exciting projects I work on. Nothing overly crazy or complex, just some good old fashion words on paper that…