Annie Ryan Photography

Annie Ryan Photography Local Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati photographer

05/05/2026

Here’s how designed a cozy, warm living room for my sister’s apartment! She travels for work all the time so I really wanted her to have a homey space to come home to and relax, I feel like we achieved that. Everything’s linked in my shopmy 🤎

I’ve been having so much fun designing spaces for myself and my friends lately so lmk if you wanna see more like this!!

04/03/2026

Just needed to ramble for a sec about what’s going on in my life and on my social media! It felt weird shifting gears without acknowledging it so I just felt like talking it out would help me process and make me feel better about experimenting on this space!! Just trying to keep it fun and not take it too seriously.

If you’re interested in my photography work, I’ll still be posting about it here and there and I may start another page for it. We’ll see!

Thanks for being here besties! 🫶🏼

03/23/2026

This coconut chicken tikka masala from has been our favorite homemade meal for years so I had to share it! Lmk if you try it and what you think. 🧅🤌🏼

I’ve rewritten this caption a billion times. Everything I’ve written felt overly formal so I’m just winging it here, bea...
09/15/2021

I’ve rewritten this caption a billion times. Everything I’ve written felt overly formal so I’m just winging it here, bear with me 🙃

I’ve decided not to book any weddings for the year of 2022 and indefinitely. I’ve set dates to open up bookings for next year so many times and every time I pushed it off because I didn’t feel at peace about it. I’m taking that as a sign that it’s the best thing for me to do at this point. 

I shot my first wedding at age 15 and I’m now 25. I struggle with guilt about pivoting already because I’m so young but when I think about it, I’ve been working at this for almost 10 years, through the most formative time of my life. I want to listen to myself and accept that this doesn’t mean I’m giving up, it just means I’m moving on. Ultimately this decision boils down to prioritizing my mental health and pursuing new things I’ve dreamt of for a long time. 

I found a huge passion in helping photographers to reach their business and personal goals this past year through . I can only see this decision benefitting Grit as I’ll have the time and energy to put into it that I’ve wanted to since we started. I’m ready to take the experiences I’ve had over the past several years and pass them onto creatives who are ready to make moves in their businesses and lives.

Because of wedding photography I’ve met some of my favorite people ever, traveled to incredible places, and learned more than I could ever sum up in words. I’ve worked for some wonderful couples and I’m grateful for everyone who has placed their trust in us. We still have a good bit of weddings this year and we’re excited to serve those couples well and go out with a bang!

Good news is I’m keeping my camera and I’m still down to shoot your cute little coupley moments. I’m also about to go offff with bo***ir because that’s my fave thing ever.

I love this little insta community and I hope you’ll still stick around through this shift because I still want to grow alongside you all. Thanks for making me comfy enough to be real and informal here because I just don’t know how else to do it. 

Here’s to new adventures! ✨

I got a text from dad this morning that gave me encouragement and inspiration that I’ve been needing for a very long tim...
01/06/2021

I got a text from dad this morning that gave me encouragement and inspiration that I’ve been needing for a very long time. I may or may not have teared up while on the treadmill at Orange Theory just thinking about it. 😂 I wanted to share a bit of it because I think his words should be said to a lot of people:

“Thinking back about you as you started to become a young lady. You decided what you wanted to do and pursued it with amazing tenacity. It wasn’t a phase, it wasn’t a hobby, it was a mission. You have become really amazing at your craft and learned soooo much... except taxes but plenty of time for that right?

You are evolving and learning and getting better whether you know it or not. Most of us go through life with self doubt and insecurities and wondering when we are going to be “outed” because we might not have it all together like everyone looking in might assume.

I want you to know I am standing up in the bleachers of life screaming your name!! Telling people ‘that’s my daughter!!’ Wanting to help but knowing what you are doing is the best thing you could possibly be involved in. 

Now get your butt out of bed and kill it!!! Be amazing today and do what others won’t”

First of all, let’s take a moment for how incredible my dad is. He’s definitely looking at me through dad goggles but I love him for it.

There are a couple of things I want to point out here:

• If you’re pursuing any kind of dream, people will think it’s a phase or a hobby at first. Push through and prove that it’s always been a mission.

• You can be really good at some parts of your life and really not good at other parts (like taxes, lol) and that’s okay

• What he said about being “outed” hit home for me, especially as I step into helping other photographers. I’ve been so far from perfect, I’m just sharing what I’ve learned through the messy lead up to now.

• Stay close to the people who will stand in the bleachers of your life and scream your name.

• And finally, I can’t say it better than he did, so “get your butt out of bed and kill it. Be amazing today and do what others won’t.” - Tony Lamb 🤍

I remember one time when I first started to get into photography, I assisted someone on a shoot to learn and get some pr...
08/18/2020

I remember one time when I first started to get into photography, I assisted someone on a shoot to learn and get some practice.I remember him talking over my head, using words I didn’t understand and when I asked questions he did that thing that people do when they think they’re smarter than you, tried to “dumb things down for me” and called me sweetie for the rest of the day. For the next two years, if a photographer said anything I didn’t understand, I’d pretend to know, google it later, and still feel confused. Being the fragile 16 year old I was, I let that ruin “more experienced” professionals for me and I rarely ever asked for help again... honestly still struggle to ask now sometimes. 😅
I know that my experience is not unique. I know that there’s a lot of people in this industry who get butt hurt (and scared tbh) when new people want to join or are getting better and they want to use that to make you feel small.
Let me remind you that there are people who are rooting for you, will share their “secrets,” will explain things without using ridiculous words or over complicating it on purpose. There’s typically two mentalities in entrepreneurs: either they believe “I can’t train my own competition” or they believe that “a rising tide lifts all ships.” Find the people who believe the ship thing, they exist.
Shameless plug for my Q+A with tomorrow bc we want to help you FO FREE. Get on IG live with us at noon and have alllll your questions answered, we promise not to call you sweetie. 😊
📸 by gal at none other than .and.vine

I spent a lot of my life feeling incapable of pretty much everything put in front of me. I was an average student (somet...
06/27/2020

I spent a lot of my life feeling incapable of pretty much everything put in front of me. I was an average student (sometimes below average), I was painfully bad at sports, and I felt like I lacked genuine friendships growing up. I picked up a camera and developed a love for photography in high school and in turn, found a passion for business. This was when my world began to open up. Not because being good at photography fixed all my problems, but because I found something I loved and genuinely felt I was good at. Because of it, my confidence has grown, I’ve developed incredible friendships, I discovered new tiny passions within my work, and I am challenged to do better and be better all the time.
My life is not perfect, I still get embarrassed whenever I find myself playing volleyball at the beach and I have the same friend drama as everyone else. But my point is that everyone has passion and purpose and if you feel incapable or unworthy it’s not because that’s true of you, it’s because you haven’t “picked up your camera” yet. Get uncomfortable, try things you never thought you’d be good at, step outside of your comfort zone. Being good at something tangible will not change your life, but the willingness to try and being able to say you went for it will change your mindset and enable you to do SO MUCH more than you ever thought you could. Your world will open up, I promise.
Thanks to my sweet bride, turned friend, and now boss lady photog for the photos 💕

Some might say the first thing you do after your wedding shows where your priorities lie... I’d say Katie and Paul have ...
06/06/2020

Some might say the first thing you do after your wedding shows where your priorities lie... I’d say Katie and Paul have their priorities straight

First of all, you should know I’m nervous to write this but I feel compelled to use my little tiny corner of the interne...
06/02/2020

First of all, you should know I’m nervous to write this but I feel compelled to use my little tiny corner of the internet to share my perspective on what’s happening in our world today because I think a lot of people who follow me probably share the same feelings.
I am the definition of white privilege. I am a white girl who grew up in Northern Kentucky, graduated from a private almost all white school, I went to a baptist church for most of my life, and my family is very conservative. I know very little about black culture and have experienced it to a minimal degree in my lifetime. My photography portfolio reflects mostly white people and it’s something I’ve been self-conscious of for years. I’ve never turned anyone down for the color of their skin and would never think to, just like I’ve never turned anyone down for their appearance, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, etc. But I believe the reason I do not have POC in my feed is because they don’t see themselves represented in my work - this is a ME problem because I haven’t been active enough in bridging a gap that is absolutely there unless it is intentionally crossed.
I’ve evaluated my heart the last few days and weeks to search for any subconscious bias and I’d be lying to say there aren’t things that I am working to uproot and rewire. My ignorance thus far has been unintentional but my education and action moving forward is my responsibility. I do not and will not pretend to understand the fight that the black community faces in any way but I can say with boldness that I see clearly the injustice that continues to happen and I view it as nothing less than pure evil. I also know that this fight is just as much the white man’s battle as it is the black man’s battle because it is not an act of valor to stand up for our neighbors, it is the MINIMAL standard of being a decent human being.
It was important to me to take action before I posted my opinion and I will continue to take action by signing any petition I can get my hands on, donating wherever and whenever I can, and continuing to educate and evaluate myself consistently. I live in the center of where the protests and riots have happened in Cincinnati and while it breaks my heart to see the unrest, I’m grateful to be a part of a generation that doesn’t take no for an answer when it comes to the fight for equality and peace. Im also grateful for the police officers who’s intentions ARE purely to protect and defend all humans. I’m praying and believing that God will heal this country and give us eyes to see each other as He always intended us to.

When I first started photography five years ago, after I had a good shoot I used to turn down any plans afterward, rush ...
06/01/2020

When I first started photography five years ago, after I had a good shoot I used to turn down any plans afterward, rush home, run inside and sit down to edit because I was so excited. I thought I’d outgrow that or get over it, but I’m happy to say that’s very much still a thing and I love it.

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