Hey hows it going, my name is Ryan and I am a professional photographer from Pittsburgh, it has been my dream to be able to pursue my passion of doing full time photography. Having served many communities the past several years providing high quality portraits, weddings, family, etc. The cold weather Pittsburgh gets makes it harder to do photography year round, so I was looking at getting into studio photography that way I can photograph year round, day and night, with no restrictions. I thought about renting one, or figuring out a way to possibly buy a home to convert parts of it into a suitable studio environment. With the economical crash and it being hard to keep up with paying expenses for me and my kids, my ex wife divorcing me and me moving out while working full time doing roofing with a friend, it seems like every year is putting me further out of reach being able to obtain some sort of studio. I would just move out of state to Florida or somewhere in the west coast like California but I don't want to leave my kids and my ex wife won't move or let me take them with me. Photo season (out door) is from May-late October so thats basically 7 whole months of no photography traffic thus having to rely on labor jobs and little to no time to do anything else. Having a studio would bridge the gap allowing me to be able to provide for my family doing what I do best: photography, all year around, and I hate asking for help, I work hard but my time is very limited being on these roofs even in the super cold temperatures. I'm swallowing my pride and just making this go fund me because why not... the worst people can say is no or ignore it, I have nothing to lose, ideally id need around $50,000 to be used to either rent space for a year and get more equipment, because it'll all pay for itself and I want to give back to anybody who believed in me and invested money! I hope you have a blessed day in Jesus name and thanks for reading!

A couple listed photos are of me "in the field" and a few are just from some paid shoots i've done. To see more head on over to my website http://RyanREAX.com to see my portfolio in high quality! - also all donators will recieve a free photoshoot if they'd want!