that value capturing joyful photographs that showcase your love story authentically for you to cherish for a lifetime.
the owner and one of the photographers here at Seneca Ryan Co. I photographed my first wedding when I was 15 and fell in love with everything about weddings! Our mission is to create an experience that makes you walk away feeling more in love with your loved one because as much as we love stunning photos, we also love beautiful marriages.
I love portrait time with the bridal party & couple! It’s always so much fun with everyone hanging out & laughing!
Describe your perfect date :
I love going on a walk and taking a picnic along with us to be able to enjoy the beautiful scenery or exploring a new place together! We love just spending time with each other and finding the joy in the everyday!
Seneca's Top Seven:
Jesus
Family & friends
Peonies & Gardening
Traveling to new places
Tacos
Reading a good book
Travel Wishlist:
Greece
Italy
Charleston
Cape Cod in the summer time
Back in 2017, we met Michelle while photographing her brother’s wedding at Glenmaura National Golf Club! She was a bridesmaid and over the years our relationship with their family has grown as we photographed Liz & Mike’s newborn photos in NYC and when I got Michelle’s email that she was engaged, I was so excited […]
Lillian and Derek braved the impending snow storm to drive 2 hours to their engagement photos in Montrose and then 2 hours back but IT WAS WORTH IT! Winter is a magical time for photos if you are willing to freeze for a little bit, especially when there is snow flurries coming down! It’s like […]
Helene & Kyle … where do I even start with these two?! Helene is from our small town of Montrose and grew up on Quaker Lake while Kyle grew up about 2 hours away in Chittenango in Syracuse, NY area. Their paths crossed at Hofstra University where they were both in law school and now […]
Somehow Heather & I ended up following each other on Instagram a few years ago and it always made me smile when I saw one of her posts pop up in my feed! I felt like we were friends before we even met from seeing each other’s life and stories through Instagram! Well imagine my […]
It’s not Christmas without Christmas photos at our favorite studio, Chippy White Table, in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania! Julie and her Chippy Chicks (Karyn & Toni) are AMAZING and blow us away year after year with their gorgeous sets that they create! It’s always such a happy day when we get to spend time at Chippy and […]
Franklin Square used to be Lauren’s view from her apartment window when she started dating Jared so it seemed like the perfect spot to start their engagement photos! Lauren & Jared met in medical school at Upstate University and quickly fell in love! After wandering around Franklin Square, we drove over to Skaneateles to get […]
Tyler & Katie fell in love in Katie’s home city of Philadelphia while Tyler was there for school. Love made him stay and make Philadelphia his new home with their dog and now they are taking the next step, getting married!! Tyler’s mom reached out to us about photos for her son & his fiancé […]
Ashlynn & Mark’s engagement session in Forest Lake took place on a perfect golden hour evening at Mark’s parents farm and their horse & pony along with their dog joined in for full family photos!! We love including pet babies in engagement photos whenever we can, it makes them even more special! Ashlynn & Mark’s […]
A tulip field all to ourselves at sunset was a DREAM COME TRUE! Brown Hill Farms is located right outside of Tunkhannock PA and this was their first year of having tulips! I spend many August days at their farm in the sunflower patch so I was so excited for tulips! Then Covid-19 happened so […]
Covid 19 ruining your wedding plans? This post is for you! Wedding planning is already stressful enough but now add in a global pandemic … it’s a whole new level of intensity. One that no one has ever faced before and girl, I feel you! I am a 2020 bride that was planning a July […]
Our friends were in town from the Adirondacks so we took them to Green Lakes State Park to take some photos of each other! Kortni is one of our team photographers and we always love taking photos of each other when we get together! Green Lakes is one of Paul and my favorite places to […]
If you book us as your wedding photographer’s, we might make you do crazy things like wake up for a sunrise engagement shoot! But we promise, it will be worth it! Elizabeth owns Paper Crane Calligraphy here in Syracuse and is the type of person you can’t help but smile and be excited about life […]