The image above is the cover of my new book. After two years shooting in Huntington Beach, I will finish early this summer when the layout of photographs for the book begins. I have covered most of the lifestyles within the city but plan to include another 12 photographs concentrating on surf culture which has set the tone and identity of the city for many years. Publication is scheduled for late summer 2019. If you are a surfer and would like to be included in the book email

About a year ago I started thinking about flying to Charleston, S.C. to see the eclipse pass over the city and fly out over the Atlantic Ocean. As I began to look into the project I learned that hotels in the area started booking out in 2009. There went my three for one idea... see the total eclipse, see my brother who was willing to meet me in Charleston, and hit a few of the finest restaurants in the city. I was bummed. I'm a photographer so a week or so ago I started looki

So on a good day the sky is blue with a few clouds scattered around to break up the monotony but on this day I looked up to see a sky I had never seen before, really, never... it was an incredible baby blue. Since it triggered an emotion I took a few shots. Looking at it now as I'm typing this post I still think it's surreal. It's been on my website for awhile and I wanted to put it in my blog but couldn't really come up with anything to write that would explain the emotion I

The Riviera Maya in Mexico is a beautiful place. The weather and light always seem to be on the move. The sky can be cloudless one minute and the next you might see dark clouds on the horizon leaving only a couple of minutes to take cover before the rain hits. The woman in the foreground of this photograph is my wife. As she was wading out toward the other swimmers the skies began to darken near the horizon as a rainstorm headed our way. I noticed that the light in the sky be

Hello there, I'm Del Ryder and this is my first post so wish me luck! If you want, you can learn more about me by checking out my "about" page at www.delryder.com but for now I'll fill you in just a little bit. I entered photography through the fine art door and exhibited work in 24 different shows in galleries and museums over an eight year period. I then decided to go professional and opened my studio for commercial photography. I worked on national and international advert