Collins Ryan - L'artiste: Professional Photography

We would like to thank Collins Ryàn for his efforts and contribution to Kenko Tokina business worldwide. He is doing a lot of reviews and writing professional articles of Kenko related to Kenko, Tokina and HOYA brand products, and those were translated over the years in different languages, and vastly shared across many countries. His multilingual capabilities are also amazing.

I recently went on a beginner's Astro- photography course with Collins Ryàn. It was tailored to those of us with kit sets and the small group made for a very intimate learning experience, plenty of practice and explanations of why shots were working or not working.Having Ryan as our teacher has done wonders for my confidence in my own ability to actually capture a great astro shot and the follow up editing evening opened my eyes to the techniques available to further enhance the wonder of the universe.The level of support offered onsite and as follow-up has been amazing. Ryàn is very supportive yet professionally critical and strives to make you achieve really great photos. Ryàn adds an artistic element, so his advice is not just technical but also about composition.We had a detailed technical briefing which was hard as an absolute beginner in astro and an amateur but made sense throughout the evening as we were changing settings to cope with the changing skies.I learnt a lot and am very excited to go and take more shots. Collins Ryan has given me a very solid foundation in this sphere and I would not hesitate to go on another course to further develop. I have definitely come out a better photographer all round.

We've engaged with Collins Ryan to take professional images of my partner's artwork (paintings) in his private studio.Ryan was meticulous with his work - ensuring that we understood every aspect and challenge of the work to convert the paintings into printable, high-res images, for us to use for reproduction prints.He took the time to explain the process to newbies like us, with endless patience and professionalism.The results were amazing and Ryan managed to capture the essence of the paintings despite some challenging aspects such as reflectiveness of the paint and multiple depth planes.I highly recommend Collins Ryan for studio work and professional photography!

My partner and I recently did a photo shoot with Ryan. We had not met him previously and had also never done a photo shoot of that nature. Collins was super friendly, relaxed, chatty and a pleasure to have in our home. The photos came out extremely well with the most vibrant colours. We shared some stories of our lives, coffee and before we knew it the shoot was over, easy peezy!Would recommend for anyone looking for high quality images for themselves, their business, family or any other reason.

My two girls and I have recently done a photo shoot with Ryan. While my girls were a little nervous to begin with Ryan quickly put them at ease and had them laughing and doing shots I never would have imagined. The photos are stunning, and really capture their personalities. The colours and the composition of the photos are beautiful and capture a moment of time to treasure. Thank you Ryan! I highly recommend Ryan to anyone wanting a professional photo shoot with high quality photos.

Collins Ryan, my colleague in Kenko-Tokina Photo ambassadors cummunity is among those people with great soul, when mixed with such brilliant artistic abilities leads to a pure artist. At this moment, we are friends for the past five years, but from the first glance I feel I known him as a lifelong friend!I am a passionate Astro-photographer for the past two and half decades, so know the people and works very well in this field, and it was very interesting for me on Collins night art works, which present a unique perspective toward recreation of night creatures.I enjoyed a lot working with Collins andam very happy to have such a great friend, in the farthest civilized location from me on the Earth, but very close in hearts and perspectives.

He is an excellent photographer with a keen eye for details. Absolutely amazed by his immaculate work.I had a one on one model shoot training with him about lighting. It was really good and his teaching style is very friendly and clear.

I have recently finished the astrophotography course with Collins and I couldn’t be happier with how well it went. My astro skills were below beginner, but with his patience and wealth of experience he guided me step by step through my camera on manual settings, exposure, ISO, how to calculate the shutter speed etc, compositions, post processing and use of his astrophotography gear. Though it was a lot to take in (purely because of my lack of experience in astro), his working knowledge of our galaxy was well detailed in his printed guide, and was also discussed as a group. The outing was small which meant more one on one time in the field and he worked along side us offering advice and honest feedback whilst also respecting our work. There is so much to learn with astrophotography, though I am confident enough to be able to head out on my own moving forward. I would absolutely recommend this workshop to any beginner wanting to understand astrophotography more and be able to produce professional images - something I never thought I would be able to do