About

Hello. My name is Ryan. This here is my portfolio website designed with you in mind. The content on this site is a collection of photographs and websites I have designed over the last few years. Mixed in will be a series of blog entries that will hopefully bring much joy to everyone I know. Take a look around and I hope you enjoy yourself.

Name: Ryan Fitzgerald
Birthday: March 30th
Location: Elk Grove Village, IL
Photoblog: Dailyblur.com

Favorite films: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Vanilla Sky, American Beauty, Amelie, Best in Show, City of God, The Corporation, The Royal Tenenbaums

Favorite shows: Sopranos, LOST, Six Feet Under, and the Office (UK and US)

Current top ten musical acts (in no order): Arctic Monkeys, Battles, Wilco, Modest Mouse, The Arcade Fire, Thievery Corporation, Someone still loves you Boris Yeltsin, Bedhead, Elliott Smith, SP

Currently enjoys: Riding a fixed gear bike, working on bikes, unseasonably warm weather, Shooting film, Chicago, Netflix, Ruby on Rails, short trips, exploring, playing guitar, and truth

Currently loathes: The CTA, the Chicago Bears’ losing record, and anxiety

Currently reading: The Liberal Virus

Favorite Podcasts: Diggnation, The Web 2.0 Show, Democracy Now!, The Onion News, Twit , and about 5 different podcast about LOST … and yes I am aware that I have a problem.

Sources of inspiration: Howard Zinn, Barack Obama, and the upcoming episodes of LOST

Favorite Web Apps: lala, pingdom, and of course Flickr

Great Quote: “We are like pygmies lost in a maze of haze. We are not at war, we are having a nervous breakdown,again.” Hunter S. Thompson

Weapons of choice

  • Canon 5D Digital SLR
  • Nikon N80 35mm SLR
  • Holga 120S
  • Holga 120N
  • Nikon D70
  • Polariod one 600
  • Canon AE1
  • Mamiya RZ67
  • Leica Dlux3