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Kyle Ray Photography

Name: Kyle Ray Photography
Address: Manistee, MI, 49660, US
Telephone: +12312337986

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📷 Photographer in Northwest Michigan
Photographing the world while navigating social anxiety. Learning, experimenting & sharing the journey.

10/01/2026

Some photos from a walk in Downtown Manistee this weekend. Might be a small town, but you never know what you'll find.

Yes, I found a trash can interesting. I will not be taking questions on that. But I am continuing to love this Sigma Art lens more and more every time I take it out.

Let me know what you think. Do any of these really stand out to you?

09/29/2026

Kylyn loves taking pictures, like father like daughter I guess.

We went for a walk downtown this weekend, but she forgot her camera. So of course she wanted to use mine.

So I wanted to share the photos that she (with my assistance) took.

I did some editing, but the framing and composition is what she found interesting enough to capture.

Now, not every 4 year old has access to a fancy Sony camera and that helps a lot, but I think she did pretty good.

I love seeing what she finds interesting, and I really love that she takes such an interest in photography.

09/28/2026

I just want to give a public thank you to my wonderful wife for helping with my small and slow little rebrand.

With a lot of my bothersome input, she designed my new logo. It's hard to design something for someone who doesn't know what they want.

She then had input on the new cover photo that is a little collage of my work, making sure everything flows well.

All to give people a better idea of what they are getting when they visit the page, and hopefully a reason to follow.

She's also giving me some input on my website redesign, coming soon™.

All to say, big shout out to Kiowa for her continued support.

09/24/2026

Today I want to talk about some mental health stuff. I’ve been sick, so I’ve been out with my camera less and in my head a bit more.

I have been working on a new portfolio website for my photography, and part of that process is picking photos from my library that I want to show off.

For some of my work, this isn’t difficult. My photography isn’t winning any awards, but I have photos that I am proud of. But the deeper I dig, the harder time I have.

I know it’s normal to improve at a craft over a period of time. I don't expect my early work to be perfect.

What's hard is that these are projects for other people. Someone else's memories that I didn't capture well enough by my current standard.

I feel I did subpar work for these people. There’s no second chance. I can’t go back and do a reshoot for something from years ago. It’s a sense of guilt.

And that guilt holds me back because I don't think my output is good enough. I have turned down work or even held back from offering free services for that reason.

So I'm trying to work through it, and talking about it is supposed to help.

If you made it this far, thank you for reading. I’d appreciate you letting me know in the comments how you’ve juggled with something similar, or showing support for someone else.

Here’s a photo I like that kind of fits the mood.

09/22/2026

100th Anniversary Century Boat Show, downtown Manistee.

It was fun walking around, checking out all the boats, and watching the crowd.

I saw a lot of other people with cameras, so I tried focusing on the things that they weren’t.

Here are some of my favorite shots. Do you have a favorite?

Did you make it down to the boat show?

09/20/2026

I want to say thank you! 🙏

I’ve been posting here consistently for about a month as I’ve been spending time finding my photography identity.

And the support over the last month has been amazing. So thank you.

I greatly appreciate every like, comment, share, and viewing of my work.

I have a bit of a rebrand coming, and projects I’m working on.

If there’s any feedback you’d like to give me, please do so below.
What have you liked?
What have you not liked?
Have a project idea for me?

Let me know.

But most of all, thank you!

09/17/2026

Street portraits are something that interest me a lot, but are really difficult for me in practice.

I have social anxiety, I’ve talked about that. So talking to strangers is really difficult for me.

Then to think about asking them for a photo? I’m basically asking myself to do the impossible.

4th of July weekend, at the Artisan Craft Fair, I forced myself to overcome what I thought was impossible.

I spent 20 minutes working up the courage to ask this person for a photo, because they had on the coolest outfit that I had seen all weekend.

And I did the impossible, at least that day. I’m thankful to Alanna, because not only did she make a really cool outfit for the holiday, but she let me make her portrait.

Are they the best photos ever? No. Am I happy with them? Not really. I was so caught up in the moment, I didn’t think about background or posing or anything. But they do mean something to me, because they represent a first step.

I did something that I honestly wasn’t sure I could do. As my not-sister would say, “we can do hard things.”

It’s really hard for me to talk about this, but I’ve been wanting to share this story for a while. So I’m hoping maybe I can encourage someone else to go try to do the thing that they think is impossible.

09/15/2026

A packed street and a neon glow.

The Vogue Theatre looked magical at the Block Party Saturday Night.

I was out practicing my street photography and couldn’t pass this shot up.

Do you have a favorite? Let me know 👇

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