RyC Behind The Lens

Hi! my name is Ryan Cristobal, most call me RyC (ra-is, like rise). I am a San Francisco Bay Area, California-based DJ, photographer, and freelancer who is interested in photography, music, and food. I’m also a fan of writing and coffee. Proudly raised...

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#10yearChallenge 🏆 sure why not 🤷‍♂️... back in 2012 was when i finally officially got myself back to my 182lbs normal weight with a lowest weight point of 175 which came last during my high school years. my football playing weight all 4 years was from 185 to 190 and 175 during the off season. prior to 2012 i hella ballooned up and were there were a few years of my trying times and darkest point my life and i gained weight up to scary 265lbs 😳 which is now far removed from the silly me @ryc_anb you've realized, met and known now... 😅 #OddsAndEnds #OnwardAndUpward #KeepItMoving #OneStepAtATime #JustGottaFaith #MovingForward #WeightLoss #InnerFatBoy #FatBoyProblems #2012vs2022 ⬅️ #SwipeLeft ⬅️☝🙏🙌💪 https://www.instagram.com/p/CYqHg4pLYP6/?utm_medium=tumblr

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"...easter sunday has always been a day and point of reflection for myself... not only do i observe christ's day of resurrection, but in the past i also take the time to reflect and take a moment to reflect on things i might've somehow forgotten. i recently got reminded that somehow i'm still not quite sure who i am, who and what i want to be. for a hot while, i struggled and i was really being too tough on myself. but just as i realized, that i shouldn't be and i need to ease on beating myself up for it, just because i briefly forgotten that i am still trying to figure it all out, who i am and who i want to be on a daily. i believe this goes for everyone, we are all just trying to figure it out as we go along. the best we can always do is reflect on who you were in the past, compare and contrast that to who you want to be in the future, and you split the difference, that is who you are NOW. for example like, 'i was a success at some point, i have stumbled, fallen and failed. i have gotten up, brought myself to this juncture, now i want to succeed again...' sometimes, we get so used to winning that we forget how to accept defeat. sometimes, we stall and forget to start back up right away. in hind sight, somehow i've always been able to manage and able to keep a mental and emotional parachute that i always have to keep weaving together for myself. that everyday i can wake up and be reminded that i am alive..." Ryan #EasterSunday #Reflection #Easter #Sunday #EasyOnASunday #SundayThoughts #RyC #Writing #Words #excerpts #Alive #BeAlive #Grateful #Thankful #Blessed #BeYou #BeMe #Be #JustBe #OddsAndEnds #ThroughOddsAndEnds #Blog ✍️☝️🙏🙌💪👣💕 https://www.instagram.com/p/B-53HWwDb3c/?igshid=fw5ge578zcvh

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"when you learn to love something, you must also learn hownto let it go."

- 1951

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#Exactly #Me #ThisIsMe #Words #WordPorn #MyCertainKindOfWeird 😁😆 https://www.instagram.com/p/BqyjSK3Hxg8/?igshid=10k8i8y44tevp

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#EliottErwitt #photography #Quote #Quotes #QOTD #QuotedOfTheDay #RyC #BehindTheLens #Shutterbug 📷 https://www.instagram.com/p/BsIs3pzH6pQ/?igshid=18elsjj5vqspo

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shake it off, move on, forward and up... ever upwards... ☝️🙏🙌 "trust in the timing of your life" #Time #TimeHumblesYou #SaturdayFeels #Quote #Quotes #Words https://www.instagram.com/p/BwOIaLvAH0W/?igshid=i62kcj0jl93g

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"...sometimes getting lost in the wilderness ain't so bad. it can test your patience, resilience and resolve to find your way out. all you have to do is follow the light and you'll find your back to the clear..." RyC #OddsAndEnds #Wrting #Words #WritingWords #Quote #Quotes #Wilderness #Excerpt #Patience #Resilience #Resolve #Courage 🙏☝️🙌💪💕✏📖📓 (at San Martin, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxlQ4dTjuLw/?igshid=cn4hrn4cb6um

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"many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. the charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope." - Henry David Thoreau #Quote #Quotes #Thoreau #HenryDavidThoreau #Hope #Words #WordsToLiveBy #GoneFishing 🐟 (at Carbon Canyon Regional Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByRVf5ZDWNT/?igshid=1ozjus74mwhz1

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we all mourn and grieve in our own way... we may not always show, we try to hide, but the pain of the loss is real inside. though i know we have grown out of touch, distant and apart, i never got to say goodbye, for that, inside i am torn apart. but wherever i may go, wherever i be, there will always be you that occupies a part of my heart. so, out here somewhere with me, i hold your memory close to my heart, i know i will be alright... you never got to say goodbye, so for now i say goodnight... #DearLisa ☝️🙏💕 #OddsAndEnds #Writing #Words #Rhymes #RhymesAndReason #ReasonAndRhymes #WritingWords #SayGoodnightNotGoodbye (at Big Sur, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6MnQGeDiCN/?igshid=1i3xagw4oqn1s

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#Grateful #Thankful #Blessed to be able to bask in the sight of this glorious view... it is a gift to behold and to cherrish in the moment... we often take it for granted, just how beautiful a day in a life can be, every hour, every minute, every second, even at it's end... #Sunset #instagram #Mood #sunsetphotography #sunsetgram #View #WeAreCaliforniaGrown #California #CaliforniaGrown #PacificOcean #SanDiego #WestSide #WestCoastLiving ☝️🙏 🌅💕📷 (at Old Point Loma Lighthouse) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6PtnsPDR1Z/?igshid=1dkus8kiakx5p

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"sh*t happens, just as love happens. "

it's true.

for a while now, i've been avoiding... correction, i've been distancing myself to this possibility of love. like as if it would be the worst thing in the world that can happen to me or for me in this period of my life. in so many ways, i'm holding on for the right time.

BUT, i do know that there's no such thing as the right time. life doesn't come with guarantees. every now and then you just have to take a chance.

think about it.

however, i also know, it's also a choice to take this chance, if only someone can help me see again and show me.

i know it is easy said than done, part of me has given up control to the timing of my life. i believe that when it is my time, love will present itself to me again..."

- RyC | @RyC_BehindTheLens

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through a web of darkness, a light can shine through. keep the faith. - RyC

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"i am responsible for what i say. i am not responsible for what you understand."

so don't get it twisted. 😉

- RyC, Odds And Ends

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"don't just get what you want, get what you think you deserve. know that you deserve so much more than you know..." 📝📖

- RyC, Odds And Ends

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"i'm way too good at goodbyes..."

- Sam Smith

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"begin to be now what you will be hereafter."

- William James

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"i value and cherrish my anonymity. i don't crave for attention, i hunger for connection and starve for affection. i want to be somebody only to one."

- RyC