Friday was Jessica’s last day as my employee. We used the afternoon to travel down to Bear River and photographed a few more vintage clothing pieces. In the photo she is wearing a 1920s beaded camisole. I’m not sure how …
Today was another gorgeous day in Ferndale. I got up early to go snail and slug hunting and even at 7:30 in the morning it was warm. I then pulled weeds in the garden until about 12:00 when it was …
It may be satisfying to you to know that even professional photographers sometimes leave film in their cameras for months. This picture was taken in January, before we left on our Mexico trip. I took my medium format camera down …
The last few days our ’94 Honda Del Sol has been getting close to 100K on the odometer. I wanted to make sure I documented the rollover, for some reason ever since I was a kid, watching the numbers rollover …
A very curious aspect of Sophie, is that while most of the time she runs around and avoids human contact, if you somehow manage to pet her nose a couple of times, she goes into an almost trance-like state. Lori …
We’ve been trying to get caugh up lately on documenting the ever growing vintage clothing collection. I’ve recently added a bunch more photos to the site, and have lots more to go. Here Jessica is modeling a white shirtwaist with …
After getting back from our breakfast and tour yesterday, I had a few hours left to pull weeds and mow the lawn before sunset. A couple of wheelbarrow loads of weeds pulled and you’ld never notice the difference. The lawn …
Today started off with a pancake breakfast for the 4-H. Normally on the fourth Sunday we go the pancake breakfast they have at the Veteran’s Memorial Hall. This is a big Ferndale tradition. Why the 4-H scheduled their breakfast for …
This morning while Lori and I were enjoying our morning coffee, we heard our neighbors getting a delivery of their new lawn mower. So looking out our kitchen window, here’s what we saw. Quite a large group this time, and …
When I stumbled into the bathroom this morning, I was greeted by a beautiful rainbow. I quickly dressed and ran out the front, making sure I didn’t run too fast in my slippers and end up falling in the mud. …
Today was gorgeous weather wise. So I took our 12ft ladder down Main Street to get some pictures of town with a postcard blue sky in the background. Spring doesn’t officially arrive until Friday, but with weather like this, it’s …
While down in Bear Valley yesterday I came across this little newborn lamb. The mother didn’t want me that close taking pictures, the baby just wanted mom to stay in one place so she could finish her meal.
After three days of heavy wind and rain that had us thinking back to December, the weather finally improved today, so out with the KLR650 I went. I rode one of my favorite KLR routes, Monument Rd to Bear River, …
One of the things I’m really enjoying about having the studio is being able to work on projects that require really fine control of the lighting, like this bodyscape.
One of the interesting things about doing web sites, is knowing that they are viewed around the world. This week Lori received an inquiry from a London author who is writing a period piece and had some questions about the …
The final gown we presented was this 1930s black velvet dress, along with a burgundy velvet coat. This dress is so simple compared to all the others that we showed and yet it is still stunning. On the video tape …
For the 1920s, Laura was our model, wearing a black beaded flapper gown. Laura is Lori’s ballet teacher. Yes, you too can learn how to dance the ballet right in Ferndale! Such culture in our small town. Lori plans to …
Danah wore the same 1914 dress that we photographed her in earlier. That made it real easy for the fashion show planning because we knew it fit her. Many of the other garments had been modeled for the earlier photos …
Following Lori was Sue, who is Chelsea’s mom. She was probably the shortest model we had, even with heals and a big hat, she only came up to my shoulders. She’s wearing a lace and embroidered shirtwaist and a houndstooth …
Lori modeled the first of three outfits from the 1910s. She’s wearing a white lace dress that we found on one of our trips to Ferndale before we moved here. It fits here perfectly, which is pretty rare for clothes …
The real trooper of the show was Katy, our first lady from the 20th century. I called Katy up the night before the show just to go over the last details and she was having a hard time even talking …
Our second lady from the 90s was Kate. Kate saw my show at Good Relations and visited our shop to see more of my work. She also has a keen interest in vintage clothes and she graciously loaned us some …
The first of our 1890s outfits was worn by Jessica Couture (formerly Daniels). Jessica was one of two models who really came through even though they were a bit under the weather. So if you were wondering about the grim …
Representing the 1880s was Chelsea. She is wearing the same outfit that my very first model, Heather, wore. The burgundy bodice is one piece that really comes alive when it is worn. Over the bodice she is wearing the first …
The second model to come out was Sheila. She came out wearing a Victorian nightgown which she removed, causing some in the audience to gasp until they realized she had a leotard on underneath. (Remember, the audience was all women, …
Although we started out the show with an 1840 ensemble, we had to display it on a mannequin. When we’ve photographed it before, we never had the back fully closed because it is just too tiny around the shoulders. So …
Today Lori and I presented a fashion show at the Ingomar Club for their ladies day. We featured fashions from 1840 to 1930, and it required just about every petite girl I have photographed. Todays picture shows the entire group, …
