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Monthly Archives: March 2003

Jessica’s Last Day

Knowlesville Posted on March 31, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Jessica

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 …  

Posted in Vintage Clothing | Tagged 1920s, Bear River, model

RC Sailing

Knowlesville Posted on March 30, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
RC Sailplanes

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 …  

Posted in Motorcycles | Tagged KLR650

Black Rock Falls

Knowlesville Posted on March 29, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Uvas Park Waterfall

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 …  

Posted in Photography | Tagged Uvas Park, Waterfall

100K

Knowlesville Posted on March 28, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
100,000

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 …  

Posted in Cars & Trucks | Tagged Honda Del Sol

Hypnotizing Sophie

Knowlesville Posted on March 27, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Sophie

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 …  

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Sophie

Jessica circa 1910

Knowlesville Posted on March 26, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Jessica

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 …  

Posted in Vintage Clothing | Tagged Edwardian, Jessica

Pulling Weeds

Knowlesville Posted on March 24, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Trevor,Galen

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 …  

Posted in Cats | Tagged Galen, Ricky, Trevor

Motorin’ out in the country

Knowlesville Posted on March 23, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Vintage Car

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 …  

Posted in Cars & Trucks, Ferndale

New Lawn Mower

Knowlesville Posted on March 22, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Cows

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 …  

Posted in Uncategorized

A few days too late for Leprechauns

Knowlesville Posted on March 20, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Rainbow

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. …  

Posted in Ferndale, Photography | Tagged Rainbow

Spring’s Around the Corner

Knowlesville Posted on March 18, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Ferndale Main St.

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 …  

Posted in Ferndale | Tagged Main Street

She’s Got Milk

Knowlesville Posted on March 17, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Sheep

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.

 
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Sheep

Moss & Mushrooms

Knowlesville Posted on March 16, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Mushrooms

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, …  

Posted in Motorcycles | Tagged Bear River

Bodyscape

Knowlesville Posted on March 14, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Bodyscape

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.

 
Posted in Photography | Tagged Bodyscape

Reproductions

Knowlesville Posted on March 13, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Reproduction Lingerie

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 …  

Posted in Costuming | Tagged Edwardian, Lingerie, Reproductions

Jessica (1930s Dress)

Knowlesville Posted on March 12, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Jessica

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 …  

Posted in Vintage Clothing | Tagged 1930s, Ingomar Club

Laura (1920s Dress)

Knowlesville Posted on March 11, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Laura

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 …  

Posted in Vintage Clothing | Tagged 1920s, Ingomar Club

Danah (1910s Dress)

Knowlesville Posted on March 10, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Danah

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 …  

Posted in Vintage Clothing | Tagged Danah, Edwardian, Ingomar Club

Sue (1910s Shirtwaist & Skirt)

Knowlesville Posted on March 9, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Sue

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 …  

Posted in Vintage Clothing | Tagged Edwardian, Ingomar Club

Lori (1910s Dress)

Knowlesville Posted on March 8, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Lori

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 …  

Posted in Family, Vintage Clothing | Tagged Edwardian, Ingomar Club, Lori

Katy (1900s Bodice & Skirt)

Knowlesville Posted on March 7, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Katy

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 …  

Posted in Vintage Clothing | Tagged Ingomar Club, Katy, Victorian

Kate (1890s Bodice & Skirt)

Knowlesville Posted on March 6, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019

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 …  

Posted in Vintage Clothing | Tagged Ingomar Club, Victorian

Jessica (1890s Bodice & Skirt)

Knowlesville Posted on March 5, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Jessica

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 …  

Posted in Vintage Clothing | Tagged Ingomar Club, Victorian

“Chelsea (1880s Bodice & Skirt)

Knowlesville Posted on March 4, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Chelsea

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 …  

Posted in Vintage Clothing | Tagged Ingomar Club, Victorian

Sheila (1870s Bodice & Skirt)

Knowlesville Posted on March 3, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Sheila Victorian Dress

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, …  

Posted in Vintage Clothing | Tagged Ingomar Club, Victorian

Kelsey (1860s Bodice & Skirt)

Knowlesville Posted on March 2, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
1860s Victorian Ensemble

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 …  

Posted in Vintage Clothing | Tagged Ingomar Club, model, Victorian

All the Pretty Ladies

Knowlesville Posted on March 1, 2003 by MattApril 19, 2019
Fashion Show at the Ingomar Club

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, …  

Posted in Vintage Clothing | Tagged Ingomar Club

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