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Yearly Archives: 2004

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Victorian at Christmas

Knowlesville Posted on December 26, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Victorian House at Christmas

Here’s one of the more elaborate Victorians in Ferndale, all done up in Christmas lights. I was hoping to get more pictures of the town’s Christmas lights, but the weather report is showing rain every day for the next ten … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale | Tagged Victorian

Christmas

Knowlesville Posted on December 25, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Company 1 bicycles

Christmas morning I went out with Don and John from Company 1 to deliver a few bicycles to kids around Ferndale. It is a refreshing change to show up at someone’s home in a fire truck and have everyone happy. … Continue reading →

Posted in FVFD

Christmas Eve

Knowlesville Posted on December 24, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Mary's garden

I started the day responding to a chimney fire in a garage even before I had breakfast. An hour later I was back at home, but was only halfway through my bowl of cereal when an alarm came in for … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends, FVFD

Leonardi Tractor

Knowlesville Posted on December 23, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Leonardi tractor

Every year there are so many great tractors in the parade, but you can always count on the Bansen and Leonardi families to enter outstanding floats. I showed the Bansen train earlier, and I felt you should get a look … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale | Tagged Lighted Tractor Parade

The Ghosts of Christmas Presents Past

Knowlesville Posted on December 22, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Arnie's Christmas Display

One evening as I was driving into town, I noticed Arnie Peterson decorating a pile of junk on his lawn with Christmas lights. Being Ferndale, it didn’t raise my eyebrows too much. A few nights later Lori and I went … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale

Winter Solstice

Knowlesville Posted on December 21, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Courtemanche Christmas Tree

Even though we’ve only lived in Ferndale for four years, we have many treasured traditions, especially at Christmas time. One of them is the lighting of Steve and Nancy’s tree on the evening of the winter solstice. What makes this … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends

Russ Park Mushroom Festival

Knowlesville Posted on December 20, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Russ Park Mushrooms

I had a portrait session this morning in Russ Park with Jim and Ruth Stretch. Jim is kind enough to donate much of his time to helping improve Russ Park for the community, which is why we took his portrait … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale | Tagged Mushrooms, Russ Park

Lighted Tractor Parade

Knowlesville Posted on December 19, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Ferndale's Lighted Tractor Parade

Under clear skies and with absolutely no wind, Ferndale put on it’s best lighted tractor parade in years. This gave me the chance to get lots of great photos. This choo choo train is from the Bansen ranch, which is … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale | Tagged Lighted Tractor Parade

Santa’s New Sled

Knowlesville Posted on December 18, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Chelsea & Becki

We spend far more time at work than we do at home (unfortunately) so when Lori suggested we get a tree this year, I thought we should put it in our studio so we could enjoy it more. It also … Continue reading →

Posted in Motorcycles, Photography, Studio | Tagged Becki, Chelsea, model, Sprint ST

Almost Balmy

Knowlesville Posted on December 17, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
sunset

If I didn’t tell you where and when this picture was taken, you’d have visions of walking along some warm tropical beach in the summer. Since in reality it was shot in December on a beach in Loleta, and it … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged Loleta, model, Sunset

Got Milk?

Knowlesville Posted on December 16, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Maria

It’s very important to leave some nice cookies and milk out for Santa if you want to get some really nice presents for Christmas. It was very nice of Humboldt Creamery to package their milk in the appropriate Christmas colors.

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Posted in Photography | Tagged Maria, model

Gift Wrapping

Knowlesville Posted on December 15, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Christmas boudoir

We thought maybe we could attract more business to our studio if we offered complimentary gift wrapping. Since my gift wrapping skills are notoriously bad, and Lori is busy making Christmas presents, I had no choice but to hire someone. … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Studio | Tagged Maria, model

Lori’s Herb Garden

Knowlesville Posted on December 12, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Herb Garden at dusk

Here’s the beginnings of Lori’s herb garden. In planning it, we came to the realization that this small section of our yard was about the same size as the entire backyard of our home in San Jose. It will feature … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening | Tagged Herb Garden

Choo Choo

Knowlesville Posted on December 11, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Christmas Train

It’s been many years since you could catch a train in Ferndale, but today you could. There was only one catch, you had to be a little squirt. They all seemed to enjoy the free ride that took them up … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale | Tagged Main Street

More Power!

Knowlesville Posted on December 10, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Christmas lights

Maybe I should have consulted with Tony Ornellas before we moved from San Jose on how to string a lot of Christmas lights. It took me several nights of working on just this small display to keep everything from either … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale | Tagged Ferndale Rep

Christmas in Ferndale

Knowlesville Posted on December 8, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Christmas in Ferndale

Christmas season in Ferndale. Is there anywhere that does Christmas better than Ferndale? I doubt it. Wish you all could be here all month long to enjoy the festivities.

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Posted in Ferndale | Tagged Main Street

Lighting the Tree

Knowlesville Posted on December 5, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Ferndale Christmas Tree

Unlike previous years, everything went pretty smoothly for the lighting of the Ferndale Christmas Tree today. The weather predictions were all doom and gloom, but the day started out with temps much nicer than they had been. We even had … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale, Photography | Tagged Christmas Tree

This road is closed

Knowlesville Posted on December 4, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Chelsea

Chelsea doing her best bad ass cowgirl impersonation. Chelsea stands a whole 5′-1″ tall, and is a very sweet gal, so it does take a firearm and an unusual shooting angle to make that concept work. This shot wasn’t for … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged Chelsea, model

South Spit Sunset

Knowlesville Posted on December 3, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Loleta sunset

I was working on a photoshoot for a hunting supplies catalog cover this afternoon at the South Spit in Loleta. Chelsea was modeling some of their products and then since it was a nice day (compared to how cold it … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged Loleta, Sunset

Frankenstein’s Hand

Knowlesville Posted on November 23, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Lori's stitches

Too bad Halloween was last month.

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Posted in Family | Tagged Lori

Reflecting Pond

Knowlesville Posted on November 22, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Reflecting Pond

Here’s the big hole. Looks like a lap pool is going in, which wouldn’t be such a bad idea except that our weather isn’t conducive to outdoor swimming very often. This will be our reflecting pond, which is going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening

Lori’s Boo Boo

Knowlesville Posted on November 21, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Lori's hand injury

I was out working in the yard, getting ready to start on our reflecting pond when Lori opened the kitchen window and yelled out, “I need you Matt”. Unfortunately, it was a call of panic, and not a romantic statement. … Continue reading →

Posted in Family | Tagged Lori

This looks familiar

Knowlesville Posted on November 6, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Ceiling Medallion

During our trip down to the Bay Area for the VPA 30th anniversary party, we stayed at the home of Miranda and Dianna. I met Miranda several years ago when she worked for the Rengstorff House and I did their … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized

Cowgirl at the beach

Knowlesville Posted on November 4, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Mabel

Last night I tried to squeek in a shoot before it got too dark (and cold!). My plan was to go to my favorite spot in Lotela but when we got there we found that with hunting in season, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Vintage Clothing | Tagged Mabel, model

Lady of Mystery

Knowlesville Posted on November 1, 2004 by MattMay 15, 2019
Mabel

I’ve been working on getting used to the new camera so I’ve been scheduling photoshoots with models. Yeah, I might learn as much about the camera taking photos of flowers, but this seemed like more fun. So far I like … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged Mabel, model

More Fall Color

Knowlesville Posted on October 26, 2004 by MattMay 14, 2019
Fall Colors

One more shot from Sunday.

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Posted in Photography

Fall White

Knowlesville Posted on October 25, 2004 by MattMay 14, 2019
South Fork Mountains

This is later in the trip we took Sunday, and the reason why I probably won’t be going back up there until spring. There is already snow up there, and since most of the roads are dirt, they are turning … Continue reading →

Posted in Cars & Trucks, Photography | Tagged 2001 Dodge Dakota

Kate’s 40s Suit

Knowlesville Posted on October 16, 2004 by MattMay 14, 2019
Kate modeling 1940s

Here’s Kate again, this time wearing more clothes, but still playing the sexy secretary. She’s obviously aiming for a raise in her salary

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Posted in Photography, Vintage Clothing | Tagged 1940s, Kate, model

Sexy Secretary

Knowlesville Posted on October 15, 2004 by MattMay 14, 2019
Film Noir with Kate

I put this little office scene together to photograph Kate in some 40s underwear from our collection and a 40s suit from her collection. The typewriter was being sold in last year’s city wide garage sale by my accountant. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Vintage Clothing | Tagged 1940s, Kate, model

Too Cute

Knowlesville Posted on October 14, 2004 by MattMay 14, 2019
Little dog jumping

I’m usually not a fan of little dogs, which I usually call little yippy dogs. After all if a dog is going to make noises like it’s going to rip me apart, then it darn well better be capable of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized

Mercy in Action

Knowlesville Posted on October 13, 2004 by MattMay 14, 2019
Mercy jumping

I got to watch Mercy run the jump course both days, and she is a good jumper, as evidenced in this photo.

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Posted in Family | Tagged Linda

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