This year I entered 8 photos, 2 each in the Color, Black and White, and Digitally Enhanced classes of the Professional Photography division, and 2 more in the Professional Fine Arts division. I received ribbons for 1st and 2nd in …
It’s time once again for the Humboldt County Fair, all 11 days of it. That means for the next week and a half, this booth will pretty much be our home. This year we have the Humboldt Creamery booth on …
For the City of Rio Dell web site that I’m working on, I went to take pictures of one of the city’s parks. I was viewed very suspiciously by several of the moms in the park. I’m sure they thought …
I shot this from a bridge that goes over the creek. I then reduced the saturation in Photoshop to give it that old time “hand tinted” effect that goes along with the 1930s chemise she is wearing.
Well it’s official, we’re back to being a four cat household. Back in May I introduced the cat on the right and over the last few months he has made himself more at home with us. We finally found the …
This weekend we finished two projects that have been partially completed for quite some time. First we picked up another load of decomposed granite and finished the path that goes from the driveway to the back porch. Winter is going …
The herb garden has some new plants since you’ve last seen it. In the foreground is the beginnings of a boxwood hedge that will line both sides of the brick walkway that goes to the front door. We bought a …
Lori made a comment while we were photographing this setup that I have quite an interesting sense of fashion. Ok, so maybe you won’t see many women dressed like this at the mall, but it’s probably closer to reality than …
I had a good weekend with the Sprint ST. Saturday I took it out to scout for locations for a photoshoot, and then Sunday we did the shoot so I got to ride it two days in a row. Pretty …
I took the Sprint out for a ride to Horse Mountain. I was up there for two hours and had the road totally to myself. Try to find a road like that in the Bay Area! From where the bike …
I got a second ride in the crane, this time we went up about half way, to take a 360 degree panorama. I still have to put the panorama together, but here’s shy Bill, the crane operator.
Another item that’s been sitting around waiting for the right opportunity is this rhinestone bra that I saw a couple of years ago. I just thought it was so outrageous that I bought it on impulse, not really knowing what …
The traditional Chinese dress, called a cheongsam, has always been a favorite of mine. I found this one at a Goodwill store several years ago, but since they are so fitted, it was hard finding just the right model. Fortunately, …
This is what I’d call an artsy fartsy photograph, and one I should save for the fair next year, because sometimes this is what really turns the judges on. If you’re looking at it and thinking, “Gee Matt, I can …
Here’s the view of our house from the top of the steeple. I got to ride up to top today to take pictures. 140 feet is a long way up there. I could brave it long enough to take pictures, …
My first post in about a month. There’s been a lot going on and several times this month I swore I was going to leave time at the end of the day to post something. It’s just been an incredibly …
Fortuna’s Autorama is going on this weekend so I wandered over there to take a look. This car was one of my favorites. It is a 1932 Stearns Knight limousine that is pretty much stock until you look under the …
After working hard in the studio all month, I was looking forward to a shoot on the Lost Coast with Haley. Originally planned for Tuesday, we postponed it to Friday because fog, which had been a problem all week. While …
What was keeping me very busy all this month was two e-commerce web sites that both wanted to be up by July 15th. The first one, for Celtic Furnishings, had to be finished before the owner left for a trip …
The Catholic church has had a crane in town all month, fixing the leaks in the steeple, as well as replacing the cross on the top that had rusted out. Bill Snow is the guy bravely doing the work. I …
After the parade, and since it was out and all spiffy, I took some pictures of Ferndale’s antique fire engine. More pictures of it can be found on the Ferndale Volunteer Fire Department web site.
I don’t want to name names, because the show doesn’t fall into the safe and sane category, but we spent our now traditional 4th watching the spectacular show that happens just down the street. As usual, the day started with …
Trevor has consistently been one of the better mousers that we’ve had. Now if only he could catch the gopher that has been making a mess out of the area next to our driveway. The area that we just covered …
I usually describe my photography services as everything except weddings. I’ve tried to structure my life so I don’t have to deal with stress and photographing weddings definitely falls in the stressfull category. But I got talked into photographing James …
Last year I took some pictures of some beautiful wildflower patches up on Route 1 and marked my calendar so I wouldn’t forget to do the same this year. I had made several trips up there in May only to …
Within minutes I received two suggestions that I should go photograph the swarming bees on the Landmark Realty office. I was expecting something more dramatic. My favorite moment though came while I was standing near the swarm photographing them and …
I shot the final dress rehearsal for this year’s Ferndale Dance Academy production, “The Tale of Peter and Wendy.” A musical version of Peter Pan, it featured 52 girls from the ages of 3 to 17. Laura East, the director, …
It rained last week and we all thought that was a bit unusual. But then this week it has now rained for three days straight. And I mean constantly. Not the little sprinkles that you might get in late spring …
I was constantly falling behind Lori and Joyce, because they weren’t aware that there were snakes and other bits of mystical driftwood along their path. For example, did they even notice that they passed a miniature of Devil’s Tower. I …
Back to the walk down the beach. We were trying to sneak up on the seals to take some pictures, and since I only had my little 2.1 megapixel camera, I needed to get pretty close. They were pretty aware …
