The day started out cold and wet, with even a short hailstorm, but the practice burn went down as scheduled. My plan for the day was to run the engine most of the day, and take one trip into the …
In preparation for our practice burn this weekend, we unloaded a semi-trailer of pallets into the house. Like an old Victorian needs help burning. Actually, the pallets are used to give us something more to work on before the house …
Mabel saw some of my pirate shots at the fair and mentioned she wanted to dress up as a pirate for Halloween. So after I finished with Ayrica’s shoot we got Mabel dressed up in the pirate gear, including the …
My photography intern from last summer who turned model (Leap of Faith) is back in Humboldt County going to college now. She looked so great in the vintage wedding dress we used in that photo that I wanted to shoot …
I was thinking there wouldn’t be much to redoing the office because it was pretty much cosmetic. However, when we got the old wallpaper off it was obvious we had had some water damage under the window. It was hard …
Artie has taken over the position of class clown that Ricky used to hold. Today’s entertainment was him trying to jump on the back of my chair while I was sitting in front of the computer working. He missed and …
Heidi finally decided what to do with her car so we drove back down to Cloverdale. She ended up selling it to the towing company for a few hundred dollars over what she owed for the towing and storage charges. …
While we were trying to figure out how to handle her wrecked car, we decided to head out to Petrolia for a photoshoot at the cemetery since I had to go out that way anyways for a portait session. This …
After going down Friday night to pick her up out of the hospital it was too late to drive back to Ferndale. We went back this morning and on the way stopped so Heidi could take some photos of the …
A couple of months ago Heidi and I saw each other’s portfolios on the internet and wanted to work with each other. Only problem was we live at opposite ends of the state. But she said she could manage a …
Phil came back today to put the finishing touches on the ceiling. We were trying to decide what paper to put in the cove when his wife Diane suggested the fill we used in the bay window. Not only did …
Earl Thomas was back in the studio today, this time to get promo shots with the gospel choir he is touring with. While I was photographing the four of them they gave me a mini concert. Quite a nice fringe …
Once they finished putting up the borders, it was very apparent that the light fixture is going to have to be moved so that it will be visually centered with the wallpaper, even if that means it won’t really be …
In addition to the ugly pink walls, the office also had a very ugly green ceiling. About half of it was covered by paint last month, but today the fun part started. Phil and Diane came over and started putting …
I met Valerie at the fair, as she was one of the dairy princesses handing out the ice cream samples at the Humboldt Creamery booth that was next to ours. Valerie impressed me by staying cheerful throughout the fair, something …
I spent the whole weekend stripping the wall paper in the room that’s going to be my office. Got rid of the ugly black, pink and green wallpaper, only to reveal beautiful pink walls. I can’t wait until that bit …
Phil Ostler had a scissor lift in town so he could clean and repair gutters, and since it was a full moon last night I thought it would be a great opportunity to take some photos from a unique position. …
There’s a lot of places in our house for a comfortable nap if you’re a cat. But apparently this one must be pretty special, as Meg and Ricky both decided to spend the afternoon here.
This is the variety of spider that makes life in Ferndale so difficult this time of year. I wish I knew what they were, not because I’m worried they’re poisonous, but if I knew their name, I could curse at …
It has come around again. That day were ye might notice scallywags natterin’ wit’ a bit o’ a piratanical bent. Aye, ’tis once again time fer “Talk Like a Pirate” day. ‘n t’ help ye natter like a pirate, ye …
Spotted another (or possibly the same) praying mantis in the yard today, and this time I had my SLR and a macro lens handy.They do like hanging upside down. I tried turning it around to get a better picture of …
Here’s the outside of the building. You should all recognize it as the big building you see on the left just as you come into Ferndale. Until it was recently restored by DCI, it was a large pigeon roost. It …
The other feature of the new studio I’m really looking forward to exploring is working with natural light indoors. The studio has three large windows which make it enjoyable to work in when not shooting as they provide lots of …
I finally remembered to grab a shot of the new studio today. Not a very professional shot, and as you’ve probably figured out by now, I take snapshots just like everyone else. Anyway, it does show how much larger the …
It’s time once again for the spiders in our yard to start putting up the Halloween decorations. This time of year you need to have a stick handy whenever you go through an exterior door because that’s one of their …
During the garage sale we set the desk out on the driveway to catch the attention of people driving by. Unfortunately, it caught the attention of the wind as it picked up suddenly, and the tri-fold mirror came crashing down. …
While we were having our garage sale I was making use of the time cleaning up the iris bed by the driveway. A huge grasshopper caught my eye, but on closer inspection I realized it was a praying mantis. Never …
Ferndale has a city wide garage sale weekend and we had lots of stuff we needed to get rid of. Lori convinced me to get rid of our antique bedroom set that we bought when we got our first old …
Another plant that I had tried growing from seed several times in San Jose was hollyhocks. It took me awhile to figure out that they look like a very common weed when they start, and I would usually end up …
