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Fall Colors

Knowlesville Posted on October 24, 2014 by MattMay 14, 2019
Matt's Pond

Three of weeks ago I explored Route 30 and the fall colors were just beginning to show. So when today ended up being a beautiful day for a drive I decided to take Lori back to that area to show … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged Matt's Pond

God’s Rays Over Ferndale

Knowlesville Posted on September 11, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
God's Rays

I was leaving the house for a fire department meeting when I saw these beautiful God’s Rays right over town. I rushed back into the house to grab a camera, snapped a couple of quick picks out the front and … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography

Wind Power

Knowlesville Posted on August 30, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Lost Coast Loop

On the way back from Petrolia yesterday it was really windy along the coast. I stopped near Cape Mendocino to take some photos of the crashing waves, and even with both feet planted, I almost dropped the KLR because the … Continue reading →

Posted in Motorcycles, Photography | Tagged KLR650, Lost Coast Loop

Are you my mommy?

Knowlesville Posted on August 29, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Cow and cat

I had to go to Petrolia today to drop off some photos, and on the way out of town I came across this calf and cat in the field together. The cat was following the calf around the field and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats, Photography | Tagged cows

Fuschia Ballerinas

Knowlesville Posted on August 26, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Fuschia Ballerinas

Our fushias in the fern garden are starting to really pop. I thought this grouping looked like a row of ballerinas dancing.

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Posted in Gardening, Photography | Tagged Fern Garden

Ayrica & Jeremy

Knowlesville Posted on July 26, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Ayrica & Jeremy

Ayrica, who interned for me a couple of summers ago and has modeled for me a few times, announced that she and her boyfriend Jeremy are engaged. Since they both dance I thought it would be fun to take some … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged Ayrica, model

Avenue of the Giants

Knowlesville Posted on July 20, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Avenue of the Giants panorama

After more than a week of cold foggy days in Ferndale, it was time to venture out and find the sun. So Lori and I decided to pick a few random turnouts along the Avenue of the Giants and do … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged Avenue of the Giants, Panoramic

Smoky Sunset

Knowlesville Posted on July 11, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Fernbridge Sunset

With all the smoke in the air, and an interesting layer of clouds forming, it seemed like a good night to try to get a sunset at Fernbridge. Everything went well until the battery in my camera went dead, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Ferndale, Photography | Tagged Fernbridge, Sunset

Future Ballerinas

Knowlesville Posted on June 24, 2008 by MattJune 14, 2019
Future ballerinas

Every year one of the special moments of the production is the numbers with the youngest ballerinas. You just can’t help but go “ahhh” when there are a bunch of two foot tall ballerinas on stage.

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Posted in Photography | Tagged Ferndale Dance Academy

La Marionnette

Knowlesville Posted on June 23, 2008 by MattJune 14, 2019
Kelsey

This year’s Ferndale Dance Academy production is La Marionnette, a story that Laura East wrote. Every year her production gets better and better and this year’s production was no exception. This year Laura started teaching a pointe class, and two … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged Ferndale Dance Academy

Sunday Morning Shoot

Knowlesville Posted on June 22, 2008 by MattJune 14, 2019
Natalie

Before Natalie and Dave left for their ride back to Oakland, we had time for a short shoot in the studio. Natalie wanted to do a corset shot, and when she mentioned she loved hats, well, I had to pull … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Vintage Clothing | Tagged Corset, models, Natalie

Plan B

Knowlesville Posted on June 21, 2008 by MattJune 14, 2019
Natalie

After going almost 6 months without working with any models, I felt blessed to work with 3 of my favorite models this month. I first worked with Natalie last December and we had corresponded since then throwing ideas back and … Continue reading →

Posted in Costuming, Photography | Tagged Highway 36, model, Natalie

The Return of Melaine

Knowlesville Posted on June 15, 2008 by MattJune 14, 2019
Melaine

Two years ago I met Melaine at the fair, and we did a couple of shoots together that were really fun. I had hoped to work with her some more but she doesn’t live in Humboldt County, and I lost … Continue reading →

Posted in Costuming, Photography | Tagged 1700s, Corset, Melaine, model

Lupines Again

Knowlesville Posted on June 5, 2008 by MattJune 14, 2019
Mabel

When I rode through this lupine patch with Blake last month, I knew it would be a great location for a model shot. Mabel was back in town and the day ended up being a perfect day to take off … Continue reading →

Posted in Flora, Photography | Tagged Lupines, Mabel, model

One More from Fort Bragg

Knowlesville Posted on June 4, 2008 by MattJune 14, 2019
Mendocino Coast Sunset

This shot was taken after sunset from a viewpoint along Hwy. 101. It was shot with a 30 second exposure which is why the water looks the way it does. I was hoping for a more dramatic sunset that evening, … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Travels | Tagged Sunset

Skeleton Tree

Knowlesville Posted on May 26, 2008 by MattJune 14, 2019
Skeleton Tree

While at Skeleton Tree I took this panoramic view of the area. This is about a 180 degree view.Today we drove down to San Jose with Blake’s bike in the trailer. We were going down for Lori’s appointment at Stanford … Continue reading →

Posted in Motorcycles, Photography

All Hands on Deck

Knowlesville Posted on May 4, 2008 by MattJune 14, 2019
Maternity photo

Maybe I should have saved this one for Mother’s Day.

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Katy

Knowlesville Posted on April 20, 2008 by MattJune 13, 2019
Katy wearing Victorian clothes

Today it was another shoot with Katy, whom I’ve worked with many times over the last 5 years. This was our first Victorian shoot since she had her son Julian and she was still able to squeeze into the tiny … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Vintage Clothing | Tagged Victorian

Renee

Knowlesville Posted on April 19, 2008 by MattJune 13, 2019
Renee wearing a corset

We’re going to be selling off some of the vintage clothing collection so I’ve been trying to get those pieces we haven’t photographed yet documented. Since I have wonderful northern light to work with in the new studio, I thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Vintage Clothing | Tagged Victorian

Trees

Knowlesville Posted on March 5, 2008 by MattJune 13, 2019
Rolling hills in Humboldt County

I went out today on the Sprint to collect photos for web site. I ended up taking a back way from Garberville to Shelter Cove and came on this scene. I love how the hills green up this time of … Continue reading →

Posted in Motorcycles, Photography

LED

Knowlesville Posted on January 17, 2008 by MattJune 12, 2019
LED die

I think LED must stand for Little Electronic Device. This LED die has now become the tiniest thing I’ve photographed for a client. For scale, that is a dime shown next to it. The die is so small it was … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography

Not a Road Runner

Knowlesville Posted on January 2, 2008 by MattJune 12, 2019
Songbird at Pinnacles

While we were resting at the reservoir at the Pinnacles, this bird joined us for awhile. We were planning to stay in the Bay Area to have our anniversary dinner at the Shadowbrook Restaurant, but we got homesick for Ferndale … Continue reading →

Posted in Fauna, Photography, Travels | Tagged Birds

Road Runner Country

Knowlesville Posted on January 1, 2008 by MattJune 12, 2019
Pinnacles

Today we just slept in and then lazed around Carol and John’s so we’re showing a photo from yesterday’s trip to the Pinnacles. On the drive out there we saw a road runner, and true to form, he was running … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends, Photography, Travels

Christmas Bride

Knowlesville Posted on December 23, 2007 by MattJune 11, 2019
1930s Wedding Dress

On the way down to San Jose for the holidays, we stopped at Scott and Betsy’s Victorian home in Alameda. They graciously allowed us to use their home for a photoshoot with Natalie. Natalie had the perfect figure for this … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends, Photography, Vintage Clothing | Tagged 1930s, model, Natalie, Victorian

Julian

Knowlesville Posted on November 18, 2007 by MattJune 11, 2019
Julian

Katy and Ben brought their 4 month old son Julian to the studio so we could take some photos of him and his proud parents. Julian did a great job modeling, just like his mom.

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Posted in Friends, Photography

Mr. Hartford Stikes the Pose

Knowlesville Posted on November 14, 2007 by MattJune 11, 2019
Elk Bull

Back to our trip last Sunday. The reason I took Lori out to Sinkyone was because we had just watched an episode of Nature about Yellowstone and she really loved seeing the elk. I had just read about Sinkyone and … Continue reading →

Posted in Fauna, Photography, Travels | Tagged Elk

Ayrica Again

Knowlesville Posted on October 22, 2007 by MattJune 10, 2019
Ayrica dancing

I was experimenting with shutterspeeds and flash with Ayrica again. At least I was until one of my lights decided to stop working. Well it lasted 5 years, better than a lot of electronics these days.

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Posted in Photography | Tagged Ayrica, model

Mabel’s Halloween Costume

Knowlesville Posted on October 15, 2007 by MattJune 10, 2019
Mabel as a pirate

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged Mabel, model

Ayrica

Knowlesville Posted on October 14, 2007 by MattJune 10, 2019
Ayrica leaping

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged Ayrica, model

Mr. & Mrs.

Knowlesville Posted on October 9, 2007 by MattJune 10, 2019
Mr. & Mrs

Heidi wanted to play both parts, and for this one, a lot of Photoshop was needed.

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Posted in Photography | Tagged Heidi, model, Photoshop

Petrolia Cemetery

Knowlesville Posted on October 8, 2007 by MattJune 10, 2019
Ghost at the cemetery

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged Heidi, model

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