I see that 10 days have gone by since my last update. During that time there’s been a few things that I’ve wanted to photograph, but either the lighting hasn’t cooperated, or I found myself without the camera. I need … Continue reading →
Here’s the other side of the wedding gown, again taken in the studio. By the way, if you’re wondering why these pictures of the studio don’t look anything like the picture of the studio with Lowell’s band playing, it’s because … Continue reading →
Landmark day! Not only did the lights finally arrive, but we booked our first studio portrait session for a lady in town who felt her grandkids needed pictures of her with her “white” hair. Seems it’s been awhile since she’s … Continue reading →
So after finishing the gallery side, we went hard to work on the studio side, even though the lights still haven’t arrived. As I stated before, we finished wallpapering the studio just minutes before our grand opening. The last few … Continue reading →
Here’s the gallery, all done. Yeah! I could have taken pictures this weekend, but I didn’t. With the pressure of the grand opening over, I did something all weekend that I hadn’t done in a long time, ride my motorcycles. … Continue reading →
Grand opening night! Here’s “Thank Jake” playing in the back room. We were wallpapering the studio until about 4:30pm. Grand opening party started at 5.
We still have more work to do in the studio, and we’re still waiting for the new lights to arrive, but I had this dress on loan so Jessica and I took the studio through a trial run. I wanted … Continue reading →
Still more pictures were hung today, but I need more. It is fun though having this much room to display my work. The plant in the foreground was brought over by the folks at Ferndale Meat Company to welcome us … Continue reading →
Today was Jessica’s first day as my employee, also meaning that this was the first day I was boss. Some of the perks of being boss are that new employees bring you a Moo Bar. (Yum, Yum) Jessica’s first day … Continue reading →
I received several inquiries on what poster Grandma was selling. For Ferndale’s Sesquicentennial celebration I had a poster of one of my Ferndale photos printed. I wanted to have something to sell that weekend. I still have the poster in … Continue reading →
I hated yesterday’s picture so much that as soon as I located my wide angle lense in the boxes of stuff I brought over, I took another one. I still need to paint the wall on the left, but the … Continue reading →
Well you haven’t heard from me lately for several reasons. First, I’m still working on the gallery, more on that later. Second, Grandma has been visiting with us the last week. I should have taken pictures during her visit, but … Continue reading →
Today was the start of Ferndale’s two day Sesquicentennial celebration. From 6-9pm the merchants on Main Street hosted a hospitality night, serving refreshments in their shops. So even though we weren’t quite ready to open, we displayed some pictures, some … Continue reading →
Yesterday it was phones, today I got the cable installed for my high speed Internet access. This installation went much smoother, I was online within a few minutes of the truck driving away. And it didn’t require and subterrainian exploration … Continue reading →
Today the phones got installed. I was a bit naive on how commercial phone lines get installed. I figured they would place the terminal where I wanted it to come into the building and then I would wire from there. … Continue reading →
You can’t have a nice Victorian office without an antique cash register. We picked this up from some friends in the old house club (yep they have one up here too). The machine needs some restoration, and it is really … Continue reading →
Here’s a closeup of the graining effect. Not only does it look pretty realistic from normal viewing distance, but it also hides most of the surface defects that were present in the wainscoting, mostly from layers and layers of paint … Continue reading →
Today Larry Martin started woodgraining the wainscoting. We painted the base coats for the woodgraining and when people saw the colors they wondered what we were thinking. When they see the finished product, they’ll understand.
Today while I was finishing the checkered side in the studio, they finally started working on refinishing the fir floor in the gallery side. They were supposed to start last Friday, but the space smelled so bad from the painting … Continue reading →
I haven’t shown the studio for awhile, because basically it was a big white box. But Lori and I did get the flooring in today, and as you can see from the picture, we couldn’t quite agree what type of … Continue reading →
Here’s what I spent last weekend and the first part of this evening doing. Painting the ceiling white. Because of the texture of the tin, it had to be painted by brush, and painting it gloss white over the white … Continue reading →
Lori and I went to the shop tonight to do the final prep and cleanup before they start painting. We were joined by our friend Lowell, and Mark from Del Biaggio Construction. While Lori was cleaning the plaster dust off … Continue reading →
Here’s the back wall of the gallery, showing more trim, and the Eastlake pocket door that we made out of a door that was in the back portion of the shop. After a bit of clean up, the shop will … Continue reading →
Here again is why there weren’t too many updates this month. This is the front of the shop, after we installed some of the redwood trim that I carefully stripped. Some of you may remember helping me move this trim … Continue reading →
The other night while I was photographing Fernbridge for the second time (you’ll have to wait for the pictures, I used actual film this time) I noticed that we were getting close to a full moon. I thought that would … Continue reading →
This is why there haven’t been too many updates lately. I’ve been spending a lot of time dealing with issues related to getting my shop ready. So much for opening July 1st. I’m now hoping we will be ready at … Continue reading →
The weekend ended doing a session with a mother and her two children. She had seen one of the photos of Jessica and Maren and wanted something similar. Between 2 days with Alissa, and the family shoot, I took over … Continue reading →
I think I’ve mentioned before the contruction of our walls in our 1888 Victorian, that they are made up of redwood 1″x10″. No lathe and plaster here. Well the commercial buildings on Main Street take that a step further. Instead … Continue reading →
Most of yesterday was spent doing demolition in the shop on Main Street. Peeling back the layers was fun, but the new owner got her first lesson in owning a historic building; things are usually worse than they look. Case … Continue reading →
This is the inside of the building on Main Street that Aesthetic Design & Photography will be moving into. This will give me room to have a studio and gallery. There will be lots of work done on the interior, … Continue reading →
