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 …
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 …
Just before we went to see Earl Thomas, I photographed Mabel and Ryan in the studio. When Lori and I were last down in the Bay Area, we went to the Vintage Fashion Expo, which we hadn’t been to in …
The latest Apple iPods are pretty cool in not only can they play your music, but they can display your photos and videos as well. My iPod has about 400 CDs burned on to it, and about 600 of my …
In the TV show, the jungles are filled with man-eating monsters, numerous booby traps, wild pigs, and crazy gun toting women. This is a much kinder, gentler version of a jungle.
The pond we visited has a rope swing. I tried talking Mabel into actually using it, but she chickened out. Instead she decided to just hang out in her Ferndale special bikini.
I stretched a three day weekend into 4 days, and went out to my favorite pond for a shoot with Mabel. The exact location of this pond will have to remain a secret, but it’s pretty remote. Even though it …
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 …
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.
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, …
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 …
Mabel came over to the studio and we ended up with a number of outstanding shots. We ended up in the studio, because the weather hasn’t been kind outdoors. I’ve been waiting for a weekend to go shoot up on …
During our last photoshoot together, Mabel brought a dress to show me, knowing I have a penchant for all things sheer. I asked her to bring it along on this shoot, and it ended up being the perfect dress for …
It’s finally getting back to the season that I love most, and a week early we’ve been having some fine spring weather. After helping put out a fire in a mobile home this afternoon, I went over to the Lost …
As you may have noticed, the camera hasn’t been out much lately. Last weekend I was taking a wildland fire training class, and I just haven’t been able to sneek out of the office to do any photography. I did …
We’ve been hard at work in the laboratory this week. You know those x-ray glasses that are advertised in comic books? Well they don’t work. But we did develop this device that looks like an antique frame that when you …
This is one of the photos that will be in my Art’s Alive show. The show opens Feb 5th at Good Relations in Eureka. I exhibited there a couple of years ago, but during the opening we were down in …
Mabel and I worked tonight on a photo for my upcoming show for February’s Art’s Alive. This isn’t it. After a lot of planning, the shot for the show failed, for technical reasons. Not the camera’s fault either, we had …
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 …
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 …
This is the first corset that Lori and I purchased, and still my favorite as it is by far the fanciest. I’ve photographed it several times over the years, and in fact it was worn by the first model I …
Here’s the first few layers that Mabel was wearing under the bodice and skirt featured yesterday. In all she was wearing: drawers, brassiere, corset, petticoat, corset cover, another petticoat, skirt, and bodice. Makes getting dressed in the morning a bit …
Mabel came by our studio today to model an outfit that we received from Toby, a VPA member who was cleaning out her closets. The bodice is from around 1900, and it is very tiny. We thought that Mabel would …
