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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Alesia contacted me from ModelMayhem.com, where I have a portfolio. The shoot I had planned didn’t come off, once again because it was too windy, but there’s always a plan B with me when shooting outdoors up here. This was …
At least the studio is warm. Stephanie came by for another shoot today and demonstrated some of her excellent ballet skills. It ended up being a very productive shoot, and I have several people changing their minds about ballet and …
I’ve had an idea for some pregnancy photos for a long time, but it required finding out about the pregnancy early on. Since asking women if they are pregnant is one of the most dangerous questions in the world, this …
We also photographed Stephanie wearing some vintage lingerie, including this black lace bra. If I had a photograph from yesterday, it would have shown us celebrating Lori’s 45th birthday, which we did by having dinner at May’s Noodle House, and …
I haven’t been taking photos very much lately because with the Fuji S1 dead and the Pentax Optio in the shop for a new LCD screen, I’m down to one camera. I’ve felt safer having it stay in the studio. …
Melaine was back in town again, and we decided to dress her up as a pirate once again since I found the eye patch I had bought earlier. I’m thinking now that this is the start of a four part …
We had a little bit of time between when we finished with the vintage clothing and when I needed to leave for the chamber meeting, so Lori suggested shooting the vest she recently purchased. I figured this would be a …
I had a photoshoot yesterday afternoon with a new model and had planned to spend the morning getting everything ready for it. The fire took up most of that time so then I thought we would just shoot outdoors, since …
Since we have been blessed with spectacular weather this weekend, I called up Sarah to see if she would be available for the promised mermaid at the beach shoot. We were just making plans for it when I got a …
This is the next evolution in my draping series. Back in July when I did the draping shoot with Katy, I had brought to the studio a vintage lace table cloth that we had on the dining room table at …
Melaine had told me her waist measurement was 26″ before the shoot, so I had picked corsets that were 23-24″ for the shoot, as usually a 2″ reduction is about right. But the two Victorian corsets that I picked out …
Here Melaine is modeling the first vintage dress that I bought for Lori which really started the collection. I had photographed Lori wearing this dress in the very first photoshoot that I did when I bought my first studio flash …
Towards the end of the fair, I was mentioning to Lori that with all of the women walking by our booth the whole week, I still hadn’t seen a single woman who could model for a photo I’ve been dreaming …
Several years ago we shot Jessica wearing a 1930s black velvet dress and a few other items from our vintage clothing collection. Then she went off to college and she’d usually stop by the studio during her school breaks and …
Here’s the photo that was entered into the juried competition for the fair. This was from our experimental session and this was definitely the most different shot of the day. I wanted to make the shot as white as possible …
This photo started out because of a mistake. I ordered 3 yards of sheer white lycra off of Ebay to use as a backdrop, and the 3 yards arrived, but in two pieces, one was 2 yards, and the other …
On our drive over to the Van Duzen bridge, Melissa and I both noticed the big field of mustard near Fernbridge. I had wanted to use the field before but could never find the time or a model before they …
Melissa came recommended by another model who I worked with and for her first shoot we dressed her up in a red Asian brocade corset with matching shoes and purse. As they say the accessories make the outfit. The location …
A few of weeks ago, a guy came into my studio and mentioned that his 17 year old daughter was interested in photography as a career. She was going to be visiting him from Illinios in a week or so …
