Finally, the dust has settled from the new studio opening and we are to a point where accepting a couple intern photo assistants is possible. This a great opportunity for anyone who has a bit of background in photography but still have a lot to...
I had the pleasure of capturing an awesome couple last week, Dante and Robbi. Both of them are in the military, in fact, Dante had just gotten back from a tour over seas. Like, literally just got back and gave me a call to schedule...
We are now booking Valentine's Day 'SEXY' photo shoots, and offering this at a discounted $99 shoot session fee. Our in-house professional hair/makeup services is complimentary, so come get glammed up, look and feel sexy with your custom tailored photo shoot. Book today, and give...
I want to thank everyone who came to the studio opening night. I know many of you traveled a ways and I really appreciate all the great support. I saw a lot of faces that I hadn't in quite a while, it was so nice catching...
The studio is officially opening up this Friday and we kicked things off with a great shoot. The lovely lady you see pictured here is Myrriah. She's been a popular subject to sit in front of my lens over the years, and I couldn't think...
It's all over Facebook and obviously the workshop website, but just incase you don't follow either one of those sources, the next set of beginner and advance workshops are set and available for registration. Â The beginner workshop will be January 19th and 20th, with the...
The new Matty Photography studio is finally at a point where I feel good about calling it "finished." Sure, there are many little things left to be done, but I can take a deep breath and switch the majority of my time back to my...
Below is a video I tossed together for one of my newest clients, Mercedes-Benz of Tacoma. I'd recently completed a production photo shoot for them and was invited to capture their grand opening event at the newly constructed dealership building. It was a fun event...
A perfect time to finally write a post about the good ol' grocery sack softbox, seeing as I used it once again for, get this, the Mercedes-Benz photo shoot (which I just wrote about, see that here). As you'll read, the main theme of that...
If some of you are reading the title of this blog post and thinking, "duh," I'd have to agree with you. It's a redundant title to be sure, let's call it a title for those who don't make a living with a camera in their...
A few weeks ago I joined back up with the WWU project production team for another day of capturing film and photos. This time, however, our destination lay out in the far reaches of Neah Bay, WA. Being the very most NW tip of the...
For years I had a small, humble 12 x 25 foot studio. It was large enough to get most photo jobs done, but it wasn't exactly "fun" working in minimal space.
Ok, Lewis County photographers, Matty Workshops is coming to you this October. I am holding an advanced workshop October 20th. It's an all-day workshop focused solely on off-camera lighting. It's going to be a fun full day of making eye-catching images. You can get more...
Here we are, the second stop on the Western Washington University project tour I've been working on with fellow creative, Andy Lahmann.
Nothing beats location photo shoots. Don't get me wrong, the studio can be a wonderfully controlled lighting environment to conduct shoots, but the studio's got nothing on the almost infinite photo composition possibilities out in the wild.
It was the third annual event for Ryan's fundraising weekend and my third go as the photographer. It truly is a great weekend, three days of generating awareness and funds for the Burned Children Recovery Foundation. Every Summer, the BCRF's founder holds a week-long camp for the burned children community in the Bellingham area. I've had a chance to personally visit the summer camp to see the amazing, brave survivors Ryan's fundraiser benefits.
After a few months of shooting under it's belt now, I feel comfortable speaking a bit about the 5D3. A lot of the reviews found on the web are usually focused on the numbers and specs, which quite honestly don't mean a whole lot to photographers, especially when it comes to finding information that we consider valuable or translatable-to when we are out seeking an understanding to make new gear purchases.
When I hear the word "fairground," I think of roaring roller coasters with it's screaming riders, acres of game booths, the twinkle of the lights bordering every edge of every building surface, cotton candy, and of course... the craziness of a million people around you. So you could imagine the eeriness of driving onto the local fairgrounds in the off-season to see the exact opposite. For a second your mind wonders to those post-apocalyptic movies, where the land is barren, a location you know yet is unrecognizable, the occasional piece of stray trash rolling along the ground with a gust of wind.
I couldn't but help want to share a few photos from my shoot with baby Carmen. She as a great little model and gave me a great 30 minutes of smiles. Enjoy the photos, more to come.
