I get to experience a wide array of emotions and feelings through my work since I choose to keep my horizons open to just about any kind of shoot that comes my way. Heck, "variety" is the spice of life, right? That means I'm capturing anything from...
Casting spells, traveling at "warp speed" and exploring uncharted corners of the universe. We now have a couple generations who have been born and grew up in a much different world than all of those prior to the digital age. Both children and now adults have...
Kristine is no stranger to my lens, I've had the pleasure of capturing her and her family for years now. Every single frame I take of them somehow look amazing - they are incapable of taking a bad photo. They show up, I setup lighting and...
Organized chaos was the theme of December. The business is going gangbusters (both on the personal and commercial side of photography), Alice and I just tied the knot in Hawaii and are quickly approaching our January local reception. Oh, you didn't think I was done, did you?...
The Almazar family story begins with the born and bred Englishman, Josh, who crossed the big blue Atlantic. He met his sweet American wife, Annie. The two of them swapped lobster tails for smoked salmon with a move from Maine to Washington. Question: What to you get when...
Um, can you say "back log?!" Yeah, we've been swamped around here, but the really, really good kind of swamped. Lots of changes happening to handle the biz growth, including bringing on a new, awesome shooter, Scott (more to come very shortly on that). So,...
Well, December 5th sure got here fast! Seemed like last June's proposal was only a couple weeks ago. The business has kept us so busy that the trip to Hawaii literally snuck up on us, resulting in a late night packing scramble, a 3-hour nights "sleep," and...
[embed width="720"] http://mattyphotography.smugmug.com/Clients/2014/2014-Video/i-N7W7H9c/A [/embed] Mobile Viewers - Click here for Video I've thoroughly enjoyed shooting for Emergency Food Network for many years now. In the beginning, I shot exclusively photography, then progressively shot video here and there while I was shooting stills at events. We used the stills...
Boy, do I have a cute family to share on the blog here today. Meet Chuck and Katie Johnston. Oh, and show-stealer, Gus. Spending the day out in the beautiful Penrose Park area, little Gus here gave us some photographs that can only be described as well-timed...
This job just gets better and better as time goes on. Over the years, I've pushed any photo opportunity (which clients gave me the liberty with) to create some truly unique and different artwork. It starts with an intimate/interesting view into the subject(s), backed by solid...
[caption id="attachment_8631" align="alignnone" width="800"] Photo of a current Provari 2.5 model.[/caption] As my commercial photography client base grows, so do the number of them who ask me to produce short videos. The video side of the biz has been growing very steadily though it's not something...
Before I get into the thick of this post, and the resulting photos, I need to get a little personal. This will probably be the most personal post on the Matty blog, ever. I try to keep the blog fairly focused with sights set on the...
[embed width="720"] http://mattyphotography.smugmug.com/Clients/2014/2014-Video/i-nXccDqc/A[/embed] Mobile viewers - click here I recently started shooting for a PNW based company, Pacific Mountain Products. They grow and harvest a number of products here in the PNW and distribute them around the world. Up until recently, it was studio and location photography,...
A chat with Jessica Young on all things magical, complete with photos....
Whoa, what a busy last couple of months, on both the photo and film sides! Everything from commercial magazine shoots and films created to market business, and then there is the personal side of life with maternity and family photos. Love it, all of it....
I was hired for the second year in a row to produce a film to present at Community Health Care's yearly fundraising luncheon here in Tacoma. I like working with CHC, diving into the medical field for more insight into their services. The part I...
Sorry, couldn't help myself with the cheesy title, but you have to give me credit, it is fitting. When I sat down with Crista and asked her to tell me a bit about herself and fiancé Grady, she described a clear common shared love (aside...
Do you ever get these ideas in your head and all the sudden feel this immediate need to see them through as quickly as possible? This is, like, my every day. There are not many situations in life where I'm not building photo concepts around...
It was about 3pm, almost three weeks ago from today, I noticed something falling outside the studio windows. Could that be...
I'm happy to share a story of love, on this day, Valentine's Day. This tale of love is, in its own right, a story of perseverance, but we didn't realize this shoot was going to be a trying adventure as well. Stephanie and Ryan, a couple...
