I spent a couple music-filled hours with foot happy 6-year-old Martin. I first met Martin through his father, they were both at a get-together a few months back which I also attended. Before long that evening, Martin was literally breakdancing in the dining room. I...
No, this isn't a guest blogger, this is the formal introduction of Alice to the Matty Photography blog. She's been shooting with me for well over a year now, serving as an assistant on my commercial shoots, and a second shooter for events. During that...
"Are digitals included?" Isn't the photo above cute? That's your disc of digitals you purchased from a "professional" hanging on the wall. You know...
I was walking by the meeting table today and just had to take a picture of its current situation. Yes, it's our "meeting table" but more often than not it's more of a staging platform for things going on at the studio. In other words,...
That blur in the picture is me. We try and get a couple BTS shots at most shoots, and out of the few shots we do get of me working I can confidently say that at least 80% of them look like the example above,...
That's a question I get asked by most people when they review my work, "you use Photoshop, right?" The answer is always the same, "no." I then explain how all of my work is done at time of capture and with lighting. Then comes the,...
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...
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.
