I've had the pleasure of knowing a couple members of the Belmont family for a few years now. They have a great energy about them and a very passionate in their endeavors. One such passion they definitely share is their love of fashion. Working together...
I have a very fun set of photos to share with you all today. Carissa, a senior at Wilson High School, walked into the studio looking for something "different." She also desired a dramatic style with a fashion flair. Carissa, you came to the right...
I wanted to share a fun story from yesterday's impromptu photo adventure, and perhaps an inspirational/motivational one for you photographers out there. Most of our shoots here at Matty Photography are highly conceptual - we know the exact location and composition we are shooting, the...
Back in March, I was hired to create some marketing images for a fashion-focused and wine tasting fundraiser event. The objective: photograph a couple of women in fun clothing, with the occasional shot of them enjoying wine. Location was an upscale condo facility in downtown...
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.
It's the end of May, the weather forecast is looking amazing on this particular day. It's rolling the dice to schedule advanced outdoor photo shoots here in the PNW. And by "advanced" I mean 2-3 days out. Yes, that's still considered risky for outdoor shoots here in the Spring.
They are hectic, exciting, sexy, exhausting, exhilarating, and chaotic all at once. I'm talking about fashion shows. Sure, sitting out by the catwalk waiting for the show to start, everything seems normal, maybe even down-right boring, peeking to see when the models will start to strut their stuff. Well, the pre-show catwalk is the ying to the backstage's yang. Ironically, the backstage is where I wanted to be to capture the Fashion Night Out event that London Couture was hosting. It was the busyness, the prep, the inside look into what goes into a fashion show, but at the same time, snag some seemingly calm images of the models before they hit the runway. I spoke with the owner of London Couture, Tina London, a couple days before the event, and was able to snag the backstage access. I knew there was going to be a herd of photographers there to click away on the catwalk, but if you know me, you know I'm always out to get the shots and the look no one else is getting or thinking of.
