Heather, Scott and Jayden

Heather and Scott came into the studio just prior to having their first child Jayden. We captured some timeless maternity images and after Jayden was born they dropped back in and here is a great shot of Scott and Jayden.

Homage to Great Grandma...

This project was so much fun. Pamela Ritter and her daughter Anya stopped into the studio after visiting Studio 3 hair salon next door to us. They were going to have Anya's hair done to replicate a photo of her Great Grandmother when she was Anya's age. After talking, they came back and we had some fun replicating the lighting and feel of the image of Grandma, which they were giving to her as a gift for the holidays. It isn't an exact replica, nor was it meant to be, but I think we captured the essence that ties them both together. Grandma is 95 or therabouts. Such a fun thing to photograph and such a timeless gift...

Santa

Who says photographers are all cynical bastids? We love Santa, too. December 5 thru 20, we hosted Santa in Arcata Photo Studios, trading candy canes for smiles. It was exactly what APS photog Martin Swett wanted, below, spending a little QT with the fat man in between kiddie shoots. Who knows what Swett asked for. Frankly, you don't really want to know.

Families

Who are we to make you go with one image of your family/kids. Heck, throw them all in. New product from APS - Family Collages.


The Rowland family of McKinleyville is great! Michelle and Casey's son Trystyn had just turned one-year old so we had a blast letting him demolish a tasty Ramone's cake.

Smiling little kids...

Location Portraits

We did a couple really fun location portraits for Activant. Who knew auto repair and parts was so complicated?
Dale @ Leon's Care Care



Ken Cook @ Six Rivers Warehouse

Irresponsible blogging and fun photography

Led by one-woman belly dance sensation Shoshanna of Redwood Raks, the Old Humboldt Creamery has become the A-town center of movement. New World Ballet, Samba Na Chuva and Shoshanna's Ya Habibi had us down on location for promotional and head shot photography recently. Oh, another tough day in the salt mines for the APS crew.