We're still here...just doing the busy work.

January has been flying by. It's typically a pretty dead month for photographers across the board. We've had some really fun jobs to carry us through the month. Mostly the daily toils have been preparing our 2009 pricing for portraits and weddings, getting ready for the bridal fair at Blue Lake Casino March 1st and pulling images for the new website which will be up and live in a week or so.

I (sheldon) have personally been burying myself in photography art books, magazines and art theory books. Just something to help keep the spark glowing in the slower times. Some new portfolio work coming down the pipe, fun projects and some fine-art work.

Arts! Arcata-Friday, January 9th!!!

Come on down this Friday from 6-9pm and give a listen to our friend and local strummer Lila Nelson. Lila is much loved around these parts and we're honored to have her in the studio. Of course us gents from Arcata Photo will be around to chat about photography, art, computers, fine drink and a variety of other meaningless drivel. We've got some killer new work hanging on the walls, representative of some of the fun work we've been having over the last couple months. We'd love to show it all, but hey, it's not a big place. Just big fun.

What?!?! In DECEMBER?!?!?!

The Fam


Okay. Outdoor photography in Humboldt County in December is a little iffy to say the least. When Kristi Puzz dropped into the studio and wanted to arrange a family portrait while folks were in town for the holidays, we thought...no problem! Mind you, it'd been raining for a week straight with 100% chance of precip on the outlook as well. Hey, who are we to turn down something like this? Shooting in the rain at an undecided location with a tight timeline? OF COURSE WE WILL! After all, that's what pros do right? With some well placed redwoods for a little cover on our subjects we kept spirits high and everyone was smiling. Of course maybe they were laughing at the soggy photographers and gear they were looking at. Fun times and thanks again to Kristi Puzz and her family!

Fun w/kids

Random Senior Portraits

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.