Key to the Hound’s Heart – A Halloween theme photoshoot

Key to the Hound’s Heart – A Halloween theme photoshoot

Posted on Oct 30, 2023

Year 11. Eleven years of dreaming up an image every Halloween, inspired by and centered around our goodest girl, Willow the Wild. Unfortunately, and not dissimilar to previous years, the world is heavy with hurt. So much pain, violence, injustice, death and despair. I’m not here to write about that, there are far better voices […]

A Ten-Year Spell: Capturing Halloween’s Hauntingly Beautiful Moments

A Ten-Year Spell: Capturing Halloween’s Hauntingly Beautiful Moments

Posted on Oct 24, 2023

Themed photoshoots are our jam. They are a journey of personal discovery – a project that’s entirely outside of the ‘business’ of photography. Thoughtfully chosen, a recurring personal theme can wield a power that pushes aside bleak thoughts or burnout and keeps us falling in love with our craft over and over again. Halloween became […]

Willow, this is for you – a Halloween theme photoshoot

Willow, this is for you – a Halloween theme photoshoot

Posted on Dec 6, 2022

Year 10. We’ve been doing this anti-burnout creative project for ten years! This year marks the tenth concept we bring to life; and our supernatural dog muse celebrated her 10th birthday. Every concept is tied to her, inspired by her, dedicated to her, created for her because… she came into our lives and opened a […]

A Visit to Madame Leota- a Halloween theme photoshoot

A Visit to Madame Leota- a Halloween theme photoshoot

Posted on Oct 30, 2021

I probably say it every year. My favorite thing about doing this Halloween project for the past nine years (nine???), is the ability to bring a little magic and creativity during a time when we feel burnout most heavily. This is truer still, in the wake of a pandemic we are all still trying to […]

Soñé con un Alebrije- a Halloween theme photoshoot

Soñé con un Alebrije- a Halloween theme photoshoot

Posted on Nov 1, 2020

Part of doing a yearly Passion Project is knowing that it, like many of our collective plans this year, could easily be sidetracked or otherwise postponed. The term “hindsight 2020” will take on a whole different meaning for all of us. This year has indeed been brutal with a global pandemic, a deeply divided political […]

Canis Major – a Halloween theme photoshoot

Canis Major – a Halloween theme photoshoot

Posted on Oct 30, 2019

Our favorite season is back, though increasingly, it feels like it comes tinged with smoke from monster fires ravaging California and stealing the joy and magic from autumn. But you know what? Life and everything else may get in the way, but it is our choice whether we let it or not. So, the 7th year in […]