Matty Blog

Well, kinda. See, John Salicco never really "left" music. A gifted musician with two real loves - performing music and building instruments which make the music. A well-seasoned man who has traveled a lot of miles and has strummed musical instruments his entire life. A...

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]The aborigine, apparently uninjured, climbed quickly into the skiff, and seizing the spear with me helped to hold off the infuriated creature. Blood from the wounded reptile was now crimsoning the waters about us and soon from the weakening struggles it became evident that...

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]The aborigine, apparently uninjured, climbed quickly into the skiff, and seizing the spear with me helped to hold off the infuriated creature. Blood from the wounded reptile was now crimsoning the waters about us and soon from the weakening struggles it became evident that...

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]The aborigine, apparently uninjured, climbed quickly into the skiff, and seizing the spear with me helped to hold off the infuriated creature. Blood from the wounded reptile was now crimsoning the waters about us and soon from the weakening struggles it became evident that...

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]The aborigine, apparently uninjured, climbed quickly into the skiff, and seizing the spear with me helped to hold off the infuriated creature. Blood from the wounded reptile was now crimsoning the waters about us and soon from the weakening struggles it became evident that...

I love my clients for so many reasons, but probably my favorite is that most walk into my studio seeking something "different." That's the word they use, and they use it so often that I've learned to simply integrate the word into my marketing. Seriously,...

Spent a few hours in the sand with Alexia for some volleyball themed senior photos. These are the kinds of shoots that put me in my happy place. I love capturing people doing what they love. It's beyond a standard portrait of someone simply sitting...

Let me start this post off with something I know I've disclosed a number of times, and that is I LOVE MY JOB. Ok, now onto the post. The idea for doing a father-son super hero shoot was born a couple months ago in my...

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...

Often in my line of work, I don't get the opportunity to setup a lighting concept and do a dry run prior to the real deal. It's usually rolling into a shoot and setting it up mostly improv and by feel. This is mostly because...

These big blue eyes are killer! And what a sweet little man little Michael was at his 6-month photo shoot.  He had JUST started crawling and was still a little unsure of himself, but determined to get from A to B at the same time....

http://vimeo.com/63973017 It was mid-March, I get a call from the marketing department over at Community Health Care, a Pierce County-based, non-profit health care organization. They want to hire me to produce a 3-5 minute video for their fast-approaching annual luncheon fundraising event taking place April 3rd....

I've recently started shooting some fitness-centric concepts the past few months and I've really enjoyed it. Fitness has been a part of my own life for as long as I could remember. I'm super glad that I grew up in the 80's like I did....