Matt Freedman Photography: Blog

La Figa in PhotoMedia Magazine

pmattf — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:31:40 +0000

There is a photograph and story about the La Figa Project on the back page of the summer issue of PhotoMedia magazine. The magazine is available at most major photography retailers in the Western US. Or, you can read it online… Matt Freedman: Of Food and Flesh.

Tiberio on La Figa

pmattf — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:56:09 +0000

As part of our book proposal for La Figa: Visions of Food and Form, Seattle filmmaker Dan McComb has just produced a fantastic new short video, featuring Chef Tiberio Simone at the Pike Place Market, talking about the project, food, life, and love…

La Figa Pike Place from Dan McComb on Vimeo.

Fremont Solstice Parade

pmattf — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:36:50 +0000

My photographs from last weekend’s Fremont Solstice Parade are now online. The complete set is available at my “friends and family” site, and a “best of” collection is on my Facebook fan page.

Meanwhile, here are a few highlights. Click for larger images…

2010 Seattle Erotic Art Festival

pmattf — Wed, 19 May 2010 14:36:22 +0000

I have posted my photos from Friday night at this year’s Seattle Erotic Art Festival. After just a few years, SEAF has rapidly become one of Seattle’s premiere cultural events, as well as one of its best parties. If you missed it this year, don’t let it happen again!

A few highlights are here, and the rest have been posted as an album on my Facebook page. BTW, Facebook has finally changed their ridiculous “fan” nomenclature, so if you want to get updates on what I post there, you no longer have to become my fan — you can just “like” me.

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Graffiti

pmattf — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:46:28 +0000

I have been meaning to do a shoot at the closed and graffiti covered shell of the old Tubs in Seattle for a year. I finally got a chance to do it last weekend with metalsmith and model Mellington Cartwright (her metalwork is available at www.mellingtoncartwright.com).

Here are a few highlights, the full set is available on my Facebook fan page. Click for larger images…

Photographer’s Release Forms on the Go

pmattf — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:38:05 +0000

mRelease, my newest iPhone app, is now available on the iTunes app store. Designed for filmmakers and photographers, mRelease makes getting releases easier than you ever thought it could be. Appearance Release (a.k.a. Model Release or Talent Release), Property Release, Location Release, and Crew Release are all included.

Once you have entered basic information about your shoot, for each release you just add some quick details about your subject, an image from the built-in camera or photo library, and get a touch-screen signature – it is that easy! The app creates, stores, and emails you a pdf file of the signed release, including the embedded photo of your subject.

If you are a professional filmmaker or photographer, student, hobbyist, or anybody else who needs a release, mRelease is designed to make your life easier so you can focus on creating the content you love.

Get mRelease

Water Sines

pmattf — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:10:05 +0000

I have posted a set of photos from last night’s performance of Water Sines – Sidney Genette’s amazing multi-media performance at Seattle’s Saint Mark’s Cathedral. The complete gallery is on my Facebook fan page, but you can see a few highlights here.

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La Figa: Behind the Scenes

pmattf — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:36:58 +0000

Work on the La Figa: Visions of Food and Form project is continuing – we should have some news to report on publication of the book some time this spring. Meanwhile, Tiberio and I continue to shoot. We recently did two different shoots with two different pairs of women and two different small round fruits (grapes and cherry tomatoes). We are saving the final images for the book, but here are some fun behind the scenes shots of the process (it is a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it)…

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Seattle’s Sexiest Physician and Personal Trainer/Stripper

pmattf — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:21:10 +0000

Seattle’s alternative weekly paper, The Stranger, just announced their picks for Seattle’s Sexiest 2010 – the eight sexiest people in Seattle – and remarkably, both of our two cover models from this month’s sex issue of JUST CAUSE Magazine made the grade! A photo of mine of Lisa – now officially Seattle’s sexiest physician – is featured by The Stranger (the rest of the photos from that set have previously been featured here, and can be found on my Facebook fan page). Gabriel, Seattle’s sexiest personal trainer/stripper is also a good friend of mine, and one of my favorite models to work with.

Here are some bonus photos of two of Seattle’s sexiest people. Click for larger versions…

This month’s JUST CAUSE Magazine cover:

The photo of Lisa that The Stranger selected (see my Facebook Fan Page for more of the photos from this set):

A few of my favorite photos of Gabriel…

And these two, from the La Figa Project…

Fremont Winter Feast

pmattf — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:28:44 +0000

The Fremont Winter Feast is a winter solstice celebration put on by and for the Fremont Arts Council – the same group that puts on the Fremont Solstice Parade at the summer solstice (wow, has six months gone by already?). Here are a few shots, you will find a larger gallery on my Facebook fan page.

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Burning Man iPhone App: Now Free!

pmattf — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:47:57 +0000

Version 1.1 of my coffee table book for the iPhone – Burning Man 2008: A Photo Essay by Matt Freedman has now been released:

It includes post Burning Man 2009 updates to the text of my introduction, packing list, and guide to photography at Burning Man.
The app has now been gifted to the Burning Man community, and is available as a free download.

Also, if you or somebody you know may be interested in putting out your own coffee table book for the iPhone – either as a free app for promotional purposes, or as a paid app to make money – my platform is available for licensing. See my Monkfish Labs site for more information.

Stay tuned for updates about a Burning Man 2009 iPhone app. There is one coming, but it will be quite different than this one.

Burning Man 2009 Photos!

pmattf — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:28:56 +0000

I have just posted over 100 of my absolute favorite images from Burning Man 2009 on my Facebook fan page.

Here is a small sample. Click for larger images…

Maternity Nudes

pmattf — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:45:50 +0000

Here are some samples from a recent maternity shoot in my studio. Some of these are shot with a black paper background, and some in the “dungeon” – the back storage room, which is technically part of the Seattle Underground.

There are also few more (non-nude) images from this shoot available on my facebook fan page (which you are highly encouraged to join if you have not done so already).

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Last Summer Shoot of 2009

pmattf — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:19:56 +0000

Based on how it feels outside today, I think the endless summer of 2009 has finally ended. But I did manage to squeeze in one final summer portrait session last week, out on the beach at Seattle’s Carkeek Park. It was a perfect day – warm, no wind, and clear skies all the way to sunset, giving us that perfect golden hour light.

The model is a naturopathic doctor who needs the photos for her website, though the look we went for is more fashion model portfolio than business portrait. Mostly because I like to make everybody look like fashion models.

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And we even managed to get some behind the scenes action shots (photos by Danny Berg)…

Burning Man 2009: Portraits

pmattf — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:16:19 +0000

To continue the themes from my last two posts (portraits and Burning Man), I have just uploaded 30 or so of my favorite portraits from Burning Man 2009, to serve as a preview of this year’s images. The photos are on my Facebook fan page.

Meanwhile, here is a preview of the preview (click for larger images)…

50 Portraits

pmattf — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:34:53 +0000

I have just uploaded an album of 50 or so of my all time favorite portraits to the new Matt Freedman Photography Facebook Fan Page. I am posting these photos to:

Give the tagged people at least one really nice photo on their Facebook pages.
Drop a subtle reminder that I am a professional photographer available for portrait (and other) sessions.
Build up the number of fans of my photography page before the inevitable anti-Facebook fan page backlash begins.

View the album 50 Portraits.

Here are a few highlights (click for larger images)…

Burning Man Photos!!! And a Facebook Fan Page!!!

pmattf — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:00:20 +0000

Burning Man 2009 has come and gone – and as everbody is saying, Best Burn Ever!!! I have gotten the 3100 images I took down to about 500 that I am going to keep, and started the process of individually fine tuning each one to bring it to its full potential (anywhere from 2 to 30 minutes per image). In other words, the photos won’t be done for a while.

Meanwhile however, I have now released 100 of my absolute favorite images from Burning Man 2008. As you may know, these were previously only available with purchase of my iPhone e-book, Burning Man 2008: A Photo Essay by Matt Freedman. And, I am getting on the bandwagon, and have a launched a Facebook “fan page” for my photography. I have inaugurated that by putting the 2008 Burning Man images there. So click the following link to go there, and enjoy the photos from Burning Man 2008, and if you would like, become a fan, so you can stay informed of the latest developments with my 2009 photos etc.

Matt Freedman Photography on Facebook

(and please forward/post/tweet this – I really would like to get the word out that these are available).

Meanwhile, here are a few of the new photos. Click for larger images…

The Early Bird Gets the Dew

pmattf — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:27:29 +0000

A few weeks ago, just as the Seattle heatwave was starting (which soon led to our highest recorded temperature ever of 102 degrees) I really wanted to get out and climb Mount Dickerman. Due to its 4000′ elevation gain though, I really did not want to be climbing in the heat of the day. So I left my house at 5:30 AM, and was at the trailhead around 7:00. This got me to the first alpine meadows just as the sun was cresting a ridge at 9:30 AM, and hitting a patch of wildflowers for the first time that day, and thus still dew-covered. If you have seen my macro photography portfolio (i.e. ultra closeups), you may have noticed that I am a bit obsessed with dewdrops. So hitting a patch of wildflowers completely soaked in dew, yet being blasted by beautiful low-angle morning sunshine was basically like dying and going to heaven. Here are a few of my favorites from that morning…

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In fact, I was so obsessed, I barely noticed the flies that were swarming me…

Jeet Kune Do

pmattf — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:30:51 +0000

Here are a few images from a recent photo shoot with French martial artist Daniel Locicero – a certified Jeet Kune Do instructor (not to mention talented artist) currently residing in Seattle. Photographic hint of the day: when you want to highlight somebody’s muscle definition, side lighting is your friend.

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And, BTW, yes, I also do regular old headshots…

Garden Macros

pmattf — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:31:30 +0000

The July/August issue of JUST CAUSE Magazine is all about food, and I did quite a bit of shooting in several Seattle community gardens for the Concrete Jungle story. Usually I do macro photography in the wild, or in decorative gardens, so shooting vegetable gardens was a change of pace. Here are a few of my favorites, only the first of which actually made it into the magazine…

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