The Art of the Moment

ATJ New Digs

Here's a little sneak peek of the new space from the hallway view...we are loving our new home! The cyc wall is done and DIVINE to shoot on (will post pics later) and the white floors are pure BUTTAH! The cyc wall is our studio shooting area and the area with the table is our natural light shooting area--to the left are offices and behind the offices is a HUGE storage closet that is already full and our fab little bathroom. It's light, airy and cheeful!

New Ventures: Matage Custom Framing

When you own a small business, you find out pretty quickly that you can't do everything. After trying to frame a few things myself, I had to ask the question, "Do I want to be a photographer or a picture framer?"

Enter Rob Brinton, owner of Matage' Custom Framing (aka The Framing Division of ATJ Photo:)

Not only is he nice, soft-spoken and wears a tie every day to work (not kidding). He is also OCD when it comes to quality and the detail of the work he does AND he's reasonably priced to boot! You can't beat that. This guy has stayed up many nights turning around insane deadlines for me and my sister's design firm and he makes us look SO good. So if you have anything that needs to be framed, he's the guy.

Matage'....How DO you pronounce that name? We, affectionately, call him Matage-mahal (like the Taj Mahal). Silly, but memorable. Here are his new digs in the same building I'm moving into soon. 166 W. Main Street in Downtown Mesa, Arizona.

Jenn--just chillin' in the cool chairs at Matage...the Starbuck's is gettin' low, thus the sleepy eyes...