Matty Photo & Motion

Matty Photo & Motion Pro Photo and Video production company, serving Commercial and Personal clients in the Tacoma and Se Full-time photographer, Matt McDaniel.

Through his expert use and control of light, he can take any location and create a wide spectrum of compositions and styles. This IS creative and technical thinking coming together, turning the ordinary into the extraordinary.

As visual creators we always have a deep desire to make every frame striking and engaging, but logistical realities love...
03/10/2026

As visual creators we always have a deep desire to make every frame striking and engaging, but logistical realities love to creep in to try and crash the party (time, budget, weather, etc) - often times limiting options when it comes time to the interview portion of production. This can translate to a basic room which to conduct in where we can meet the basics to control light and sound. That doesn’t mean we give up and keep it basic. We work hard to deploy and craft lighting to create on-brand colors, mood, depth and dimension to turn an ordinary room into something special.

It’s a new year and new you. A new set of goals, new opportunities, a new set of images to show the world you are seriou...
01/05/2026

It’s a new year and new you. A new set of goals, new opportunities, a new set of images to show the world you are serious. 2026 ushers in a new set of cinematic portraits direction at Matty (more on that to come). This particular set is a Vanity Fair inspired series of looks that we are in love with and excited to offer our clients! Get in touch, this can be your year and your headshots.

11/22/2025

A fun and inspiring video we recently produced for the Steilacoom schools, telling the success story of how they are empowering our teachers, and therefore our youngest students, with the best possible educational tools. Adding an extra dimension to this project, we offered photo/video students from the high school to shadow Matt McDaniel during the couple days of video production to see how it all is captured, and giving those older students real-world insights.

Film set for an opening scene to give the recent Steilacoom Schools literacy grant program video the heart and magic ne...
11/09/2025

Film set for an opening scene to give the recent Steilacoom Schools literacy grant program video the heart and magic needed to bottle up the adventures our young ones go on after gaining the important power of reading.

Fall senior photos are some of my favs - the color, texture, and depth is unmatched.
10/27/2025

Fall senior photos are some of my favs - the color, texture, and depth is unmatched.

Pic 1 - the setup. Pics 2 & 3 - the resulting looks off both cams rolling. Fun video project working with to tell the s...
10/11/2025

Pic 1 - the setup. Pics 2 & 3 - the resulting looks off both cams rolling. Fun video project working with to tell the story of their K-5 transformative literacy program, while also integrating high school photo/video students to shadow the video production process. B-roll capture next week!

Early mornings suck but ALWAYS worth it for the great light getting bottled up in our lenses. Spent the morning capturin...
09/26/2025

Early mornings suck but ALWAYS worth it for the great light getting bottled up in our lenses. Spent the morning capturing the more rural side of things while keeping one eye in the lens and the other for dodging land mines.

Senior photos in full swing - also, the best and recommended time of the year if you want to brave the cold PNW waters! ...
07/29/2025

Senior photos in full swing - also, the best and recommended time of the year if you want to brave the cold PNW waters! Fun shoots, great colors and photos you’ll enjoy for the rest of your life.

One location, two different times of days to make a slick transitional splice in our water commercial. Huge thanks to ....
07/27/2025

One location, two different times of days to make a slick transitional splice in our water commercial. Huge thanks to .whalen for being our running talent for this story!

Just one of 4 shoot location stops for a new and exciting video series we are producing for , and pumped for what we hav...
07/26/2025

Just one of 4 shoot location stops for a new and exciting video series we are producing for , and pumped for what we have planned. Big thanks to for allowing us access to their excellent workout space, and Ash for being super accommodating - and hands down our fav footy from the day!

Curtis and his car. Most senior boys get dragged kicking and screaming via mom to entertain a photo shoot. Most of them ...
06/04/2025

Curtis and his car. Most senior boys get dragged kicking and screaming via mom to entertain a photo shoot. Most of them leave the shoot enjoying the process and loving the photos we take because it is work that embodies them. It’s not fake, it’s not cheesy, it’s them.

Client: Matt, we want to do a fun fashion shoot. Matt: Can you get me access to a rollercoaster?Fun clients, fun locatio...
06/01/2025

Client: Matt, we want to do a fun fashion shoot.
Matt: Can you get me access to a rollercoaster?

Fun clients, fun location, fun photos.

(Note: these images are straight from camera, you can even see clothing clamps that would be taken out in post).

Address

8312 Custer Road SW
Lakewood, WA
98499

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 10pm
Tuesday 9am - 10pm
Wednesday 9am - 10pm
Thursday 9am - 10pm
Friday 9am - 10pm
Saturday 9am - 10pm
Sunday 9am - 10pm

Telephone

(253) 666-4434

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