Tex Kelly Productions · Humboldt County, California · Home of the Studio
Cinematic film, photography, and marketing for Humboldt County and the North Coast.
Award-winning film and photography for Eureka, Arcata, Trinidad, Ferndale, Fortuna, and the broader Humboldt corridor. Weddings, portraits, drone, marketing, web, and industrial LiDAR under one roof. Studio at 322 Grotto Street in Old Town Eureka. Voted Humboldt County's Best Filmmaker. FAA Part 107 certified.
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Cinema, photography, strategy. Humboldt home base.
Weddings in Trinidad to industrial LiDAR in Scotia. Senior portraits at Founders Grove to brand campaigns for the North Coast hospitality, restaurant, and trade economy. An award-winning creative studio delivered with the same craft eye across every medium, and the deepest local footprint of any production company on the Humboldt coast.
Weddings
Cinematic films and editorial photography for weddings.
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Drone Photography and Videography
Drone FAA Part 107-certified aerial photography and cinema.
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Senior Portraits
Cinematic senior sessions, redwoods, coast, hometown settings.
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Proposals & Engagements
Discreet surprise-proposal photography and film, with full logistics handled.
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Marketing Consulting
Strategy, content direction, and ad management for local operators.
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Custom-coded websites built to rank, no templates, no plugins.
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LiDAR & Digital Twin
LiDAR scanning and digital twin deliverables for Humboldt construction, infrastructure, timber-corridor industrial, and commercial property clients. Eel River corridor mills to Eureka Old Town heritage architecture.
Industrial-grade equipment in-house, with extended capabilities through partnership.
Humboldt County, California
Home of the studio.
Humboldt is where the studio lives and where the work began. 322 Grotto Street in Old Town Eureka is the physical creative space, the only dedicated production studio of its kind in the county. Voted Humboldt County's Best Filmmaker, 100+ five-star reviews, and a roster of brand, hospitality, and wedding clients that spans every corner of the Humboldt economy.
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California North Coast. Home
Humboldt cities served.
Eureka Old Town, Arcata Plaza, Trinidad coastline, Ferndale Victorian heritage, Fortuna Eel River corridor, McKinleyville, Loleta dairy country, Scotia timber heritage, Garberville Avenue of the Giants, and the Lost Coast.
Explore CaliforniaHumboldt cities
- Eureka
- Arcata
- Trinidad
- Ferndale
- Fortuna
- McKinleyville
- Loleta
- Scotia
- Garberville
- Honeydew
- Orick
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Northern Arizona. Born and Raised
Born and raised in Prescott Valley.
Northern Arizona service area covering the Prescott metro, Sedona's red rocks, Flagstaff's pine forest, and the broader Yavapai + Coconino corridors. Home turf, served from the California studio.
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- Yavapai County
- Coconino County
- Mohave County
- Gila County
- Navajo County
North Coast moments, over the years.
Weddings in beautiful Trinidad, proposals in the Northern California redwoods, seniors in their hometowns.
Explore ServicesSurprise Proposal · Founders Grove
Wedding · Humboldt County
Senior Portrait · NorCal Sports
100+ Five Star reviews
in Humboldt County.
Verified Google reviews from couples, families, businesses, and brand partners across the North Coast.
“Tex is a brilliant photographer and an absolute joy to work with! He recently took our engagement photos and the final products exceeded our expectations in every way. Not only are the photos stunning, but the entire experience was so much fun! Tex went above and beyond to make us feel comfortable and relaxed in front of the camera which was so important as my fiancé and I are pretty shy folks. Tex even scheduled multiple sessions at different locations throughout the day that hold special meaning to us, which made both the experience and the photos turn out just perfect. He was great at giving us prompts and pose ideas that felt very natural for us and made the entire process very relaxing. He even shared some sneak peak photos with us the day after and we're so excited to make a photo album with his work! Tex's talent, creativity, and attention to detail shine through in every photo. He has a gift for capturing the beauty and emotion of a moment, and we feel so grateful to have him as a part of our journey. If you're looking for a photographer who will deliver breathtaking photos and make the experience enjoyable and stress-free, look no further than Tex! We can't recommend him enough.”
Beth Rogers
Engagement photography
“Tex Kelly and his talents are such a gift and joy. Thank you so much for all of the amazingness your skills brought to the Arcata Highschool Football State Champions of 2024!!! His love and support and video and photography skills lifted the whole team. Such powerful film and editing and visuals that filled up the whole team with such an energy… amazing what the correct film and photos and music and editing can do to evoke all the feels. You have such a gift and it was so beautiful to witness and be a part of. I would recommend this man to come to ANY event I wanted to memorialize and remember. He sees people and knows how to bring them together and highlight their strengths and amazingness. I am so excited for this community to use his talents for their sports photography photos and that teams get their highlight reels from him and that more weddings and senior portraits and parties and events get to have Tex there to usher in the best photo video proof and memories you will forever cherish. THANK YOU TEX!!!! Your talent is phenomenal!!!!”
Annie Parker
Arcata HS Football
“If you're looking for a great photographer, look no further. We are from TX, and it was our first time visiting Trinidad, CA. I knew I wanted to propose here but had no idea where to start, so I took a shot in the dark and reached out to Tex. From the start, Tex was friendly and communicative, and he ultimately helped me pick an awesome spot for my proposal. At proposal day Tex was even better, he was warm and seemed genuinely happy to be there with us. I'll add that my (now) Fiance and I do not normally take a ton of photos, but Tex somehow had us completely comfortable and laughing through different poses for the entire hour session. He truly captured the surprise (this moment was 4 years in the making), excitement, and joy of the moment in a way that you can feel, even just looking at the photos. Go to Tex! I don't know him personally, but I will say this, this guy is the real deal, a kind hearted person and top notch professional who really seems dedicated to his craft.”
Michael Fiore
Trinidad surprise proposal
“Tex took family photos for us just before Christmas this year and I am in love with every single one of them!!! Not only was Tex extremely professional but he also made the experience feel natural and fun! If you are a parent of young children, you know how powerful that is! After spending just a few minutes together, he took the time to learn about us and even was willing to travel to another location that was significant to our story. With this attention to detail and creativity, he truly captured the spirit of our family!! Aside from his talent in photography, he even surprised us by having the photos to us within days despite it being the holidays! I feel that Tex went above and beyond for us and I'm so grateful that he was able to capture these moments that we will never forget. I would recommend Tex to anyone looking for any kind of photography or cinematography needs!!! Thank you, Tex!!!! You made our holiday!!!”
Caitlin Rose
Family photography client
“Tex started taking photographs and shooting videos of my son's football team this year and we couldn't be more thrilled with his finished pieces of art. He truly captured all the boys individual personalities as well as documenting the family bond they share. He paid such attention to detail getting all the moments nobody thinks twice about but we are so thankful to have these memories for a lifetime. Not to mention these boys can use these highlights to share to colleges if they are pursuing scholarships. I can't say enough good things about his productions and will be hiring him for any photography and videography needs in the future.”
Jennifer Woody
Football photography
“We hired Tex for our Wedding later this year and just did our Engagement photos with him! Not only did Tex take the time to make sure that we were both comfortable at the beginning, but he made us feel so relaxed throughout the entire session! His confident and personable demeanor allowed us to not have any worries and just to enjoy it! And the photos are AMAZING! Everyone that's seen them has commented on how happy we both look and it's totally because Tex created an environment where we could just have fun! So grateful and excited for our wedding Day photos! Highly recommend to anyone! High quality person and high quality photos!”
Kelsie Sobol
Wedding & engagement
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A locally rooted operator, federally certified.
Active affiliations with Humboldt County's leading trade and professional organizations, plus an FAA Part 107 commercial Remote Pilot Certificate and a TEDxHumboldtBay speaker credit.
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Tex Kelly. Ten years experience marketing businesses. Voted Humboldt County's Best.
Award-winning videographer, photographer, wedding filmmaker, and Drone FAA Part 107 certified pilot based in Humboldt County, California. Tex and his wife Molly form one of the North Coast's most dynamic husband-and-wife creative teams, a seamless blend of cinematic videography and stunning photography.
Tex has a decade of experience marketing and growing companies, brand systems, paid-media engines, and integrated campaigns that have moved the needle for North Coast operators across categories. Businesses that worked with Tex through the COVID-19 era didn't just survive; many of them thrived, because the marketing fundamentals were sound enough to compound through a moment that broke a lot of less-prepared brands.
The production craft is the newer chapter on top of all that strategy. It wasn't until two years ago that Tex bought his first camera and started producing TV commercials and editorial photography in-house, which means every frame is captured by an operator who already understood, from a decade of campaign work, exactly what a brand needs in order to convert.
1 billion+ views. 2 million+ followers. A brand recognized for visual storytelling that's both beautiful and impactful, from cinematic wedding films to drone footage over the Humboldt coastline to commercial content for North Coast businesses.
A physical studio in Eureka.
Tex Kelly Productions is one of the only Humboldt County production companies with a dedicated office and creative studio, based in Old Town Eureka, by appointment only.
Available for consultations, portfolio reviews, indoor portrait sessions, brand strategy meetings, and digital twin production. Step in, sit down, work on your project face-to-face.
- Address
- 322 Grotto St
Eureka, CA 95501 - Hours
- By appointment
- Phone
- (707) 382-1108
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322 Grotto St, Eureka.
Old Town Eureka. By appointment only. Drop a pin or open the listing on Google Maps for directions and the latest reviews.
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Weddings, brand work, real estate, industrial, every inquiry gets a personal reply within 24 hours. By appointment at the Eureka studio, or remote across Humboldt, Mendocino, and Del Norte Counties.