About Wild Dog Studios
Our Story
WDS is built on the knowledge and skills of two professionals, photographer Eric Sines and writer Patti Hudson. Their combined experience in commercial photography, film & video production, journalism, copywriting, outreach, project management, marketing and design gives them a unique understanding of what it takes to move a business forward.
The majority of the creative work accomplished at WDS is performed by these two, although they do call in other professionals from time to time.
Eric thinking about getting a new cameraBorn and raised in New York City, Eric Sines got bit by the photo bug in his early teens and began shooting art images, along with the occasional wedding or portrait to help pay for his new obsession. He went on to study photography and filmmaking at the San Francisco Art Institute and California College of Arts & Crafts. From there he worked in television as an editor for KTVU in Oakland. After moving to Oregon in the late 1970s, he continued to work in film and video as a cinematographer, editor and technical advisor on both commercial and independent productions.
But it was photography and its ability to capture the decisive moment that most excited him and eventually brought him back to where he had started. Since turning his full attention to still photography in the early 1980s, his editorial work has appeared in hundreds of national and regional publications. His commercial, assignment and stock images have been used in national advertising campaigns, sales brochures, corporate catalogs, travel guides, calendars, books and websites. He remains as passionate about photography as the day he bought his first camera on Times Square.
Patti and Pete
Patti Hudson grew up in suburban San Antonio, riding horses on the weekends and longing to be a real cowgirl. She left Texas to attend college in California, where she studied drafting and design. After college she worked in architecture and engineering, before moving to Oregon to open her own design firm. Her lifelong passion for horses eventually caused a course correction and led to writing for equine publications, then to other magazine work, including a stint as regional editor for Oregon Business Magazine.
Beyond her editorial credits, Patti has been a ghost writer for corporate CEOs and produced newsletter content for major corporations such as ATT, the Ford Family Foundation and Carlton Sheets Investments. In addition to her work at WDS, she provides outreach and grant writing services for nonprofits like the North Fork John Day Watershed Council. She now rides her own horses and works as a day rider for local ranchers, fulfilling her cowgirl dream. In her spare time, Patti writes fiction and is at work on a novel.