I provide quality photographic services for artists who need to make submissions to competitions, galleries and websites. As in the first two jewelry shots for Mary Ellen O'Connor, I can use a full array of studio lights and post-process with Photoshop CS5. I'll do individual items, but huge cost savings arise when we can do several works at the same session.

The third image is a panoramic of a very long outdoor installation by Dan Freeman. It represented a nice challenge in timing the sun angle and the low tide, and a good bit of luck in having the rain let up. Another "on location" shot for Dan is the mobile in the next image. After that come some lighting exercises for ceramics and jewelry where highly glossy surfaces or need for extreme depth of field present challenges. These are described in the captions.

For those who would like to document their creations for themselves, Denis Hill and I conducted a half-day workshop on photographing 3D and fabric art, followed by a second session for 2D artwork. These were both at the Pacific Northwest Art School in Coupeville. I emphasized inexpensive lighting solutions and the use of consumer-level cameras. Denis demonstrated post-processing in relatively simple programs as a complement to the shooting work. As a departure from using studio lighting and professional cameras, this was an interesting challenge for both of us.

The second half of this gallery are photos from the workshop after minor post-processing in Photoshop Elements 8. Despite rocketing through several set-ups in the workshop, the results showed at least a good start on each task. For some examples I include shooting notes - many of these were done with point-and-shoot cameras as tests of what they could achieve for documenting artwork.

The final images are some recent jewelry shots, done with hot lights and shooting dome or tent.