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Seattle Goodwill Glitter Sale, Part 1: Jewelry and Accessories

October 19, 2016 by bretdossphoto

This fall marks the 33rd anniversary of Seattle Goodwill’s Annual Glitter Sale and my 3rd anniversary of photographing for the campaign. I look forward to it each year for a variety of reasons: shooting new items is always fun, each one is photographic puzzle to be solved I get to collaborate with Alyssa Cave for three shooting days, and with Katy Flynn and (this year) Angelisa Mozzone on garment day (more about that in the next post) I get to collaborate with Katherine Boury and […]

Categories: Accessories, Assignment, Boots, Bracelets, Brooch, Fashion, Glitter Sale, Handbags, Jewelry, Location, product, Seattle Goodwill, Shoes, Uncategorized • Tags: Accessories, Alyssa Cave, assignment, Boots, Bracelets, Coach, Fashion, featured, Glitter Sale, Gucci, Handbags, jewelry, Joan Rivers, Marc Jacobs, necklaces, product, Seattle, Seattle Goodwill, Shoes, Stella McCartney, Tiffany, Tory Birch featured

Calla Lily #2: The Black Calla

May 11, 2016 by bretdossphoto

As promised in the Calla Lily #1 post, here is the next a series of calla lily images. For this, I had a concept in mind beyond a ‘straightforward’ image of a lily. I was surprised to find black calla lilies — I didn’t know they even existed. Photographing black items on black backgrounds is a fun (sometimes) challenge, and the concept-imagining got under way. It took a few days for an idea to gel, but it finally did and I couldn’t […]

Categories: calla lily, Fine Art, Floral, General, graphic, Personal, Personal Work, product, Still Life, Studio, Uncategorized • Tags: black calla lily, calla lily, featured, food, hot pepper, not food, product, red pepper, Seattle, still life, studio, table top, thai pepper

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April 3, 2016 by bretdossphoto

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Coriolis Dance: Threaded Cosmos

August 31, 2015 by bretdossphoto

Photographing any Coriolis Dance performance is always exhilarating. In the uniquely private, personal view thru my lens, the dancers, choreography, & music take me to a place of transcendence, connection: a flow of energy occurs, and I become fully aware of only what is in the viewfinder, anticipating, reacting, connecting. Threaded Cosmos, performed by dancer, choreographer, and company co-founder Natascha Greenwalt, was one of these special moments. Performed at the Belltown Collective as one of the pre-show pieces of the company’s Unfixed Arias, […]

Categories: Choreography, Coriolis Dance, Coverage, Dance, Dancers, Live Performance, Location, Personal, Personal Work, Uncategorized, Venue • Tags: Available Light, Belltown Collective, black & white, Choreography, Coriolis Dance, Dance, Dance Photography, Dancer, featured, monochrome, Natascha Greenwalt, Performance, Seattle, Threaded Cosmos

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Choosing Focus

August 28, 2015 by bretdossphoto

Looking deeper changes everything. Oftentimes, I will either use an older, fully manual focus lens or set my modern lens to manual focus. Standing still, eye to the viewfinder and slowly adjusting focus from near to far, far to near, releasing the shutter at every point along the way where an interesting image emerges and then vanishes again as the focus shifts. Even in a narrow field of view, from one fixed point, there can be many variations, each of equal […]

Categories: Landscape, Personal, Personal Work, Uncategorized, Walkabout • Tags: abstract, Available Light, black & white, monochrome, Walkabout

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Agave

August 26, 2015 by bretdossphoto

I was fortunate to have an opportunity to visit the Phoenix area earlier this year (in February, the cooler time of the year there). I lived in Phoenix before relocating to the Pacific Northwest. On those occasions I do get to return, I enjoy seeing friends there, eating at my favorite places (Abuelo’s, Restaurant Mexico, Chompie’s deli — the pastrami on rye, I’m drooling even now!). Another favorite place I always try to find time to visit is the Desert […]

Categories: Floral, Landscape, Personal, Personal Work, Travel, Uncategorized, Walkabout • Tags: abstract, Abuelo's Restaurant, Agave, black & white, Chompie's Deli, Desert Botanical Garden, monochrome, Phoenix, Restaurant Mexico

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Fuschia

August 22, 2015 by bretdossphoto

When clients, guests, models, friends are coming to the studio for a shoot or meeting, I like to have some fresh flowering plants at the front door to greet them. I head over to the nursery and see what is seasonally available. Recently, I saw fuschia plants for the first time. I learned that hummingbirds love them and, sure enough, within a week or two, they became frequent visitors. I also learned that the blossoms are very photogenic, and spent […]

Categories: Floral, General, Landscape, Personal, Personal Work, Uncategorized • Tags: floral, flower, fuchsia, hummingbird, monochrome

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Assignment: Still Life with Flower

August 20, 2015 by bretdossphoto

The P52 Assignment Brief: Still Life with Flower. A color, vertical (portrait) oriented still life image with ordinary objects, diffuse main light source, that must contain at least one flower, but the flower(s) must not be the subject of the image. The objects must be simple and not shiny (no chrome or glossy black). The objects should fit within a 20 inch by 20 inch table top space. Followers of this blog might know that I tend to favor calla lilies, […]

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Gergana, Jordanah, & Jaleh

August 24, 2014 by bretdossphoto

Another #teamVIVA shoot, another wonderful time spent with terrific people. I met up with teammate Gergana Ivanova to do an on-location walkabout shoot, featuring Jaleh designs. Gergana had selected two of her favorite Jaleh designs, and showed up ready to shoot in the first look. Jordanah arrived with the second look, and we got started. Jordanah asked if she could stay, and we said “of course!” as we are always happy to have the designer on hand for any of […]

Categories: Assignment, Editorial, Fashion, Location, Uncategorized, VIVAFASHIONISTAS • Tags: Arboretum, Fashion, Fashion Designers, Fashion Models, fashionista, Gergana Ivanova, Jaleh, Seattle, Summer, VIVAFASHIONISTAS

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Just After Noon to Just After Midnight with Katy Flynn & Elizabeth Rhoades

July 23, 2014 by bretdossphoto

If you ever get a chance to work (or just hang around) with Katy Flynn, take it! You won’t regret it. I’ve been fortunate enough to know Katy for a few years now, and we have worked together before. Katy is a talented fashion designer, emerging into the Seattle market and beyond with creative, innovative garments that are simultaneously stunning, effortless, and practical. Many try to achieve that trifecta, but few make it happen as effectively as Katy has with this […]

Categories: Assignment, Beauty, Editorial, Fashion, People (lifestyle), Uncategorized, VIVAFASHIONISTAS • Tags: 4 in 1, Bamboo, Bamboo Dress, Fashion, Fashion Designers, Fashion Models, Ferry, four in one, Katy Flynn, New York Fashion Academy, Seinfeld, Seinfeld jokes, VIVAFASHIONISTAS

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Category Archives: Uncategorized

Seattle Goodwill Glitter Sale, Part 1: Jewelry and Accessories

Calla Lily #2: The Black Calla

Protected: Application Portfolio

Coriolis Dance: Threaded Cosmos

Choosing Focus

Agave

Fuschia

Assignment: Still Life with Flower

Gergana, Jordanah, & Jaleh

Just After Noon to Just After Midnight with Katy Flynn & Elizabeth Rhoades