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Voluntary Caesura, A Dance Film, Part I: Production Stills

December 21, 2016 by bretdossphoto

As long-time readers may know, I have had the privilege & pleasure of working with Coriolis Dance for years, now. When Christin Call contacted me to ask if I would like to do on set production stills and behind-the-scenes images of her dance film, I was all in. I’ve always been fascinated by process as well as the result, and at any type of performance I’ll be looking at lighting or sound rigs during intermission, and I love every chance […]

Categories: Assignment, Behind the Scenes, Choreography, Coriolis Dance, Dance, Dancers, Film, Live Performance, Location, Voluntary Caesura • Tags: Choreography, Coriolis Dance, Dance, Dance Film, Dancer, featured, Film Production, Performance, Production Stills, Seattle, Voluntary Caesura

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Seattle Goodwill Glitter Sale, Part 2: Garments

October 23, 2016 by bretdossphoto

Before getting into this Part 2 post, let’s just recap from Part 1, Jewelry & Accessories: this fall marks the 33rd anniversary of Seattle Goodwill’s Annual Glitter Sale as well as my 3rd anniversary of photographing for the campaign. If you are not familiar with the Glitter Sale, it goes sort of like this: each fall, the Dearborn location of Seattle Goodwill hosts a huge sale of donated designer fashion pieces — jewelry, accessories, and garments/textiles. This year, the sale is held on Nov […]

Categories: Alyssa Cave, Assignment, Fashion, Glitter Sale, Location, product, Seattle Goodwill • Tags: Adrianna Papell, Alice & Olivia, Burberry, Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Fashion, Fashion Designers, fashionista, featured, Glitter Sale, Malene Birger, Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Milly, Phillip Lim, Seattle, Seattle Goodwill, St. John, The Bon Marche

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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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Bean Cellars

April 1, 2016 by bretdossphoto

A growing trend in the world of coffee, particularly espresso, is “single dosing.” Rather than fill a grinder’s hopper with beans that can begin going stale with exposure to air, the idea is to keep the beans sealed and as fresh as possible, only grinding one portafilter basket’s worth at a time. In this approach, one weighs out a ‘dose’ of beans, typically in the 18-22 gram range, though it varies higher and lower depending on drink, taste, roast level, […]

Categories: Coffee, Espresso, food, food & drink, General, Personal Work, product, Still Life, Studio • Tags: bean cellar, brew, cappuccino, Coffee, coffee beans, Espresso, featured, food, food & drink, food styling, latte, latte art, Lyn Weber Workshops, product, still life, table top

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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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Seattle-based Commercial Photographer specializing in luminous imagery of products, food, people, dance, & fashion.

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Voluntary Caesura, A Dance Film, Part I: Production Stills

Seattle Goodwill Glitter Sale, Part 2: Garments

Seattle Goodwill Glitter Sale, Part 1: Jewelry and Accessories

Calla Lily #2: The Black Calla

Bean Cellars

Coriolis Dance: Threaded Cosmos