table top | Seattle Commercial Photographer

The exercise brief was to photograph a Sandwich somethingsomethingSixByTwelveorsomething somethingorotherTextUpperLeftorother…. I kinda lost track after “Sandwich” to be honest — I had already decided there would be BACON in this shoot! Photographing food comes with certain benefits and special “considerations” (aka difficulties). Among the benefits may be post…

Sandwiches!

November 28, 2016

Photographing watches is at once rewarding and challenging, though they do not always coexist: one can be deep in the challenge phase for some time before feeling any accomplishment. Watches require meticulous attention to detail and patience both when shooting in the studio and also in…

Timepieces

October 17, 2016

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…

Calla Lily #2: The Black Calla

May 11, 2016

Perfume bottles are often the branding signature of a product line. Branded scents and cosmetics may be the most accessible products to a larger target customer base. One quick pass thru any cosmetic aisle in any retailer, and you will see how critical photography is…

Perfume & Cosmetics

April 28, 2016

The constraint was at once simple and complex: anything I wanted to do, as long as it contained a single red balloon. Freedom to be creative, with a single requirement. Sometimes that much leeway can make things more difficult, as narrowing down to something specific means…

One Red Balloon

April 24, 2016

Making espresso at home is a methodical ritual that I look forward to each morning. I’ve often noticed the lines and shine of the portafilter and planned these images in my mind. When I purchased a new portafilter, I kept it boxed in new condition…

Portafilter

April 20, 2016

When planning concepts for the Soft project, I considered marshmallows. I made some test images and, while I found they were not as well suited to the concept as were the cotton balls, marshmallows are fun to shoot. I chose a high-key, white-on-white theme for the…

Marshmallow

April 14, 2016

This exercise was to shoot shoes, careful to show shape, texture, height of heel, and color. I had three very different pairs to select from, and I chose these very glossy shoes for the extra challenge that the shiny surfaces present. I used thick, shiny,…

Shoe Shine

April 7, 2016

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…

Bean Cellars

April 1, 2016

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…

Assignment: Still Life with Flower

August 20, 2015

Seattle-based Commercial Photographer specializing in luminous imagery of products, food, people, dance, & fashion. All images & content © Bret Doss

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