Products
Dale photographs products of all kind, including ceramics, jewelry, glass, wood carving, leatherwork, metals, food and sculpture, and promotional shots of crafters in action in the greater El Paso, Texas area, all of New Mexico, eastern Arizona and far west Texas.
Products
Dale loves to make good photographs of products, especially those that are hand-made.
While he tries to make the final images attractive and eye-catching, the main emphasis is always on the object.
Hover over any image and click for more images if a hand appears.
Ceramics
Photographing ceramics is more than just getting the basic shape and color. Good pottery has tactile features as well, and often an emotional sense, both of which must be conveyed in a photograph for it to be successful.
Jewelry
Jewelry combines two of the hardest things to photograph, smooth metals and shiny materials, and still has to look stunning to get the buyer to want it. Dale's craft background makes him work to get it looking its best.
Metals
Shiny metals are considered one of the harder things to photograph, but don't discount the problems of being in a foundry with molten metals, either. Good photographs of one of the most important materials in our world help those who work with them find a market for their labors.
Glass
Glass is considered one of the more difficult things to photograph well. Dale loves glass, and loves photographing it. He learned to photograph tabletops working with glass, and still enjoys it.
Sculpture
Sculpture of all kinds present special problems, since the trick is to show the original work favorably while doing as little as possible to make the image anything more than the artists has already put into the work.
Still LIfes
Crafters need still lifes to give an overview of what they do, open fliers and websites, and set the tone. They serve the same purposes in editorial spreads.
