We've recently created a new portfolio and brand for our commercial photography, where we create images for brands & businesses, including product photos, food or drink images, headshots, event coverage—just to name a few. To see our new portfolio, please visit Dotson Commercial. In the mean time, we're leaving this page available for reference as an archive portfolio. First up: a partial list of clients who have trusted us with their image.
In collaboration with the design firms Widgets & Stone and Tubatomic, we worked closely with EPB to create photographic illustrations for EPB's 2011 Annual Report. After the team had identified the main themes and stories the report should cover, we began to coordinate a series of photo shoots with EPB's marketing contact. Over the course of several weeks, we photographed employees installing state of the art equipment, recreating scenes that occurred during the area’s recent tornadoes, and creating portraits of key executives. We also selected photos from their internal photo library and added a post-production treatment to give them a consistent tonality with the rest of the images.
At the end of the project, we delivered the finished set of selected photos to the design team, and then supplied EPB with a larger set of finished photos to add to their internal library—each color corrected and finished with the same care as the photos included in the report.
See more of the photos created for EPB here, and see the finished Annual Report online here.
Annual report design by Widgets & Stone, web development by Tubatomic, copy by 26 Tools.
We were approached by Variable Technologies to discuss product photography of their newest prototype. Until recently this work was protected by a non-disclosure agreement, but now we're pleased to be able to share this new technology.
Variable Tech has worked with NASA and the Department of Homeland Security in their development of an iPhone accessory sensor that detects chemicals and gases in the air, temperature and pressure changes, and a host of other capabilities. If you're thinking of Star Trek's “tricorder,” you're on the right track. We photographed their second generation prototype along with an earlier prototype in a clean, isolated style that shows off the simple form of the device and its software without distraction.
See more photos of Variable’s device here, and see the Kickstarter campaign for their new consumer device here.
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Gaining Ground is a Chattanooga based organization charged with raising awareness and consumption of food grown in and around our region. As part of their first public advertising campaign (“Harvested Here”), they invited to us to create portraits and documentation of local farmers, their farms, and the shopping experience of one of Chattanooga's farmer's markets.
Over 2 days we visited one market and several area farms along with a separate film crew to generate dozens of unique portraits of both farmers, farm life, and the produce they create.
See more Gaining Ground photos here, and learn more about the local food movement here.
Because every commerical shoot will have very different needs and parameters, we’ll need to discuss your project in detail before we can give you an estimate. But to help you plan your budget, we can provide these general guidelines. Our hourly rate is $150 / hour with a $300 minimum. Standard post-production and online delivery for photographer's selected images is included. Additional development, retouching, precise color correction or other post-production is billed separately at $95 / hour. A non-exclusive regional commercial use license is included, and unlimited, national, or exclusive rights are quoted on a case-by-case basis.
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