Art Shots 

Digital Photography of Artwork for Artists and Collectors

Jan Hoy

My sole purpose with Art Shots is digital photography of two and three dimensional artwork.  If you are looking for pictures of your wedding, pet, or kid there are other photographers who specialize in such things.

Art Shots is the culmination of a life time's experience in the arts as a sculptor (stone and wood), draughtsman, cartographer (three publications identifying mountain views), printmaker (photo intaglio, mezzotint & dry point), and photographer.  My photographic background includes small, medium and large formats with invaluable lessons learned while assisting two of the most highly regarded professional photographers in North Carolina, Terry Davis and John Warner.

Photographing artwork is a cause as well as a profession for me.  Great images and means of distributing them, be it print or electronically, are essential to artists who want to actively promote their work.  My charges are well below the industry standard because of my passion for the arts and low overhead by using only digital technology and a large, backyard studio.

Generally, each piece is shot and processed with digital files large enough for high quality, full page publication or portfolio (in both tiff & pdf formats), another tiff sized for printing 4X6 images and a jpeg sized to send over the internet. Most other formats are available as specified.  If your work is being shot for a specific gallery or publication, you need to contact them for the size, resolution, and file type they prefer.

Anne Hirondelle

 
Roger Hines

 
Seth Rolland

Kim Kopp

 
Bridge by Lockwood Dennis

 David Eisenhour

Pricing Guidelines

Two Dimensional Artwork:

Pieces delivered to my studio and picked up after 3-5 days--first piece is $20 and each additional piece is $10.  Rush service (overnight when possible) double that amount.  Work shot outside the studio varies with the situation, generally involving a set-up fee plus the above pricing. Photoshop time--beyond color correction, any necessary spotting and generating above mentioned files--will be billed at $45/hour.  Each burned disk costs $2.  Captions, see below, can be added for $2 per artwork.

Three Dimensional Artwork:

Three dimensional artwork presents more variables.  Basic cost is $55/hour for work delivered to the studio and picked up 3-5 days later.  Cost for photography outside the studio is $75/hour.  Computer time--beyond color correction, spotting and generating files mentioned above--is $45/hour. Rush service charges will be quoted according to the time constraints and nature of the work.  Each burned disk costs $2.  Captions, see below, can be added for $2 per image.

Anne Hirondelle

Bookend by Seth Roland

Anne Hirondelle

Photography of Collections:

Images of collections for record keeping, publication, promotion &/or insurance purposes will be quoted according to the needs of the client.  My definition of "collection" has been known to go beyond fine art to include such things as tools, coins, nautical equipment, etc.  For record keeping / insurance purposes, each image can include a caption stating "artist, title, medium, size," etc.