Jon Loye Photography Blog

Product photography

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:03:10 +0000

It’s been a crazy month. Finally I’m able to update the blog with a few items. I’m shooting Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth from a helicopter which will be very cool. We’ll spend 3 hours in the air capturing images from different locations. Recently, I photographed a chiropractor’s outdoor office as well as some products for another client. I’m attaching an image for you to look at.

Product photography

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:39:02 +0000

I recently completed several unique photo shoots, one a handmade fireplace built by a very talented artist, the other shoot, gardening gloves. The fireplace is made from tiles, each individually created from ceramic. The gardening gloves are packed with features not found on most gloves, especially gardening gloves.

Medical Devices

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:00:04 +0000

It’s been a month with a variety of photo assignments. Everything from gardening gloves to business portraits, to hi-tech medical devices. I was recently at a medical device company that makes equipment for hospitals. They have several rooms for production, all of which were photographed. The most interesting room, the “clean room” was just that, very clean. I was put in a suit to limit dust and dirt, and all my equipment was washed down with alcohol. The images were fun to create as everything was shiny and had a hi-tech look so I could create that look with the existing equipment. I have also been working with hospitals and their marketing materials, including billboards and wall murals. Tomorrow I’m doing some work with YMCA here in town. I’ll be capturing images of the kids enjoying everything the Y has to offer, which will be used for a sign that will hang in the building as part of the annual fundraiser. It will be a nice change of pace from the typical medical/portrait work I usually am engaged in.

Technology shoots

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:35:31 +0000

The last few weeks have seen me photographing quite a few business portraits as well as some group portraits. I’m currently working on a higher tech photo shoot scheduled for Monday. The company I’m working with has some high tech lasers and other high tech imaging machines used for skin repair and wrinkle removal. The goal of the shoot is to show off the high tech equipment in an eye-catching way. In addition, we want to show the doctor and technicians as friendly, competent, and knowledgable. One of the major challenges with this shoot is we also want the images to maintain the quaint and comfortable environment where the services are provided. That means I’ll be using blue filters on some lights to create the high tech look, and orange, pink, magenta, and yellow filters on other lights to create the warm, organic look we also want. It will be one of the most challenging shoots I have ever done.

Business Portraits

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:07:27 +0000

Last week was a busy week for business portraits. Thursday I had 7 folks, Friday 6 more. Bringing the energy required to photograph that many people can be exhausting, but very rewarding as well. Last Wednesday was the marketing seminar that 6 of us put on in Rochester. It was very successful, with over 40 business people in attendance. We showed them how our various marketing expertise can help them grow their businesses. I have already received several requests for more information. Now it’s back to the Vikings, hopefully Favre isn’t hurt too bad.

Marketing Seminar

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:42:54 +0000

I’m busy designing my presentation for our upcoming marketing seminar. Wednesday, January 20th, the Rochester Business Builders will kick off our first marketing seminar. Six professionals from different marketing venues will spend about 20 minutes each speaking about their professions and some of the options available to other business owners as far as marketing is concerned. It is a free seminar from 8:30-12:30 at the Woodlake Meeting Center in Rochester. Register online at www.rochesterbusinessbuilders.com. If you can’t make it, they’ll be plenty of other opportunities to see yours truly present similar information, as we’re planning to offer this seminar quarterly. I hope everyone reading this can attend as this will be a very informative and worthwhile event! (Did I mention we’ll even feed you a light breakfast!) Hope to see you there!

Healthcare shoot

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:46:06 +0000

Yesterday we had a very successful healthcare shoot. Several of the images will be featured in their monthly magazine, and 1 or 2 others will be used on billboards. One image will go on the cover of a brochure, and the remaining images will be used in the monthly newsletter. It was a long day, but I’m very happy to have created enough images that can be used so diversely, and all in a one day shoot. The creative director was pleased with everything we captured, and it’s always good to keep the boss happy. Everyone have a great holiday season, I’ll be back with more in 2010!

Holiday Stroll

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:16:00 +0000

The Holiday stroll was last Friday in Red Wing and I was asked to do photography again this year. We had over 12000 people in town that night to see the parade and the lighting ceremony. Roasted chestnuts, mini donuts, burn barrels for a little heat, the high school band, reindeer, and lots of other activities make it a really fun night, especially for the kids.

Healthcare Photography

admin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:34:07 +0000

I’ve been asked by a local healthcare provider to do some photography during their rehabilitation classes. Tomorrow morning I’ll be bringing the fluorescent lighting kit down to their building and spending about an hour capturing the activities patients are engaged in as they do rehab exercises. This will be a good challenge as some of the patients have been severely injured and my job is to make them look as good as possible to enhance the image of my client’s ability to help them through the rehabilitation process.

Portrait Shoot

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:52:28 +0000

After finishing up a very exciting photo shoot of electrodes for a sales brochure, I had a woman come in who spent several hours posing for a business portrait. We had a great time trying different poses and lighting ideas until we came up with several very flattering images. It was fun to have someone posing for the camera who understood basic modeling techniques so I could focus on shooting and lighting and not worry about posing. Hopefully she’ll be able to bring in some client who need portraits and we can do a shoot similar to this one.