A Comprehensive Product View

Accurate coloring, texture, and shape is key to showing off the brilliant craft of Wendy Ives Felt Art. With a proper studio set-up and post-production retouching, Jon Reis Photography faithfully displays this silhouetted, eight-foot-long art piece with no surrounding distraction.

Documenting Industrial Design at Cornell U.

The Cornell Combined Heating and Power Plant generates electricity while using its waste to produce heat. Through industrial site photography, innovative environments designed for function can be transformed into images that are both captivating and accessible to the public. While this site does its part to limit greenhouse gases, Jon Reis Photography ensures that its significance can be viewed and marketed.

Working ALL the Right Angles ~ Reis and Hatch Perspective

By combining Dede Hatch's eye for detail and abstraction with Jon Reis' wide angle views, every essential aspect of your architectural design can be captured and examined by potential clientele. Hatch says, "I like pictures that ask questions rather than provide answers." Through this vision, hidden details like this cabinet surface are highlighted while full-view images are used in tandem to illustrate the overall structure. 

Business Development in Upstate New York

Professional photography can bring your small business to the next level. In photographing the Advion Plate Express, we maneuvered lighting, composition, perspective, and arrangement to feature its most important and attractive qualities in high resolution. Jon Reis has been a prominent photographer in the Ithaca community for over 30 years and therefore knows what it takes to make the photographs for your local business a success.  

Strategic Lighting for Architecture Assignments

Jon Reis Photography captures light emerging from the embedded glass block on Cornell's Ives Hall through employing professional lighting techniques. Rather than waiting for darkness to fall, we set up lights behind the glass to make the architectural design glow. We consider every detail during the shoot from adding extra lighting to avoiding obtrusive objects in order to make each component work towards creating an appealing illustration of the structure.

Photographing Building Exteriors at Night

By photographing the Cornell Dairy Bar's iconic milk jug at the "magic hour," the light from within and surrounding the building glows to catch the viewer's eye. Jon Reis Photography specializes in creating images at specific times of day to show off the structure's unique qualities. Every detail is taken into account to ensure that not only the lighting but also perspective and framing are utilized to create an aesthetically pleasing depiction of the architecture and signage. Advertising, contest submissions, and portfolios can all benefit from high quality photography work, and Jon Reis Photography guarantees to make your building shine amongst the rest.

Getting the Architectural Design Work You Want

Strategically photographing architectural details can bring their significance to the forefront; making an overall structure that much more impressive. This solar voltaic skylight in Cornell's Fernow Hall is not only essential to the building's energy efficient design but also creates an interesting graphic element in the architecture. Professional images are key for advertising to future clients and getting the design jobs you strive for, and at Jon Reis Photography we will make sure every detail and wide-angle view work in your favor. 

Living Space With Creative Elements

Through the use of a wide angle lens, this photo for the New York Times article, "A Yurt with a View," comprises each detail of this vacation home and the unique beauty it possesses. Jon Reis Photography creates an inviting composition through adjusting key components of the room along with perspective to ensure an optimal view of your living space. Separate your property from the rest on the market through professional photography that draws attention to your home's unique characteristics. 

Getting your Property Ready for Market

Real-estate listings can benefit significantly from professional photography by allowing your potential buyer to fall in love before setting foot in the home. By utilizing the High Dynamic Range technique, we captured proper exposures and employed editing techniques to create a realistic look of this lakefront view. Without HDR, this photograph would have suffered from blown-out white windows or a dark, unreadable interior space. Through the use of various professional practices, Jon Reis Photography will spotlight your home's advantageous attributes to separate your property from the rest. 

From Site Planning to Building Design

Photographed eight times a day for four days, the New Era Building Systems architectural project can be relived from start to finish through photographic documentation. This modular design is unique for its quick development time and energy efficiency. Capturing the process provides a visual record of the innovative building design. Advertising, contest submissions, and portfolios can all benefit from high quality images by Jon Reis Photography.

Finding the Light at the Magic Hour

Innovative business portraits can set you apart by creating a memorable look reflecting the personality of your brand. Plasterer and music producer Craig Street's clothing style, arm positioning, and tool in hand set the stage for the message he wanted to convey. Through expertise in lighting at specific times of day, Jon Reis Photography chose this shadowed wall with an interesting light fixture to add a unique element to the portrait. Through the combination of Craig's personality and Jon Reis Photography's vision, an original depiction of a creative professional emerges. 

Made In Ithaca ~ Feature Your Ithaca Tech Business Here

Photographing industrial sites and new technology like the Kionix robot often involves making complicated mechanisms appear accessible to its target audience. At Jon Reis Photography we pay close attention to lighting, composition, and perspective to get an optimal view of the product both in studio and on location. Contact us to get started on presenting your technology to potential clientele through images that emphasize its brilliance. 

Take Another Look at Interior Design using Color

In late afternoon, sunlight shining into Cayuga Medical Center's renovated lobby creates long shadows and reflections that give the space a unique graphic appeal. With over 30 years of experience, Jon Reis Photography utilizes time of day, perspective, composition, and numerous other professional techniques to showcase the best qualities of your building design.

Building Design & Environment

Taken before the Ithaca City Courthouse acquired damages and closed down its bridge, this image is impossible to capture today and was certainly tricky to shoot at the time. A 4x5 film view camera was lowered downward on a rope with a long exposure time to soften the water, resulting in a beautiful view of the architecture at dusk. Jon Reis Photography utilizes his numerous years of professional experience to dynamically illustrate the structure, no matter the obstacles. 

Studio Product Photography Set Up

Arranging every aspect of this Hazlitt Cider set up is essential to creating a visually appealing advertisement and increasing sales. Jon Reis Photography chose the ideal apple to echo the packaging and assembled the objects in-studio and in post-production to ensure the success of the image. Your retail product deserves to be marketed with the same attention to detail as it is made, and at Jon Reis Photography we have the 30+ years of expertise to make sure your merchandise looks professional and accessible. 

New Tech and Marketing the Right Angle

At Jon Reis Photography, we know how to effectively depict technology in our studio and on location. We can capture your merchandise from various perspectives -including stunning details, how it functions, and the work site it is made in. With images available for use across platforms, let us help captivate your audience with professional tech product photography.

Large Scale Industrial Design Projects

Photographing tech products requires a professional skill set that includes dynamic studio lighting design and post-production silhouetting. The Pall Corporation based in Cortland, NY manufactures cutting-edge, environmentally beneficial technology, that Jon Reis Photography makes sure to depict in a clean, accessible aesthetic. We are ready to tackle any work site or technology, large or small, from any point of view necessary to ensure that the excellence of your product shines through. 

From the Vine to Wine Making in the Finger Lakes

A family-owned and sustainable winery, the Lamoreaux Landing on Seneca Lake exudes a tranquil energy when captured in shallow depth of field and high contrast lighting. Through an array of professional photographic techniques, Jon Reis Photography can skillfully capture the essence of your building or landscape design for commercial or web use.

Finger Lakes Wine Harvest Season is Here

 


A dynamic studio lighting set up is vital to making this Boundary Breaks Winery promotional photograph a success. By purposefully reflecting light off the bottle at specific angles, a clean, glowing look for the product is created. Professional commercial photography by Jon Reis can guarantee that your wine bottles look their best for this year's wine harvest season.

Interior Design Materials and Details Found

To capture this Perkins Eastman design, Jon Reis Photography scouted the location multiple times to determine the ideal time of day and lighting pattern for this particular space. Reflections were key in this instance to highlight the materials used as well as give the photograph graphic appeal. We ensure that every detail and angle is taken into account in order to turn your 3D interior design into a compelling 2D image.