Arts Documentation

Visual Arts

As a visual artists themselves Don and his staff are committed to documenting the work of other artists both to serve as a record of their work and for promotion of both the individual artist and the arts community in and around Pittsburgh.

If you are a visual artist you understand the importance of expressing your vision to your audience. That being said so many visual artists are mediocre photographers and damage their image by publicizing their work with less than stunning photos.

Even other photographers have turned to WDO Photography to document what they are doing and to get a fresh set of eyes that can objectively view and help to document a project for promotion and media relations.

To speak with the professionals at WDO Photography about documenting your work please visit the contact page.

Artist Services

The team of professionals at WDO Photography can help you to increase attention and increase reporting and media coverage of you and your work by helping you to create visually stunning photos of the work that you are doing. Our experienced press release staff have consulted with some of Pittsburgh’s most knowledgeable and influential editors and news staff and can help guide you through the ins-and-outs of crafting a noteworthy press release as well as providing the visual documentation that your release needs.

We also have a list of local and national media persons that accept artist press releases as well as the time frame that they need them within in order to write a story covering your work.

Performance Art

The city of Pittsburgh is blessed with an overwhelming supply of great artists from performance artists such as belly dancers, modern dancers, puppeteers, and performance art troupes to a stunning array of visual artists. Don and his team at WDO Photography has been working since 2009 to document the wide range of arts activities that happen in Pittsburgh but have yet to even scratch the surface.

One area that they hope to devote more time to are the performance arts. Pittsburgh has several highly skilled belly dance groups and solo artists. Sadiqa, pictured above are a pair of amazing dancers that dance with fire and with swords. They came to Don and asked if he could provide them with some photos documenting their dancing that they could use for promotion. The results are truly stunning. To see the full set please visit their gallery here.

The team at WDO Photography has also had the pleasure of documenting modern dance and ballet groups in and around Pittsburgh as well as musical theater, classical theater, and contemporary theater groups.

It takes high speed lenses, low-light sensitive film or advanced digital processing, as well as a knowledge of the art form, the piece being performed and the lighting cues to provide truly top-notch photography of these mediums. Don and his team can work with your group to provide excellent photos that can be used for promotion and advertising as well as to document the production. It’s preferable if they meet with the director and lighting crew in advance of the opening and that photos are done during dress rehearsal or as early as possible so that the photos can be used for promotion. That being said if a show is already in production it is possible to book WDO Photography assuming that there are a minimum of two shows left in the run.

To book WDO Photography please visit the contact page.