Thanks for dropping by! If you're a new visitor, welcome! If you've followed my work in the past and are used to seeing my SmugMug site with nothing but photos, Surprise! This new site offers more options, including a blog; plus it's much easier to contact me if you have the urge!
I also have a new, full-featured web site at www.davesansom.com, so if you haven't already been, I hope you'll visit. For years, I've done a pretty poor job of explaining what I do, who I do it for... and why. Frankly, I believe the images should speak for themselves. You like them or you don't. That's fine. But since my techniques are a little bit unusual, and my business model borders on the bizarre, it makes sense for me to develop a way to share that knowledge. And that's what www.davesansom.com is all about.
About
I photograph golf courses for a very simple reason. I'm a fan of courses of all kinds. Public, private, old golf courses and new, coastal, mountain, parkland… I enjoy them all. If a course is well-designed and well-maintained, there’s no place I’d rather be. I have great respect for the men and women who design, build, maintain and manage golf courses. And I consider it a privilege to help make each property I shoot look its best.
My clients say I have a unique vision… an ability to capture details other photographers miss... and that I offer new perspectives on familiar scenes, with an ability to use light in a way that accentuates the unique beauty of their properties. My secret is no secret at all. I simply have a genuine love for golf and golf courses, and my goal is to share that feeling with everyone who sees my photographs.
My image processing technique is best described as a “hybrid HDR” process. Each image is a blending of multiple exposures of the same image, resulting in a photograph with greater depth and detail than is possible with single exposure photography. It takes longer… about a week in the studio for every day in the field… but the results are worth the time and effort.
If you'd like to learn more about my photography business, please visit www.davesansom.com.
I’m one of those rare individuals who wakes up each morning, excited to begin the day. Whether I’m in the field, shooting, or in the studio editing and processing images, I spend my time enjoying some of the most beautiful places on earth. I’m a very lucky man, indeed.