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Portraits, live music, fine art and the city of Tampa, seen differently.

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( A different way of seeing )

Most photographers freeze a moment. Joe Sale paints with time. He stacks a hundred exposures until downtown traffic becomes rivers of light, drags the shutter until a Gulf sunset turns to brushstrokes, and layers Ybor's neon into a single dream. It is photography that looks like how a place feels, not just how it looks.

That same eye goes into every commission. Executives and actors, rock stars mid-leap, newlyweds and brands all get the patience of a fine artist and the speed of someone who has shot live music in the dark. You come away with pictures that don't look like anybody else's.

And the art is for sale. Joe's long exposures, multiple-exposure blends and impressionistic studies are available as fine art prints, from desk-sized pieces to statement walls, each one checked by hand before it leaves the studio.

TampaBay

Shot from the air above downtown

Downtown Tampa · 27.9472° N, 82.4631° W · May 2017

Gasparilla

The invasion, every flag flying

Hillsborough Bay, Tampa · Jan 2016

AfterDark

Moonrise behind Plant Hall

University of Tampa, FL · Nov 2016

FromAbove

The Sunshine Skyway

Sunshine Skyway, Tampa Bay · Nov 2016

( Selected work )

Selected
frames

Long-exposure light trails streaming toward downtown Tampa towers at night
01 Rivers of Light Tampa Bay
The Jose Gasparilla pirate ship dressed in flags during Tampa's Gasparilla invasion
02 Gasparilla Tampa Bay
Aerial photograph of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over turquoise Tampa Bay
03 The Skyway Aerial
Full moon rising behind a minaret of the University of Tampa's Plant Hall
04 Moonrise, Plant Hall Tampa Bay
Abstract shutter-drag sunset in molten orange and gold
05 Shutter Drag Sunset Fine Art
Multiple-exposure art blend of Ybor City signs and its famous rooster
06 Ybor, Layered Fine Art
Dramatic portrait of a woman lit by a single blade of light
07 Light and Shadow Fashion & Beauty
Couple portrait at a vintage pinball machine in a moody bar
08 Game Night Couples & People
Guitarist in a white hat soloing under purple and blue stage lights
09 Under Purple Light Live & Concerts
Guitarist crowd-surfing over a packed Tampa festival crowd
10 Crowd Surf Live & Concerts
Corporate headshot of a man in a light blue suit on dark backdrop
11 Portraits & Headshots
Beauty portrait with voluminous curls on a blue background
12 Curls Fashion & Beauty
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( Services )

What Joe
does

Services & pricing

( Art for sale )

Hang the
city

Limited fine art prints, made from Joe's own files and printed on archival paper. Every print is checked by hand before it ships.

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Joe Sale in his studio beside one of his framed fine art pieces

( Behind the lens )

Hi, I'm Joe.

I shoot the people and places of Tampa Bay the way they deserve to be seen. Some days that's a CEO in the studio. Some nights it's a crowd-surfing guitarist, or a skyline stacked from a hundred exposures until the traffic turns into rivers of light.

Either way you get the same thing: a plan, great light, honest direction, and finished images you'll actually use.

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