Shots By Dubbs Photography

03/02/2026

Scale changes everything.

When a photograph moves beyond décor and into architectural proportion, it stops filling space — and starts defining it.

This large-format black and white landscape was created to hold visual weight. The tonal range, the horizon line, the quiet gravity of the mountains — it’s designed to steady a room.

Minimal furniture. Neutral palette. Intentional negative space.

This piece anchors a room.

For collectors designing with permanence in mind.



The Excelsior Collection

03/02/2026

“This piece anchors a room.”

Ode to Ansel - Halfdome Highlights

03/02/2026

There’s a difference between artwork that decorates a wall and artwork that defines a space.

Large-format black and white photography carries a particular kind of authority.

It introduces stillness. Weight. Perspective.

In a restrained room like this, scale becomes structure. The horizon becomes grounding. The composition becomes the visual center of gravity.

This piece anchors a room.

Created for collectors and designers who understand that proportion is power.

View available works at https://www.ShotsByDubbs.com

02/19/2026

For the next 30 days, I’m running a controlled experiment.

Not manifestation.
Not magic.
Repetition.

Nikola Tesla was known for his fascination with pattern, rhythm, and frequency.

The popular 3–6–9 quote is widely circulated but historically unverified.

What is real?

The brain responds to repetition.
Emotion strengthens encoding.

Consistency builds cognitive bias toward action.

So here’s the structure:

3 times in the morning.
6 times in the afternoon.
9 times at night.

On paper.
No skipping.
No editing the statement.

The sentence I will write daily:

“I am deeply grateful that my $12,200 large-format art piece is sold to a collector who values and honors my work.”

Not to force an outcome.

But to train focus.

For 30 days, I’ll document the behavior — not just the result.

Most people won’t do this for 30 days.
That’s the point.

If you want to run the experiment with me, comment:

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Let’s see what disciplined repetition does.

02/18/2026

What is The Excelsior Collection?

It’s the beginning.

Inspired by Silver Linings Playbook.

Grounded in resilience.

Rooted in Philadelphia.

Built from experience.

“Excelsior” means ever upward.

These are not decorative pieces.

They are large-format, limited-edition works designed for architectural scale.

• Monumental
• Controlled
• Museum-grade
• Built to anchor a room

Excelsior isn’t a title.
It’s a direction.
Ever upward.

02/13/2026

Before it became a postcard, it was a philosophy.

When Ole Hanson founded San Clemente in the 1920s, he wasn’t just developing property — he was shaping identity. A “Spanish Village by the Sea.” A place where architecture, health, beauty, and public life intertwined.

The San Clemente Pier, completed in 1928, was not a commercial add-on. It was a civic gesture. Built for walkers, anglers, families, and anyone who needed a horizon.

Nearly a century later, that intention still holds.

This long-form piece — San Clemente Pier: A Vision Built Into the Sea — is part of a larger framework I’m building around place, process, and permanence. Not just photographs, but the story behind why certain structures endure and why some images deserve scale.

Days 1–4 in this series are about meaning and memory.
Because before we talk about prints, editions, or commissions…
we talk about what’s worth preserving.

If this place has ever meant something to you, I think you’ll appreciate the deeper context here:

🔗 https://www.shotsbydubbs.com/san-clemente-pier-a-vision-built-into-the-sea/

Some structures are built into the sea.
Others are built into us.

Before it was a postcard, the San Clemente Pier was a promise. I’ve visited San Clemente often over the years. Long before I ever thought about formally documenting California’s piers, I found myself drawn to this stretch of coast again and again—wandering the neighborhoods near the water, lin...

02/11/2026

Built for People, Not Profit

Some places exist because a community decided they should.
Not because they were efficient.
Not because they were profitable.
But because people needed somewhere to walk, to fish, to think, to breathe.

The pier was a civic choice before it was a postcard.

A public gesture. A shared horizon.

Nearly a century later, it still does what it was meant to do:
hold space for everyone.

02/10/2026

Some places are photographed once.
Others ask you to slow down and listen.

The San Clemente Pier is one of those places.

Built in 1928 as a gift to the public, it wasn’t designed to impress—it was designed to belong. Nearly a century later, it still carries that intention in every step, every shadow, every tide moving beneath it.

I’ve just published a long-form piece on the newly revamped Shots By Dubbs website—exploring the pier’s history, architecture, resilience, and the day I returned with purpose to photograph it as part of my California Pier Series.

If you love coastal history, considered photography, or places built to be shared, I think you’ll enjoy this one.

👉🏾 Read the full post here: https://www.shotsbydubbs.com/san-clemente-pier-a-vision-built-into-the-sea/

02/10/2026

Before San Clemente became a postcard town, it was an idea.

When Ole Hanson founded the city in the 1920s, he envisioned a “Spanish Village by the Sea” — a place where beauty, health, and public life were intertwined. The pier, built in 1928, wasn’t a commercial project or a tourist add-on. It was a civic gesture. A gift to the community.

From the beginning, the San Clemente Pier was meant for everyone — anglers, walkers, families, and anyone who needed a place to pause and look out at the Pacific.

Nearly a century later, that intention still holds.
The pier isn’t just wood and steel.
It’s a shared inheritance.

🖼️ Beneath the Crossing
Large-format acrylic fine art print —
Limited Edition: 1 of 7
96" × 48"
Under the Pier Series - San Clemente, California Pier

https://www.shotsbydubbs.com/product/so-cal-under-the-pier-series-001-beneath-the-crossing-san-clemente-pier/

07/09/2023

into the and at the Bellagio Las Vegas...

06/30/2023

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

06/30/2023

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania