Professional Photography in Visalia Since 1984
You’ll Love The Way You Look
Business Headshots
A great business portrait helps you sell yourself. Make a great first impression with a business headshot from Roy Dressel Photography
Pre-School Photo Program
Our packages include more of what
parents want, with digital offerings
and prints that parents will love.
Sports Team Programs for League Sports.
We do it right, with packages and products that parents love and a picture day experience that goes smoothly,
is fast and fun for players, coaches, and parents.
Senior Portraits
It’s different here. Photos
that are natural and allow you to be yourself.
Family Portraits
Families grow, change, and mature.
Record those times with a professional portrait.
Church Directory Program
Online or printed, our local church directory program helps you members keep in touch with each other and get professional portraits at reduced pricing.
Wedding Photography
The day is yours, you walk down that aisle into a new life and Roy Dressel Photography is here to capture all the memories.
Looking for our Scanning and Restoration Services, see information and samples at our iScan Photos site.
New for 2022, our professional inkjet printing service. Looking for a great lab to print that great shot you have. Check out our Silver Mountain Images site.
From weddings to business headshots, league sports to family and senior portraits. Church directories and photo restoration to videotaping and celebrations of life. That experience in the art of professional photography means you can count on us for all your photo needs. Located in the heart of downtown Visalia, in the same location since 1996, our studio can accommodate large business and family groups of up to 17 people. Location photography is also a big part of our business. From Tulare to Porterville, Kingsburg to Fresno, we offer outdoor settings as well as bringing our studio to you.
In the Visalia photography scene since 1978, a professional photographer in Visalia since 1984
I have been in the photography business in Visalia since 1978, first selling cameras at Visalia JC Penney store, then moving on to a little camera shop in downtown Visalia, now out of business, but located where the Sequoia Brewing Company is now, called Main Drug, then on to another studio now out of business also called Alberts studio in 1986 before going full time as a professional photographer in 1993. It has been an honor to record the lives of countless couples and families over the years and it’s still a thrill when someone comes up to me at an event and says I did their wedding twenty or thirty years ago. To be part of this wonderful community and the lives of the people in it is still exciting and I love to go to work every day.
Blog Posts
925 Page Mill Road: Kodak Film Processing
It's funny how our memory works. Why I would remember the address of a Kodak film processing lab that I have not used in almost 30 years? But I remember it like I had worked there for years. In truth, I had never seen the place, but I had mailed many rolls of slide...
Panorama From White Mountain View Point
One of my favorite places on earth (not that I have been to all of them) is the White Mountains east of the Sierras and the Ownes Valley. The main peak, White Mountain is 14,252 feet but few people know of its treasures, other than the Ancient Bristile cone Pine...
Wedding Photography Turn-Around Times
When couples are looking for the best wedding photographer to capture their day, they often don't think about how long it will take that photographer to deliver their product. Be it digital images, prints, or wedding albums. Of course, that becomes a much bigger deal...
From Photo Impact to Photoshop
My First Photo Editing Program I just celebrated my tenth wedding anniversary, and I did what many do on an anniversary. I went through some of our wedding and honeymoon photos. Reliving the days all those years ago. Being a photographer, I decided to revisit the...
COVID-19 Protocols at Our Studio
To make your interactions with us safe, we have set COVID-19 protocols for our studio. As I write this in December of 2020, the state of California is seeing a new wave of the virus. Our studio hours are now by appointment only and we will be wearing a...
The Making of a Great Business Headshot
Snap judgments; let's face it, we make them all the time. Judgments about what we buy and who do business with are made from subtle things well before we even meet the person. Things like the look of the company website, advertising, and of course, the photos you use...
Your Wedding Journey: Part 1 The Booking
This post is part one of a multi-part series covering our wedding photography process. Most people don't have a lot of experience when it comes to planning a wedding. Even if you have had a few in your family over the years, every wedding photographer does things...
What is ISO and Why Do You Care?
ISO Setting on Canon Camera You have probably have heard the term ISO in regards to photography. Even your phone has an ISO setting that is set to auto by default. More than likely, you have never touched it but did you ever wonder what ISO is? What does it stand for,...
Business Portrait Photophobia
Photophobia: Dreading that business headshot What is business portrait photophobia? If you Google the word photophobia and we find that it is a real ailment: a sensitivity to light. If you're looking for that, you are in the wrong place. What we are here to talk...
The Wedding Journey: Part 2, The Photos You Love
Planning a wedding can be a daunting task, there are so many decisions to make. From selecting your wedding colors, the food, your DJ, the cake, and yes, your photographer. (we couldn’t forget that one) Then there's that guest list. (the trouble is not who do you...
The Consultation: Wedding Journey Part 3
To help make sure your wedding day goes smoothly and as planned we like to set the consultation with you the week or two before your wedding date. In this meeting, we'll go over details of not only the timing of photos but also who will be in the formal posed photos....
Organizing The Photography on Your Wedding Day: The Wedding Journey Part 4
The better organized you are the less stress you’r going to have on your wedding. Here at Roy Dressel Photography we’ll make sure we are both on the same page