Dom's Creamery: family business portraits in Avon

Dom's Creamery in Avon is a family business. According to its about page, the family moved from Lithuania to the United States in 2013 with their young son, opened Dom's Coffee in 2015, added Dom's Cheese in 2018, and opened the creamery in 2022. They studied ice cream making in Missouri before starting it.

We photographed a three-person group for The Valley Book, combining faces with branded coffee and ice cream cups and a platter of food. The products connect the portrait to the broader family of Dom's businesses.

The family's story is worth knowing because it explains the feeling of the photographs. A business that grew from a coffee shop to a cheese counter to a creamery has a lot of products to show, so the pictures lean on color and gesture rather than a single dish.

Branded cups and a platter of food give the group something to hold, so the products and the faces share the frame.

Learn more: About Dom's Creamery

Two more frames vary the distance. A closer group portrait brings the three people and their drinks and platter nearer, while a full-length portrait places them beside the pastel mural so more of the mural and floor are visible.

Offering a tight crop and a full-length view gives a publication choices. The closer picture reads well in small spaces, while the full-length version shows the setting and the color of the mural.

Together the hero and these two frames move from medium to close to full-length. A reader who sees all three gets the faces, the products and the setting, which is more than any single crop could carry.

The closer frame uses the dining-room setting, while the medium and full-length frames include the pastel mural. Across the three photographs, faces and products remain the common thread.