Archive for Business
What does your profile photo say about you and your business?
Over the past few weeks I seem to have been involved in many conversations about this very subject, particularly with small businesses. Opinions vary hugely, from the I’ll just use an old holiday snap as it’s cheap, all the way to I’ll get a professional shot done as I want to create the right first impression. It [...]
Photographing the Royal Military Tournament at Earls Court
I had the opportunity to join four other photographers working at this event to create images for the website www.tournamentimages.com, something that was never going to be turned down! I remember going as a kid, and knew that it had stopped eight or nine years ago, and only re-started last year. So who knows possibly [...]
Commercial photography – it’s the variety that’s the fascination..
Call it commercial photography, life behind the lens, or whatever else you may care to choose but it’s the mix of assignments that keeps it both interesting and challenging. Here are a few examples of different situations with some considerations to be borne in mind. Anything to do with architectural photography will invariably involve keeping all [...]
Event photography
This is an area that has been growing over the past few months, but they come in very different shapes and forms, although to my mind needing a mixture of an overal views, section shots and close-ups to reflect the mood of the event as well as the individuals involved. Here are some of the [...]
‘I hate having my picture taken……’
Sound familiar? It’s the most common remark I hear when doing business portraiture. Yet it’s increasingly vital to have a professional photograph on your business website, so what can be done to help overcome this comment, and maybe even make it an enjoyable experience? The single most important element is to be relaxed, as once the [...]
Ideas on photographing interiors
Like most areas of photography there are many ways to shoot interiors, but leaving aside lighting considerations there is still much that can be achieved by using whatever opportunities present themselves to create something a little more interesting than straight full-room shots, although these are always important to market property. Apart from the obvious of [...]
Why have professional portrait shots on your website?
With social media, personal referrals and websites being used with ever-increasing importance in all areas of business, consideration needs to be given to what are you hoping to achieve from your website? Assuming it is there to generate enquiries as well as showcase the business then presumably there has been an element of SEO (search [...]
Recent photographic assignments
Recent work has seen a number of people-based assignments, within which there has been plenty of variety, needing very different photographic techniques and lighting. The WEK stage show made for a hectic weekend – three hours of shooting the dress rehearsal on a Saturday afternoon, Sunday morning processing the images, selecting an assortment for printing and [...]
