Met up with Emily this afternoon for a business portrait shoot. Emily works for a local software company and is a key contact point with many of their clients. She contacted me earlier this week wanting some headshot work done, but wanted the images to have a bit more of an edge and pop to them. This lined up perfectly with the lighting work I've been doing lately, and I'm really happy with the shots!
The first thing I wanted to do was ditch the static seamless color backdrops common in most straight up business portraits. I pitched the idea about shooting on location and Emily loved it. We actually did the shoot under cover on a loading dock in the NW Pearl District. Good thing because it was pouring rain out today.
Anyway, over the course of the shoot I ran the whole gamut of lighting setups to provide a maximum amount of options for both Emily and her managers. We did a mix of strobes and just with natural light, wider shots, close ups etc. Look wise we flipped between more formal business attire, as well as something more suited for work out and about. I've posted four of my favorites so far from today.
In the end, what Emily and her company wanted from these shots was something a bit more eye catching than the average business shot. Professional, but still friendly and welcoming. I'd been really anxious to try something creative on the job, and I'm really grateful that what ordinarily would have been a static, by the numbers business shoot turned into something really fun for me as a photographer. I can't wait to get the final shots back to them.
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