- This image was taken from a series of corporate portraits for http://www.ddblondon.com/ These work really well as they are formal and corporate in style but three little creative differences make the subjects seem much more friendly and approachable. 1. Have the subject sit/stand at a slight angle to you. 2. Use bounced lighting to soften shadows. 3. Instead of a plain white backdrop I used the office windows as the background, they give a depth to the image and make it seem a much more natural environment for a corporate portrait.
- Working as a corporate photographer in London, you are often faced with different corporate offices and most portraits needing to be completed in a short time frame, but as a photographer you need to spot these possibilities. Corporate clients marketing material will benefit from creative portraits and hopefully you will be asked back.
© Grantly Lynch 2010
Corporate Portrait Photographer London
I put it on stumbleupon, loved your description of the differences. Again, I don’t know much about photography, but it just seems a really solid portrait to me generally. Subject is not at some perfect angle, as you point out, which actually marks this as different from some classical portraits. We have to ask why the eyes and slight smile are engaging, and they are despite the background and rather mundane outfit. The level of detail you’ve gotten is excellent – I can see the makeup, the neat hair, but she does look a bit tired (or am I making too much of the detail under the eyes?).
Good portraits make audiences ask questions, I imagine. This definitely does the trick.
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