{"id":136457,"date":"2020-12-16T18:55:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T18:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/?p=136457"},"modified":"2023-02-07T12:15:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T12:15:32","slug":"2020-photography-overview-piranha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/2020-photography-overview-piranha\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Photography &#8211; A Brief Overview by Piranha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/491724207\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>2020 Photography &#8211; A Brief Overview by Piranha<\/h2>\n<p>2020 has been an unprecedented year for everyone.\u00a0 We have put together a few of the many photographs taken over the past 12 months, it was hard to choose but we hope you enjoy the varied selection above.<\/p>\n<p>These images range from the corporate photography taken for clients in their offices and across the country during the non-lockdown parts of the year, through to the lockdown projects at home during the times spent in Oxford when client work and travel weren\u2019t possible.<\/p>\n<h2>January<\/h2>\n<p>Corporate work as normal with a swathe of interesting photo shoots, from capturing executives at Gumtree through to photographing the residents of The Peabody Group.\u00a0 The brief for Peabody was to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/new-build-photography-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">showcase their new flats<\/a> in various London boroughs, capturing the personalities of the residents in their new homes.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside these commissions, there were a variety of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/headshot-photographer-london.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">headshots<\/a> and portraits required for many clients and event coverage of conferences.<\/p>\n<h2>February<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/business-corporate-portrait-photographer-london.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portrait<\/a> work continued for many London clients particularly outdoor photography of individuals in interesting London locations to provide context to staff website imagery.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_136482\" style=\"width: 830px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136482\" class=\"wp-image-136482 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mcs-donor-report-2.jpg\" alt=\"Photography of MCS school donor at home in London for school report\" width=\"820\" height=\"482\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mcs-donor-report-2.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mcs-donor-report-2-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mcs-donor-report-2-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mcs-donor-report-2-190x112.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-136482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography of couple in London for Oxford school Donor Report 2019-2020<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>March<\/h2>\n<p>Normal photo shoots of staff orientations and other coverage including new imagery for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/oxford-biotechnology-company-website-portrait-photographs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OMass Therapeutics<\/a> in Nottingham for their website.\u00a0 OMass work on drug discovery for immunology and genetic disease and are based in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/oxford-photographer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oxford<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Followed by the beginning of lockdown in the UK at the end of March.<\/p>\n<h2>April<\/h2>\n<p>Full lockdown was a moment to start a new personal photography project &#8211; this consisted of capturing our teenagers around the home carrying out home schooling, a number of household chores and also taking part in walks around the Oxford countryside &#8211; anywhere within reach of home.\u00a0 The series of images was to highlight teenager\u2019s response to a national lockdown when perhaps their life experience is so different from adults and social interaction for them is normally so important.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-134478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/OxfordMail-59862finalsmall-829x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Press coverage of photography project in Oxford Mail\" width=\"829\" height=\"1024\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/OxfordMail-59862finalsmall-829x1024.jpg 829w, https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/OxfordMail-59862finalsmall-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/OxfordMail-59862finalsmall-768x949.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/OxfordMail-59862finalsmall-1243x1536.jpg 1243w, https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/OxfordMail-59862finalsmall-125x155.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/OxfordMail-59862finalsmall.jpg 1457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 829px) 100vw, 829px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Oxford Mail newspaper featured an article on \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/teenage-life-during-covid-19-lockdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The photography of teenagers in lockdown<\/a>\u2019 by Piranha, and Leica Fotografie International published the images in their gallery.<\/p>\n<h2>May<\/h2>\n<p>Photographic coverage of \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/oxford-photographer-lockdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lockdown Oxford<\/a>\u2019 to show the empty streets and quiet Surroundings.<\/p>\n<p>This resulted in online coverage of the photographs taken of empty Oxford by an Oxford information website.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-136463 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/28983B3D-BBDC-495D-B81C-11A04565BCDB-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"2020 Photography of lockdown Oxford - the Radcliffe camera\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h2>June<\/h2>\n<p>The end of lockdown and imagery of the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/photography-of-shop-closed-notices-for-covid-19-will-all-these-stores-reopen-next-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shop closed<\/a>\u2019 signs in stores windows and doors &#8211; a quiet reminder of the changes happening all around.<\/p>\n<h2>July<\/h2>\n<p>Once lockdown had ended there were a number of commissions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/property-investment-company-photography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photographing new construction projects<\/a> for Funding for Affordable Homes in the City of London and other UK locations including the Isle of Wight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/dorset-landscape-photography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summer photography<\/a> around Dorset and an Executive Board photo shoot at a hotel on the edge of London for BGF Private equity.\u00a0 The Directors were shot individually and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/corporate-photography-social-distancing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">socially distanced<\/a> in the ornamental gardens to provide a creative group shot with social distancing for BGF\u2019s website and PR uses.<\/p>\n<h2>August<\/h2>\n<p>Corporate coverage of Kingfisher\u2019s CEO \u2013 Thierry Garnier to appear in the <em>Sunday Times<\/em> newspaper, involved a photo shoot at one of the company\u2019s larger B&amp;Q sites.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-black alignnone wp-image-134906 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/00DDF460-4C75-4BC6-8FE3-B386C6942548.jpeg\" alt=\"Photograph of CEO in The Times newspaper - photograph taken by Piranha Photography\" width=\"948\" height=\"703\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/00DDF460-4C75-4BC6-8FE3-B386C6942548.jpeg 948w, https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/00DDF460-4C75-4BC6-8FE3-B386C6942548-300x222.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/00DDF460-4C75-4BC6-8FE3-B386C6942548-768x570.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/00DDF460-4C75-4BC6-8FE3-B386C6942548-190x141.jpeg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A few corporate commissions for other clients as well as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/london-corporate-portraits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new consultancy<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/boldtpartners.com\/#home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boldt Partners<\/a> who were opening a London office.\u00a0 These portraits were used on the company\u2019s website and for PR purposes to announce the new opening of the Covent Garden office.<\/p>\n<p>Completion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Piranha Photography<\/a>&#8216;s new website update.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-black alignnone wp-image-139530 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/overview-photographer-year-1.jpg\" alt=\"New website for Piranha Photography showing home page\" width=\"820\" height=\"417\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/overview-photographer-year-1.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/overview-photographer-year-1-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/overview-photographer-year-1-768x391.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/overview-photographer-year-1-190x97.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>September<\/h2>\n<p>September heralded quite a few companies deciding to go to their offices after the first lockdown and summer break.\u00a0This led to a number of headshot and portrait shoots for clients and new joiners\u2019 coverage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-black alignnone wp-image-135842 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leica-symbols.jpg\" alt=\"Photography of steam trains at Didcot\" width=\"643\" height=\"780\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leica-symbols.jpg 643w, https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leica-symbols-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leica-symbols-128x155.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This was combined with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/creative-photography-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">creative photographic project<\/a> visiting and capturing photographs of Didcot Railway Centre near Oxford, concentrating on the weathered elements of steam trains and other old memorabilia from the early days of steam.<\/p>\n<h2>October<\/h2>\n<p>There was plenty of corporate work at the beginning of October, only to be curtailed by further stay at home advice later in the month.<\/p>\n<p>The launch of Piranha\u2019s new<a href=\"https:\/\/piranha-it-support.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> IT support website<\/a>, to provide professional assistance with home working and setting up secure WiFi systems for individuals, families and small businesses.<\/p>\n<h2>November<\/h2>\n<p>Lockdown 2.0 &#8211; presented an extended opportunity to photograph the autumn colours and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/misty-morning-photography-autumn-2020-lockdown-2-0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">misty mornings<\/a> along Oxfords rivers and canals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-black alignnone wp-image-136248 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bugler-leica.jpg\" alt=\"Leica gallery Master Shot of Bugler by Piranha Photography\" width=\"641\" height=\"971\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bugler-leica.jpg 641w, https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bugler-leica-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bugler-leica-102x155.jpg 102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An unexpected and impromptu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/remembrance-sunday-photography-oxford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Remembrance Sunday<\/a> gathering at the Oxford war memorial lead to a thought-provoking set of images, which were featured in the local newspaper and a portrait of the bugler on Leica\u2019s gallery as a \u2018Master Shot\u2019.<\/p>\n<h2>December<\/h2>\n<p>At the beginning of December with lockdown2.0 ending\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-136468 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/6E375D69-C34A-4121-A148-D8C7013F3CA0-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"Primark reopening of Birmingham shop afer lockdown2.0 in 2020\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>On the first day that shops could reopen. Photographic coverage of Primark\u2019s \u2018reopening\u2019 in the world\u2019s biggest Primark in Birmingham was at 6am, to capture people arriving and queuing for entry.\u00a0 Pictures were required of the public using hand sanitisers, mask wearing and Christmas jumper sales for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/corporate-pr-photographer-london.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">marketing and PR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards a few portrait and headshot photo shoots were possible before London entered Tier 3 restrictions in the middle of December and clients disappeared back to working from home and the Christmas break.<\/p>\n<p>We, like the rest of the world are hoping for a better 2021, particularly now that the vaccine is available.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-136478 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/700-squished.gif\" alt=\"Animated Gif of seasonal photographs for Christmas\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 Photography &#8211; A Brief Overview by Piranha 2020 has been an unprecedented year for everyone.\u00a0 We have put together a few of the many photographs taken over the past 12 months, it was hard to choose but we hope you enjoy the varied selection above. 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