{"id":5896,"date":"2017-03-29T12:30:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T11:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/?p=5896"},"modified":"2023-02-23T09:47:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T09:47:49","slug":"corporate-portraits-different-possible-styles-for-head-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/corporate-portraits-different-possible-styles-for-head-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Portraits – Different Possible Styles for Head Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Business<\/a><\/h2>\n

What style to choose for our company corporate head shots?<\/h2>\n

Portrait photography by Piranha<\/a> comes in all shapes and sizes, do you need it with or without a background? Have you considered a lighting style, that is should there be no shadows on the face or more contrasty? It\u2019s worth giving it a thought before commissioning new photography.<\/p>\n

There are many options but read this short article to help you choose a successful style for your company.<\/p>\n

Portraits with a white background<\/h2>\n

\"Corporate<\/a><\/h2>\n

The old chestnut head and shoulders white background<\/a> is often requested and consideration needs to be given to how the photographs will be achieved.<\/p>\n

Does the final image need a background as white as driven snow? That funnily enough will require quite a bit of kit, a pop up background, the lights to illuminate this background, lights to illuminate the subject and the camera on a tripod in front of all of it all, and a burly assistant to help carry it all in. It will require a bigger room with little or no furniture. As this large studio type room is rarely available, another solution often needs to be found.<\/p>\n

Portraits using a grey background<\/h2>\n

An alternative solution to achieve a pure white background is to photograph the subject against a grey or off white background<\/a> and then in post-production, \u2018cut\u2019 the subject out<\/a> and place against a pure white or pre-shot office background created in Photoshop. The cutting out procedure is now extremely accurate so any type of frizzy hair poses no problem and each hair is retained before cut-out.<\/p>\n

This allows for using a smaller room and is therefore much easier to organise, and any room can be used on each successive visit.\u00a0 This often provides the most practical solution for portraits.<\/p>\n

\"Head<\/a><\/h2>\n

An office or outside background<\/h2>\n

\"Meeting<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Business<\/a><\/p>\n

It may be felt that a portrait shot with a background would be more interesting. A picture that is usually to be run slightly larger than its white background cousin. The scene behind the subject can be the view through a window to illustrate \u2018we have a city location\u2019 or a blurred office backdrop can illustrate as being part of a larger team.<\/p>\n

Discussion format<\/h2>\n

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\"Reportage<\/a><\/p>\n

Another style is the \u2018discussion\u2019 or meeting format, often used in the service industries to convey that the person being photographed is in mid conversation with a client.\u00a0 The photograph can incorporate the blurred shoulder of the person nearest the camera whilst focussing on the subject who is speaking animatedly. This style shows a busy, active company.<\/p>\n

Portraits for press coverage in publications<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A popular PR shot<\/a> which is picked up by newspapers is one that illustrates and enhances a story.<\/p>\n

The photograph below was taken by Piranha to encapsulate the accounting firm\u2019s story.\u00a0 The picture caught the eye of the newspaper editor and so was published with a short article about the problems of mounting legislation.<\/p>\n

\"Photograph<\/a>

This photograph taken by Piranha for an accountancy firm ran in several national newspapers and business titles. The image highlighted the recent increase in tax legislation.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Photograph<\/a>

The dramatic lighting for this industrial pipe company assisted in getting the companies story published by catching the eye of several national newspapers.
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The contemporary, creative solution<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There are many possible creative styles for websites and annual report photography by Piranha<\/a> – these involve shooting a meeting through a glass panel, or walking down a corridor or in an open plan office. A creative look works well to show an integrated team, a busy office and is often used in a profile document about a company.<\/p>\n

A contemporary look like this can offer a cohesive style to the company\u2019s portraits and be used to tie in creative direction of all their website designs.<\/p>\n

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\"Portrait<\/a><\/p>\n

The photographic brief<\/h2>\n

Before starting new photography<\/a>, it is important to think about what is needed and discuss the brief with the web designer and photographer.\u00a0 The nature of the business will lend itself to a certain style, to convey a message to the clients looking at a company\u2019s website or reading the article, there are lots of interesting and effective options to choose from.<\/p>\n

Please do drop us and email<\/a> or call 020 7193 9446 if you would like more information or to discuss a project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What style to choose for our company corporate head shots? Portrait photography by Piranha comes in all shapes and sizes, do you need it with or without a background? Have you considered a lighting style, that is should there be no shadows on the face or more contrasty? It\u2019s worth giving it a thought before…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134204,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[685,676,81,229,311,286],"tags":[96,300,62],"class_list":["post-5896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accountants-photographer","category-headshot_photography","category-corporate-portrait-photographer","category-pr-photographer","category-website-photography","category-tips-news-piranha-photography","tag-pr-photography","tag-headshots","tag-portraits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}