It was one of those shoots when you knew that the partners of one of Sydney’s top law firms had limited time and as always it’s the job of any photographer to produce the desired results from the brief which was to capture an environmental portrait.
This involved showing some of the interior of this law firm while also capturing a relaxed portrait of the two partners with approximately 5 minutes time allocated.
The interior fit out was by BVN, an award-winning architectural firm with a global reputation for design. I arrived 20 mins before the shoot to work out exactly where I wanted to position my subjects and the reception area was by far the best location. I came across this amazing green wall area which has become a huge trend in the interior design world, also offering plenty of health benefits. I felt that it was a great backdrop to use, but I knew that it was important to get the interior fit out area of the reception in as well.
Therefore I got the partners to stand quite a distance away from the garden wall and I used a 105mm lens which would blur the background.
Plenty of natural light through backlit glass panels enabled me to show a well lit interior combined with my Gary Gong diffuser to fill in the
shadows on the portraits. The down lights on the garden wall warmed everything up. Most importantly the subjects were not delayed for their next meeting.
My advice for up and coming corporate photographers is to avoid boardrooms at all costs for corporate portraits and hope that the business you are working for has a great fit out in the reception or atrium area especially with a sustainable space around it.
