London Corporate Dinner Event
A corporate dinner event at one of London’s top city hotels.
Back To Work: Corporate Headshots, Events, Office Lifestyle
2022 and it’s back to work with a bang after two years of the pandemic.
It will be of no surprise to you that the Covid-19 pandemic had a serious negative effect on my business as a corporate photographer in London. My job has always been reliant on people being at work in offices, so the lockdowns were not good for business. But there were little bits of work, here and there, which helped me make it through, and I’ve come out the other side of the pandemic with all guns blazing. It’s been a super busy year so far, dominated by headshots but with an increasing number of corporate events happening again since the easing of restrictions.
It was such a great relief to be busy again, visiting my clients’ offices to shoot an enormous number of headshots because so many people have changed jobs in the last two years. I’ve met loads and loads of people doing that, and I’ve been really enjoying getting back into the swing of things. Events have come back into full force, and I’ve been loving getting creative again to help my clients’ events look outstanding.
Probably the best thing to come out of the pandemic is the new approach to working that the majority of businesses and society have adopted. Businesses realised that many employees are more productive when they work at home because there are fewer distractions. Less time is wasted commuting back and forth to the office each day, less time is used up moving between meetings because they are all lined up back to back on Zoom or Teams.
But people really missed being in the office; the atmosphere, the company, the interaction and environment. There are some meetings and work that are best done face to face, in the flesh. It’s the interaction and atmosphere in the office that often attracts people to work for a particular business. So office lifestyle photography is as important as ever; photos and imagery that showcases what it’s like to work for an organisation.
It’s so good to be busy again in London taking photos of events and people again. Here is a selection of some of my favourite images since the pandemic eased towards the end of 2021.
Creative Corporate Event Photography
Capturing some creative images at a corporate event for Infosys at their new offices overlooking Old Street’s ‘Silicon’ roundabout.
A little while ago I was invited along to capture an event at some very cool new offices for Infosys, overlooking the Old Street ‘Silicon’ roundabout.
The event featured a keynote speaker and a discussion panel, and was followed by a drinks reception where there were various areas set up to showcase awesome new technologies that Infosys is working on.
The view from the office was great and we were lucky to have nice weather that day, meaning some beautiful light was flooding into the space in which the main part of the event was held.
There is definitely something to be said about a creative working environment having an effect on employee’s creativity at work. I felt like it rubbed off on me even for the short space of time I was there for. Some of my favourite images can be seen below.
Headshots with Personality
It’s the people that make a business tick, so why not show some personality in them?
This year I began working with Clarasys, a medium sized consultancy based in Waterloo. They have a brilliant work environment, proven by the fact they came very high up the Sunday Times Best Companies To Work For list. So far I’ve had the task of capturing two portraits or each staff member; one looking to camera and one where they are engaging with someone just off camera, which is great for showing more of a person’s personality, particularly when you only have a limited time with each person. I’ve also had the pleasure of photographing their 8th birthday party at the OXO tower. I’m looking forward to working more with them in the future as they grow and move into new premises.
