Sharp Christmas Drinks
A Christmas drinks reception at the Scalpel in the heart of the City of London.
The lovely folks at JTC invited me along to capture some photos at a Christmas drinks reception for some of their clients at their new offices in one of the newer buildings of note in the London skyline. The Scalpel, as it is known, is right in the heart of the city across the road from the Lloyds building and the cheese grater, the Leadenhall Building.
The JTC office is brightly lit with accents of the brand’s purple colour, and it looks very smart indeed. The views from the office are fantastic - even better during the day, I’m sure, rather than at night when I was there.
Following some drinks and canapes, guests were welcomed by the head honcho and then the party continued into the evening. Upon leaving, guests were gifted a lovely looking gin tasting set.
Some of my favourite images from the evening can be seen below.
Christmas Party At The Natural History Museum
A futuristic corporate Christmas party at the Natural History Museum in London.
I’ve been working with EF for a few years now and their parties never disappoint. The venue for their Christmas party in 2019 was the Natural History Museum. Not the main hall where the whale is hanging from the ceiling, but in what is called ‘The Red Zone’ where there is an escalator which goes up into a giant globe as well as the world’s most complete stegosaurus skeleton.
The fancy dress theme for the party was futuristic, and many of the costumes didn’t disappoint. There were superheroes, astronauts, LED costumes and plenty of other inspired choices!
Technically speaking this part of the Natural History Museum isn’t the easiest in which to photograph an event. Why? Because everything is red! Whilst red people are alright for some photos, it’s better to have natural skin tones for people so they look human! So I used off-camera flash in order to add some more natural-looking light into the scene whilst shooting.
Check out some of my favourite photos below.
An Office Transformed Into A Bar (Or 3)
A drinks reception in an office transformed with different themed bars.
As a corporate event photographer in London, I love capturing events at venues and locations at which I have not shot before. I consider seeing lots of great places as one of the perks of my job.
Caledonia Private Capital invited me along to their offices to capture a drinks reception they were having for their clients to celebrate the brand’s relaunch. Their office is already great to look at, featuring lots of immaculate models of old ships, but it was also transformed into a few different themed bars for the event.
There was a James Bond style martini bar, a brightly coloured ‘buzz bingo’ non-alcoholic cocktail bar and also a classic pub complete with a Caledonia Private Capital lager.
You can see some of my favourite photos from the event below.
Wine Tasting & Networking
A wine tasting event is a great excuse to drink wine whilst making new business contacts.
I always respect and admire people who can smell and taste a glass of wine and correctly identify the flavours and ingredients used to make it. My palate just isn’t refined enough. With me, it’s a more simple question of whether or not I like a wine!
Anyway, I was invited along by one of my clients to capture an evening of wine tasting they had arranged for some of their clients, at the rather cool St Martin’s Lane Hotel in London.
The evening was spent in two very different rooms. The first was very dark and atmospheric, whilst the second room was bright and airy. So I needed to light up the dark room with some off-camera flash, which helped illuminate people’s faces without killing the atmosphere in the room. The second room didn’t need any additional light, even though it was later in the evening.
Here are some of my favourite images from that night:
