Meeting Captain Obvious
The star of the Hotels.com TV ads visits the London office much to the surprise of their employees.
In April I was invited along by the team at Hotels.com to their office to take some photos. However, on this occasion they didn’t need the kind of photos I would normally take in an office, like headshots or team photos. No, not this time.
They were organising a secret visit from Captain Obvious, the character at the centre of their advertising campaigns. Captain Obvious, a funny character who is always impeccably dressed in his captain’s uniform, is played by an actor from Los Angeles. Not only was he incredibly charming as Captain Obvious, he was also a lovely guy on the odd occasion when he did break character.
Captain Obvious was given the task of wandering around the office, interrupting meetings, video calls, and other general tomfoolery. Naturally, he ended up posting for more than a few selfies. I had a blast following him around the office for a few hours, capturing people’s reactions to his cheeky manner and American charm. Here are some of my favourite photos from the afternoon.
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.
LinkedIn Images for McDonalds UK
Portraits and lifestyle images for McDonalds UK.
I have been lucky enough to get the chance to visit the UK headquarters of McDonalds, with the purpose of taking some photos for their company LinkedIn page. They wanted some images that show what it’s like to work there, as well as some headshots of a few staff members. I was also there more recently to photograph their head of people, who, unsurprisingly, was lovely. Have a look at some of my favourite photos I took for McDonalds below.
Annual Report Photography
Individual and group portraits for New River’s annual report.
I was asked by the team at NewRiver to come in to their office to take some individual and team portraits for their annual report. They required quite a variety of photos in a limited time, and they all needed to be taken in quite a small space within their office. In order to make this shoot work, I needed an assistant. It’s not that often I work with assistants, but they do really add value and this case it helped enormously. We were able to plan out the different lighting scenarios and setups for each required shot, and then mark everything in order to be able to switch between them as quickly and seamlessly as possible. I was really pleased with how these images came out, you can see some of them below.
