The Way We Work - Care

Last months theme for the portraits for my ongoing photography project with Viva Brighton magazine, The Way We Work was ‘care’ so we thought we’d photograph care workers.

So we headed down to the wonderful Martlets Hospice in Brighton & Hove, Sussex to photograph some of the amazing people who work there.

This morning I received this lovely email passed onto me by the magazine:

”I just wanted to pass on a huge thank you to you and Adam for the incredible ‘Way We Work’ Martlets feature in this month’s Viva Brighton – so many people have mentioned it to me and noticed it.  All the people in the magazine have asked for extra copies for family and friends (considering they all ‘hate having their photograph taken’ I think that shows Adam’s wonderful talent that everyone is pleased!)  We’re also delighted to be in such a wonderful edition – it was quite hard to get any work done when it arrived...

I hope you are all well, best wishes and many, many thanks again.”

It’s always nice getting feedback, but from people who literally change peoples live, it means a lot.

If you’d like to see some more of this photographic project which i’ve been shooting for over five years now, just click this link.

The first five years.....

I don’t really do photography projects…..however I seem to have accidentally been shooting one for five years now.

Once a month, every month for the last five years (that’s 60 shoots), i’ve been photographing Brighton people (326 in total) in various professions / hobbies / businesses for the wonderful Viva Brighton Magazine with the help of the amazing Rebecca Cunningham and Kelly Mechen.

Although it's not quite an A to Z of professions, we’ve shot everything from Adventures to Window cleaners including Butchers, Bakers and Cocktail Makers.

When I started the first The Way We Work shoot in November of 2014 I didn’t think we’d be still shooting five years later, but to be honest, i’m more than happy to continue this project indefinitely as it’s such fun, incredibly interesting and is literally a documentary of The Way We Work.

Like I said, I don’t really do photography projects, but when I do they seem to be big.

Recent interior photography

I’ve been photographing a lot more interior design recently for architects, builders and designers all around Brighton & Sussex. It’s really nice to go to peoples homes and capture them looking their best for companies and businesses.

I always get inspired when doing interior photography, although my main passion is shooting people because I find them interesting, I do like the calmness which comes with interior photography.

Brighton Gin Distillery Commercial Photography

Brighton Business Photography - Brighton Gin Distillery

I was very fortunate to be able to spend a wonderful afternoon at the Brighton Gin distillery, taking photos of the who process of making Gin.

I really learnt a lot and loved every minute of it. It’s given me a greater love for Brighton Gin and the lovely people who run the business.

The thing that I was most surprised and impressed by, was the list for the staff’s tea and coffee. I loved the way that everyone was so precise about the length of time the tea bag should stay in the cup for. The exact measurements of coffee and sugar for everyones brew. I’m also sure that I saw a paint sample chart for how milky certain people like their tea. This I really respect.

Relaxed and informal company profile head shots

There are lots of different ways to capture staff at a company for the About Us page and recently i’ve been working on getting something a bit more informal than a studio set up with a backdrop or a plain wall in the background.

I’ve found that the key to getting good informal photos is to make sure that people are relaxed and having fun in front of the camera and that comes from experience of shooting businesses and people.

So here are some relaxed and informal headshots / profiles from a recent shoot at a law firm and I think they work really well in saying that the company and staff are approachable, relaxed and friendly.

Management Team Company Head Shots

There is something very rewarding about taking company head shots / corporate profile / professional portraits of board members and management teams.

I just love when people don’t have much time and the come into the meeting room which I’ve set my studio up in and I guarantee that the first thing that at least 50% of the people will say to me is: ‘Oh I hate having my photo taken.’ or ‘I’m really not photogenic and have never seen a good photo of me.’

I always see this as a challenge and a wrong to be put right. So I make it my mission to make them look good and for the last thing that they say to me to be: ‘Oh I don’t look bad in that. I really like it and that wasn’t painful at all.’

I really do believe that everyone is photogenic. You just need a good photographer to capture the real you. And this is why it really is worth investing in company head shots / corporate profile / professional portraits for your business.

If you’d like to find out more, please do get in contact.