The business side of photography
Today I received a request from a small company to do a group photo. They wrote that their staff has changed and they needed an updated group photo of their seven employees.
The email said the group must be posed in a single row, everyone evenly spaced apart and no one overlapping the person next to them.
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This picture has nothing to do with this post. It’s just another view-from-my-office photo.
Are you thinking of buying new photo gear or other expensive business items? If so, December offers a couple of tax benefits.
Many businesses, especially sole proprietorships, have their fiscal year match the calendar year because it makes doing your income tax easier. If this describes you then December purchases might be beneficial.
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A couple weeks ago, the old iron scow stuck in the Niagara River above the falls made international news. The boat had been stuck in place since 1918 but a storm on October 31, 2019, dislodged it.
Most of the headlines were about the boat breaking free and moving closer to the edge of the Horseshoe Falls. All very dramatic. Niagara Falls . . . step by step, inch by inch:
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I do real estate photography for construction companies that build or renovate homes in the greater Toronto area. Often I photograph a home before construction has begun and then return weeks or months later to picture the finished work.
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This is another view-from-my-office photo.
It was obvious while photographing some of the federal election campaigns over the past two weeks that news media turnout has drastically dropped over the past three federal elections.
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Canada is currently in the middle of a federal election campaign. Let’s take a look at the business headshots of the party leaders and all the candidates. (Note that political party web sites change from time to time especially with regard to information about their leader.)
If you have a few minutes, click on the links to each party’s candidate page and browse the portraits. Which ones do you like, which ones do you ignore? Why? Is it the lighting, the smile (or lack of), the eyes (or lack of eye contact), the background, or maybe something else? Which ones get your vote based only on their business portrait?
A CBC video shows how political parties stage campaign photo opportunities. Canada is currently in the middle of a federal election.
The most important part of any political campaign event is the visuals, specifically the photographs. Visuals are the easiest and fastest way for people to see and understand what’s happening. Sound and text may help fill out the message but the image is noticed first and remembered most.
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