Effective CSR Photography
The cheque presentation is not CSR Photography Here’s a great example of why the cheque presentation image is not CSR photography or contributing to your objectives. A few weeks ago I was having lunch with a client and at the end of the lunch while we were waiting for the bill he checked his phone […]
What clients need from a photographer
What clients need from a photographer varies according to the objectives and the style of photography they want. My clients want authentic looking images in a documentary style that are either black and white or colour. I recently heard another photographer saying that his clients prefer documentary style because they don’t want their shareholders to […]
What does an industrial photographer do?
A large part of my work with corporate clients is what we call, industrial photography but what does that mean? An industrial photographer specialises in capturing images that showcase industries, manufacturing processes, heavy machinery, infrastructure projects, and workers in action. The photographs help businesses communicate their capabilities, safety standards, innovations, and environmental commitments. The nature […]
Corporate Responsibility Images
Delivering Corporate Responsibility Through Images One of the areas that I specialise in is corporate responsibility images. Earlier this month I wrote an article published in Construction UK Magazine titled ‘How to better communicate the impact of sustainable practices in construction’, you can read the full article here. The purpose of the article was to […]
Reportage Photography: Telling stories Through the Lens
In a world overflowing with carefully curated images, there’s something uniquely captivating about reportage photography. Unlike staged portraits or heavily edited and filtered snapshots, reportage photography has a raw, authentic, and deeply emotive quality. It captures life as it unfolds, telling stories that resonate and inspire. What is Reportage Photography? Reportage photography, sometimes referred to […]
Leaders – what’s your leadership legacy?
Leaders of businesses, organisations and public bodies are making decisions today that will impact the lives of their employees, customers, the environment and society. What will be your leadership legacy and do you have a visual communication strategy to document it? Unprecedented times It’s a phrase that I first heard following the financial turbulence of […]
Industrial Photography
I state that one of my photography services is Industrial Photography but I’m often asked what that means. So, in this article, I will try explain further and provide some examples. Industrial Photography: A definition Industrial photography can be characterised as photography that captures industrious work, which is defined as someone who works hard, or […]
Reasons to use photography in your sustainability reporting and communication
Sustainability reporting and sustainability communication are now essential activities for many organisations. Any business that is part of a supply chain can, at some point, be expected to make sustainability reports available to clients so that they can assure their own clients of the ethical, social and environmental credentials of their suppliers. Businesses that serve consumers have […]
Positive social impact with the John Lewis Partnership
At a time when the number of people who are homeless continues to rise and cities are full of empty office buildings sitting vacant and serving nobody, it is great to see one company thinking creatively about how they can utilise their space to deliver positive social impact alongside normal business operations. Waitrose in Bromley […]
Sustainability Comms – using Photography
Does the cost of photography stop you from using it in sustainability comms? Research has revealed that the two main barriers to using original photography for corporate responsibility communication, or sustainability comms, or ESG comms are concerns about cost and whether a photographer will understand the subject matter sufficiently to deliver a coherent visual story. […]
