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. […]
CSR Photography
Employing documentary photography to document CSR impact Despite the pressures of rising costs that are squeezing the margins of businesses, I’ve spent much of this year on CSR photography; working with businesses who want to engage their employees with corporate sustainability objectives, or CSR, or ESG, or whatever else they may call it. I’ve been […]
Why can’t corporate photography be art?
Any photographer who considers themselves to be a creative or an artist, is usually delighted when they are ask to photograph for a corporate client, and then almost certainly frustrated by the constraints. So why can’t corporate photography be art and be recognised for the quality and power of the image? This is front of […]
The Leader’s Lens
I created The Leader’s Lens as a way of using photography to help individuals reflect on their leadership style and then share their story as part of a collective experience. It is primarily used as part of a wider leadership programme or event. Steve Jobs himself was inspired by someone else…. “There’s an old Wayne Gretzky […]
Great Change Communications
Change Communications has become a discipline in its own right as organisations attempt to change with ever greater frequency and speed. It is the very nature of these change programmes, that require change communications to be simple, surgically accurate and quick to comprehend, that means photography has an important role to play. Photography for Change […]
Looking for visual interest
Last year I was taking photographs for a client (Pilon) who operates in the Social Housing Sector providing construction and refurbishment services throughout the London and the South East. The challenge, as always, is to find visual interest in situations that might not present the most glamorous of subjects. Business Photography can be visually interesting In addition to […]
Effective Employee Engagement
As a business or leader, you know you have achieved effective employee engagement when the connection that people feel towards the organisation leads to a willingness in them to go the extra mile – in other words the communication has an effect on the employee. A report on Workplace Communication (2022) cites that employees who […]
Four Business Photography Projects in 2022
When people ask ‘What type of photography do you do?’ I find it more helpful to talk about projects I’m working on at that time because they usually represent the scope of work. Business Photography is incredibly diverse It’s taken for granted that business photography involves working in offices but we can sometimes forget that […]
Social Impact Photography
Giving back to the community and being a good neighbour is a pillar of many business strategies. Unfortunately, not all businesses appear to be completely sincere with but one way of demonstrating commitment and telling credible stories is through social impact photography. A recent report from Deloitte states: ‘…consumers are also being more proactive in […]
Portrait Photography – a guide for people in front of the camera
Portrait photography is a broad discipline. A portrait is a portrayal of a person, and a portrayal is defined as a depiction of the subject matter, which could be in the form of a picture, performance or paragraph. What is portrait photography? In portrait photography, the portrait is a true likeness of the person being […]
