Sunday, 20 December 2009

Suggestions For Engaging A Good Corporate Photographer

By Garry Walter

Corporate photography is a subset of the greater discipline of commercial photography. However, the sphere of corporate photography is quite big and a person practising it ought to be highly skilled in his art.

There are several aspects that differentiate other forms of commercial photography from corporate photography. In other types of photography, the photographer has the privilege of doing retakes until he arrives at the right angle to click the perfect picture, but corporate photography is essentially a hit-or-miss business. Hence an experienced and competent corporate photographer requires to be called in for the task.

Corporate events are unpredictable and the photographer has to be prepared for the unexpected turns of events. He should know how to think rationally and practically so that he can act promptly. A relaxed photographer having low levels of attentiveness and knowledge of what is going on around him cannot succeed as a corporate photographer.

An important task included in a corporate photographer's job profile is clicking headshots of the senior management at an event. These headshots might be stored in the company's archives or be published on the pages of newspapers. The photographer must therefore be skilled in this task.

The mere reputation of a photographer does not guarantee his competence in corporate photography. For example, a corporate event would be an absolutely wrong project to be undertaken by a wedding photographer and his task there might even cause public embarrassment. Wedding ceremonies are very ritualistic, so a wedding photographer knows precisely the succession of events that he is to keep his eye on and performs his job accordingly. In corporate photography, things occur without prior notice and attentiveness is critical. Thus, only an experienced corporate photographer should be engaged to photograph such events

There are several business needs associated with corporate photography and the above mentioned tips would enable you to engage a really expert corporate photographer. However, before engaging a corporate photographer, you should look at samples of his earlier work to verify his claims and have a clear idea of his expertise.

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