Headshots for Harrison & Harrison

Fairly I got the chance to dive into a genre of photography I’ve been diving into a bit deeper as of late; can you guess what it is? (It’s in the title. If you can’t guess, I can’t help you!). I was contacted by Lisa Harrison, of the law firm Harrison & Harrison to shoot some headshots of their staff for their website, which was designed by Chrysalis Communications. Headshots being something I enjoy shooting quite a bit, I responded as quickly as I could. We set a time and date, and decided on shooting in their offices with a white background. I enlisted the help of my colleague Kid Bazzle to assist with the photos, and we made our way to their location. 

Upon arrival we were a bit wowed by the look of their office suite; clean, modern, nicely lit and filled with art. After a quick second of gawking, we got to work and commandeered a corner of the office. Even though I traveled with a bunch of equipment, I ended up keeping it simple, using a 47” octabox as the background, and another 47” octabox on a boom arm as the main light.

A rough idea of what the setup was like.

After a few test shots to get the lighting right, we were ready to get shootn’! We spoke with Lisa about the tone and vibe to be evoked by the images, and learned that Harrison & Harrison is a pretty happy law firm! We had no problems getting everyone to smile after we introduced ourselves and had a small chat with each person. All in all, the images came out great. I decided to shoot them somewhat wide, so that they could be cropped to various sizes for different use-cases. Shortly after wrapping up the headshots, Lisa asked if I’d be willing to shoot a few environmental photos of their office space and I jumped at the chance! Like I said above, the office space is pretty gorgeous. I decided to do multiple exposures for each space, with Bazzle moving around with a speedlight to light different areas. You can see the results of everything below!