Thursday, January 21, 2010

Things To Bear In Mind Before Hiring A Corporate Photographer

By Martin Walter

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

There are a lot of aspects that differentiate other types of commercial photography from corporate photography. It is a one-click business with no scope for retakes that allow a photographer to improve upon his work if he doesn't get it correct the first time. Hence it is important to hire the services of a capable corporate photographer.

The photographer must be able to react quickly because corporate events are generally fast paced with lots of surprises. Someone who is conscious and shows urgency besides having an overall sense of awareness can work well as a corporate photographer.

An essential part of corporate photography is headshots of all the key executives. The headshots are either used for archival purposes or are printed in business publications along with the corresponding news item. The photographer must therefore be proficient in this task.

While hiring a corporate photographer, it should be borne in mind that a famous and qualified photographer may not necessarily be a good corporate photographer. A popular wedding photographer might think that handling a corporate event is simple, but he could very easily be shocked on facing the real challenge. In wedding ceremonies, one event comes after another in a clearly defined series, hence all that the photographer needs to do is follow the sequence of events and go on clicking pictures. In corporate photography, things happen without any warning and alertness is crucial. Thus, only an experienced corporate photographer should be engaged to photograph such events

Corporate photography plays a crucial role in effective public relations for an organization and to engage a good photographer for the purpose, you must follow the above mentioned tips. However, to examine all the photographer's claims, you must always look at samples of his earlier work.

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