Assignment: Washington DC Law Firm

Last week we the opportunity to complete a shoot for a prominent Washington DC law-firm that had to be rescheduled due to COVID-19 concerns. We prepped our gear for the shoot Thursday afternoon and packed the car. Since the shoot was early I met my assistant at the clients office about an hour before the shoot to go over last minute details.

We went up the the clients office suite, unpacked our gear and setup for 2 different scenes using their library and an open office. We do our test shots using our 1st or 2nd assistant to make sure that we don’t waste any of the attorneys time doing test shots and moving lights. We always try to be efficient and our clients appreciate our effort. Today we also worked with the firms new Director of Marketing. I always like working directly with the person making this decision on the images because we can make sure that we are delivering exactly what the client needs and not necessarily our vision.

Having an extra pair of eyes on the shoot is also as plus. Notice the cord under the cabinets on the upper left image? Many photographers would have left the cord there and attempted to remove it in Photoshop or (even worse) left it for the client to handle. I noticed it so I used 2 pieces of Scotch tape to keep it out of the image. We also added a few more books to the scene to keep it from being so “bare”. We call it adding a little visual interest.