Corporate Portraits & Headshots in Boston | David Shopper Photography
Creating distinctive headshots and corporate office lifestyle photography for branding campaigns: Boston & NYC.
David Shopper is a Boston based photographer specializing in corporate portraits, professional headshots, and candid workplace photography.
David Shopper Photography captures real people in real business environments to brand corporate culture. He specializes in natural light commercial photography. His photography graces corporate advertising, business websites, social media, and company branding.
I am a commercial photographer who creates corporate portraits, company workplace candid photographs, and professional headshots in Boston and worldwide. I am one of the most trusted corporate photographers in Boston, MA and have been creating corporate portraiture for over 3 decades. My photographs are most often used for advertising (for example: print ads, billboards, Out Of Home, etc.), corporate collateral (for example: annual reports, capability brochures, etc.), websites (website banners, team portraits, bio pages, about us pages), as well as social media (like LinkedIn portraits, Outlook portraits, business Facebook pages, etc.)
Authentic Reportage Corporate Photography:
I consider myself an editorial corporate photographer, in that my Boston business portraits have a natural, authentic style – almost a lifestyle approach. This candid style lends itself nicely to financial firms, the insurance industry, healthcare, banking, high-tech firms, life-science companies, biotech companies, robotic companies, educational institutions, non-profits, small businesses, home businesses, and local businesses - startups and established businesses alike. Candid business photography is a lot like editorial-style photography in that it presents a company in a typical everyday style, as if you were a fly on the wall during a business meeting, on a manufacturing line, or at a brainstorming session, lab experiment, or corporate event. I shoot real people in real life situations, producing candid portraits and candid interactions of business people in corporate environments.
I am committed to giving each client a custom stylistic creative approach to their individual brands. Every client has different needs; they want to present themselves as a bespoke entity. To this end, I strive to understand the history of the company’s branding, their audience, demographics, and what separates them from their competition.
Corporate Photography in Boston, NYC, and Worldwide:
Most of the companies, design firms, and ad agencies I collaborate with are regional in the Boston and New York City area, though I often shoot for agencies and businesses in the Midwest (Chicago, St. Louis, and Minneapolis/St. Paul), California (especially San Francisco, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, and San Jose), and of course the greater New England area (Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and Rhode Island) . As a commercial location photographer, I have travelled for advertising portrait shoots all over the US as well as England, France, and Germany.
A Reputation as One of Boston’s Best and Most Trusted Photographers:
I am considered one of Boston’s most trusted photographers. Having over 30 years of experience as a commercial photographer, I have solved virtually every visual and photographic challenge. I am calm under pressure. I am mindful of my subjects and work hard to make them feel comfortable in front of the camera. Instead of posing people, which gives a manufactured look, I create a natural and comfortable environment for them that reflects who they are. There’s a simplicity in this approach that allows people to look their best and glow with conviction. I have created portraits of international corporations’ board of directors and young startup founders. Each subject deserves the same attention to detail and spirited approach.
Photography that Feels Real – Slice-of-Life Candid Environments and Portraits:
Executive portraits, company headshots, professional headshots, and corporate portraits are all terms used to describe the ability to represent the integrity, passion, and accessibility of a businessman or businesswoman in two dimensions. Every decision you make: what the exec wears, the type of photographic lighting used, their expression you pick – all tell a story about the individual and what he can offer the business world. As an advertising photographer, I create headshots that look casual yet professional. My commercial portraits have a slice-of-life feel, as they are often natural-light portraits taken on location in a corporate office, home-office, etc. Whenever I can get away from a conservative generic background I do, opting instead for a soft, ephemeral office-scape. This gives my business headshots an optimistic, conversational, industrious feel.
I photograph business people in conference rooms during meetings or at events. Often, I shoot individual business headshots during company events when they have off-site executives in their home office. This way, my client gets the best value for their money. I often create business headshots in common areas that have flattering natural light. Natural light company portraits are almost minimalistic, but add an authenticity to the feel of the image. These natural light professional headshots are used for team bio pages, website about-us pages, etc.
Background: David Shopper Photography:
As an East-Coast advertising photographer, I was an early adopter of digital techniques. Importantly, I remember what it was like to shoot with film, and believe that the best digital photographers appreciate the art of the analog darkroom. We use the same techniques, but can now hone our skills to the finest minutia. I started my digital shooting with a Fuji 6x9 outfit with a lens that did swings and tilts and a Phase One Back. I now use exclusively Nikon SLRs, which I find are more responsive and give files of over 100 mb as 8-bit RGB. I often shoot to a laptop with allows me and my corporate clients to monitor the shoot at the pixular level or drop an advertising layout over the photograph we are creating.
Behind the Lens with David Shopper Photo Studio:
You can read more behind-the-lens thoughts on my Boston advertising photography blog. On my blog, I describe many of the reasons we approach a business shoot the way we do and what photographic techniques we use. It is complete with photographs taken during the photo shoot and includes some advertising layouts, campaigns, etc.
David Shopper Photography Typical Clientele:
Here is a list of the types of photography I do as well as those things that are associated with my industry:
Advertising Photography
Advertising Campaigns
Corporate Photography
Natural Light Portraits
Professional Headshots
In-House Designers
Financial Company Photographer
Corporate Lifestyle Photographer
Executive Portrait Photographer
Boston Photographers
New York City Photographers
Life Science Photographer
Healthcare Photographer
Studio Photography
People Photographers
Capability Brochure Photographers
Annual Report Photographer
Company Headshots
LinkedIn Portrait Photographer
About-us Page
Headshot Photographer
Editorial Photographer
Portraits
Portraiture
Executives
Commercial Photographers
Business Photographers Boston