Individual headshots and a group frame in the same session, so the team page is consistent and the group shot actually matches the portraits above it.
We set up on site and work through the roster, which keeps disruption to minutes per person.
Individual portraits and the group frame, one visit
Doing both in the same session is what makes a team page hold together: the group shot is lit the same way as the portraits beneath it, so the page reads as one set rather than two.
It also means one interruption to the working day instead of two.
What we need on the day
- A room with a bit of space — enough to put a background up and stand back from it.
- A running order, so people can come down in small batches rather than queueing.
- Somewhere to put the group together: a stairwell, a lobby, or outside if the weather is behaving.
Telling the team what to expect
People are far more relaxed when they know it will take a few minutes rather than an unknown amount of time, and that they will be directed rather than left to work out what to do with their hands.
A short note beforehand about what to wear does more for the finished set than anything we do on the day.
More group photography
