It was a chilly commute, but a warm welcome at First Citizens Bank this morning! I had the pleasure of photographing updated head-shots for some of the team members in the Summerville branch today. I always enjoy working with the kind and generous people at this bank!
This morning I had the opportunity to return to Southern Current, which is one of my favorite clients, to photograph updated head-shots for several new team members. But the best part was, I got to photograph their adorable new mascot and welcoming committee, Basil!!! 😉
Last weekend I had an awesome invitation to photograph the popular CrossFit Charleston box in Mt. Pleasant. New owners, Holly and Clint, have done an INCREDIBLE job with the place!
The workouts are tough, but scalable to anyone’s level of fitness. They have every bit of technology and equipment one needs for peak performance. But the best part is the comradery among all the participants. Everyone was so encouraging of one another…helping to motivate each other…and partnering together for extra teamwork on certain exercises.
CONGRATULATIONS Holly & Clint! You are changing lives and making Mt. Pleasant a healthier place to live!!!
I have to send a huge shout out to my good friend and amazing photographer, Leigh Webber, for kindly referring me to this client.
Each year the team at Exaqueo gather in Charleston from all parts of the country for an awesome planning retreat. I was invited to join them for a portion of their time. We photographed updated head-shots, some marketing photos, and of course a few team portraits for their website.
They were such a fun, friendly, and kind group of people to work with! THANK YOU Susan and everyone on the team for being so wonderful!!!
This morning I drove to Hilton Head Island, where I set up our wireless portrait studio in the lobby of the South Atlantic Bank. We were shooting marketing material for the new branch down there.
The setup included a 9-ft white seamless Savage Background, 6 SB-800 flashes, 1 SB-5000 flash, 1 Nikkor 70-200 f2.8 VRII, and a Nikon D5. Two SB-800 flashes were placed on either side of the background about 3 feet out to illuminate it and give it that crisp clean high-key look. They were the background lights in Group C. My subjects were positioned about 4 feet from the background. To camera left, about 5 feet in front of them, and several feet off to the side, was a Manfrotto stand holding 2 SB-800 flashes, firing through a 60″ Westcott umbrella. These were the main lights in Group A. Immediately to my right was another stand with 2 SB-800 flashes, also firing through a 60″ Westcott umbrella. These were the fill lights in Group B. Last but not least, the SB-5000 on my camera was controlling all the lights. RadioPoppers were used on each flash to ensure consistent transmission.
We had a great time and came away with a wide variety of fun photos for the marketing team to work with!
It’s hard to believe, but TEN YEARS ago, I was commissioned to photograph a series of lifestyle photos for an ad campaign by a young financial services group called Commonwealth Financial. Check it out here: https://chrisandcami.com/lifestyle-series-2/.
Fast forward to today. I had the distinct honor of photographing updated head-shots for Britt Gilbert, the CEO who hired me for that first shoot 10 years ago, as well as the rest of the team!
It was AMAZING to re-connect after all these years. They are a great group of human beings. I’m so proud of their accomplishments. If you’re in need of any financial services, I highly recommend contacting them!
I had another FANTASTIC photo shoot with South Atlantic Bank this week. These guys are always so much fun to work with!!!
I set up a complete high-key studio right in the lobby of the bank. Fortunately it was off-peak hours. So we didn’t have too many interruptions. But it was fun to see the look on people’s faces when they did come in…and see the bank manager and a bunch of employees having fun in front of the camera! 🙂
Shots were made with a Nikon D5 with a Nikkor 70-200. Lighting was provided by 6 SB-800 flashes. Background was a Savage Super White seamless paper. Stands and tripods were all Bogen Manfrotto.
Last weekend I had the pleasure of photograhing a milestone celebration. The Edward C Levy Co is 100 years old!!!
“Inspiration and commitment were the driving forces that gave Levy its start in 1918. It’s the technology that we discover, explore, and apply that has earned Levy the reputation as a true innovator in industries around the globe.”
Many thanks to Judi and her team at The Anniversary Company for organizing this fun company picnic to commemorate the occasion.
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd is expanding and has brought a new attorneys to their Charleston office. It was my privilege to photograph Tyler’s headshot today during his first day on the job. Welcome to the team!!! I also got to photograph an updated head-shot for Bachman, who has been with the company for many years.
We photograph their portraits on high-key backgrounds so that the company’s graphic designers can knock them out and replace them with a stock image. It’s a really cool look! Check out the finishe product at http://hsblawfirm.com/attorneys.
Chartered by the state of South Carolina in 1983, South Carolina Research Authority, SCRA, is a public, non-profit corporation that fosters and enriches South Carolina’s innovation economy.
Last week I had the pleasure of photographing the organization’s team photo, as well as head-shots for all their hard-working team members. I appreciated their creativity when they asked if they could do the team photo from above with the drone…something fun and unique! 🙂
Being a full-time professional photographer often requires wearing many hats. Usually those hats don’t come into play at the same shoot!
One day might find you photographing professional head-shots for a client’s website. The next day, you might be creating product photography for a retail storefront. Then on your day off, maybe you capture some amazing wildlife encounter.
This week at the Center for Birds of Prey, I had the pleasure of photographing all three in one day!!!
It was wonderful to catch up with my friends at the South Carolina Community Loan Fund this week! We photographed updated head-shots for some of the staff that have been there for a while, and made new ones for some of the latest members of the team. Thanks for a great shoot, everyone!!!
