{"id":13428,"date":"2022-12-07T15:21:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T15:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13428"},"modified":"2024-01-19T16:49:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T16:49:13","slug":"complete-fire-solutions-team-shoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/complete-fire-solutions-team-shoot\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Complete Fire Solutions – Team Shoot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Complete fire solutions are based in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, and, have probably saved lots of lives and hundreds of thousands of pounds in fire damage over the years<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They install and maintain fire prevention, alarm, warning and fighting equipment for businesses all over the Yorkshire area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having a chat with director Richard, we decided to capture each member of staff both in a fairly traditional normal pose and also in a friendly, fun way, so they would have images for different occasions. I think the friendly ones work lots better though \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Setting Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We needed a decent amount of space for the setup, so used one of the garages. For the white background, I used my largest pop-up reflector stood on a chair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were three lights – one to make the background<\/a> really bright, a key light to the front left and a rim light behind to the right – you can see the little highlight on the right of most of the portraits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The laptop got a live feed of photos sent to it for review, and also so the rest of the team could watch and offer “encouragement” as photos popped up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Shoot Itself<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I like to shoot groups of people these days – rather than 1 at a time coming into the room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It tends to create an air of levity and banter between everyone from the off. Then the person being photographed will probably get some “input” from those watching. Rather than a nervous smile, you usually get some amazing expressions and jokes, all of which add up to photos packed with life, personality and a bit of fun too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that’s my job really – to set all this up then to suggest a few things for them to do, then watch and capture as the magic happens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We started with the office team and they really knocked it out of the park with some fantastic smiles and expressions. Then the team of engineers came in – as expected, they were great fun, too. A couple just wanted it over with ASAP, that’s normal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, Richard and the other directors gave us some fantastic poses and gestures, especially the “pointing” shots, which I’m sure they will be using for years to come.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New White Wall Technique <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is a new white wall technique we have been honing in 2022 means we can shoot<\/a> consistent professional shots in almost any location – we did it in a portacabin by a train track in Oxford this summer to prove it works! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is really effective for anybody who needs consistent photos of everyone which are professionally<\/a> retouched and can be used all over the business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These can be “cut out” and quickly dropped onto any graphic you want – so if you have a Canva user in your team, they’ll love the transparent PNG files we can include. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also means we can include more than just 1 shot per person – Complete Fire Solutions have LOTS of each person to play with<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some more of the team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Click to see them larger – swipe to move between shots<\/p>\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder