Elevate

One hour can produce a varied and useful collection when the shoot has a clearly defined purpose and can be covered within one carefully chosen location or area. We’ll make the important decisions beforehand, so the photography time can be spent creating the portraits, working situations, details, and variations we’ve already agreed.

If you need to cover several services or different parts of your business in greater depth, use separate locations, or involve numerous people, my Soar commission is likely to suit the brief better.

Your shoot could take place at your workplace, your home, a hired venue, outdoors, or within a compact area that gives us several useful settings. I photograph brand clients in Edinburgh and across Scotland.

We’ll choose the location during the planning process, based on what the photographs need to show and whether the setting represents your business appropriately. My guide to choosing a location for your brand photoshoot explains the points we’ll consider.

As Elevate is designed around one location or area, a brief that requires travel between separate places will usually be better suited to my Soar commission.

You don’t need any experience of being photographed, and you won’t be expected to arrive knowing how to pose. I’ll give you steady direction throughout the session, including guidance on your expression, posture, and what to do with your hands.

Where it suits the brief, we’ll also plan activities connected with your work. Having something purposeful to do often feels much more natural than simply standing in front of the camera and wondering what on earth you’re supposed to do next. I’ve shared more practical advice here on feeling confident during your photo shoot

You don’t need to buy a new wardrobe. The most useful clothing is usually what you already wear when meeting clients or doing your work, provided it fits well, feels comfortable, and represents how you want to be seen.

During the planning process, I’ll help you choose clothing that works with the location, the photographs we’re creating, and the colours you use in your marketing. We’ll also plan any changes carefully, so they give you useful variety without taking up too much of the session. You’ll find more detailed advice in my guide to what to wear for a brand photoshoot

No - the planning questionnaire and meeting will help us work that out. We’ll consider what prospective clients need to understand about your business, where you intend to use the photographs, and which ideas will communicate that most effectively.

I’ll then turn those decisions into a detailed shoot plan covering the location or area, clothing, props, activities, and running order. My guide to planning a brand photoshoot will give you a better idea of the questions we’ll work through together.

A headshot session gives you three professional portraits for specific uses such as LinkedIn, your website profile, or a speaker biography.

Elevate goes beyond portraits. It gives you 30 photographs from a fully planned one-hour shoot in one location or area, with the collection shaped around a focused business requirement.

My Soar commission provides 60 photographs and up to four hours of photography. The additional time allows us to cover a broader or more involved brief, work through several priorities in greater depth, and use different locations or areas where needed.