Commercial Headshots

Chris Merry, CEO Stonehage Fleming

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Corporate portrait

I’m noticing an increase in demand for strong, impactful and unique corporate portraits. There’s a fine balance where you can retain both professionalism and approachability – both key elements in a corporate portrait. Finding suitable backdrops can really help – as with this portrait here of Chris Merry the CEO of Stonehage Fleming at the Londoner Hotel.

Your profile portrait is the first thing a new client will look at. Is yours up to scratch? Does it reflect what you stand for? Is it unique or impactful? If not, I would love to help. Do email me at [email protected] to discuss further.

For more examples of my work, please visit my gallery of commercial portraits.

Editorial photoshoot of David Morgan-Hewitt for Country Life Magazine

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Editorial photoshoot of David Morgan-Hewitt

This editorial photoshoot of David Morgan-Hewitt, Managing Director of the Goring Hotel, was commissioned by Country Life Magazine to accompany a feature on ‘Desert Island Wines’.   I met David almost a decade ago, at the Goring, when I was photographing the Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding!   A very memorable experience for us both so we had lots to talk about.    I love to chat to my models, and hear about their interests and passions.  This enables me to capture ‘real’ portraits, which ooze personality, spirit and genuine emotion.   I am hoping this portrait portrays his charm, wit and kindness.

The shoot took place at his home in Wells, Somerset, with his cellar providing the perfect backdrop.  It also provided another talking point!   I LOVE wine and was in my element learning about all his favourite wines.

We chose a sitting pose to keep it informal and show off his red socks!  I then placed my camera on a tripod to avoid distorting horizontal and vertical lines, and to enable me to engage more freely in conversation.   The room was quite a squish, with barely any room for a light.   So I removed the soft box and bounced the light off the top corner.   This lit the room and his face perfectly.

For more examples of my portrait and editorial photoshoots, please do have a look at my adult, commercial and editorial pages on my website.    Please don’t hesitate to contact me should you be interested in booking a portrait shoot with me.

Mike Covell

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Corporate profile portrait photography

With online digital presence becoming increasingly prevalent, first impressions are often made from your profile image – be this on Linkedin, social media or your own website – is all the more important.  A successful portrait will endorse your ‘brand image’ and encourage your prospective client to read on.  A weak one may do the reverse.

The brief for this corporate profile was to create an impactful and contemporary portrait which portrayed his wealth of experience and confidence with his cutting edge and innovative approach.  Before I even picked up my camera, we researched other portraits – what we felt worked and didn’t work and why, suitable backdrops, poses, clothing and expressions, so that when we went into my studio, we had a clear idea of what we wanted to achieve.  The backdrop & lighting created impact, the ‘no tie’ and the relaxed pose on the stool were contemporary, whilst the formality of the suit and expression exuded confidence and experience.

Please contact me if you’re interested in a commercial headshot or profile portrait.  With 20 years of experience as a portrait photographer, combined with 10 years as an Account Director in a branding agency, I understand how to achieve unique and impactful profile images, that reflect your ‘brand image’ and help you stand out from your competitors.  As a leading portrait photographer the South West, I travel regularly to London, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall and happy to travel further afield.   Or you can visit my spacious studio near Sherborne, Dorset.

Hannah Shergold

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Profile portrait of artist Hannah Shergold

Having a strong profile portrait for your business is essential.   The first thing you look at on a website is the picture and then the text.  If you like what you see in the profile portrait, you are much more likely to read the accompanying text.  Your profile portrait is your brand.   I undertake a lot of corporate style portraits in my studio in Dorset, or I can come to you.   Where possible I like portraits to reflect the nature of your work.  So studio portraits may suit some, whilst location portraits, or vocational portraits may suit others.   Either way, it’s about a striking image that shows you to be top of your game, confident, professional and approachable.

Hannah Shergold is one of those enviable people who is brilliant at everything she applies herself to.   A Cambridge graduate in pre-clinical Veterinary Medicine, bronze sculptor, ex Lynx helicopter commander, award-winning wildlife & portrait artist, are but a few of her skills.   And what’s more, she is as lovely as she is beautiful.

She’s raised over £65,000 for the Born Free Foundation in 2019, £50,000 for the Invictus Games, and is now raising money for Tusk.  Do visit her website to see more of her work.  Portraits include Prince Harry (although I’m not sure we can still call him that) and David Beckham.

This portrait of Hannah is from a collection of images I took of her in the famous dining room at St Giles House in Dorset.   I love the juxtaposition of history and modernity.

Please do explore my gallery of photos to see examples of some of my corporate.   If you are interested in discussing further about how you would like the perfect profile portrait for your business, website, social media, please do get in touch.

Lady Bessborough

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Lady Bessborough – Roche Court

Delighted to see my portrait of the fabulous Lady Bessborough in this week’s edition of Country Life Magazine, seated in the Ribbon rocking chair by Katie Walker, sandwiched between Barbara Hepworth‘s bronze Torso I Ulysses and John Hubbard‘s Coaster, and the delicious deaf and disobedient but overwhelmingly gentle Theo lying rather grandly to her side.

I loved my day photographing the sculptures at Roche Court’s New Art Centre which Madeleine Bessborough founded in the late 1950s.   I was blown away by the panorama of large sculptures amidst the stunning Wiltshire landscape.  I could have spent all day photographing Barry Flanagan‘s Large Left Handed Drummer, and Zak Ové’s Black and Blue: The Invisible Man and Masque of Blackness, but everywhere I turned, I was faced with another perfectly positioned sculpture quite literally screaming out to be photographed.  So much thought has been placed into where each of these masterpieces are on display – it really was a magical journey through parkland, woodland, lawns and cloistered spaces.   A big thank you to all the team who made my day there most enjoyable, including the cook who made the scrummiest of lunches straight from the vegetable garden!