Composite Team Portraits for Website Banner

Composite photography used to create business team portrait for website banner

Presenting your corporate team in the best light is paramount. The first impression often begins with your website, and team portraits are a significant component of this digital handshake.

Composite photography involves combining multiple images to create a final composition. This approach offers several advantages regarding corporate portraits and business headshots as a team.

Individual images used to create the composite image

One of the primary benefits of composite photography is the ability to photograph each team member individually, allowing you to cherry-pick the best shots. This ensures that every team member looks their best and exudes professionalism in the final image.

Another great benefit is the image can be updated if there are any changes to the team members.

While composite team portraits offer a handful of benefits, they require careful planning and execution. Composite photography also demands more time than traditional group shots while on-site and post-production.

Unconventional Team Portraits

Unconventional Team Portraits

Unconventional team portraits challenge the conventional norms of composition and presentation, offering a refreshing and unique perspective on the collective spirit. Instead of rigidly posed groups in formal attire, these portraits embrace individuality, creativity, and diversity, capturing the essence of teamwork in unconventional ways.

These portraits go beyond the surface and delve into the personalities and dynamics of the team members. They may feature individuals in unexpected settings or showcase their passions, hobbies, or quirks, providing a glimpse into their authentic selves. Unconventional team portraits can include aerial shots of a team forming a pattern, capturing their interconnectedness, or using creative props and vivid colours to represent their collective energy.

These portraits aim to convey a sense of unity, collaboration, and innovation. By stepping away from the traditional format, unconventional team portraits celebrate the team's unique character and emphasize the strength of embracing diversity. They inspire creativity, foster a sense of belonging, and encourage a collective identity.

Adding in a Missing Team Member to Your Corporate Group Photo through Compositing

Business group portrait after compositing missing team member and sky

It can be difficult and sometimes impossible to arrange for group photoshoots. The foreign team members may be only available for a day or two due to their schedule. In such situations, the photographer can photograph the group and the affected individuals separately.

Original image with grey sky and a missing person

To ensure that the image looks as realistic as possible, the lighting setup, lens focal length and angle used for the missing individuals needs to be similar to that of the rest of the team. As such, the photoshoot should be done by a professional.

The photographer can also use compositing techniques to fix the sky should the weather be unfavourable.

Composite photo with missing person added

Composite photography takes a tremendous amount of work and should only be used for group portraits like this if there is no other solution or offers some unique benefit.

Massive Corporate Group Photo Enhanced with Retouching

Massive Corporate Group Photo taken for UBS at The Promontory at Marina Bay, Singapore to celebrate it's 50th anniversary in Asia

Creating great landscape photos require patience as photographers may have to return to the same spot over extended periods waiting for the right moment. They pay close attention to the cloud formation, weather, contrast, direction of shadow and many other things. It is not practical to take the same approach when doing massive corporate group photos since there are many people involved and it's unlikely that you can get everyone to agree to take a photo at the same spot till you get the perfect shot. In such a situation, the retoucher can use retouching to enhance the image.

We took the following image from an aerial work platform for UBS at The Promontory at Marina Bay, Singapore to celebrate its 50th anniversary in Asia:

Original image taken with gloomy sky and patchy grass

As you can see, several issues needed rectifying. Some of which include the lighting, sky, patchy grass, random people in the background and dustbins. These are mostly out of the photographer's control. Nevertheless, the photographer/retoucher can correct it with retouching. Do note that this is a time-intensive task. Every effort should be made by all involved to make adjustments at the scene to reduce the amount of work in post.