Earlier this month I had the opportunity to photograph many-many people as my first attempt to make corporate head shot photos. With the cooperation of the local Best Buy (where I also work at), I was able to setup a low-stakes photoshoot for the store. I say “low-stakes” because I wasn’t charging, and if anything went wrong there wouldn’t be any lawsuits filed against me.

Here are some pictures of the setup:

Three lights, one reflector. The video light was turned on to help my camera achieve accurate autofocus. I am extremely tempted to get an F1.4 lens or, a strobe with a strong modeling light to help get better autofocus in dark venues.

I photographed about 60-some people over three days. And over those three days, I’ve learned some important workflow lessons.

• My USB-C cable was 2.0, not 3.0, which meant that tethering was really slow.

• I need more batteries for my lights, and camera.

• I need to coordinate with future clients on getting people in to photograph.

  • Much of the time was wasted waiting on the next person to photography to show up.

• Glasses…. just have the lenses face downward slightly.

• Don’t photography 60+ people; do a more manageable size as a one-man-show.

• Editing a couple hundred photos sucks. Doing smaller scale projects, as mentioned previously, will definitely help make editing less miserable for me.

Overall, did I succeed? Yeah. I think that I did a decent job. Of course there were hurdles that I didn’t clear. But, come on, as a first time I’m going to give myself a pat on the back.

Below you’ll find the photos that were made.