Creating an Official Google Executive Photo-Shoot

Google Executive Photo-Shoot — the feeling is mutual: we like Google, and Google likes us. We've been a Google Favorite Place for several years running, and that relationship led to one of the more interesting executive portrait sessions we've booked.

For this assignment, Michael Lloyd photographed Google executive Greg Page on location rather than in our Boca Raton studio — bringing the lighting and backdrop to the executive instead of asking the executive to travel.

Studio or on location?

Both work. The studio gives full control of light and background and is the fastest option for one person. On-location sessions suit busy leadership teams: we set up in a conference room or office and photograph each executive in turn, so everyone's portrait matches across the company website, press kit and LinkedIn. Either way, an appointment is always required.

Executive photography is a different discipline

Photographing a C-suite executive isn't the same job as a standard headshot. The subject has ten minutes, not an hour. The image will run on annual reports, press releases, board packets, and LinkedIn — each one demanding a slightly different crop. Everything has to be planned before the executive walks into the room: lighting set, wardrobe conversation done, expressions rehearsed.

We shoot with backup lights, backup cameras, and a tethered laptop so the client — or their PR team — approves selects before the executive leaves the chair. Nothing goes to email later.

Shoot with us

If you need corporate executive portraits — one person or a full leadership team — we can build a session that fits into their calendar and leaves you with a delivered gallery within 48 hours. Talk to us and we'll scope the shoot.