The Vault

Commercial Real Estate

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The Chairman of the Board and CEO of a very large global commercial real estate firm pause for a posed discussion over fake information on a laptop screen. Matt and team had just thirty minutes to create a series of lifestyle images and 3/4 length portraits of these incredibly business executives. They finished in 20 minutes, much to everybody's delight. @mcguirephoto assist
Day 3 of a five day shoot across four cities and five locations from Chicago to LA for this global commercial real estate behemoth. All ambient light was used on this relatively long shot of staff members staged and interacting in the chairs along the windows. You can seldom beat the light in LA. No wonder everybody wants to be a photographer in that city! @mcguirephoto assist
Day 5 of a five day shoot across four cities and five locations from Chicago to LA for this global commercial real estate behemoth. Taken in the LA office, Matt got up on a step ladder and shot down on this collaborating pair. @mcguirephoto assist
Day 3 of a five day shoot across four cities and five locations from Chicago to LA for this global commercial real estate behemoth. This image was created at a client site in the Dallas suburbs to showcase the service side of the business. In this case, we overpowered the ambient light and created the effect with two strobes. People are often pointing at things in these kind of photographs. It is one of just a few ways to show collaboration in a still image. @mcguirephoto assist @raelynncantrall MUA
Day 3 of a five day shoot across four cities and five locations from Chicago to LA for this global commercial real estate behemoth. This image was created at a client site in the Dallas suburbs to showcase the service side of the business. Due to the scale, we needed to use the ambient light. A strobe with a colored gel to help match it to the ambient light was used to light up the subjects. @mcguirephoto assist @raelynncantrall MUA
Day 2 of a five day shoot across four cities and five locations from Chicago to LA for this global commercial real estate behemoth. This is from St Louis, MO office. One of the final shots of the day, this was executed in the foyer and required careful placement of the chairs and lights to ensure everything looked as natural as possible. @mcguirephoto assist @raelynncantrall MUA
Day 2 of a five day shoot across four cities and five locations from Chicago to LA for this global commercial real estate behemoth. This is from St Louis, MO office. It is always great when the client has a talented artist on staff who can create amazing drawings on the boards in the background. While the lighting may look natural, it was anything but. At least three strobes are working to light up the room and the subjects. @mcguirephoto assist @raelynncantrall MUA
Day 2 of a five day shoot across four cities and five locations from Chicago to LA for this global commercial real estate behemoth. One of many shots in this St Louis, MO office. While this this was captured at noon, it was made to look as if the sun was just breaking through using a powerful strobe light with an orange gel on it. Arranging people and furniture must be done quickly so as to keep their interest. Tethering the camera to a computer helps this process because Matt can shoot and see the rest very large very quickly. @mcguirephoto assist @raelynncantrall MUA
Day 2 of a five day shoot across four cities and five locations from Chicago to LA for this global commercial real estate behemoth. We staged several shots in this St Louis, MO meeting room with two dozen people. It was a fairly gray day outside, which required us to lean on the amazing technology in the camera and expert placement of supplemental strobes in order to keep things looking light and bright. Capturing authentic expressions in contrived situations is also a challenge with this sort of work. @mcguirephoto assist @raelynncantrall MUA
Day 1 of a five day shoot across four cities and five locations from Chicago to LA for this global commercial real estate behemoth. Some of the common areas in the office feature living "green" walls that the client wanted to showcase. A strobe in the background suggests sun and obscures otherwise distracting elements. @mcguirephoto assist @danielle_dettore MUA
Day 1 of a five day shoot across four cities and five locations from Chicago to LA for this global commercial real estate behemoth. The trick with lifestyle images is to keep them natural looking - from the lighting to the poses and expressions. Matt used the reflectiion from the beautiful conference table in the Chicago office to add interest and dimension to this shot. @mcguirephoto assist @danielle_dettore MUA
The rooftop at 225 Wacker Drive is a magical place to shoot - flowers and city views in every direction. Day 1 of a five day shoot across four cities and five locations from Chicago to LA. The trick with lifestyle images is to keep them natural looking - from the lighting to the poses and expressions.
The CEO of a large commercial / industrail real estate corporation, photographed on the top floor / common area of their offices. @benrodig for the assist