Emberhouse / Commercial & corporate photography

A considered frame.
A clearer impression.

Commercial and corporate photography for the people, places, and work behind your business—on its own or alongside a film production.

LIGHT. SHAPE. INTENTION.COMPOSITION STUDY / 01A considered frame begins before the shutter.
Emberhouse / Commercial & corporate photography — illustrative visual study.
Houston / Lafayette / AcadianaBuilt on strategy. Shaped by film craft.

Purpose before production

Show the business
people are choosing.

Your website, proposals, and communications need imagery that belongs to your organization. We plan photography around its intended use: the people you want to introduce, the environment you want to show, and the details that explain the work.

Portraits & people

Introduce leadership and team members with a consistent visual approach and an appropriate setting.

Environmental photography

Show people in the spaces where the work happens, with attention to context and composition.

Corporate imagery

Build a purposeful set of workplace, process, and business images for your communications.

Campaign photography

Plan imagery around a defined creative direction, message, placement, and set of usage requirements.

An approach with intention

The brief shapes
the frame.

A wide website banner needs a different composition from a portrait or a printed campaign piece. We discuss the layout, space for text, orientation, and image priorities before the shoot so the photographs have a practical destination.

Subject

Who or what needs to be seen?

Setting

What context helps explain the work?

Intended use

Where does the image need to fit?

From brief to delivery

A practical path forward.

  1. Define the image needs

    Agree the subjects, placements, references, and priorities.

  2. Plan the shoot

    Confirm people, locations, access, styling, and timing.

  3. Create the photographs

    Work through the agreed shot list with considered light and framing.

  4. Select & finish

    Review selections and finish the agreed images for their intended uses.

Defined around your project

The right scope.
The right handoff.

The proposal establishes what is included, when your team reviews it, and what you receive at completion.

Deliverables, review rounds, licensing, schedule, and any source-material transfer are defined in your agreement.
  • An agreed set of finished photographs
  • Portraits and environmental imagery, as scoped
  • Defined crops and web or print exports
  • Retouching and usage terms established in the proposal

Before we begin

Good questions.
Clear answers.

Can photography be included in a video shoot?

Yes, we can discuss combined production. The proposal needs to allow for the photography requirements, equipment, crew, participants, and time; stills should not be assumed to happen automatically between film setups.

How many finished images are included?

The number of final photographs, selection process, retouching, and export requirements are defined in the proposal.

Can you photograph our team at our location?

We can discuss an on-location approach. Share the team size, available spaces, schedule, and the style you need so we can plan appropriate lighting and production.

Can we use the photographs in advertising?

Tell us your intended uses before production. Licensing, talent permissions, locations, and third-party requirements need to match the agreed usage terms.

Working with businesses in Houston, Lafayette, and Acadiana. Location, travel, and production requirements are scoped around your project.

Your next project

Put your business
in the frame.

Tell us what needs photographing, where the images will be used, and when you need them.