WDC Creative headshot photoshoot in Manchester

WDC Creative

WDC Creative are a Manchester-based Design Agency, located in the Northern Quarter. Established over twenty years ago, WDC Creative began as a specialist interior design agency, but have expanded into other design areas over the years. They describe themselves as…

“We began 20 years ago as a Manchester interior design studio specialising in retail design. Over time we have progressed into many other areas, including marine design, hospitality design, graphic design, web design, office design, B2B design, and design for schools.

While we have grown in numbers to now serve clients across the globe, we have retained our original shared vision to responsibly design for the way people think and behave.

We support brands to be more sustainable and ensure design doesn’t adversely impact the environment. We challenge ourselves to design in a 'greener' way, always considering the materials and production methods we use. The end of life impact of our design schemes is also a focus from the outset. Our Sustainable Design Hub brings together the latest thinking, innovations and events as part of our commitment to doing things properly. Sharing expertise so that sustainable design becomes universal”.

Headshot Photographer In The Northern Quarter

I am an experienced Headshot Photographer Manchester, and WDC Creative asked me to visit their offices to produce new headshots of the team, plus a folio of images of them at work (to be blogged at a later date). The original brief was to photograph each key member against pure white for the website. As their Headshot Photographer Manchester I set up my lighting in their main meeting room, using one main light plus a reflector. The background is a travel-friendly fold-out background I use in confined spaces (aren’t all offices confined once all the camera gear is set up around the big table…)? The image below taken on my phone, shows the usual amount of space my being a Headshot Photographer Manchester gets to work in! The final images had the slightly creased background retouched out to pure white, and look great….client is happy too….so is Jess, the office pooch!

Headshot Photographer Manchester Using AI

These images are from my ‘Director’s Cut’ if you will. Using a combination of Adobe Photoshop and AI, I have changed the pure white backgrounds to a concrete wall, giving the set a whole new look. By carefully de-focusing the background too, the final retouched versions look realistic, and in keeping with what my Nikon D850 / 85mm lens combination would have produced for real. As a Headshot Photographer Manchester, I offer my clients the option to go for alternatives if allowed. Nothing wrong with simple white though. It’s just sometimes….well, you know…

Here’s the lighting setup, taken on my mobile phone. Note ‘Mr Happy’ as a test model! (No, I’m not a fan of being photographed either!)

Here’s Evie’s photo, taken with my lighting setup, unretouched

Here are the final collection of headshots on white, for WDC Creative’s website.

And, here are the ‘Director’s Cut’ rebranded versions with new Photoshop and AI Backgrounds…

Branding Photographer Manchester

This headshot photoshoot acted as part of the rebranding for WDC and their new website (which, at the time of writing is still in development….watch this space!) But, I thought I’d regrade the final headshots, and change the background too as a personal rebranding exercise. As a Branding Photographer Manchester, I get to experiment from time to time, if there is no specific brief for the shoot…hence my ‘Concrete Collection’.

With this half-day shoot session as a Headshot Photographer Manchester, client now has a choice.

Here’s the ‘Director’s Cut’ versions….which do you prefer?