09/30/2026
I don’t think corporate photography should look so… corporate.
You know the photographs.
Everyone lined up.
Everyone wearing the same slightly uncomfortable smile.
A conference room suddenly turned into a photography assembly line.
Technically, you photographed the company.
But did you photograph **the people?**
After more than 15 years of photographing weddings, families, and some of the biggest moments in people’s lives, I’ve realized something:
The same thing that makes a wedding photograph matter makes a photograph of a business matter.
**It feels real.**
The laugh between two people before the meeting starts.
The CEO who finally relaxes 30 seconds into a portrait.
The conversation happening in the hallway at the conference.
The employee being recognized after 20 years.
The team that has built something together.
The people behind the logo.
That’s what I want to photograph.
Yes, your headshots should match.
Yes, the lighting should be beautiful.
Yes, the images should work on your website, LinkedIn, annual report, recruiting materials, press releases, and marketing.
But they should also look like **you.**
Because someday that conference will be over.
That leadership team will change.
Someone will retire.
The company will grow.
And the photographs become something more than marketing collateral.
They become part of the story of what you built—and the people who built it.
That’s the kind of corporate photography I’m interested in making.
Wisconsin + the Midwest.
Corporate headshots and event photography in the editorial tradition. On-site across Wisconsin and the Midwest from James & Katie Stokes, since 2010.
