Andrew Collings Photography

03/08/2020

As offices begin to reopen, I wanted to share with you a video I made for professional liability insurer OMSNIC on their procedures for employees returning to the building. There’s a lot of new information to communicate during this time, and a video was a great option to illustrate what employees could expect as they went back to the office, while also helping to put them at ease. You might even find some ideas that could help your own return to the office :)

Medical professional liability insurance company OMSNIC hired us to create a training video to show how they've made changes to their offices for increased s...

03/08/2020

Chicago in the summer is a magical place. In any other year, there would be street fairs and concerts, hustle and bustle along the lakeshore, in the parks, and along the riverwalk. Of course, we wish it were like any other summer we’ve had before, but it turns out that this unique time of empty downtown streets makes it much easier to do outdoor headshots. And on top of that who’s not for doing more things outdoors vs inside?

It turns out that this unique time of empty downtown streets makes it much easier to do outdoor headshots in an empty city!

01/05/2020

Videoconferencing tips from our team to yours. A Guide to maximizing your web meeting presence.

As video conferencing has quickly become a daily routine, we’ve had to adjust to a variety of new realities: finding the right spot in our home from which to take the call, navigating new software and connection interruptions, and maintaining a professional appearance through the quality of a webc...

29/04/2016

Whitman Asset Management

Whitman Asset Management have an incredible operation and they wanted new shots for their online and in print presence.  Our team arrived, assessed the options for taking care of their action shots, environmental portraits and their headshots and then made sure everyone looked great! From start to f…

19/05/2015

Salmons Consulting Warehouse Location Shoot

Litigation Consultants Salmons Consulting contacted me looking for photography for their new website. They wanted something more unique than a backdrop studio shoot. When they said they wanted a factory-look I knew right away where we should shoot: Salvage One. Salvage One is a super-cool architectu…

04/03/2014

Literacy Works Writers Circle in Pilsen documentary photography shoot

A great part of being a photographer is being able to work with community organizations. I love to create portraits and documentary images that help bring peoples stories to life. I've worked with Literacy Works for over 5 years now. Once or twice a year they have a Writers' Circle group and I've be...

26/02/2014

I've been working with the great people at MultiCare Consulting Services  for over 4 years now. They have grown exponentially! When they have their ever-larger internal conference meetings, they have had me photograph their new hires, update the shots of individuals who've been with them for a long…

21/02/2014

http://www.andrewcollings.com/blog/2014/2/21/location-portrait-with-designer-john-lutz-of-selbert-perkins-design

John Lutz was recently promoted to Partner at Selbert Perkins Design and I was honored that he hired me to do his portrait. John's a super busy world-traveling designer but we were able to get several different looks in the time available. 

12/12/2013

Portrait of Dr. Anjali Mehta http://www.andrewcollings.com/blog/2013/12/12/dr-anjali-mehta

11/12/2013

Portrait of Peter Sagal, host of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! http://www.andrewcollings.com/blog/2013/12/11/portrait-of-peter-sagal

It was a great honor to photograph Peter Sagal, the host of NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! . We had a fun time talking about the show as well as his interests, notably his new dog, Romeo! I love being at WBEZ and seeing the faces behind public radio. Where would we be without NPR! After we did Pet...