I received a call recently from Caroline Grimont at Excel Fund Management to take some headshots.  She also wanted group shots for the cover of an industry magazine. I went to their offices to do a scout and met with Excel CEO Bhim Asdhir.  The minute I met him I could see that he was easy going and has a great sense of humour.  Bhim explained working at Excel isn’t like Bay St, where a boss thinks nothing of asking people to work over the weekend on some “urgent” report that doesn’t get read for two weeks.  “I want people to look forward to coming to work here,” he said. I took a look around a thought we could do some cool shots in their lobby. Michael Tenaglia, an amazing photographer and friend, came out to help me.  He suggested a Vanity Fair look.  We set up a couch in front of the company logo. We put up 2 umbrellas with Speedlites in front of the couch and one behind to the left for the hair light.  Pretty simple.  Then we positioned everyone and I asked Bhim to lie down in front.  He was totally into it and it helped […]