Corporate Photographer in Dallas: Headshots, Events and Branding, Shot Where Your People Work
I'm Ray Payne, a Dallas-based corporate photographer and director with more than 30 years behind the camera. I photograph executives, teams and company events for Oncor, MTU, TrinityRail, Balfour Beatty and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Several of my corporate clients, including Oncor, TrinityRail and Gray Construction, also hire me for their plants and job sites. So when the headshots and events come around, I already know their people and their buildings. I come to your office or facility, and nobody loses half a day driving to a studio.
Clients and projects
Balfour Beatty: headshots and an award-winning annual report.
My photography ran on the cover and inside Balfour Beatty's annual report, which won Best Annual Report (Mid Cap) at the IR Magazine Awards Europe and took silver for Best Cover at Communicate magazine's Corporate & Financial Awards. I've also photographed headshots for their team.
Oncor.
Corporate branding photos, portraits and events, alongside the industrial work I shoot for them across Texas.
TrinityRail.
Corporate events, headshots, and website and social media content, on top of more than 20 years photographing their plants and railcars.
MTU.
Corporate events, portraits and branding material, plus their Fort Worth maintenance facility.
Gray Construction.
Corporate event photography and headshots.
Also:
NRA and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (stills on several projects, shot while their crews filmed video), and Cummins, Datum and SPMT Group (branding photos and portraits).
What I photograph
Executive headshots and environmental portraits, made at your office or facility
Corporate events, from leadership meetings to marketing events
Team and workplace photos for your website, recruiting and LinkedIn
Branding and annual report photography
How a headshot day works
I set up at your office and work around your team's calendar, so people step away for a few minutes, not an afternoon. I keep the light and background the same from the first person to the last, so the whole team matches on your website and LinkedIn. I shoot Sony and retouch in Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.
Related services
For plants, job sites and infrastructure, see my industrial photography and video. For moving pictures, see my video production. Aerial work is on my drone photography page, and finished buildings and campuses are on my architectural photography page.
Related reading: The Power of Professional Corporate Headshots.
Tell me how many people need headshots, where your office is, or the date of your event. I'll come back with a plan and a full estimate.
Questions I get from marketing and HR teams
Can you shoot headshots at our office?
Yes. That's how I do almost all of them. I come to your office or facility anywhere in Dallas-Fort Worth and set up there.
Do you cover corporate events?
Yes. Leadership meetings, marketing events and company gatherings, for clients like TrinityRail, MTU and Gray Construction.
Can you shoot photos and video at the same event?
Yes. I'm also a video director and FAA Part 107 drone pilot, so one booking can cover stills and video.
Can you shoot stills while our own crew films video?
Yes. I've done that on several projects for the NRA and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Their crews filmed, and I shot the stills.
Do you work outside Dallas?
Yes. Most of my corporate work is in Dallas-Fort Worth, but clients also book me across Texas and North America. Travel is estimated up front and billed separately.
Who owns the photos?
You do. I give my clients all rights to the work, so you can use it anywhere without going back to me for permission.