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5 Reasons to Work With Professionals For Your Commercial Photography
5 Reasons to Work With Professionals For Your Commercial Photography. Miceli Productions is a commercial photographer in Hartford CT.

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Here are 5 Reasons to Work With a Professional Commercial Photographer.

Anytime you are looking to promote your brand online, regardless of your industry, you need a visual focus. It's a simple fact that in 2017, your marketing efforts should rely on photos and images to make its point.

Of course, it's also become increasingly easy to simply take pictures on your own, relying on your personal camera for your needs in an effort to save money. But the cheapest option is not always the best, so here are 5 reasons you'll benefit from working with a professional commercial photographer.

1) High Image Quality

Massucci & Assoc group photo for website. By Miceli Productions.

Above anything else, engaging a professional commercial photographer helps ensure that the images and photos you use to promote your brand will be high quality, in both a creative and a technical sense. Rather than having to rely on images that are grainy or not well composed, you can rest easy knowing that each visual your brand puts out accurately reflects your brand.

2) Audience Focus

If you are actively working in marketing, you already know that your efforts should be focused on your audience. Without that focus, you risk talking too much about yourself in ways that simply don't relate to potential customers.

That, in turn, means turning commercial photography from a spur of the moment task into a strategic process. Finding out what your audience wants to see, and what visuals will convince them to convert to customers, is easier when working with professionals who can help you along the way.

Rex Forge Homepage. New website photography by Miceli Productions. Rex Forge provides Critical Forged Steel Production. Hartford, CT.
Image from inside Rex Forge by Miceli Productions PHOTO + VIDEO.

3) Intrigue and Curiosity

Many companies stay away from commercial photography because their industry doesn't appear to lend itself to the concept. If you produce small metal parts, for example, would your business customers really want to see the inside of your machine shop?

However, you should understand that ultimately, all commercial photography can be interesting; it's only a matter of presenting it as such. Through lighting and angles, a professional photography can help you present your brand in a way that makes your brand more compelling to your target audience.

4) Multipurpose Possibilities

What will you use your visuals for? Chances are you don't yet know the full extend of your answer. A photograph taken today may only be needed for the website, but become useful for a brochure, poster, or even billboard at some point in the future. That is, of course, as long as it's taken with this multi-functionality in mind.

Photo by Miceli Productions PHOTO + VIDEO, Hartford CT.
Good commercial photography can produce images that are multi-purpose. PGA Golf Resort, FL by Miceli Productions.

For your brand to sustainably succeed online, you need consistent visuals throughout your marketing channels. By working with an external commercial photographer, you can create photographs that accomplish that goal. Rather than having to worry about a new photo shoot each time you think of a new potential purpose, you can get everything you need in one session, and only schedule follow ups when absolutely necessary.

5) Licensing Satisfaction

Finally, don't underestimate the importance of proper licensing procedures for your photography. Any time you use a photograph to promote your business, you have to make sure that you have all necessary permissions from the people and owners of equipment involved in that image. Ignoring that necessity means potentially inviting a significant lawsuit.

In most cases, all you'll need is some type of written statement that ensures you have the permissions you need. But it still makes sense to work with professionals, who are well aware of the licensing needs for any type of commercial photography.

The facts are simple. You need images to promote your website, and taking them yourself is cheaper than working with a professional commercial photographer. But don't ignore the benefits of seeking external help, which can actually elevate your business above your competition and into your audience's memory.

To learn more about our service, and how we can help your business promote its brand in a visual way, contact us.

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