Shooting beauty and lifestyle for stock has given me great pleasure. So far I resisted to start shooting business. I don’t know, it reminds me too much of corporate business life I know so well. And I certainly did not want to shoot the stereotype business images you see so often in microstock libraries. In corporate business it’s about top line and bottom line and all these “team work” images….yeah, keep on dreaming 
But Moodboard – my stock agency – convinced me it can also be done in a more real life way. We discussed that small businesses, especially the business of creative professionals could be of interest. Concepts like entrepreneurship, creativity, craftsmanship, independence have still real value there. And when shot in a documentary way … showing real life, that would be fun to shoot. So we decided to work at a series on creative professionals starting with an interior design firm.
Interior Design Agency
An Interior Design Agency has all the qualities we were looking for. Especially when led by a woman designer. So I was very happy to receive a positive reply of Doret Schulkes , senior designer and owner of “Doret Schulkes Interior Design“. She liked the concept of our shoot and when visiting her office I was quickly convinced that this design office was a great location for our shoot. Together we worked on a shooting brief – she explained me the work flow in a design agency and required that this could be recognized in our reportage
Prepared to be the “fly on the wall” I arrived at the office …. to find that this day was one of those typical days in Holland with low light and a nice grey sky 
Shooting with a couple of prime lenses – and daylight gradually improving during the day – saved the day for me. It certainly was a pleasure to share a day of the life of a design team led by a strong leader with a clear vision on her profession and the way she wanted to service her customers. Really professional !!
Colleagues work in reference library of design agency
Senior colleague sits with trainees in design consultancy
Senior designer drawing at desk
Designers work at laptop in office
Design partnership in reference library with asssistants
These images are part of a series ( part I, part II ) that I have submitted to the Moodboard collection. All images on the Moodboard site (a royalty free stock collection) are for sale.
