Professional Corporate Photography NYC

Silicon Alley is in full force here. A large number of my clients are tech firms. Here the open collar rules and the photos need to capture the casual and creative working environment of these companies. Here is a shoot I did for eMusic. eMusicwas established in 1998. eMusic is an online music and audiobook store that operates by subscription. In exchange for a monthly subscription eMusic users can download a fixed amount of tracks to their MP3 players per month. It is headquartered in New York City with an office in London and owned by Dimensional Associates.^[1]

Shoot with Kirk A. Radke Copyright 20012 Michael Benabib

Called "ahead of the pack when it comes to private equity," by 2010 Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Kirk Radke is recognized internationally as one of today's top private equity and corporate attorneys.

During his 26 year career, he has handled every type of complex business transaction for global private equity and corporate clients. Clients describe him as "a terrific lawyer with an exhaustive practice" and a "terrific all-around deal lawyer" who "knows the intricacies of the industry at the highest possible level."

According to the 2011 Chambers Global, The World's Leading Lawyers for Businessdirectory, Mr. Radke "handles a broad range of matters and has gained international recognition for his cross-border work." The directory called him a "'a key figure in the market," while noting that "clients hail his practice as "ahead of the pack." In the 2011 edition of Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Mr. Radke is applauded as an "expert in both buyouts and fund-raisings." Previous editions ofChambers lauded his "meticulous approach" and noted that "if you need to declare war on someone, he's your man." Mr. Radke has been honored by:

• World Finance magazine: 2011 "Best Individual Lawyer in the USA," 2010 "Best Lawyer USA" and 2009 "Best Private Equity Lawyer, USA"
• Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business (every edition since 2003): nationally ranked as a Tier 1 attorney in "Private Equity: Buyouts." Mr. Radke is the only attorney in Chambers USA to rank in Tier 1 for "Private Equity: Buyouts" and also rank in "Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation."
• Chambers Global, The World's Leading Lawyers for Business (every edition since 2001): Mr. Radke has been recognized among the top private equity lawyers globally for "Private Equity Buyouts" and, similar to Chambers USA, Mr. Radke also ranks globally for his work in "Fund Formation."

David F. Swensen Corporate Portrait Copyright 2012 Michael Benabib

David F. Swensen has been the Chief Investment Officer at Yale University since 1985. He is responsible for managing and investing the University's endowment assets and investment funds, which total $19.4 billion.^[1] Realizing an average annual return of 11.8 percent on his investments over the ten years to 2009,^[2] Swensen's consistent track record has attracted the notice of Wall Street portfolio managers. Currently, he lives in New Haven, Connecticut with his children Tory, Alex, and Tim.

He is chiefly notable for having invented what has become known as "The Yale Model" which is an application of Modern Portfolio Theory.

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Magazine Cover By Michael Benabib C.2011

April 23, 2011

In such a competitive world many companies, large and small, are humanising themselves in their marketing in order to appeal to customers. One of the ways they do this is by using staff in their marketing materials through commercial photography.

A large Yorkshire accountancy firm for example, could use photos of its accountants and senior management in its annual report. Using this imagery will instantly remove a barrier that separates the firm from being a faceless organisation to one that has real people behind the brand. Plus clients get to see who is looking after their money. Other companies have taken corporate photography that one step further. Think of the recent NatWest advertising campaign which features staff in their ad campaigns in a bid to humanise the organisation. By using friendly helpful staff, it promotes the bank as one that is more customer focused.

Companies can use images of staff as they go about their daily duties such as speaking on the phone, strategising in a meeting or simply typing on their computer. While they all sound like pretty ordinary activities, using these types of images in marketing materials presents the organisation as a people business, one that cares about staff, and one that has a personality.

The aim is to let potential customers more easily identify with the business by seeing real people going about their real jobs – just like them. Commercial Photograhers in New York City, can help a company visually translate its brand through this type of corporate photography.

Corporate Portraits of Robert Albertson For Sandler O'Neill

Robert B. Albertson is a Principal and Chief Strategist of Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. He heads Sandler O’Neill’s Investment Strategy Group, which guides the firm’s outlook on the financial services sector. He provides investment strategy for institutional investors, consults with Sandler O’Neill clients, and works closely with the firm’s Executive Committee. He is also involved in the firm's activities in Emerging Markets, particularly Brazil and China.

Previously, Mr. Albertson was founder and President of Pilot Financial, a global financial sector investment fund focused on European, Latin and U.S. banks, brokers and specialty finance companies. Pilot invested in over 25 companies in a dozen countries.

Mr. Albertson was Director of U.S. Bank Research (1987-99) and Global Coordinator for financials research (1997-99) at Goldman Sachs & Co., where he led a team of analysts covering the U.S. banking industry and established initial research coverage of banks in Europe in the 1980s and several Latin American banks in the 1990s. He also spearheaded research efforts on Internet banking and the impact of technology. For a 15-year period Mr. Albertson was rated in independent surveys as one of the securities industry’s premier research analysts specializing in the financial sector, including the Institutional Investor poll, in which he was ranked as the No. 2 in the U.S. and as No. 1 in global coordination for bank research.

While at Goldman, he also worked closely with investment banking, supporting new business development, designing and marketing equity offerings, and consulting on acquisitions. During his tenure at Goldman he was involved in over 20 major bank stock underwritings and IPOs. He has also been a regular consultant on bank mergers, counseling investment bankers, bank managements and bank boards. Prior to Goldman, he was Managing Director, U.S. Bank Equities Research at Smith Barney.

Mr. Albertson has been a frequent commentator on CNN, CNBC, Fox Business and Nightly Business Report and his comments have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Economist and American Banker and other business news media. He is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, a member and former President of the Bank & Financial Analysts Association, and is a regular speaker before banking industry and supervisory organizations, including many of the largest U.S. banks, the New York Federal Reserve Bank and the Bank for International Settlements.

Mr. Albertson holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science from Carnegie-Mellon University.

Business portraits on location.

With the new age of the world wide web a corporate portrait is more important than ever. Although you may think of it as an unavoidable necessity it can be an important way to establish your brand. As a Corporate Photographer, http://www.executivephotosnyc.com for more than 25 years I have an opinion about the subject.

With the triumphant Oscar wins for the movie THE KINGS SPEECH it is time to post this photo I shot of  the Weinstein brothers for Newsweek Magazine.