A Sudbury Ontario Commercial Photographer

Now that 2016 is in full swing in the mining industrial sectors it’s time to start thinking about this years marketing materials and online portfolio.  Trade show season is only a few months away and you don’t want to leave it until the last minute so you are scrambling for images for your presentations, trade show booths, investor reports and online updates.  A full day shoot can yield high quality “wow factor” images that can be used throughout the year without repeating the use of images.  I will work directly with your creative marketing team to formulate a shoot schedule and scenario list that would work best for your company.

James Hodgins from Sudbury Ontario is a professional Mining Industrial Commercial photographer with over 20 years experience.

Here is another chance I had to photograph an industrial worker that has never had his portrait created while working. I hope he enjoys the photo as much as I had creating it.

Sudbury Mining industrial photographer is based out of the mining Province of Ontario Canada.

A Sudbury Platinum Corp geologist carefully stacks core samples at the snow covered drill site. Snow and cold weather can be an inconvenience but Winter waits for no one in the mining industry.

Sudbury Mining industrial photographer is based out of the mining Province of Ontario Canada.

Depending on the environment you see it in, the bucket from a dragline can look pretty small when you compare it to the beast it’s attached to, but when you get up close and personal with it (like doing repairs) you quickly realize it’s a giant among men.

Sudbury Mining industrial photographer is based out of the mining Province of Ontario Canada.

In the Mining/Industrial fields there is a fine line between an artistic and profitable image that companies use. With image editing software at everyone’s fingertips I am noticing a lot of images that are “over processed” in post editing. Anyone can do it, usually it’s a click of a button in any editing software or phone app. Now I am not saying this is a bad thing, heck I have some images in my portfolio that some consider over processed (and I agree) but these images were used for a specific purpose and 90% of the time are used for my own personal motives.

What I am seeing though is entire websites with over processed, painterly, HDR images. These might look great and I know they look amazing on your walls as an “art piece” but it does draw away from what the image actually represents which should be an accurate depiction of your products, staff, processes and facilities when placed in your website galleries and marketing material. Stick with the basics of good lighting, exposures and subject matter and you can’t go wrong.

Artistic plugin added. Great for personal use but not for marketing materials.

Sudbury Mining industrial photographer is based out of the mining Province of Ontario Canada.

While I was photographing some time laps images this transport driver pulled up in front of me. I couldn’t resist creating a portrait of his rig for him.

Mining industrial sudbury photographer is based out of the mining Province of Ontario Canada.

It’s been a great year working with everyone and I have enjoyed the images I have created for you throughout the past year. Looking forward to working with new and existing clients throughout 2015.
I have been waiting to post this image I  created last year and thought today would be the perfect time. Happy New Year Everyone.  James

The other side of the mining/industrial sectors I like to photograph is the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) and Land Reclamation Projects. This is a side that most people do not think exists but I have photographed these projects for all of my major clients.

Mining industrial photographer is based out of the mining Province of Ontario Canada.
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While I was photographing out of the Country I had the opportunity to capture some creative portraits of miners, industrial workers and tradesmen/women. Some of them have NEVER had their portrait taken…………ever. They were all smiles when I put them in front of the camera just like fellow. His smile was from ear to ear when I asked if he would like a portrait in front of the truck he works on. He told me it was up to him to keep this truck running. He was proud.

Mining industrial photographer is based out of the mining Province of Ontario Canada.

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Sometimes when we are in the coreshack I get lucky with the direction of the sunlight. We had the top covers open for this shot to show the blue sky and clouds outside and also the backdoors open to bring in a bit of light for a “backlight” to fill in the shadows on the right side. Using the big white overhead door as a light panel the sun bounced off it onto my subject.

James Hodgins is a Mining/Industrial/Commercial photographer based out of Sudbury Ontario Canada.