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EXECUTIVE PORTRAITURE | HEADSHOTS
My portraits and headshots have a signature style that has you looking confident yet approachable.
We collaborate and create your business headshot/portrait together. I shoot directly to a laptop allowing us to pause and review the images, tweaking our approach as necessary.
We keep working until you're thrilled with your headshot.
While highlighting your best facial features, I also direct you so that you present yourself well. I'm meticulous about the details - clothes, hair and your overall appearance.
My clients include CEO's and the remaining C suite, sales representatives and others from various industries including investment management, law, medicine, and design and real estate. TEXT to learn more
CORPORATE REPORTAGE | EVENTS
Corporate Reportage visually communicates a company's authentic vibe, feel and culture- critical for websites and other promotional material.
Corporate Reportage and Events are photographed with an intention to communicate stories, with a highlight towards emotion and climatic action.
Events have included restaurant openings for a national food chain, corporate conferences, convention expos and non-profit workshops and fund raisers.
BRANDING IMAGERY
My branding work allows me to blend creativity with astute business acumen. I’m strong in quickly analyzing the brand message and value proposition. From there, I employ storytelling to develop and execute visual strategies that support brand messaging. I may be hired as a Photographer or as Director in developing treatment and strategy, and/or as a Producer to execute a previously written and designed message. With exposure to a wide breadth of industries, I enjoy the research that comes with "digging-in" to learn about an organization's methodology, philosophy and culture. Transforming that understanding into visual communication is what keeps me interested, motivated and challenged.
What Clients Are Saying
Emilio - I would like to thank you for all the wonderful creative talent and hard work you provided to my website design project. From the start, your commitment to understanding my company’s mission and purpose as well as how we implement our day to day work is commendable. You truly know how to get to the essence of it all and provide a clear direction for moving forward. You bring so much more to the table than just “still and video imaging”. Your passion, experience, creative intellect, empathy and project management skills were the key ingredients to our project’s success. Thank you again for all your hard work and the wealth of service you contributed to our project.
Dave Diamond, President Walter Wayne DevelopmentEmilio was a pleasure to work with for our annual reports. He took the time to really understand our vision and needs and perfectly capture our annual report themes. He put clients who are dealing with difficult issues such as homelessness and poverty at ease – not an easy fete! He also worked within our tight timeframe to turn our photos around quickly so we could meet our production deadlines. The images absolutely made our annual report come alive and we are so grateful for his excellent work. We were thrilled that with his help we were able to win the 2013 Chicago Public Relations Society of the Year Nonprofit Annual Report Award of Excellence – I know his photos made all the difference in the report. -Kristine Kappel, Director of Communications, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
Kristine Kappel, Director of Communications - The Catholic CharitiesEmilio came highly recommended by a high-end graphic design firm. He was everything my contact promised and more. He was prompt and efficient. He had a nice, easy manner that put his subjects at ease. His photography was beautiful, and his ability to touch up photographs in just the right way makes everyone look natural and beautiful.
Kim Rosengren, Chief Marketing Officer - Aldera CorporationEmilio Albertini is many things. He is a photographer. He is a filmmaker. He is a storyteller. But above all else, he is a collaborative partner. His singular background and professional experiences are what enables him to shape your story in a unique manner, as he looks at everything thru the eyes of someone who has worked in business and knows how to work with you to tell your story in a manner that is effective and memorable. In the more than 30 years I have known Emilio, he has been an unwavering, loyal friend and supporter. I depend on him for his sense of style and perspective to give our projects a unique look and feel that no one else can give them.
John Mathis, VP Broadcast Production - AnsiraI thoroughly enjoyed working with Emilio on the photo shoots of two of our most recent projects. Emilio is a very professional, conscientious and talented photographer. I was very impressed with Emilio’s professionalism from our first conversation. He included a scout day for both projects to check the lighting and the existing conditions. As anyone knows who has worked in the photography business, the more prepared you are for the day of the shoot, the better. Photo shoot days are fun but, also long days & hard work. Emilio was prepared. Each project presented different challenges with available light, windows, shadows, reflections etc. Emilio listened to what we needed to see in the photos & documented the story of our projects very well. He handled the technical issues on set and in post production. The photographs of both projects speak for themselves. Thank you for a job well done, Emilio!
LTD Design Linda DiDonato, PrincipalEmilio has been amazing throughout the entire process. He had a lot of different personalities he had to work with and handled every one like a pro. I couldn't be happier with the service and the end result. The photos are perfect. Excellent photographer, excellent result, exceptional experience.
Maggie Jessup, Managing Director - Platform StrategyEmilio is very easy to work with, thorough and an excellent shooter. We have already lined him up for a second cover shoot for the magazine.
Mike Consol, Editor - Real Assets Adviser MagazineEmilio is fantastic! He did a great job. He's easy to work with and delivers great results. Very thorough! Looking forward to working with him again!
Jim Butler, Multimedia Producer, Raising Cane's Chicken FingersEmilio was a pleasure to work with for our annual reports. He took the time to really understand our vision and needs and perfectly capture our annual report themes. He put clients who are dealing with difficult issues such as homelessness and poverty at ease – not an easy fete! He also worked within our tight timeframe to turn our photos around quickly so we could meet our production deadlines. The images absolutely made our annual report come alive and we are so grateful for his excellent work. We were thrilled that with his help we were able to win the 2013 Chicago Public Relations Society of the Year Nonprofit Annual Report Award of Excellence – I know his photos made all the difference in the report. -Kristine Kappel, Director of Communications, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
Kristine Kappel, Director of Communications - The Catholic CharitiesEmilio was terrific. He worked tirelessly to make sure we had what we needed. I hired him to take pictures of people within our company uncertain what the response would be. We wound up with twice as many and Emilio did not get flustered or demanding - he worked with us to ensure all were photographed and happy.
Marianne Embree, CF IndustriesEmilio came highly recommended by a high-end graphic design firm. He was everything my contact promised and more. He was prompt and efficient. He had a nice, easy manner that put his subjects at ease. His photography was beautiful, and his ability to touch up photographs in just the right way makes everyone look natural and beautiful.
Kim Rosengren, Chief Marketing Officer - Aldera CorporationEmilio has been a fantastic photographer at our events going back multiple years. He truly has an artist's eye for the perfect lighting and camerawork, and just the right amount processing to make any photo album stand out. We will continue working with him for as long as possible! Thank you Emilio!
Ethan Norris, Digital Media, Data & Finance Manager