City Photography Portfolio by Grantly Lynch

I work in London as a City photographer with over 20 years experience.

My passion is capturing contemporary business portraits. If you would like to commission me or have any questions please call Grant on 07831 366136 or email

As a City Photographer I have been lucky to have a good supply of commissions in The City and have enjoyed working with many of my London clients. Recently I have been reviewing some of my City photography and looking back on photographic shoots. It has been very interesting to see some of my past work and apply some of my recent photography techniques. When reviewing past commissions I find that some of the images that were originally discounted I can now see possibilities. Many of my City portraits which were shot for magazines or brochures were taken to fit a certain formant or to meet an art director’s brief. When I review these now I do not have any restrictions and therefore can rework these photographs to fit my current City photography portfolio.

I took this photograph at a City event whilst walking between two of the event rooms. This is at the London Stock Exchange, where they have a large glass atrium, so you can see the latest City updates. In the past reflections would have been a big problem with a shot like this, but after editing the image, the reflections seem to add to ‘The City’ atmosphere.

This was taken on a trading floor in The City. I have cropped this photograph to exclude some other people who were on the edges of the image. City photographers love to capture the ‘time zones’ as these have come to be City icons. I have other frames from this commission that have the subject more animated, but I like the thoughtful pose and the use of space.

Working as a City photographer I am often faced with offices that all start to look the same (with some wonderful exceptions) and endless computer screens. To make my City photography different I focus on the people and allow their individual characters to bring variety, giving each client a unique set of portraits.

Corporate portrait of a City lawyer in a meeting. I liked the intensity of his conversation. Made him look very professional.

This portrait was taken on the Millenium Bridge for Citywire magazine. This was a serious of photographs around The City, some were shot as portrait format for the front cover and other, like this one, were shot in a landscape format to illustrate the article. They did not use this shot in the magazine as it did not fit the format of the article but they used the other city photographs taken around St Paul’s. I really like this city portrait because of the strong vertical lines made by the bridge’s handrails and they way it combines the modern with the classical elements of The City.

As a City photographer if you can get your subject to feel relaxed in front of the camera, you can keep the portrait very simple as they will look calm and confident.

I originally edited this office photograph out of my City photography portfolio as I was not sure it really said that much about City life. It did not seem to be a portrait or have a City theme to it. But I like the feel of the photograph, it is a interesting composition and has a totally unposed feel to it.

Reworking this photograph of a City trader allowed me to intensify the colours and the contrast which adds to the tension.

This was a recent City photograph was taken in the new London Stock Exchange. The light in some areas is pretty low though so I used some photoshop techniques to tweek the levels and bring a rather flat photograph to life. One of the things enjoy as a City Photographer is the variety of locations within The City. From very old historic buildings to the most modern architecture in London, they all provide different lighting which you have to take into to consideration when planning your workflow.

This was taken as part of a rebranding campaign for a asset management company. The client had just moved into a new building in The City and I had a whole empty floor to shoot all their corporate portraits. This was a real bonus as most City photographers have very limited space to shoot portraits, but for once I could use all the available space to compose my portraits, and the clients felt very relaxed.

This photograph was originally too dark and rather flat as I had shot through two internal glass windows and into a poorly lit office. After reworking the image it now is a good example of City Photography.

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Recent corporate portrait for City Lifeline Ltd who are a data centre based in the London near The City. This part of their offices is the data storage area and is perfect to illustrate what the company does. The problem with it is that the available lighting is very poor, and due to security restrictions it is difficult to add additional lighting,  but after tweaking the image in photoshop, it makes a great press release portrait.

Corporate portraits London © Grantly Lynch 07831 366136 or email

Photographer Grantly Lynch

These are some of my recent corporate portrait photography commissions. Although they are basically single corporate portraits, the photography styles vary depending on the clients requirements. Corporate portrait photography can encompass many different uses from annual reports, online CVs, document pitches, social media portraits, press releases, editorial features and website profiles. The samples below show corporate portrait photography in some of these mediums.

Press release corporate portrait photography

This PR corporate portrait was commissioned by BioMarin Europe Ltd. The standing pose and corporate surroundings suggest a formal and businesslike image.

Annual report corporate portrait photography

This is a very minimalist corporate portrait. It was commissioned for Camco Global’s annual report and needed to be simple in its composition and lighting, but still make the portrait look professional.

Marketing corporate portrait photography

Corporate portrait photography commissioned by Plato GB. This portrait was taken at a networking event and used for social media marketing. This type of photography is more difficult to capture as it is not posed and therefore the photographer has to be alert to any circumstances that offer a good portrait.

Editorial corporate portrait photography

This was commissioned by First Option Ltd. Tim Considine need some editorial portrait photography for a feature in The New Europe magazine. He wanted natural and fairly relaxed corporate portraits, so I decided to shoot these with natural light and used the glass windows in their corridor to bounce lots of light around to even out highlights and shadows.

Informal corporate portrait photography

This was captured at a social media event. This type of animated portrait makes the businessman look professional, involved and passionate about his work.

Document presentation corporate portrait photography

This corporate portrait was commissioned for the client’s online photography profile. It was to be used for his director CV and sent out with any client proposals and presentations. I really like this pose as its is very natural, it does not look posed and he was very comfortable being photographed.

Reportage corporate portrait photography

I captured this portrait at a corporate meeting and like its reportage feel. This type of corporate portrait photography is becoming more popular as potential clients like to see ‘real’ portraits on websites and in marketing literature.

Online profile corporate portrait photography

This way commissioned by an American client who wanted a corporate profile portrait for his virtual business card.

Natural corporate portrait photography

Informal corporate portrait taken at a networking event. These are ideal for capturing a client’s character and make a more personal natural portrait. The other great benefit for the client is that no posing is involved. They can just get on with business and allow the photographer to capture the portraits.

Corporate portrait photography © Grantly Lynch 07831 366136 or email