Services — Photography & Film
Real people. Real stories. Beautifully told.
Great photography and film should do more than look good. It should make you feel something.
Led by Director of Photography Daniel Lewis, we create distinctive photography and film built around people, places and stories — bringing more than two decades of photographic craft and a cinematic approach to every production.
Tell your story
The person behind the lens
Daniel Lewis
Director of Photography & Film
20+ years behind the camera.
01 Photography with a point of view
Anyone can take a picture. We look for the story.
Dan's career began in photojournalism, and that instinct still sits at the heart of the work.
Rather than simply documenting what's in front of the camera, we look for the moments, personalities and details that make a business, place or person interesting.
The result is photography that feels natural, considered and human rather than overly staged or corporate.
- People
- Places
- Business
- Culture
- Industry
- Lifestyle
02 People
Put a face to the business.
People connect with people.
We create portraits that capture personality rather than simply ticking the corporate headshot box — from individual founders and leadership teams to entire organisations.
That can mean carefully art-directed executive portraiture or a more natural documentary approach capturing people in the environments where they actually work.
- Executive portraits
- Leadership teams
- Environmental portraits
- Employee photography
- Workplace photography
- Editorial portraiture
03 Brand photography
Build an image library that's actually yours.
Stock imagery can fill a space. It can't tell your story.
We can create a bespoke photography library around your organisation — capturing your people, environments, culture and brand in a consistent visual style.
One carefully planned shoot can generate a library of imagery for:
- Websites
- Social
- Campaigns
- PR
- Reports
- Presentations
- Recruitment
- Editorial
The result is a visual language that belongs to your business rather than everyone else's.
04 Film
Some stories need to move.
From intimate interviews and documentary storytelling to commercial productions and brand films, we create films built around a strong narrative and cinematic visual language.
We can take a project from the initial idea through planning, filming and final delivery.
- Creative direction
- Treatments
- Interviews
- Cinematography
- Location filming
- Editing
- Colour grade
- Sound
- Delivery
05 Documentary storytelling
Capture something real.
Some of the strongest brand stories don't need actors, scripts or elaborate sets.
They need observation.
Drawing on a background in photojournalism and documentary photography, we can capture real people, real environments and real moments — finding the story within what's actually happening.
It's an approach particularly suited to people, culture, industry, travel, organisations and purpose-led storytelling.
06 From boardroom to factory floor
Wherever the story takes us.
Productions aren't always conveniently located inside a photography studio.
We work on location — in offices, industrial environments, events, public spaces and places of work — adapting the production around the people and environment we're there to capture.
That experience allows us to work comfortably with everyone from senior executives and public figures to employees, customers and communities.
07 Photography + Film
One shoot. A complete content library.
Rather than commissioning photography, film and social content independently, we can plan productions around the complete set of assets the business needs.
A single production might generate:
- Hero brand film
- Executive interviews
- Portrait photography
- Workplace & lifestyle imagery
- Short social edits
- Vertical video
- Website photography
- Campaign stills
That means more value from the production — and a much more consistent visual identity across every channel.
08 Connected to the wider brand
Create the content. Then put it to work.
Photography and film shouldn't live in isolation.
Because Salient works across brand identity, websites, paid media, social, CGI and digital products, we can create imagery with a clear understanding of where and how it's ultimately going to be used.
A website shoot is planned around the website.
A campaign shoot considers the media formats.
A brand film considers the wider identity.
- Strategy
- Creative direction
- Production
- Content
- Digital experience
09 How we work
Find the story. Capture it beautifully.
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Discover
Understand the organisation, audience, story and where the finished work needs to live.
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Define
Develop the creative direction, shot list, locations, subjects and production approach.
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Produce
Bring together the right crew, equipment and production for the brief.
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Capture
Photography and filmmaking with an emphasis on craft, authenticity and human connection.
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Finish
Selection, retouching, editing, grading, sound and post-production.
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Deliver
A considered library of finished assets prepared for web, social, campaign, print and wherever else they're needed.
Start a project
Have a story worth telling?
Whether it's the people behind your organisation, a campaign, a brand story or something happening out in the world, we'll help you find the right way to capture it.
Let's create something