Commercial Lifestyle Photography

PRODUCTION NOTE: I unfortunately had some issues with the guest audio on this show, so you will hear some echo at times. My apologies to my guest, and to you – the viewers and listeners.

Tim Gerard Barker is an award-winning photographer and filmmaker based in Hanoi, Vietnam, who I met through the folks over at Wonderful Machine. As soon as I saw Tim’s work, I knew I needed to get him on the show.

When you look at Tim’s portfolio you’ll see photography categories for Hospitality I Hotels and Resorts, Lifestyle, Corporate, Industrial, Portraiture, Travel, Landscape | Aerial, and NGO | Documentary, and trust me…. he’s amazing at all of those. Looking through his work I was immediately struck by some of his commercial lifestyle shots. The detail in how he structures a scene for a client just blows my mind. His understanding of where the goals of a client and the craft of photography meet is next level. He writes about some of his shoots, and reading the post about today’s image was very enlightening. You can find that here, or at the link below, under the subhead “Male Financial Professionals | Hanoi Train Street“.

Of course, none of that is surprising. Tim has extensive experience working throughout Asia on a wide range of photography and videography projects. His results are not cookie cutter images either. His ability to capture real people and real places, and the uniqueness of a culture, is refreshing. He manages to convey his stories with a colourful, graphic style that has resulted in numerous awards over the years, with citations in the International Photography Awards, Australia’s Top Photographers and Travel Photographer of the Year.

His client list is a who’s who of corporate giants, including Nike, Forbes, Novartis, Discovery Channel, CNN, BBC and more.

Please join award winning photographer Tim Gerard Barker and me as we dive into his approach to commercial lifestyle photography, and how he creates the scenes his clients are looking for, on this Behind the Shot.

Connect with Tim

Website: tgbarker.com
Instagram: @timgerardbarker
Facebook: @tgbarkerphotographyandfilm
Twitter: @timgerardbarker
Vimeo: @timgerardbarker
YouTube: @timgerardbarker4886

Blog Post About This Episode’s Shot:
“Lifestyle Photography for a Financial Technology Company”

Under “Male Financial Professionals | Hanoi Train Street”: tim-barker-uuum.squarespace.com

Tim’s Photographer Pick

Andrew Quilty: andrewquilty.com | @andrewquilty

Steve’s Whiskey Pick

Nikka From the Barrel: nikka.com