There are a number of pieces to the puzzle when it comes to capturing your industrial project in photographs and just as many reasons an individual or company would want these photos.
First, let’s talk about why professional custom photos could be important for you. Photos of an industrial space can be great for showing the process a company may use to make a product, what materials are used, how equipment within the facility is utilized and even before and after visuals of how the company brings their items to life. Industrial photos may be an ideal investment if you are highlighting the size of the space for sales purposes or a way to gain new business. On the same token, these shots could also serve as a great benefit to a more localize, boutique facility, as many may be looking to work with smaller spaces.
Now, let’s dig into the challenges that come with capturing these large space and why having the right photographer is crucial. Some larger factories or warehouses need a special lens to capture the breadth of the space; some manufacturing processes are on a larger scale that you need to capture how different processes interact with each other.
On the other hand, the money makers of some machines are found in the most precise details. Some products require attention to the tiny nuances of the final result. Showing smaller details in industrial photography may sometimes be intentional to protect proprietary processes or “trade secrets”. They could also show details because the work itself is fine (such as spot welding or a small item being cooled by a water jet). Personal element to the details such as hand grinding or sanding in the process, a close up of how a human is involved in hand making the item. But other times a machine could be completing more of the dangerous pieces that are better for robots to perform and not to do and that’s cool to show off too!
The right industrial photographer will be skilled in capturing both the big picture of your largest factory and the smallest detail and can find the beauty in every facet that might not be visible to the plain eye.
