Commercial Photography
Boston corporate portrait photographer Adam DeTour discusses how he learned to take better portraits by asking questions. Featuring commercial headshots for OTJ architects photographed in San Francisco, Boston, and Washington DC.
Read MoreI feel like the whole world is poised at the starting line of a race, just waiting for the signal, and when it goes off we’re all going to run as fast as we can to all the places we’ve been dreaming of. While we’ve been staying home and safe, the hotels have been getting ready for us. Where will you go when it’s time to travel?
We recently completed a hotel photography project featuring lifestyle photos of ‘guests’ enjoying themselves at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, MA. Having used the down time during the pandemic to renovate their lobby, the hotel wanted to feature the warm tones and inviting spaces that would await guests as they returned to travelling.
As a commercial photographer in Boston this was a dream project to work on because there were so few guests at the time that we were able really spread out and make full use of the space. That’s something that would never be possible otherwise with a hotel in the middle of Harvard Square!
Food at the Bancroft in Burlington by Boston photographer Adam DeTour
Prior to COVID-19 hitting, I had the pleasure of shooting a piece for Northshore Magazine focusing on The Bancroft, a modern American steakhouse located in Burlington MA. Reflecting upon this niche restaurant, it hit me that we ALL need to support our local businesses and restaurants, while they are struggling to keep afloat. Our restaurants are feeling the impending pressure to try and make it during this challenging time and it is going to take all of us, making a concerted effort of dining out (or take-out) to keep these places that we love in business. So whether it is The Bancroft or local brew pubs or American eateries - enjoy the restaurants, celebrate the chefs and the staff that work hard day in and day out to provide a service and support their efforts!
Photograph of loung at Bancroft restaurant by Boston photographer Adam DeTour
Food at the Bancroft in Burlington by Boston photographer Adam DeTour
Food at the Bancroft in Burlington by Boston Restaurant photographer Adam DeTour
Fields of Gold article in Yankee Magazine highlighting corn farmer Dan Tawczynski photographed by New England Food Photographer Adam DeTour
This photo story, done for Yankee Magazine, is a celebration of the sweet corn harvest in the Berkshires and quickly turned into an education about varieties like "sugar & butter" and "Kiss n' Tell." One in particular, "Fields of Gold" had so much more meaning once Dan Tawczynski told of the day when a limousine pulled up, cooler was loaded with the sweet variety and off it went to JFK, the Concorde and ultimately London, to be served later that evening. Tawczynski's crops were that special! Since his farming career started in the early 1960's, he worked to perfect some sugar-enhanced varieties such as Jubilee, 274A and the special favorite, Silver Queen. It became quite evident that Tawczynski's farm would be producing corn for quite some time, because summer would not be summer without it; whether here locally or even overseas.
Corn soup recipe photographed by cookbook photographer Adam DeTour for Yankee Magazine
The late season assignment ended up being a bit of a challenge when an early frost came through the Great Barrington, MA farm the evening before I arrived. We quickly pivoted and focused on an upward angle portrait of Tawcynski in the one field left standing. Afterward, we worked hard to capture the corn variations & recipes, working in the studio with food stylist, Catrine Kelty. With Catrine on board we were able to bring to life the beauty of the corn that we weren’t able to capture in the field.
Corn being prepared on a cutting board by Boston food photographer Adam DeTour
Loaded corn recipe by cookbook photographer Adam DeTour for Yankee Magazine
Corn Ice Cream photographed by Adam DeTour for Yankee Magazine
Quick breakfast of Siggi's Yogurt from Roche Brothers before my shoot!
Siggis yogurt by Commercial Photographer Adam DeTour
It was a pretty gloomy day in Boston today but it's always a sunny morning in the studio with Roche Brothers Blueberry Muffins! #bostonfoodphotographer #foodphotography #rochebrothers
Roche Brothers muffin and coffee photographed by Boston Grocery Store photographer Adam DeTour
Product Photographer Adam DeTour shares images from a Misha + Puff kids clothing shoot.
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