Vikrant Photography: Photo Shoot for Fortune India

I got commissioned to shoot the Cover story on "Cognizant" by Fortune India. I am always excited about any new project and slightly nervous have jitters until I finish my job. This project was special, how often you get to shoot a portrait of a CEO who has 1,65,000 emoplyees globally and is leading a $8.8 billion company. Preparation is the key for any good shoot. I always like to do my research and try to get myself familiar with the person I am shooting. As an in-house magazine photographer and Photo editor in my past I know it is very important to discuss the story with the writer, understand there perspective towards the story and then create the visuals for them. Special thanks to Bandeep Singh for bridging that gap and give me all the required Information. Day of the shoot me and my assistant Taylor got to there office at 8:00 am to do our location Reiki and setup for the first portrait of Steve Skinner, Senior VP. I found a good graphic location in there Cafe area, we quickly did our setup and also got prepared for the next shot of Patricia Birch,VP Healthcare Consulting. Followed by Mark Livingston, who is a great sport, Then we shot with Malcolm Frank another great personality. Finally the coolest CEO of all Francisco D'Souza. I have to share this with you, I was assigned to do a shot of Frank with his shoes on the table, When I discussed this with, "Ram" who was our cordinator said no way, He will never do that. I got worried because that was an image asked of me to do by the photo editor. I had already planned 3 locations to shoot with him, Francisco walked in the conference room which was our first location, I was ready and did the first portrait of him leaning on one of the tables by the window so that I can get some images with just my strobe and some mixed in with the ambient light. Now came the turn to ask him to pose with the legs on the table, and Mr cool as a great sport just did it.. I was looking at Ram and he was looking at Taylor and we were all were so ecstatic but we kept our calm and stayed focus, Quickly went into the next image and then the next, Came to found out that Francisco himself is a photography enthusiast he loves taking pictures and supports my camera 5d mark3... I had a great time and felt blessed..

Francisco D'Souza, CEO "Cognizant"