State of Football | Product and Portrait Photography

@rubencress 75

almost 2 years ago (Edited)

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_{State of Football is one of the biggest football product manufacturers in the world who operates from the Netherlands. They directly deliver to world-famous clubs all around the globe, like Real Madrid and Paris Saint Germain. If you're a football fan, and you have purchased something in one of the club stores, you probably have bought something from State of Football!}

_{For this project I have photographed a series of products for their showroom. I was approached because my style of photography appealed to them, and they wanted something unique and different. I spend a few days working in my studio to photograph these products for them. They have been using these photographs for about 5 years, from 2017 to 2022 which makes me as a photographer super proud. The thing with photographing manufacturer products is that showroom models are only used for a quick presentation, it is not the "real deal" that they offer. So, all of these products still had stitches, or scratches, which I had to photoshop away. Was fun retouching them, but a lot of work!}

_{P o r t r a i t s}

_{Before snapping their best shots, I had a little chat with every employee from State of Football. It really gives you great insight in how a company works, and if people love their jobs. Roel Bakker, the CEO of the company is a very charismatic and cheerful guy. You can show he takes good care of his staff and provides them with an environment where people can work and have fun at the same time. If I were to photograph them again, I would definitely get more of the background on there. But things, such as "solid backgrounds" and "no work environment", were a thing 5 years ago. It's nice to see workplaces blended in portrait photographs, you'll see happy faces with your company in the background. Plus it adds up to brand awareness, and helps with recruiting people who are interested in working for you.}

No affinity with football

Personally, I have zero affinity with football, and I told them so. This way I could think, shoot and deliver unbiased high-end product photography. Football/Soccer is quite a big sport, right? And it can get quite competititve. They laughed and were a bit surprised that I wanted to do some photography for them, but they also knew that these images would focus on their quality as the focus should've been on their product, not the brand they manufacture for. The staff was super friendly, and enthusiastic.

Cheers,
Ruben

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14 comments

@poshtoken 83

almost 2 years ago

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@pumarte 67

almost 2 years ago

You did a great job with this company , the pictures are so clean and perfect 👌 it's really a inspiration as a photographer see this job . I can see that you talk with the people and hang out with them for make their portraits because they really respond to you, they looks very relaxing and amazing even the dog 🙂

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@rubencress 75

almost 2 years ago

Thanks man! Awesome to hear and see that you notice the relaxed mood that all of them have in the portraits! I think it's a big difference to connect with the people before you photograph them.

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@pumarte 67

almost 2 years ago

Yes I can see that I portrait people and I can see that for many people it's very difficult to show themselves in front of the camera , when you get they look so relaxed it's that they really connect with you 👍

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@skiptvads 69

almost 2 years ago

cool designs, the barca boxers look dope 😁😁✌️

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@rubencress 75

almost 2 years ago

Thank you!

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@djbravo 73

almost 2 years ago

When the manager or owner of the company is good with his staff and takes care of them, the result is that people also work with great heart in the company. The products of this company look like they are made with great effort and people will like it very much because their quality is so great.

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@rubencress 75

almost 2 years ago

Exactly, a lot of them are passionate about their work. The work atmosphere was relaxed, lean and clean. Oh yeah, they create high-quality products for a lot of famous soccer teams in the world. Of course, a lot of the Dutch clubs since they are a Dutch company.

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