{"id":149809,"date":"2025-11-23T20:04:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T20:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.karlforsbergphoto.com\/?post_type=portfolio&p=149809"},"modified":"2025-12-19T12:40:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T12:40:47","slug":"400-headshots-for-canonical","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.karlforsbergphoto.com\/en\/portfolio\/400-headshots-for-canonical\/","title":{"rendered":"Canonical’s challenge: Photographing 400 headshots in 4 days"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was asked to photograph up to 400 team members in just four days. Quite a challenge \u2013 but I accepted.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_visibility=”yes” medium_width=”0″ mobile_visibility=”yes” mobile_width=”0″ width=”7\/12″][vc_column_text text_lead=”small” uncode_shortcode_id=”960576″]<\/p>\n

“It was such a pleasure working with Karl! He managed to photograph over 370 team members\u2019 headshots in just four days, and with incredible patience, professionalism, and care for everyone\u2019s comfort and preferences. I really appreciated how he proactively took the time to visit the shooting location and worked with the venue to set up the headshot area in advance.<\/p>\n

Karl also delivered the edited photos so quickly, and kept everything perfectly on track. The photos are fantastic, and the whole experience with him was truly wonderful \ud83d\ude42 “<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yifei Peng<\/em>, Graduate Talent Experience Generalist, Canonical<\/strong><\/p>\n

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