Author name: Mark Mendoza

Burlington, Massachusetts-based Perceptive, a provider of clinical research to the biopharmaceutical industry, contacted me recently with a specific request: approximately 40 employees needed professional headshots during the lunch and mid-afternoon breaks of an on-site meeting. With that many people and only two limited windows available, the assignment required more than a good lighting setup. We […]

Over the course of several assignments, I’ve had the opportunity to photograph a wide range of products for Parker Hannifin’s Precision Fluidics division, including pumps, regulators, and flow controllers. When our work together began, Parker did not have professional photographs of many of these products. In some cases, there were no usable images at all.

Teradyne’s corporate marketing team hired Mark Mendoza Photography to create a library of workplace images showing employees collaborating throughout its North Reading offices, laboratories, and shared spaces. Designed primarily for recruitment marketing and social media, the photographs needed to help prospective employees see both the people and the working environment behind Teradyne’s technology. For this

Universal Robots needed a library of authentic photographs that would communicate its corporate culture and show its engineers working directly with the company’s collaborative robots, commonly known as cobots. The photography took place at Universal Robots’ Boston office, where we captured employees interacting with the technology in their actual working environment. The resulting images were

When I’m heading to a manufacturing facility or a tech-heavy industrial site, my goal is to capture the power and precision of your operation. However, the shop floor is a busy, working environment, and a little bit of preparation goes a long way in ensuring we get the best results without slowing down your production.

If you’re scrolling through LinkedIn or updating your profile and thinking, “Do I really need to splurge on a professional headshot when AI can whip one up for pennies?”—I get it. It’s tempting, quick, easy, and wallet-friendly. But as someone who’s seen both sides, let me share why teaming up with a real photographer might