London Fischer selects Corporate Photographer New York, Jeffrey Holmes, for their group photograph.

December 5, 2011 by Jeffrey Holmes

A group portrait of the London Fischer Law Firm by Jeffrey Holmes, Portrait photographer New York.

London Fischer Law firm selects Jeffrey Holmes, New York Portrait Photographer for Leading Attorneys Portrait.

The London Fischer Law Firm, located in New York’s Financial District, called upon New York corporate photographer, Jeffrey Holmes to create a new firm group portrait. The portrait is to be used for a magazine article about outstanding lawyers in the U.S. The best location was the courtyard in front of the building.

I used a single Quantum T5d flash head powered by a Quantum Turbo 2×2 battery. I do love these strobes for location shoots. After a couple of Photoshop head swaps, the firm approved the image and it was on to publication.

London Fischer LLP is an international leader in the concentrated disciplines of insurance and related litigation. Clients include many of the world’s largest corporations and most prestigious insurance groups. Over the years, the Firm has been involved in the most significant litigation affecting the insurance industry and those other specialized industries in which we concentrate.

They have a national practice includes insurance coverage, and specialized litigation pertinent to all areas of primary and excess insurance and reinsurance. Practice groups specialize in litigation affecting the following industries and disciplines: Construction and Real Estate; Directors and Officers Liability; Employment Practices Liability; Marine Cargo and Hull Interests; Mold, Toxic Tort and Environmental Liabilities; Municipal Liability; Product Liability; Professional Liability; Property Losses; Subrogation; Transportation Liabilities

London Fischer maintains a National Trial and Appellate Practice. They are geographically positioned to handle matters throughout the United States. Offices in New York City, Irvine, California and New Jersey.

BEF’s photo coverage of UnitedHealthcare Empire Challenge 2011 by Corporate Photographer Jeffrey Holmes New York.

September 3, 2011 by Jeffrey Holmes

: BEF United Healthcare Empire Challenge at Hofstra University on June 21,2011. (Jeffrey Holmes)

This past summer’s annual Empire Challenge continued for the 5th year to enlist Jeffrey Holmes Photography as the lead event photographer for Boomer Esiason’s annual dual between the High School All-Stars of New York City versus Long Island students. The event starts off with an All-U-Can-Eat Tailgate Party sponsored by Outback Steakhouse for a fabulous buffet! This family-oriented event includes an expo and fun activities prior to the game, a raffle and, of course, the evening highlight is the Empire Challenge football game pitting the best of New York City and Long Island.

While not the everyday sports photographer, I do have the experience of photographing a wide variety of events. A very versatile photographer in New York City. I most enjoy capturing the fun on the food swollen faces of the children. Their thrill on the slides.

: BEF United Healthcare Empire Challenge at Hofstra University on June 21,2011. (Jeffrey Holmes)

The annual United Healthcare Empire Challenge highlights the brightest football talent from New York City and Long Island in support of the Boomer Esiason Foundation and youth football in the New York metro area. It’s held at James M. Shuart Stadium at Hofstra University.

United Healthcare Empire Challenge 2011

06/21/2011 In a thrilling contest that pitted the best high school football players from Long Island against their counterparts from New York City, the Long Islanders earned a 17-14 victory in the 16th Annual United Healthcare Empire Challenge All-Star Game. Read the full story here.

Check out a slideshow from the event below.

BEF Empire Challenge 2011 Gallery – Images by Jeffrey Holmes

What: 16th Annual United Healthcare Empire Challenge

When: June 21, 2011

Where: James M. Shuart Stadium, Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y.

More Information: www.EmpireChallenge.com

Brooke Moreland of Fashism.com for La Presse of Canada

August 3, 2011 by Jeffrey Holmes

Brooke Moreland, Co-founder and CEO of Fashism.com with her team in their startup space located within General Assembly shared offices in New York. Brooke Moreland (Co-Founder) created Fashism.com after walking out of the dressing room looking for her husband's opinion and found an empty couch. She thought, "There must be a way to get an unbiased opinion using that internet everyone is talking about." Thus, Fashism.com was born. (Jeffrey Holmes/JeffreyHolmes.com)

Brooke Moreland of Fashism.com in her shared space office at General Assembly in New York.

Brooke Moreland is Co-Founder and CEO of Fashism.com.Brooke had an “ah-ha” moment when after walking out of the dressing room at Uniqlo in SoHo, looking for her husband’s opinion on a vest, she found an empty couch. And asking the sales clerk, would only result in a biased positive response. She thought to herself, “There must be a way to get an unbiased opinion using that internet everyone is talking about.” She co-founded Fashism with Ashley Granata in September of 2009. The subscriber base is over 40,000 online users and 50,000 phone app users. It allows the subscriber to sidestep fashion faux-pas by allowing other subscribers to post their opinions. Take a photo with your cellphone, email it to the site, and you receive feedback from other subscribers. Since people already do this anyway, sending photos while in stores to friends for their opinions. Fashism seeks to create a fashion-conscious community to advise you on your clothing decisions in real-time. Brooke says, “What fuels the site is our universal need to tell people what we think, we don’t just want opinions, we want to share ours. “I’m not professing to be a fashion expert and neither are most people who use it,” said Brooke Moreland, who was a 29 year old freelance video editor in Brooklyn. Brooke also writes a popular fashion column on theGloss.com called “Fashion 101″.

Fashism.com is all about fashion!

The editorial portrait was photographed at the shared office space, General Assembly. Portrait photographer Jeffrey Holmes is a noted and published corporate photographer. After assessing the space, he used the ambient light as the base lighting and then illuminated Brooke with one Quantum T5d head powered by a Turbo 2×2 battery. The focus was on Brooke but he also wanted to showed the concept of a lean start-up using the communal space concept. The second images was a “fashion” style image with a tech flair.

The location, General Assembly is communal office space provider in Union Square. The 16,000 square foot space provides an environment for start-ups and coworkers to meet, create and work. The center is outfitted with stylish furniture, conference rooms, lockers and a kitchen. Its already attracted a presence from a number of start-ups in the art and fashion industry and can also host events such as launch parties. The space is an alternative to the traditionally high overhead incurred when renting office space. Co-working and other movements aim to provide a work environment that includes networking and communal projects

Steelcase 360 Discussion: Preparing tomorrow’s leaders for the fast paced interconnected business world.

July 19, 2011 by Jeffrey Holmes

How does education prepare tomorrow’s leaders for this fast paced interconnected business world?

Roger Martin, Daniel Pink and Jim Keane discussed how education prepares tomorrow’s leaders for this fast paced interconnected business world in a Live Steelcase 360 Discussion: Educating the Creative Leaders of Tomorrow. The New York location of the event was photographed by corporate photographer Jeffrey Holmes.

Coming out of the recent recession, problems are more complex, markets are more volatile and change is more rapid. Education must keep pace. So how can educators prepare students to lead in today’s interconnected world? Steelcase brought together three of the most influential thinkers on management and education to discuss this topic in its live, virtual panel discussion: Educating the Creative Leaders of Tomorrow.

Steelcase 360 Degree Discussion Educating the Creative Leaders of Tomorrow photographed by Jeffrey Holmes, New York corporate photographer.

Reena Jaana and Jim Keane during the Steelcase 360 Degree Discussion of Educating the Creative Leaders of Tomorrow.

Moderated by Reena Jana, an innovation expert and journalist, the Steelcase 360 Discussion explored how education can be redefined to better prepare tomorrow’s creative leaders. Moreover, the panel sought to identify the critical skills needed to achieve success as a business leader and how education will need to adapt. Joining the discussion were Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Management; Daniel Pink, bestselling author on the changing world of work and Jim Keane, President of Steelcase.

“Given the recent recession, the rapid pace of change, and the complexity of an interconnected world, the skills that today’s students need to lead are far different from what we are used to,” said Keane. “Educators must keep pace with these global business changes to prepare students.”

While Jana joined Keane in the Steelcase showroom in New York City to host the panel, Martin and Pink participated via high-definition videoconferencing from Toronto and Washington D.C., respectively, using Steelcase’s mediascape with HD videoconferencing technology. With mediascape with HD Videoconferencing, panelists can view each other, present and share content seamlessly during the discussion.

About the Panelists

Roger Martin is dean of University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, as well as a professor of strategic management as well as the author of The Design of Business. A Canadian from Wallenstein, Ontario, Roger was formerly a director of Monitor Company, a global strategy consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Daniel H. Pink is the author of four provocative books about the changing world of work — including the New York Times bestsellers, A Whole New Mind and Drive. His articles on business and technology appear in many publications, including the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Wired, where he is a contributing editor.

Jim Keane, Steelcase President photographed by Jeffrey Holmes, Corporate Photographer New York.

Jim Keane, President of Steelcase, during a Steelcase 360 Degree Discussion: Educating the Creative Leaders of Tomorrow.

Jim Keane is president of the Steelcase brand of Steelcase Inc. Named to this role in October 2006, Jim oversees the sales, marketing and product development activities of the Steelcase, Turnstone, PolyVision and Details brands.

Reena Jana, former Innovation Department Editor for BusinessWeek moderates Steelcase 360 Degree Discussion on Educating the Creative Leaders of Tomorrow.

Reena Jana is the former Innovation Department editor for BusinessWeek. Currently, Reena is a freelance writer for national publications (including the New York Times, Harvard Business Review and Wired) specializing in the intersection of emerging technologies and culture.

Steelcase helps create great experiences wherever work happens. Ther brands offer a comprehensive portfolio of workplace furnishings, products and services, inspired by nearly 100 years of insight gained serving the world’s leading organizations. Steelcase is globally accessible through a network of channels, including over 650 dealers. They design for social, economic, and environmental sustainability. Steelcase is a global, publicly traded company leading our industry with fiscal 2010 revenue of approximately $2.3 billion.

Ricoh Press Conference covered by Event Photographer Jeffrey Holmes

January 25, 2011 by Jeffrey Holmes

Ricoh Accelerates Business Shift with Global Managed Document Services Expansion. Focus is squarely on improving customers’ bottom line.

(Click on Image to view Photographer Gallery) Shiro Kondo, President and CEO, Ricoh Company LTD speaking at Ricoh Managed Document Services New York Press Conference on January 20, 2011. Photographer Jeffrey Holmes is a professional photographer in New York, corporate portrait photography, portrait photographers, New York event photographer, photographer for events, event photography New York.

In a global event, held in Tokyo, London & New York, Ricoh Company, Ltd., a worldwide leader in digital office equipment and advanced document management solutions and services, today announced an investment designed to aggressively accelerate its shift to a services business model as a key growth strategy, building upon its core foundation of industry-leading hardware and software technologies and document and IT-related services. To advance this shift, Ricoh plans to invest $300 million USD over three years in its global Managed Document Services (MDS) infrastructure, underscoring the company’s commitment to its continued partnership with its customers, helping them to grow their bottom line through effective document management, improved workflow and increased productivity.

New Research Reveals C-Suite Mistakenly Believes Document-Related Costs are Insignificant.
Based on research from industry analyst firm IDC and Ricoh MDS engagements, a company with annual revenue of $250 million USD can save more than $6 million USD annually* through effective document management, according to Angele Boyd, IDC Group VP, General Manager, Imaging/Output Document Solutions & SMB. This includes savings of observed costs, such as printing, as well as unobserved costs connected to IT support, documents and records management, environmental, regulatory compliance and end-user productivity.

Ricoh Managed Document Services New York Press Conference. Jeffrey Holmes is a professional photographer in New York, corporate portrait photography, portrait photographers, New York event photographer, photographer for events, event photography New York.

Ricoh also unveiled new research from a series of global focus groups and surveys with C-suite executives and senior IT managers. The research, conducted in partnership with IDC, found that while businesses are aware that they need to gain more insight into their information and document workflows, they continue to have little understanding of the specific amount of money spent in this area. This is largely attributed to the lack of consolidation of both observed and unobserved costs and fragmented distribution of these costs across different departments within the organization.

In addition, there is low awareness among executives of the positive impact a document management strategy could have on the business, including how much could be saved and the overall impact on the bottom line.

Harnessing the power of information contained in documents and processes as a core company asset is critical since the way organizations communicate and conduct business is changing at an unprecedented pace. Ricoh’s accelerated shift to services, with a strong focus on MDS, will help customers to become more responsive to the continual flow of information as they address the changes in their industries.

“Ricoh recognizes that global workforce trends, new technologies and the economy are transforming the way our customers must approach document management. It is now a key priority for CIOs to ensure their organizations are ready to meet the challenges brought by these forces,” said Mr. Shiro Kondo, President and CEO, Ricoh Company, Ltd. “Therefore, we are making additional investments to help lead our customers in the implementation of secure information infrastructure solutions that help them to become more agile, responsive and productive. Through our on-site and off-site support, we help our customers stay focused on revenue-generating activities, while we do what we do best – optimize workflows.”

Ricoh Managed Document Services New York Press Conference photographed by corporate event photographer Jeffrey Holmes

Ricoh Managed Document Services New York Press Conference on January 20, 2011.

A Holistic Approach
Ricoh’s investment in its global MDS infrastructure is designed to strengthen its best practices approach and technologies across its global footprint and help the company achieve an annual MDS revenue target of $3.3 billion USD by FY2013.
Investments will focus on reinforcing Ricoh’s key strengths and leadership including:

Enhancing Ricoh’s adaptive customer-focused approach, in which Ricoh partners with businesses to help them meet their goals. This approach includes development of Ricoh’s global change management professional services offering, based upon Prosci’s ADKAR® change management methodology, which is designed to help employees permanently change costly document-related behaviors. In addition, Ricoh has globally adopted the ITIL® services delivery framework, which is the most widely used approach to IT services management. Ricoh is also increasing the number of services teams professionally certified in the ITIL® and the ADKAR® methodologies.

Improving Ricoh’s holistic, vendor-agnostic approach to information, infrastructure and process management. This approach allows Ricoh to manage a company’s entire fleet, regardless of manufacturer. This holistic approach will be further enhanced as Ricoh accelerates the delivery of a suite of cloud-type tools for device and print management, optimization and decision support.

Broadening Ricoh’s global MDS workforce as well as globally standardizing its sales and services training. This is critical to maintaining a globally consistent approach to services delivery, regardless of where the customer’s offices are located. Ricoh has one of the industry’s largest direct sales and services organizations, which currently includes 30,000 services professionals.

*Projected annual savings in document management costs for a typical company of this size based upon IDC research and select Ricoh MDS engagements. Individual company results may vary and actual cost savings are not guaranteed.

Ryan Star performs at TGI Fridays

December 13, 2010 by Jeffrey Holmes

Ryan Star entertained a VIP packed house.

Ryan Star performs for a packed house. Click on photo to view Photo Gallery

T.G.I. Friday’s celebrated the grand re-opening of its Westbury flagship restaurant by hosting a VIP event December 9, 2010 with a special performance by Atlantic Records recording artist and Long Island native Ryan Star. The event was photographed by great New York event photographer Jeffrey Holmes. Additional performance by celebrity guest comedien Wali Collins. A ribbon cutting included local dignitaries.

The event took place at the Westbury location. The party was by invitation only.

Decades ago, T.G.I. Friday’s put the legendary Long Island Iced Tea “on the map” by popularizing the drink at its bars across the world.

Ferrari California Test Drive

May 1, 2010 by Jeffrey Holmes

Ferrari California Test Drive on the Raceway Park track

Ferrari Test Drives of the new Ferrari California model were offered to entrepreneur friends of the Relentless Foundation at Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ on April 23, 2010. Organized by the founder, Gary Whitehill, entrepreneurs experienced the thrill of test driving the new Ferrari California model on public roads as well as the track.

Photographed by Jeffrey Holmes, a great New York event photographer. jeffrey Holmes was also official photographer for the week longer New York Entrepreneur Week celebration of Entrepreneurship in New York.

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Institutional Investor Magazine’s 40th Anniversary Celebration

April 9, 2010 by Jeffrey Holmes

Institutional Investor's 40th Anniversary

“The management of money is one of the oldest of the arts and one of the newest of the professions. As a profession, it is changing continuously, so much so that it bears little resemblance to the same field only a generation ago. Perhaps, at one time, it was easy-going and social; today it is fiercely competitive and intellectually challenging.”

With these words Gilbert Kaplan launched Institutional Investor 40 years ago. Much has changed since then, and much of that change, in this magazine and in the financial markets that we cover, was anticipated by the precocious Kaplan. He was just 25 when he thought up the idea for Institutional Investor; he turned 26 in time for its inaugural issue in March 1967. Kaplan got the idea for the magazine while working as an economist at the American Stock Exchange, analyzing scenarios for the future of financial markets.

Boomer Esiason Foundation’s Booming Celebration for Cystic Fibrosis

April 9, 2010 by Jeffrey Holmes

Boomer Esiasion Foundation hosts "Booming Celebration 2010

The Boomer Esiason Foundation’s Booming Celebration this year featured the theme, On a Mission. This is a major fundraiser for the foundation benefiting Cystic Fibrosis.

Records are made to be broken, and the 2010 Booming Celebration set numerous records that will be targets for future Most Valuable Players and the rest of the Boomer Esiason Foundation team.

In one night, 850 people descended on the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel in New York City to raise more than $3.2 million to continue the fight against cystic fibrosis. It was the largest turnout and the highest fundraising total in the history of Booming Celebration.

“It was a spectacular evening. When you look how far we’ve come in 18 years, it’s remarkable,” said Boomer Esiason. “More importantly, look how far we’ve come in helping people with CF.”

Portrait Photographer

April 9, 2010 by Jeffrey Holmes

Marc Ecko of Ecko Unlimited in front of the Paparazzi Wall

Portrait Portfolio of Jeffrey Holmes, a great New York Portrait Photographer

A powerful collection of images featuring New York City business leaders from the Portrait Portfolio of Jeffrey Holmes, New York Portrait Photographer.

Click on the image to view the portfolio.