On Set with Northrop Grumman: Commercial Photography for Defence and Aerospace
Northrop Grumman commissioned The Producers to shoot a television commercial alongside a full refresh of their image asset library. I was brought in to handle the stills photography, working embedded with the video crew across the entire production.
The brief was precise by nature. Defence and aerospace photography has to convey expertise, reliability and technical credibility in every frame. Engineers at work inside aircraft, the clean lines of aerospace equipment, teams operating in high-security environments. Nothing staged, nothing soft. Every image needed to hold up across internal presentations, public-facing campaigns and alongside the TVC footage.
The main challenge on a job like this is keeping two productions moving without either team compromising the other. That meant sharing lighting setups, coordinating timing carefully, and staying flexible when the TVC schedule shifted. Aircraft hangars don't leave much room for error, and the pace of a defence production means decisions happen fast.
The result was a cohesive library of commercial photography that integrated directly with the TVC visual language. Northrop Grumman came away with a robust set of images built to work across every channel, from trade publications and conference materials to digital campaigns and internal communications.
If you're planning a commercial photography project alongside video production and need a photographer who understands how both mediums work together, I'd love to hear about it.
