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320 South Canal Street, Chicago, IL

Corporate photography at BMO Tower

Fifty one floors at 320 South Canal Street, beside Union Station, completed in 2022. If your team is in this building, this is how a session here runs.

BMO Tower rises fifty one floors at 320 South Canal Street, on the west bank of the river immediately beside Union Station. It was completed in 2022, which makes it one of the newest large office buildings downtown, and it was built with BMO as its anchor. In 2024 Molson Coors moved its global headquarters here from 250 South Wacker Drive on a long term lease that began that summer, and the building now carries two well known names rather than one. The address sits in the West Loop commuter core, so a team arriving by rail walks over from the station concourse instead of crossing the Loop, and a photographer arriving from out of town can do the same.

BMO anchors the building and gives it its name. Molson Coors relocated its global headquarters here from 250 South Wacker Drive under a long term lease beginning in the summer of 2024. Both are large organizations with communications and marketing groups of their own, which usually means a house brand standard already exists and a portrait program is asked to match it rather than to define it. If your team is in this building, that existing standard is where we start.

A session here happens on your own floor. A conference room of roughly eight by ten feet with one power outlet is enough, and the full lighting kit moves in on a single cart. A building finished in 2022 will have a modern freight elevator and a managed dock, but the rules are particular to each property, so confirm dock hours, freight elevator booking and any certificate of insurance requirement with building management once the date is set. Tell us the floor and the room number and we handle the rest of the arrival.

We photograph on site, in your own office. If your team is in this building, the notes below are what the day looks like. Nothing here is a claim to a past session in it, and no tenant named is a client unless it says so elsewhere on this site.

Corporate executive headshot by Henry David Photography, the standard brought to every Chicago on-site program
Professional headshot by Henry David Photography, the standard brought to every Chicago on-site program
Corporate team headshot by Henry David Photography, the standard brought to every Chicago on-site program
Corporate staff headshot by Henry David Photography, the standard brought to every Chicago on-site program
Modern professional headshot by Henry David Photography, the standard brought to every Chicago on-site program
Business headshot by Henry David Photography, the standard brought to every Chicago on-site program

Sample work, photographed at other clients' offices rather than in this building. It is the standard a session here would be held to.

Johnson + Krol, a Chicago labor firm, and IWR North America, which lists a Chicago satellite office, are both clients.

Address
320 South Canal Street, West Loop
Floors
51
Completed
2022
Anchor
BMO
Global headquarters
Molson Coors, from summer 2024
Next door
Union Station

Working in BMO Tower

The practical side of a shoot in this building, so the day runs on schedule.

Loading and access

Union Station next door keeps the walk in short, but a tower of this size runs a booked dock and freight elevator. Confirm the hours and the insurance paperwork with building management the week before, and give us the name of the person meeting us in the lobby.

The room

One conference room of about eight by ten feet with a power outlet. A room with a window wall is preferred over a windowless interior one, and on a floor in a 2022 building there is usually a choice.

Light

Upper floors on this side of the river get open western light. We bring the full studio lighting either way, so the schedule does not depend on the weather or the time of day.

Schedule

Forty to sixty people in a normal day without anyone feeling rushed. Larger groups run over two days with the same setup and the same standard on each, so the final set matches end to end.

Matching an existing set

Two anchor names in one building usually means two established brand standards. Send the existing portraits and we match the lighting, crop and finish so new hires sit beside everyone else.

Video on the same visit

Executive interviews, recruiting pieces and brand film can share the day. Filming at 4K means the same visit hands back a still library alongside the finished film.

BMO Tower questions

What teams in this building usually ask first.

Do you come to our floor, or do we go to a studio?
We come to you. The setup is built for a conference room on your own floor, which is why a program of fifty people costs the team an hour of disruption rather than a day of travel.
What do you need from building management?
Usually a dock or freight elevator window and a certificate of insurance on file. Ask your office manager to confirm both with building management, and send us the contact so we can coordinate directly.
How far ahead should we book?
Two to three weeks for a guaranteed date. If a Chicago trip is already on the calendar, sooner is often possible, and we answer booking questions within one business day.
Can you match headshots made for our other offices?
Yes, and it is the main reason to use one photographer across locations. Send the existing set and the Chicago team will sit beside the rest without reading as a different company.
Can you film as well as photograph on the same visit?
Yes. Brand film, recruiting pieces and executive interviews share the visit, and filming at 4K means the day also yields still frames for the library.

Your team is in BMO Tower?

Tell me the headcount, the floor and the dates. A proposal follows a short conversation, and questions are answered within one business day.