Corporate photography at One Kansas City Place
Forty two stories at 1200 Main, the tallest building in Kansas City and the tallest habitable building in Missouri. The high floors carry the longest views in the city, and that decides where the leadership portraits get made.
One Kansas City Place is the tallest building in Kansas City and the tallest habitable building in Missouri, forty two stories and six hundred twenty three feet at 1200 Main Street. It was completed in 1988 to a design by Patty Berkebile Nelson & Immenschuh, and it stands in the Class A core on Main inside the Downtown Loop, within a few blocks of the Power and Light District. The upper floors carry the longest views in the city, west toward the state line and south over the Crossroads, which gives a conference room high in the building a window backdrop that no studio reproduces.
The tenant roster is a matter of public record and has included Kansas City Power & Light, Bank of America, the law firm Bryan Cave and Karbank Real Estate on the thirty ninth floor. That is a banking, legal and real estate mix rather than a single industry tower, and it means a production day in this building can serve two unrelated companies on two floors with one setup in one room.
This is a full Class A downtown tower, so the building comes first and the photography second. Names go to the security desk in advance, the freight elevator is booked through building management or your office manager, and the dock has hours. We send the equipment list and the arrival window the week before, and the kit is built to move up in one trip. Once on the floor a conference room about eight feet by ten with a power outlet nearby is all the space a session needs.
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.
Sample work, photographed at other clients' offices rather than in this building. It is the standard a session here would be held to.
- Height
- 623 feet, forty two stories
- Distinction
- Tallest building in Kansas City and tallest habitable building in Missouri
- Completed
- 1988
- Architect
- Patty Berkebile Nelson & Immenschuh
- Address
- 1200 Main Street, in the Downtown Loop
- Tenant mix
- Banking, law and real estate
Working in One Kansas City Place
The practical side of a shoot in this building, so the day runs on schedule.
Security and access
Send names and arrival times to the security desk in advance. Downtown towers want the list before the day, and a crew that turns up unannounced waits in the lobby.
Freight and loading
The freight elevator and the dock are booked through building management or your office manager. We send the equipment list the week before and the full setup moves up in one trip on a cart.
Which room to hold
A conference room of around eight feet by ten with a wall outlet. Interior rooms work, but on a forty two story tower you should ask for one on the outside wall.
The view as backdrop
High floors here give a genuine skyline backdrop. It suits executive portraits more than a full staff program, where consistency across everyone matters more than the window.
Schedule
Forty to sixty people fit a day at an unhurried pace. Two tenants on two floors can share that day, since the setup stays in one room and each team comes to it in turn.
Interviews with the skyline behind
The window that makes a good executive portrait here also makes a good interview background. A film recorded on the portrait day uses the same room and hands back stills alongside the cut.
What we make for One Kansas City Place teams
A headshot program is usually the first project. It is rarely the only one, and the same photographer handles the rest.
Corporate headshot programs
Whole teams photographed in one or two days, to one standard that holds as people join and leave.
See headshot programsExecutive portraits
Leadership portraits with the weight the business expects, for annual reports, press and the board page.
See executive portraitsBrand films and campaign video
Directed, filmed and edited by one person, from the first scope conversation through final delivery.
See brand film workRecruiting and employer brand
Culture photography and video made in the building people would actually work in, for careers pages and hiring campaigns.
See recruiting workCommercial and facility photography
A marketing team's image library for the year, so the next campaign does not start with a stock search.
See commercial workConference and event coverage
Sessions, keynotes, booths and headshot stations, photographed and filmed in the same visit.
See event coverageHeadshots are often one piece of a larger photo library. The same visit can also cover leadership portraits, recruiting content, workplace photography, video, or event coverage, and when one photographer handles all of it, the library looks like it came from one company.
See how the full engagement worksOne Kansas City Place questions
What teams in this building usually ask first.
Can you photograph in the lobby or on a high floor with the view?
How do you work around building security and loading?
Can two companies in the building share a day?
Can you also photograph our Kansas side office?
Is there a lead time we should plan for?
Other buildings in this district
Your team is in One Kansas City Place?
Tell me the headcount, the floor and the dates. A proposal follows a short conversation, and questions are answered within one business day.