Jimmy Patronis' past is informing his future // INFLUENCE Magazine
The Workmans photographed U.S. Rep. Jimmy Patronis at the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. for INFLUENCE Magazine's Fall 2025 congressional profile feature.
Jimmy Patronis' past is informing his future // INFLUENCE Magazine
INFLUENCE Magazine assigned us to photograph U.S. Rep. Jimmy Patronis for a feature in their Fall 2025 issue. The story, written by Jacob Ogles, profiled the Florida congressman, and our assignment took us to the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. for a congressional portrait session.
This was one of several congressional portrait sessions we photographed in Washington for the same issue of INFLUENCE Magazine, and one of the things that keeps that kind of work interesting is that no two sessions at the Capitol are the same. Even though you're in the same building, each member's schedule, office layout, and available time window create a different set of conditions. The craft is in adapting your approach to those variables while maintaining a consistent level of quality across the full set of portraits the magazine needs for the issue.
Photographing at the U.S. Capitol requires coordination with congressional staff well before session day. Access, timing, and location within the building are all discussed and penciled in in advance, but changes can happen at any point, even after you arrive. As a congressional portrait photographer, you learn to build flexibility into your plan so that if a location shifts or a schedule compresses, you still deliver strong images. We worked with our Canon mirrorless system and Canon lenses that gave us the range to work in different areas of the Capitol without needing to swap too much gear between setups.
What makes congressional portrait photography at the Capitol different from our political portrait work at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee is scale. The building is larger, the security protocols are more involved, and the pace of a member's day in Washington leaves even less margin for the session than a typical Tallahassee assignment. But the fundamentals are the same: come prepared, respect the subject's time, find the frames that serve the story, and get out of the way.
As a Washington D.C. photographer serving Florida-based publications, we've built a workflow for Capitol sessions that lets us move efficiently between multiple assignments in the same trip. That efficiency matters for both the publication and for us. D.C. editorial photography is a growing part of our work, and being able to deliver multiple congressional portrait sessions in a single visit is how we serve publications like INFLUENCE Magazine at the level they expect. We bring the same approach to every session regardless of which Capitol we're working in.
This feature was photographed by The Workmans for INFLUENCE Magazine and appeared in the Fall 2025 issue and was written by Jacob Ogles. The Workmans are a husband-and-wife photography team based in Tallahassee, Florida, and we work with publications across the state of Florida, in Washington D.C. and around the United States. You can explore more of our editorial photography in the archive, see more of our work across our website and connect with us on how we can best serve you!
In a fractured congress Jared Moskowitz keeps walking across the aisle // INFLUENCE Magazine
In a fractured congress Jared Moskowitz keeps walking across the aisle // INFLUENCE Magazine
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Continental’s Reach // INFLUENCE Magazine
The Workmans photographed the Continental Strategy team at their Pennsylvania Avenue office in Washington D.C. for INFLUENCE Magazine's Fall 2025 feature on the lobbying firm.
Continental’s Reach // INFLUENCE Magazine
INFLUENCE Magazine assigned us to photograph the Continental Strategy team for a feature in their Fall 2025 issue. The story, written by Jacob Ogles, profiled the lobbying and legal firm, and our assignment took us to their offices on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. for a group portrait session.
Group portrait photography in a professional office setting is a logistical challenge no matter where it happens, but doing it in a D.C. office one block from the White House adds its own layer. You're coordinating schedules for a large team, sometimes working within the physical constraints of an office layout, and making sure everyone reads clearly in the frame. They have a big team, so the session required planning ahead to determine where in the space a group composition would work and how to light it effectively.
As a Washington D.C. photographer working on editorial assignments, we've learned that D.C. office environments vary widely. Some have the open floor plans and conference rooms that give you space to set up; others are tighter and more compartmentalized. Continental Strategy's Pennsylvania Avenue offices have a rooftop space that gave us a professional backdrop that communicated the scale and presence of the firm, which is what the magazine needed for the feature. We used Profoto lighting to manage the group portrait and ensure even, consistent light across a wider frame. When you're photographing a group this size, the lighting has to be positioned to cover the full width of the composition without falling off at the edges or creating uneven shadows across faces.
We worked with our Canon mirrorless system and Canon lenses that gave us the depth of field needed to keep the full group sharp while still maintaining the kind of image quality that holds up across a magazine spread. Group portraits require a different lens selection than individual work; you need to go wider while keeping distortion under control, especially when subjects are positioned at the edges of the frame.
D.C. editorial photography is a growing part of our work. We are based in Tallahassee, but assignments like this take us to Washington regularly to serve publications like INFLUENCE Magazine. The Workmans bring the same approach to every session regardless of location: come prepared, understand the space, respect the subject's time, and deliver images that serve the story the publication is telling.
This feature was photographed by The Workmans for INFLUENCE Magazine and appeared in the Fall 2025 issue and was written by Jacob Ogles. The Workmans are a husband-and-wife photography team based in Tallahassee, Florida, and we work with publications across the state of Florida, in Washington D.C. and around the United States. You can explore more of our editorial photography in the archive, see more of our work across our website and connect with us on how we can best serve you!
The Right Path: Meredith O'Rourke // INFLUENCE Magazine
The Workmans photographed Meredith O'Rourke at the White House Rose Garden and South Lawn in Washington D.C. for INFLUENCE Magazine's Fall 2025 career profile feature.
The Right Path: Meredith O'Rourke // INFLUENCE Magazine
INFLUENCE Magazine assigned us to photograph Meredith O'Rourke for a feature in their Fall 2025 issue. The story, written by Brendan Farrington, was a career profile, and our assignment took us to the White House in Washington, D.C. for a portrait session at the Rose Garden and the South Lawn.
There's no way to overstate what it means to photograph at the White House. It is one of the most secure, most recognizable, and most visually significant locations in the world, and the opportunity to work there for an editorial assignment is rare. Everything about the session is shaped by the setting: the security protocols, the access windows, the coordination with White House staff, and the reality that you are working in a space where every element carries weight. As editorial photographers in Florida, we've worked in a wide range of high-profile locations, but the White House is in a category of its own.
The Rose Garden and the South Lawn are outdoor environments, which means the photography is driven by natural light and the conditions of the day. We still brought our Profoto lights to provide a more controlled environment. We used our Canon mirrorless system and Canon lenses to frame O'Rourke within the iconic landscape of the White House grounds, finding compositions that connected the subject to the setting while keeping the portrait as the focal point.
Photographing on the White House grounds also means working within a compressed time window. Access is scheduled precisely, and there's no flexibility to extend the session or come back for a second pass. You arrive with a plan, you execute it efficiently, and you deliver. That kind of discipline is something we've developed through years of political portrait photography at the Florida Capitol and in Washington, D.C., where working around the schedules of busy public figures is the norm. The White House takes that to another level.
What we value about an assignment like this is that it represents the full arc of our work as a Washington D.C. photographer serving Florida-based publications. The connection between Tallahassee and Washington runs through so much of what we do for INFLUENCE Magazine, and being trusted to photograph at the White House for a Florida publication is something we don't take for granted.
This feature was photographed by The Workmans for INFLUENCE Magazine and appeared in the Fall 2025 issue and was written by Brendan Farrington. The Workmans are a husband-and-wife photography team based in Tallahassee, Florida, and we work with publications across the state of Florida, in Washington D.C. and around the United States. You can explore more of our editorial photography in the archive, see more of our work across our website and connect with us on how we can best serve you!
Inside Florida House // INFLUENCE Magazine
The Workmans photographed the Florida House, the nation's only state embassy, in Washington D.C. for INFLUENCE Magazine's Fall 2025 feature on the historic venue.
Inside Florida House// INFLUENCE Magazine
NFLUENCE Magazine assigned us to photograph the Florida House for a feature in their Fall 2025 issue. The story, written by Brendan Farrington, profiled the only state embassy in the nation, and our assignment took us to the 19th century Victorian townhouse in Washington, D.C., located just behind the U.S. Supreme Court.
Photographing a historic building for a magazine feature requires a different approach than a standard portrait session. The Florida House is both a working venue and a piece of Florida history, and the images needed to capture photographs of both the architecture and the people who make the space what it is. That means balancing interior photography of the rooms, the art, and the furnishings with environmental portraits of the staff and the atmosphere of the building in use.
The Florida House is a Victorian townhouse, which means the rooms are smaller and more detailed than a modern office or event space. As a Washington D.C. photographer on editorial assignments, you learn quickly that historic interiors have their own set of challenges. The rooms have character, but they also have low ceilings, mixed light sources, narrow doorways, and decorative elements that can compete with your subject if you're not careful about framing. We worked with our Canon mirrorless system and selected lenses that let us photograph the tighter interior spaces without distortion while still capturing images of the wider views and architectural details that give the building its identity.
For the portrait work with Director Robert Weissert, we used Profoto lighting to supplement the available light among the shadows from the trees. For indoor and outdoor images of the space, we used natural lighting and available lighting inside the space. Historic spaces often have beautiful natural light, but it can be inconsistent from room to room depending on window placement and the time of day. Because of that, we had to be flexible to work in any part of the building and maintain consistent quality across the full set of images.
One of the details that makes this location special from a photography standpoint is its proximity to the U.S. Capitol. The west-facing view toward the Capitol dome and the Washington Monument is a distinctive feature of the building, and incorporating that into the photography adds a sense of place that connects the Florida House to the broader D.C. landscape.
D.C. editorial photography is a growing part of our work as Florida photographers. We are based in Tallahassee, and the connection between Florida's capital and the nation's capital runs through so much of what we do for publications like INFLUENCE Magazine. The Workmans bring the same preparation and approach to every D.C. assignment that we bring to our work in Tallahassee.
This feature was photographed by The Workmans for INFLUENCE Magazine and appeared in the Fall 2025 issue and was written by Brendan Farrington. The Workmans are a husband-and-wife photography team based in Tallahassee, Florida, and we work with publications across the state of Florida, in Washington D.C. and around the United States. You can explore more of our editorial photography in the archive, see more of our work across our website and connect with us on how we can best serve you!
Welcome to the Members Lounge feat. U.S. Rep. Aaron Bean // INFLUENCE Magazine
Welcome to the Members Lounge feat. U.S. Rep. Aaron Bean // INFLUENCE Magazine
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The Political Aficionado's Guide to Gear Fall 2025 // INFLUENCE Magazine
The Political Aficionado's Guide to Gear Fall 2025 // INFLUENCE Magazine
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