When Centro Veterinário de Alverca (CVA) hired me, the job was to update all the staff pictures for their website. You know, that nice professional headshot that everyone should have. But I've met more than a few people who work in animal health and they are a fun bunch, so I suggested making a fun picture to go along with the standard one and — lucky me — the client said yes.

Now all I had to do was get everyone to play along...

I admit I was expecting some resistance because people were in the middle of their work day and not everyone loves having their picture made, let alone having to collaborate with some photographer's crazy idea of a creative portrait. But to my surprise, the large majority welcomed the challenge and together we came up with a photography concept that was a caricature somehow related to their specific role at the clinic.

Of course some cheated and just got a cute pet to pose with them!