Tuomas Harjumaaskola
Corporate & Brand Photographer in China
Industrial, commercial and people-focused photography for international companies.
Tuomas Harjumaaskola is a Finnish corporate and industrial photographer based in Xi’an, China. He photographs factories, people at work, products, portraits and architecture for international companies and creative agencies.
This portfolio features exclusively commissioned photography, helping companies tell their stories through marketing campaigns, annual reports, websites and brand communications.
With a lifelong passion for photography and over 25 years specializing in corporate photography and visual communications, Tuomas has completed photo and video assignments in 32 countries across five continents. His direct clients have included Nokia, KONE, UPM and Finnair.
Together with his local team, he plans and carries out photography assignments across China, including productions for overseas clients who cannot attend in person.
Corporate Photography
Behind every business are the people who make things happen. Finnish corporate photographer Tuomas Harjumaaskola captures employees, specialists and teams in their real working environments, from factory floors and laboratories to offices and international business operations.
Looking for corporate photography in China for your company’s website, annual report or marketing materials?
Feel free to get in touch and tell Tuomas about your project.
Detail & Process Photography
The smallest details often reveal the greatest expertise. This collection explores manufacturing processes, quality control, laboratory work and the precision of skilled professionals.
Tuomas creates detail and process photography that helps companies communicate how their products are made and what makes their work special. Have a process, product or technical subject you’d like to bring to life? You’re welcome to ask about the possibilities.
Drone Photography
Sometimes a completely different perspective is exactly what’s needed. Drone photography reveals the scale and surroundings of industrial facilities, factories, infrastructure, architecture and landscapes.
Tuomas offers aerial photography for corporate communications, marketing and commercial projects in China and beyond. Planning a project that might benefit from an aerial perspective? Get in touch to discuss your location, ideas and the practical possibilities.
Product Photography
Every product has its own character, whether it’s a beautifully designed piece of furniture, a consumer product or a specialized industrial component.
Tuomas creates commercial product photography in the studio and on location, paying attention to lighting, materials, textures and the details that matter to potential customers.
Portrait & Lifestyle Photography
People are endlessly interesting, and every photograph tells a different story. This collection brings together portraits, lifestyle photography, candid moments and everyday encounters from commercial assignments and personal photographic projects.
Nature & Landscape Photography
From sweeping landscapes and mountain scenery to the smallest details of plants and insects, nature offers an extraordinary variety of photographic subjects.
This collection brings together Tuomas’s nature, landscape and macro photography, reflecting an interest in light, composition and the natural world.
Looking for environmental imagery, landscape photography or natural subjects for a creative project? Feel free to get in touch and explore the possibilities.
Architectural Photography
Good architectural photography captures more than the appearance of a building. Light, perspective, materials and the relationship between architecture and its surroundings all help tell the story.
Tuomas photographs architecture, commercial properties, distinctive buildings and urban environments in China and internationally. Architects, property developers and businesses planning an architectural photography project are welcome to get in touch, even if the details are still taking shape.
Advertising & Concept Photography
Some ideas are easier to communicate through photographs than through words. Advertising and concept photography turns abstract themes, products and creative ideas into images that connect with an audience.
With experience in both photography and creative direction, Tuomas brings visual storytelling to commercial assignments, advertising campaigns and corporate publications.
Retail & Interior Photography
Retail environments bring together architecture, interior design, products, people and brand identity. Photography can reveal how these elements work together and what makes a particular space distinctive.
Tuomas photographs retail stores, showrooms, commercial interiors and customer experiences for international businesses and brands.
Planning to photograph a store, showroom or commercial space in China or elsewhere? Feel free to share your plans and ask what’s possible.
Industrial Photography
Industrial photography is about showing what companies actually do, often in environments that are difficult to capture without careful planning and an understanding of the subject.
With extensive international corporate photography experience, Tuomas photographs factories, manufacturing facilities, machinery, production lines and industrial infrastructure.
Looking for an experienced industrial photographer in China? Whether your project involves a single production facility or several locations, you’re welcome to get in touch and discuss your requirements.
Event Photography
The most memorable moments at an event are often the ones nobody planned. Corporate event photography captures the atmosphere, people, achievements and spontaneous interactions that make each occasion unique.
Tuomas photographs corporate events, business gatherings, celebrations and special occasions, creating images suitable for company communications, websites and social media.
Have an upcoming event that deserves to be documented? Get in touch with the location, date and a little information about the occasion.
Where can I find an English-speaking corporate photographer in China?
Tuomas Harjumaaskola is a Finnish corporate photographer and videographer based in Xi’an, China. He works with international companies, creative agencies and marketing teams on assignments throughout China and worldwide.
Xi’an is famous for its Terracotta Army and long history as an ancient Chinese capital, but it is also a major modern metropolis with excellent transport connections. China’s high-speed rail network and domestic flights make it practical to undertake assignments in other cities. Tuomas also has convenient access to destinations across Asia.
How can I organize a professional photoshoot in China without traveling there myself?
Remote photography production is a familiar part of Tuomas’s work. International clients can plan assignments from their own offices, sharing creative briefs, brand guidelines, reference images and instructions before production begins.
Tuomas and his team combine extensive international corporate photography experience with local Chinese communication and production support. When appropriate, clients can receive preview images during a multi-day shoot, allowing them to provide feedback while photography is still underway.
How do I arrange professional factory photography in China?
Factory and industrial photography are among Tuomas’s principal specializations. His portfolio includes manufacturing facilities, production lines, machinery, laboratories, quality control and employees at work.
The process starts by establishing the company’s communication objectives, identifying the subjects to photograph and planning access to the relevant facilities. Experience with international corporations helps Tuomas translate technical manufacturing processes into photographs that communicate clearly to customers, investors and other audiences.
What types of corporate and commercial photography are available?
Tuomas provides corporate, industrial, brand, commercial and lifestyle photography. His experience includes manufacturing environments, executive portraits, employees at work, products, architecture, corporate events and editorial assignments.
His earlier work also includes travel and street photography. This experience is particularly relevant when companies want authentic people, environments and everyday situations rather than conventional advertising imagery.
Photographs can be created for websites, annual reports, recruitment, marketing campaigns and corporate communications.
Can one photographer maintain a consistent visual style across multiple countries?
Yes. Tuomas has completed photography and video assignments in 32 countries across five continents, including international projects involving extensive travel.
For companies developing a global image library or running an international campaign, working with the same photographer can help maintain consistency across different locations.
Tuomas has undertaken assignments involving several countries during a single extended production trip, including a five-week journey around the world.
Do I need to hire an entire photography crew in China?
Not necessarily. Tuomas and Miao Liu form an experienced Finnish-Chinese production duo, combining photography, video production, creative planning, organization and local communication.
Their complementary skills allow them to handle many assignments with a much smaller team than a conventional agency production might require.
When a project needs additional resources, they can assemble a larger team through their professional network, including additional photographers, videographers and other production specialists.
Can I get help with cultural differences when organizing a photoshoot in China?
Yes. Beyond photography and video production, Tuomas and Miao offer practical guidance for international companies working in China.
Understanding differences in communication, working practices and expectations can help prevent misunderstandings that might otherwise delay production or require expensive reshoots.
Their combined Finnish and Chinese backgrounds allow them to approach assignments from both international and local perspectives. Cultural and production consulting can also be arranged independently of photography or video services.
Can a photoshoot in China follow our company's global brand guidelines?
Absolutely. Tuomas has extensive experience working with international marketing and communications teams, creative briefs, moodboards, brand guidelines and corporate approval procedures.
The most useful starting point is understanding what the photographs need to communicate and where they will appear. Reference images and examples of the desired style are welcome.
Knowing the intended layout, image proportions or placement within a publication can be especially valuable. It allows the photography to be planned around the actual needs of the finished material.
Can you photograph our real employees instead of using professional models?
Yes. Photographing real people in their actual working environments is central to Tuomas’s corporate photography.
Many companies prefer authentic photographs of their own employees, facilities and daily operations. These images can communicate a company’s expertise, working culture and values in a relatable way.
Depending on the assignment, photography may combine naturally occurring activities with carefully directed situations. Professional models and more elaborate advertising productions can be considered when the project requires a different approach.
Can a photographer in China handle urgent or last-minute assignments?
Depending on availability and the requirements of the assignment, urgent productions may be possible.
Tuomas is accustomed to advance planning and the structured production processes used by major corporations, but he can also respond quickly when circumstances require it.
On one occasion, an unexpected assignment took him from the dinner table at 4 p.m. to a flight departing at 7 p.m., complete with his camera equipment.
If your project is urgent, provide the location, deadline and essential requirements immediately so that the practical possibilities can be assessed.
What information should I provide when requesting a corporate photography quotation?
A useful enquiry explains what your company needs to communicate, what should be photographed, where the assignment will take place and when the material is required.
Information about the intended use of the photographs, approximate number of finished images, preferred visual style and available budget is particularly helpful.
A complete creative brief is not essential. However, knowing what you want to achieve makes it much easier to develop a suitable production plan than knowing only what you want to avoid.
How much does corporate or industrial photography in China cost?
Photography is generally quoted according to the requirements of each assignment. Factors include the number of shooting days, locations, travel, production resources, image requirements, post-production and intended usage.
China’s extensive transport network often makes travel between major cities relatively straightforward, although actual travel expenses depend on the project.
Sharing an approximate budget is useful, even during preliminary discussions. It allows Tuomas to suggest an approach appropriate to your objectives and available resources.
Do commercial photography services include professional photo editing and retouching?
Professional image editing and retouching are available, with the approach determined by the client’s requirements.
Some assignments require only careful image selection, color correction and relatively light retouching. Others involve extensive post-production, specialized image manipulation or the expertise of additional retouching professionals.
Tuomas works regularly with experienced post-production specialists. The project objectives, intended use and budget determine which approach is appropriate.
How quickly can I receive photographs from a multi-day corporate photoshoot?
Delivery arrangements depend on the assignment, the quantity of material and the required post-production.
For international projects, Tuomas can arrange to provide preview photographs during production. For example, a European client may receive images at the end of each shooting day during a week-long assignment, allowing the marketing team to review progress and influence the remaining schedule.
Final delivery requirements, deadlines and editing arrangements are agreed in advance.
Can finished photographs be delivered directly to our company's digital asset management system?
Yes. Tuomas has worked with corporate clients’ image and media libraries and can deliver finished photographs directly into an agreed digital asset management system when suitable access is provided.
This can save considerable time for marketing and communications teams that would otherwise need to download, organize and upload the material themselves.
Delivery methods, file formats, image naming and other technical requirements can be included in the project planning.
What commercial usage rights will our company receive?
Commercial image usage rights are agreed before production according to the client’s requirements.
The agreement can take into account the intended uses, relevant media, geographical coverage and duration of the required rights.
Providing this information during the initial enquiry helps ensure that the photography proposal and usage arrangements correspond to your company’s actual needs.
Can we receive the original RAW photographs or unedited footage?
Original files are not normally part of a standard photography delivery, but specific requirements can be discussed and agreed before production.
Tuomas and his post-production team can handle professional image processing and deliver finished material in the formats required by the client. They can also work directly with corporate image libraries, avoiding unnecessary administrative work for the client’s marketing team.
If original RAW photographs or unedited video footage are required for an internal production workflow, mention this when requesting a quotation.
Can you arrange professional drone photography and filming in China?
Drone photography and aerial filming can be arranged where the location and applicable restrictions permit.
China has areas where drone operations are possible and others where flying, or even bringing drone equipment into a particular location, may be restricted.
Tuomas also has access to a network of professional Chinese drone pilots whose services he has used successfully. The appropriate arrangements depend on the shooting location and the project’s requirements.
Where is Tuomas Harjumaaskola based?
Tuomas Harjumaaskola is a Finnish professional photographer and videographer based in Xi’an, China. He works with international companies, marketing teams and creative agencies on photography and video assignments in China and internationally.
His location offers access to major Chinese business and manufacturing centres, while his international experience helps him work with clients whose project teams are based elsewhere.
Can photography and video production be combined into one assignment?
Yes. Combining photography and video production can simplify an assignment, particularly when an international company needs several types of content from the same location.
Tuomas works in both disciplines, and additional photographers or videographers can be brought in through his professional network when the schedule or production requirements call for simultaneous work.
The production plan can be designed around the client’s intended use of the photographs and videos, rather than treating them as entirely separate projects.
Where can I find corporate video production services in China?
Tuomas and his team provide corporate video production for international companies, including company presentations, interviews, industrial productions, documentary-style films and marketing content.
Their services cover creative planning, filming, editing and post-production. Depending on the assignment, Tuomas can work independently, together with Miao or with an expanded production team.
Video production examples and further information are available at chinapro.video
Can I hire a video editor for footage that has already been filmed?
Yes. Tuomas provides video editing and post-production services for both newly filmed material and footage supplied by clients or other production teams.
Services can include editing, storytelling, subtitles, localization and creating shorter content for websites and social media.
Alternatively, Tuomas can produce and deliver organized footage with the required subtitles and supporting materials for a client’s own editing team to finish.
How can I produce videos with Chinese and English subtitles for an international audience?
Tuomas and Miao provide Chinese-language production support and have experience creating multilingual video content for international clients.
Projects can involve several subtitle languages, including workflows that use three separate language versions. This can allow an overseas editor who does not understand Chinese to work confidently with the material, using additional subtitle languages during editing and removing unnecessary versions from the finished video.
Translation, subtitle formatting and final localization requirements should be established during project planning.
Can one provider handle our WordPress website, photography and video content?
Yes. In addition to his photography and video production background, Tuomas designs, develops and maintains WordPress websites, primarily using WordPress and Elementor.
His experience includes website architecture, content planning, copywriting, photography, video production, graphic design and custom website functionality.
For companies that need both a website and original visual content, combining these services can create a more consistent result while reducing the number of separate suppliers involved.
Can you help plan a business website if we don't know exactly what we need?
Yes. A website project does not have to begin with a complete specification.
Tuomas often starts by asking clients to share their existing material, including company presentations, photographs, marketing documents and other relevant information.
Following a discussion about the company’s objectives, audience and needs, he can develop an initial website concept and content structure. Clients can then review, refine and simplify a concrete proposal rather than having to develop the entire concept themselves.
Custom functionality is also available when standard WordPress or Elementor features do not meet the project’s requirements.
Can you help with WordPress hosting, SEO, maintenance and business email?
Yes. Tuomas provides website development and maintenance alongside technical services such as domain management, DNS, hosting coordination, Google Workspace, email migration, Google Business Profile and website analytics.
His clients’ websites are generally hosted in European data centres, although hosting arrangements in mainland China and other locations are possible according to project requirements.
A straightforward website can sometimes be technically launched very quickly when the necessary material is ready. Developing a company’s long-term digital presence, however, involves considerably more than publishing a website. Content, search visibility, analytics and connections with other marketing channels all deserve careful planning.
Got a project in mind? Let’s talk.
Big plans, small questions, or an idea that’s still taking shape — a conversation is always a good place to start.
No perfect brief required.
Whether it’s photography in China, video production or a new website, Tuomas welcomes genuine enquiries without any obligation.
A little information goes a long way: what you’re planning, where and when, what you’d like to achieve and, if possible, your approximate budget. You don’t need all the answers. Just give Tuomas something to start with.
The practical stuff? No surprises.
Every project is different. Booking arrangements, payment terms, deliverables and revisions are therefore agreed individually, before work begins.
Tuomas values long-term working relationships, clear expectations and straightforward communication. The aim is to find an arrangement that works for everyone.
Ready when you are.
Initial enquiries are welcome. No obligation.