STORY | DIEMEN

Team Photos for Moonwatt, Indoors and on the Roof

By Aleksandria Rudenko | Published 28 October 2026

Six team members in cream Moonwatt sweatshirts and jeans standing close in a row, smiling against a dark backdrop

These team photos for Moonwatt started with one portrait of each person and ended on a roof in the January sun. Moonwatt is a young Dutch company that builds battery storage for solar parks. Six of the team took part, first one by one and then all together.

We met at their office in Diemen, just outside Amsterdam. Team portraits like these are a regular part of my photoshoots across the Netherlands: one session, one look for the whole team.

Six Portraits in Black T-Shirts

We began against a warm, light wall, with everyone in a black T-shirt and jeans. Such a simple outfit keeps the attention on the faces, so I could focus on expressions. One after another, they stepped in for a few minutes: arms crossed, hands in pockets, then a close-up with a real smile.

Smiling man with a short beard in a black T-shirt, hands in his pockets, standing against a warm light wall

Man in glasses and a black T-shirt with his arms crossed, smiling calmly against a warm, light backdrop

Close portrait of a man with short fair hair in a black T-shirt, a soft smile against a plain light wall

Close portrait of a man with a trimmed beard looking just past the camera, in a black T-shirt against a light wall

Close portrait of a man with a dark beard and a thin chain, calm and direct against a warm, light backdrop

During portraits like these, I talk the whole time. A question about their work or a silly joke usually does more than any pose.

The Moonwatt Team Together

Next came the group. Two sat on round wooden stools in front and four stood behind them, so every face had its own space.

The Moonwatt team in black T-shirts, four standing and two seated on round wooden stools, against a light wall — The light wall, just before two

Then everyone changed into cream sweatshirts with the Moonwatt name on the chest. We moved to a dark backdrop with two tall plants. That contrast makes the team stand out, and it gives the company a second, bolder look.

Six colleagues in Moonwatt sweatshirts against a dark backdrop, two seated on stools between tall potted plants, a formal team photo

Once the formal frames were done, I asked for something less serious. Within seconds, all six were making finger hearts.

Six colleagues in cream sweatshirts making finger hearts at the camera against a dark backdrop, a playful team photo — Finger hearts against the dark backdrop

Sweatshirts with the Moonwatt Name

In the sweatshirts, everyone got a second portrait, with the name on the chest in view. Against the dark backdrop, the cream fabric seems to glow, so both the faces and the name read clearly. Some laughed out loud and some only smiled with their eyes, and I kept both.

Man laughing out loud in a cream sweatshirt printed with MOONWATT, standing against a dark backdrop in soft light

Bearded man smiling in a cream sweatshirt, a portrait against a dark backdrop that falls softly into shadow at the edges

Man with a short beard and a wide smile in a Moonwatt sweatshirt, a team portrait against a dark backdrop

Team Photos on the Roof

To finish the team photos for Moonwatt, we went up to a green roof with a picnic table. Behind it stood a row of new houses with pointed roofs. The winter sun was low and bright, and it threw long shadows across the grass. First, all six lined up along the edge.

A Moonwatt team photo on a green roof: six in cream sweatshirts lined up in low winter sun, apartment blocks behind

Bearded man in a cream sweatshirt standing on a roof terrace with a picnic table, modern houses with pointed roofs behind

Later, three of them posed again on the roof, side by side and grinning, with the pointed roofs behind them.

Three colleagues in cream sweatshirts grinning side by side on a sunny roof, a row of modern houses with pointed roofs behind

Back inside, the same three ended the session against the dark backdrop, arms around each other. That last frame shows what these team photos for Moonwatt are about: a small team that clearly enjoys working together.

Three team members with their arms around each other in Moonwatt sweatshirts, the last frame against the dark backdrop — The last frame, ten to three

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