Plus, the announcer is standing in front of a hedge.

I'm not sure why, but every corporate picture I've seen of someone, in this context, is standing in front of a hedge. Seems to be a California thing?

(Where I live, we only have leaves on hedges 6 months of the year)

It's "let's not take your picture inside of the office because everyone hates the inside of offices. let's take your picture outside instead, near the office, but not featuring the office. oh, that tree over there is nice, but darn, the lighting underneath its branches isn't great. hey, that hedge over there reads great in light test and it works with what you're wearing, so, yeah, that'll do just fine."

It was actually outside of my small apartment with bad lighting

The announcer, Matthew McPherrin, is a frequent commenter here (and a stand-up person deeply involved with information security).