Have you tried approaching your local flying school or the company you intend to rent the aircraft from ? Chances are they've been approached to do ariel work in the past and may well know about these things. I would have thought you'd be ok as long as the aircraft has an AoC ticket but don't take my word for it. I believe schools conduct pleasure flights under the auspices of a trial lesson to avoid the need for an AoC.
As you will have a pax on board to take photographs, in my mind it is a public transport flight in the same way as the GFT was conducted as if it were a public transport flight (which is basically the same scenario). I believe the fact that your company will be paying for the cost of the aircraft classifies it as a commercial opperation.