WHY IT MATTERS
Most of what gets published after a conference comes from the photography.
Hire an event photographer in London and most of what gets published afterwards comes from their pictures: the recap post, the case study, next year’s landing page, the slide that ends up in a board pack. Around four in five companies cut further content out of their events, and all of it needs pictures. If the pictures are thin, all of it is thin.
There is a lazy version of this job that hands you four hundred frames of the backs of people’s heads. That is not what you are paying for, and it is not what I hand over.
Everything I send is edited, not just offloaded: colour, crop, and the frames where everyone has their eyes open. The point is a gallery you can publish from directly, the same week, while people are still talking about the event.
ON THE DAY
Three things I make sure you get.
01
The room as it actually was
Wide shots taken while the room is still full, not after a third of it has drifted off to find the coffee.
02
The people
Speakers mid-sentence rather than mid-blink, and the conversations in the breaks, which is usually where the better pictures are.
03
The details you paid for
Branding, staging, catering, the signage someone spent a fortnight getting right.
HOW THE DAY RUNS
Three steps.
01
Brief
Running order, the must-have shots, who has to be in the pictures. The earlier the better — though I have been briefed in a doorway just before the doors opened, and that worked too.
02
On the day
Ten to fifteen minutes to set up. Flash where it helps the pictures, away during presentations. I keep moving with the room, close to whatever is happening.
03
Afterwards
A Google Drive link, usually within 24 to 48 hours. Download everything, share it, nothing to chase.
PRACTICAL
Things people ask.
The questions that come up on nearly every enquiry.
How many photographs do we get?
Between 100 and 150, edited and curated down from the day. If you would rather have more and pick through them yourself, say so and I will send more.
What does event photography cost?
From £350 for up to four hours — conferences, awards dinners and launches alike — with extra time at £50 an hour. A showreel of the day is £70 on top, and watermarking with your logo is there if you want the gallery on-brand from the first share.
Can you cover a multi-day event?
Yes. What I will not promise is day one’s photographs by breakfast on day two — that means not sleeping, and the edit is worse for it.
Can you do headshots or film on the same day?
Not while I am photographing the event — I would miss things that matter. Corporate headshots work before or after the event, and with the budget for it I bring a second person, so filming or headshots can run alongside the photography.
Do you work outside London?
Yes. Most of my work as an event photographer is in London, but I go where the job is if the fee covers getting there.
You will run the event once. The pictures are what everyone sees afterwards.