Conferences, corporate events & private parties

Yes. Conference coverage is a regular part of my event work — keynote speakers on stage, panel sessions, breakout rooms, sponsor branding, exhibition stands and the delegate conversations that happen between sessions.

Stage photography has its own demands: hard, changing light, a speaker you cannot direct, and a comms team that usually needs the keynote shot the same week rather than the following month. I shoot with that in mind and can turn a selection around fast for press and social.

Alongside the formal programme I cover registration, networking breaks and sponsor activations, so the gallery works for next year's delegate marketing as well as this year's write-up.

Yes. I photograph networking events, client receptions and corporate gatherings across London in a natural, unobtrusive way, focusing on conversations, introductions, reactions and the atmosphere of the room. The rooms I work in range from founder and entrepreneur meet-ups to senior leadership and C-suite networking — executives, CEOs, managing directors and partners — as well as women in business events and industry breakfasts.

Alongside candid interactions, I also capture speakers, key guests, branding, venue details and important moments so you have a complete gallery for PR, social media, internal communications and future event marketing.

Yes, and both halves of that matter. A lot of my work is with female founders and entrepreneurs, and just as much is with female executives, CEOs, managing directors and senior leaders inside established organisations — the audience is the same room at a different stage.

I photograph women in business events, leadership breakfasts, panel discussions, industry summits and C-suite networking receptions across London. The brief is usually the same: candid coverage of the conversations and the panel, plus a handful of polished portraits of the speakers and hosts that they can actually use afterwards on LinkedIn and in press.

Marine Tanguy, CEO of MTArt Agency, is among the leaders I have worked with, and my corporate event clients include Tesco, Netflix, SharkNinja, LEGO, Stripe, Amazon Music, Audible and innocent.

My event photography is natural, unobtrusive and people-focused, so guests can enjoy the event without feeling as though they are constantly being photographed.

I move quietly through the room, looking for genuine expressions, conversations and reactions while also covering the commercial requirements of the brief, including speakers, key guests, branding, installations and important details.

When needed, I step in to direct photographs of VIPs, groups or key people, but much of my approach is about anticipating moments and capturing them as they happen.

The result is a polished, professional gallery that still feels natural, energetic and true to the atmosphere of the event.

A professional event photographer should create a varied gallery that shows the people, atmosphere, branding and key moments of the event rather than producing dozens of versions of the same type of photograph.

Depending on the brief, coverage may include venue photographs, branding and signage, speakers, presentations, audience reactions, networking, key guests, products or installations, sponsor visibility, entertainment, event details and hero images for PR and marketing.

The exact balance should be decided by why the event is taking place and how the photographs will be used afterwards.

Most corporate and commercial events need a mixture of candid and directed photography.

Candid photographs capture genuine reactions, conversations and atmosphere, while directed photographs are useful when speakers, VIPs, teams, award winners or campaign ambassadors need to appear together.

For brand activations in particular, candid photography can show people genuinely interacting with the brand rather than simply posing beside it.

Yes. Event photography can be a valuable source of marketing and PR imagery when it's photographed with those uses in mind.

The photographs can be used for PR and press releases, LinkedIn, social media, websites, internal communications, sponsor reports, advertising, case studies and promotion for future events.

If your marketing team needs vertical images for social media, horizontal website banners or photographs with space for text, tell your photographer before the event so those compositions can be created intentionally.

Delivery time depends on how the photographs will be used, and fast-turnaround selections can be arranged when images are needed quickly for PR, press or social media.

For campaigns requiring immediate coverage, a small edited selection can be delivered first, followed by the complete edited gallery afterwards.

If same-day or rapid delivery is important, agree this before the event so the workflow can be planned in advance.