Why me?
I spent eight years in Sales and four in Marketing at one of the world’s leading commercial conference organisers. I take pictures of happy delegates, packed rooms, exciting speakers, prominent…
About me
My wife, who is very clever, says this is missing an About Me section, so here we are... Video production at Uni - learning to edit on 2 and 3…
I always check in with my business associates.
The different roles you may encounter
Operations (Ops, or Experience if they work for Terrapinn) Book the venue, liaise with suppliers, (sometimes they book photographers, but sometimes that's done by Marketing) The best ones are glacially…
Introduction
Hi, so I've spent some time thinking about what sort of content to put on this site and in the end decided to write it as if I'm writing a…
Networking
It's about people meeting people...shots should be stuffed full of people, no single shots, “five people is a juicy opportunity, one person is a waste of ammo.” Sgt Horvath, Saving…
Registration (Redjo)
As people arrive they will make their way to the registration desk, where their badges will be laid out for collection. Attendees usually receive a pile of bumpf (brochure, any…
Into the conference room
Yes, yes yes, you should definitely try and get some video of people entering the conference room, (just like everybody else...) but this bit, when the organisers first let the…
Exhibition
This may be 8/9 stands in the foyer of a conference or it may be an expo over 2 halls with 300 stands, the principles are the same. No empty…
Plenary
The first thing to get, once everyone is sat down, is some BIG wide shots of the room. You can do these as composites Or single shots The important thing…
Confprom, Spexprom and Community
It's important to know how the images we're shooting will be used, so we can understand what they need to contain. Most of the images we shoot are used purely…