Event Photography.

My friend works for an insurance company in my home town and on the 11th January I went along to an awards evening and party they were holding to celebrate the new year. This was my first photography 'job' so to speak so I was understandably rather nervous. I wanted to be able to provide the company with professional images that reminded then of the great night they had.

I arrived an hour early to check out the venue take some test shots. The venue was rather dark with only minimal lighting which was a bit of a challenge. My friend required images of the venue set up ready as she had organised the event and wanted some shots for her portfolio.

The guests then arrived for their meal so had to wait about an hour before the main award ceremony started. I was photographing for a total of about 2 1/2 hours capturing the awards being announced and then the party after. Photos were posed for and people often asked for group shots, but I was also taking candid style images when the guests were relaxed and having a good time.

If I was to shoot an event again I hope that I would feel more confident in approaching people to take their photo and I would also like to have taken a larger number of images. I feel that I was quite restrained.

 

 

 

 

 

Here are a couple of the venue photos, I feel that I cannot upload images of the guests out of privacy.