Top Tips for Effective Conference Photography Shots

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Conference Photography Shotlist

The six images I aim to get…

I normally photograph a London conference every week throughout the year and I always feel its a good idea to have a shot list in my mind of what I need to get during the day.

During the speaker(s) stage of the event depending on the layout of the seating area, I try to get a cross range of different images of the speaker and their audience so there are plenty of choices for the organisers to choose from. I try to make sure that I am not intrusive and most importantly not to interrupt the flow of the speaker during his or her discussion so I aim to keep my movements around the room to a minimal. At the beginning of the discussion I start at the back of the room and get a mixture of wide shots plus images of the speaker from the back of the room. After that I move half way up the corridor of the audience seating areas and work on getting a few different angles of the speaker then the last five minutes or so to the end of the presentation I move to the front to get shots of the audience (e.g the audience reactions plus the Q&A).

I am sure all corporate photographers have a different approach to conferences, but I feel personally having a list in my head is a great way to deliver consistently useful pictures that will be widely used throughout the organisers’ company marketing and their social media.