We shoot corporate events, conferences and parties across the Gold Coast, and this is what one of them actually looks like. Five hours of coverage at The Island in Surfers Paradise, 239 photos delivered through an online gallery, and a client who wanted their Christmas party to look like people enjoyed it rather than posed for it.
The venue
The Island sits in the middle of Surfers Paradise, with a rooftop entertainment space and a penthouse-level bar on level 12. There are several spaces available depending on the size of your event.
Our client hired the penthouse level for a Hawaiian-themed Christmas party and asked guests to dress accordingly, which most of them took seriously. The room itself is a photographer's friend: white walls, gold shelving behind the bar, and enough hard surfaces to bounce flash off rather than pointing it straight at people.
That matters more than it sounds. Bounced light is the difference between event photos that look like a night out and event photos that look like a passport queue.
What five hours of coverage actually covers
For a party like this one it means arriving before guests do, photographing the room while it is still styled and empty, then working through arrivals, the speeches, the group shots people ask for on the night, and the part of the evening where the dance floor fills up.
We walk the run sheet with your event manager when we arrive, so the formal moments are known in advance rather than guessed at. After that we stay out of the way.
What you get back
Edited galleries are delivered in 3 to 5 business days as standard, with express options on request if you need images while the event is still news.
Photos arrive through a private, password protected online gallery, downloadable in the sizes you need. This job came back as 239 images.
We carry $20 million public liability insurance and can provide a certificate of currency, which most Gold Coast venues and convention centres ask for before they will let a photographer work on site. Only the cowboys that don't know what they're doing don't have it.
Booking
Tell us the venue, the date and roughly how long you need covered, and we will send back a price and a running order.
See everything we cover on the coast on our Gold Coast event photography page, or get a quote.
