Blackpool event photography hits the jackpot

PR experts Havas turn a new menu into a social event, and ask me to head to Blackpool to cover the event photography.

You see, this is why you ask for help from a PR company. Where you might launch your new casino restaurant menu with a degree of fanfare, Havas PR runs a competition where your new members get to put their meals on the menu – then runs a tasting session to find the winners. And all of it is ripe material for new, blogs, social media and more. Clever stuff.

Of course, every post benefits from an accompanying picture. And that’s why I was in Blackpool, at the G Casino on the promenade, to shoot the taste testing. Guests saw their ideas turned into fully fledged meals, and were able to compare them side by side with other entries. They all looked impressive to me, but only the very best would make it to the new menu.

As commissions go, this was something of a dream job for a photographer. Delicious (and highly photogenic) food, happy people, and that unique mood lighting you only get in casinos made for event photography where practically every image could have made it to publication.

I spent the evening capturing the winners, their dishes, a group shot or two and some general atmosphere shots. And having covered everything I needed, I headed home with digital winnings (my shots) safely stored, leaving the guests to enjoy the rest of their night out.

That’s the thing with photographing casinos, it’s always best to quit while you’re ahead.

Talk to me about event photography for your organisation here.

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