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  • Amateur Photographer

    Sound and vision

    Aug 09, 2022 4 minutes

    Claire Gillo

    Based in Devon, former AP staffer Claire Gillo is a photographer specialising in event and business-branding images. See her website at www.clairegillo.com and Instagram: @clairegillophotography

    Event photography requires you to think fast, act to the ambient light and to predict where your subject will end up in the frame. It draws lots of parallels with wildlife photography and your aim is to record the optimum moment and to capture the atmosphere. There are many challenges that come with event photography, such as low light, however if you enjoy people-watching and connecting elements in the scene then you’ll enjoy photographing events too.

    When it comes to shooting an event, less is

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