Captured By Luke Media covers business and public events across Liverpool and Merseyside, out through the North West and across to the North East: conferences, award ceremonies, product launches, trade shows, gallery openings, festivals, club nights, fight nights, charity balls and live music. Event photography, event filming and social ready content from a single booking, edited fast enough to still matter.
An event happens once. What you do with it afterwards can work for months. A conference, product launch or awards night is a serious investment of budget, time and planning, and without professional coverage most of that value disappears the moment the room empties. Good event photography and videography gives your marketing team content to promote next year before this year has stopped trending, gives sponsors visible proof their investment mattered, and leaves you with a library of genuine brand imagery instead of a folder of phone photos taken between conversations.
Event Videography Showreel
The film at the top of this page is my event videography showreel, filmed at conferences, awards nights, brand launches and live events across Liverpool and the North West. Below it, one night in full: an interview with white collar boxer Tommy Cotton at an Ultimate White Collar Boxing event at the Liverpool Olympia, talking about his mental health and what boxing has given him. It is a good example of what event coverage can be beyond the walkouts and the crowd shots.
Ultimate White Collar Boxing · Liverpool Olympia · one shoot, cut as a full interview film and a vertical short for social
Why It Matters Who Is In The Room
Event coverage is one of the fastest paced environments there is, and every moment counts. Whether that takes multi camera, long lenses or extra crew on the day, I make sure no moments are missed, and I bring backup kit to every event, so if a camera or lens ever gives up, the coverage carries on. I have shot ringside at the Liverpool Olympia, in the dark at Circus, on the floor of Liverpool Cathedral, inside the football stadium in Bolton and across a multi stage tech conference in Manchester, and the nights that work all come down to the same three things. Know the running order before I walk in, read the room fast, and already be in position before the moment happens instead of turning towards it afterwards.
Lighting is never left to chance either. Tell me the venue and the situation and I will work with the light the room gives me, bring my own, or plan it directly with your lighting tech team so the stage looks as good on camera as it does from the seats.
Then it is about the brief as much as the camera. Before the day I will go through the schedule with you, the moments you cannot afford to miss, the people and sponsors who need to be seen, and where all of it is going afterwards: press, social, sponsor reports or next year’s campaign. That is the part that turns a good night into content you can keep using for months.
Event Photography & Videography Services in Liverpool
From a two hour networking evening to a multi day conference, coverage is scoped around your running order and how the content needs to be used afterwards.
Corporate Events
Team building days, company away days, client entertaining, company celebrations, internal comms content and staff imagery you can actually reuse across recruitment and website pages.
Careers Fairs & Recruitment Days
Careers fairs, assessment centres, apprenticeship days and hiring events. Photography and short video that can go straight into job ads and careers pages, and it pairs neatly with recruitment and employer brand video.
Conferences & Speaker Events
Full day and multi day coverage across keynotes, breakout sessions, panels, exhibition floors and networking, with speaker portraits and stage shots delivered as usable assets.
University & Campus Events
Open days, graduations, campus showcases, research events and student union nights. Coverage that works for prospective student marketing, funding reports and the university’s own channels.
Party Conferences & Large City Events
Political and union conferences, membership AGMs and large scale city events. Multi day, multi room, press sensitive and tightly scheduled, with images often needed between sessions rather than after the event.
Networking Events
Fast moving rooms, short windows and a lot of faces, covered naturally and without interrupting conversations or standing people against a wall.
Award Ceremonies
Stage shots, winner presentations, sponsor moments, table coverage and the candid reactions between categories, delivered fast enough for same week announcements.
Event Headshots & Photo Booth Points
A headshot station at your conference, expo or networking event, or a branded photo point at a launch, party or awards night. Guests leave with a photo they will actually use, sponsors get their logo in the frame, and you get a steady stream of shareable images from the day. For whole teams, see corporate and LinkedIn headshots, or every session I offer on my headshots in Liverpool page.
Brand Activations, Trade Shows & Expos
Pop ups, experiential marketing, trade shows, exhibitions and business expos shot to show scale, detail and genuine engagement, with stand and sponsor branding covered properly.
Festivals & Live Music
High pressure, fast paced environments including experience filming at Creamfields Festival and a Tina Turner tribute concert at Liverpool Cathedral. Concert photography, stage and crowd coverage and festival aftermovies, booked by promoters, venues and brands. If you are the artist and you want your own set filmed, that sits under artist and live performance filming.
Fight Nights & Boxing
Ringside photography and video at white collar and amateur boxing nights. Walk ons, the corner, the crowd and the moment the hand goes up, shot in hard light and fast movement for promoters, gyms and the fighters themselves. Fighter interviews and vertical cutdowns filmed on the same night.
Club Nights & DJ Sets
DJ sets, club nights and open airs filmed for promoters, venues and artists. Booth angles, the floor from the front, the room filling up and the drop, delivered as vertical clips and a recap video while people are still talking about the night.
Bottomless Brunches & Venue Content
Bottomless brunches, themed brunch parties and the weekly nights that keep a venue busy. Shot as photography and vertical video so bars, restaurants and event spaces have something to post every week, not only when something big is on.
Comedy Nights & Live Shows
Stand up, comedy clubs, improv nights and tribute shows. Dark rooms, stage lighting and no second take, covered for promoters, venues and the acts themselves, with clips cut for social while the run is still on.
Drag & Cabaret Nights
Drag brunches, cabaret, burlesque and variety nights. Big lighting changes, fast costume changes and a room that wants to see itself online the next morning, so the edit comes back quickly.
Christmas & Staff Parties
Company Christmas parties, staff awards nights and end of year celebrations. Arrivals, the room, the speeches and the dancefloor, shot so the photographs still earn their keep in January on careers pages and next year’s invite. December books up from October.
Halloween, New Year & Seasonal Parties
Halloween nights, New Year’s Eve, bank holiday weekenders and venue takeovers. Promoters need the photos and a recap clip while the night is still being talked about, and the same content sells next year’s tickets.
Charity Balls & Gala Dinners
Charity balls, gala dinners and fundraising events, black tie or otherwise. Sponsor boards, table photographs, the auction and the speeches, turned around quickly so the thank you post and the sponsor report go out while the night is still being talked about.
Sporting Events
Beyond the ring: MMA and gym competitions, running events, grassroots football, race days and club presentation nights. Fast movement and awkward light are the normal case, and results usually need to be out inside the same week for clubs, sponsors and the athletes themselves.
Car Meets & Motor Shows
Car meets, motor shows, bike events and static displays. Detail work on paint, wheels and interiors alongside the arrivals and the crowd, shot so owners, clubs and sponsors all have something to post.
Race Days & Corporate Hospitality
Aintree race days, charity golf days, box hospitality and client entertaining. Relaxed, guest facing coverage where the point is the people you invited and the day they had, back in time for the thank you and next year’s invite.
Food, Drink & Markets
Street food markets, bar and restaurant launches, tasting nights and supper clubs. The room, the plates, the queue and the people, shot as photography and vertical video so a venue has something to post every week rather than only on opening night.
Openings & Launch Nights
Bar, restaurant, gym, salon and store openings. The ribbon, the first night, the room full and the detail shots a new place needs for its website, its socials and the press release.
Fashion, Art & Film Events
Fashion shows, gallery openings, art exhibitions, film premieres and screenings. Rooms where how the night looks matters as much as who turned up, covered for organisers, galleries and brands: the work on the walls or the runway, the guests, the red carpet and the speeches.
Community Events
Community festivals, open days, public celebrations and local events run by councils, charities and community groups across Merseyside. Photography and video showing real people turning up, useful for funding reports, next year’s promotion and every social post in between.
PR Events & Product Launches
Press days, media events and product launches. Press ready imagery delivered fast enough to matter for a same week news cycle or social push, plus short video cutdowns and a promotional edit for the launch campaign.
Behind The Scenes Content
The build, the rehearsal, the backstage moments, extra authentic content captured alongside your main coverage, ideal for social and sponsor storytelling.
Event Photography From Liverpool And Northern Venues
Corporate events, conferences, networking nights and awards evenings, plus bottomless brunches, drag shows, festivals, club nights and live music across Liverpool and the Baltic Triangle, in rooms like Camp and Furnace and the Liverpool Olympia, booked by promoters, venues and brands.
Your Media Needs, All In One
Photos, video, or both. Let me know which when you get in touch for a quote, and whether you want social content as well, vertical, horizontal or both.
Everything comes back on a private gallery link you can stream and share, password protected, with every file there to watch or download.
Branding is covered too. If you want your logo or a sponsor’s watermarked onto the photos and the footage, email it over with what you need and I will build it into the edit.
Usage is simple too. Everything is included: website, social, press, paid ads, internal comms and sponsor reports, with no extra licence fee.
Drone & Aerial Coverage
For outdoor events, large venues and brand activations where an aerial shot tells the story better than a ground level one. Available on request and subject to venue and airspace permissions.
24 or 48 Hour Photo Turnaround
Need the photographs the next morning? A curated photo set can be delivered within 24 or 48 hours, with the highlights edit following within a few days and full galleries shortly after. Tell me your deadline when you get in touch and I will work to it.
Vertical Social Cutdowns
Short vertical edits for Reels, TikTok and LinkedIn are exported alongside the main landscape film so your team can post while the event is still being talked about.
Discreet, Briefed Coverage
I work to your running order and key moment list, stay out of the way of guests and speakers, and know when to be invisible and when to be in front of the stage.
Headshot Booth At Your Event
Give guests a proper profile photo to take away. A lit headshot booth runs alongside the main coverage on the same booking, perfect for conferences, expos and networking events. See how the headshot booth works.
My Event Coverage Process
Consultation
I go through the schedule, the venue, the key moments, the VIPs and sponsors who need coverage, and exactly how the photos and video will be used afterwards.
On The Day Coverage
Photography and video are captured discreetly across speakers, presentations, guests, stands, sponsor branding and the atmosphere of the room, following the agreed running order.
Editing
Footage is cut, colour graded and scored into a highlights film, and the strongest images are edited into a clean, consistent gallery ready for press and social use.
Delivery
Content is delivered through a private gallery link while the event is still fresh, with vertical versions and press sized images included as standard.
How Much Does Event Photography And Videography Cost In Liverpool?
There is no fixed price list. A two hour networking evening covered with photography only and a two day conference with film, a next morning gallery and sponsor content are not the same job, so every event is quoted against what it actually takes. Multi day events are quoted as a day rate.
No caps. No one-size rate.
I don’t limit how many images or videos you get, and I don’t put everyone on the same rate, because no two briefs are the same. You tell me what you need, I quote for that, and you’re never paying for a package built around somebody else. How booking works →
What a typical booking looks like
- Four to six hours of coverage at one venue
- Photography across the speeches, the room and the people who have to be in the shots
- A highlights film of 90 seconds to two minutes
- A set of vertical cuts for Reels, TikTok and Shorts
- The curated photo set back within 24 or 48 hours
Most single day events sit somewhere around this shape. Tell me which parts of it you actually need and you will get a figure against it.
What moves the price
- How long the coverage runs, and how many days
- Photography, video, or both
- How many shooters the day calls for
- How many separate edits come out of it, including vertical versions
- How quickly you need the photos and the film back
- Sponsor branding, logos and watermarked versions
- Travel beyond Merseyside
Turnaround and deadlines
A curated photo set can be back within 24 or 48 hours, with the highlights film following within a few days and the full gallery shortly after. If you are working to a deadline, a press release, a sponsor report, a Monday morning post or next year’s ticket launch, say so when you enquire and the delivery date is agreed before you book rather than after.
Where is it going?
Tell me where the content is going and it gets shot and cut for that from the start. Horizontal for your website and YouTube, vertical for Reels, TikTok and Shorts, press sized stills for media and sponsor reports, and your logo or a sponsor’s added if you need it.
Tell me your event length, guest numbers, venue and whether you need photography, video or both, and you will get a clear, itemised quote with no hidden extras.
Events I Have Covered
Ultimate White Collar Boxing
Live competitive boxing coverage at the Liverpool Olympia. Low light, fast movement and unrepeatable moments, shot ringside for promoter and fighter marketing.
Circus, Liverpool
Content for one of the city’s best known dance music brands. Club night and DJ coverage shot for promoter and artist channels, where the job is reading a dark room fast and coming away with clips that carry the energy of the night.
DTX Manchester, speaker event
Talks, panels, exhibition stands and networking captured for a business audience across a busy multi stage tech event.
Creamfields Festival
Experience filming in a large scale festival environment, working to tight access windows and unpredictable conditions.
Tina Turner tribute concert, Liverpool Cathedral
Live music coverage inside one of Liverpool’s most demanding venues for light and space. The performance film from that night sits on the artist media page.
Business conferences & expos
Full day conference and exhibition coverage across Liverpool and Manchester, including keynote, breakout and stand photography.
Corporate celebrations & launches
Company milestones, client evenings and product launches documented for internal comms, press and social campaigns.
Areas I Cover: Liverpool, Merseyside, Manchester & the North West
Based in Liverpool city centre at 1 Maryland Street, I cover events across Liverpool, Merseyside (Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens), Greater Manchester, Warrington, Bolton and the wider North West, including venues across the Baltic Triangle, the Knowledge Quarter, the waterfront and the city centre hotel and conference circuit. I work regularly in Manchester city centre venues, in Warrington and in Bolton, including the football stadium there, and I have covered events over in the North East too, so distance is rarely the problem. Travel further afield is available for multi day bookings.
Venues I know and cover include ACC Liverpool and Exhibition Centre Liverpool, St George’s Hall, Liverpool Town Hall, the Titanic Hotel, the Royal Liver Building, Hope Street Hotel, the Pullman and the Hilton, Liverpool Cathedral, the Liverpool Olympia, Camp and Furnace, Invisible Wind Factory, Baltic Market, the Arts Club, the Museum of Liverpool, the Walker Art Gallery, FACT, the Bluecoat and the Royal Albert Dock, plus Anfield, Aintree Racecourse, the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton, and Thornton Manor and Hillbark on the Wirral, plus Manchester city centre venues, venues in Warrington and the football stadium in Bolton.
Why Choose Captured By Luke Media
Photography and video from one supplier
One point of contact, one crew briefing, one invoice, and a consistent visual style across your stills and your film.
Hard rooms are normal
Ringside at the Olympia, a dark club floor at Circus, the Cathedral under stage light, the city’s theatres. Dark, loud, fast-moving rooms are where most of the work happens, so a dim conference hall or a schedule that changes on the day doesn’t throw the coverage.
Fast, usable delivery
Photographs in 24 or 48 hours and highlight edits within days, while your event is still being talked about, not three weeks later when the moment has gone.
Discreet and prepared
Briefed on your schedule and key moments in advance, so nothing important gets missed and nothing gets disrupted.
Rated 5.0 from 9 Google reviews. Read them on Google
★★★★★
“Luke is so professional! Really pleased with the videos and photos and delivery time and communication was excellent.”
Kim Millen
Photos & video, Google review
★★★★★
“Luke is very dedicated to his craft and one of the hardest working people I know. His attention to detail and keen eye always shows in the quality of the final product. He is very easy to work with, very reliable and will always ensure the best results.”
Bobby Calloway
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Guides For Event Organisers
Short, practical guides to help you plan your event content, written from the camera side of the room.
How To Brief An Event Photographer And Videographer
The running order, the must have people and moments, where the content is going, plus a checklist you can fill in and send.
How To Get Reels, Photos And A Film From One Event
Plan one shoot that fills Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn and YouTube, with vertical and landscape covered properly.
Questions To Ask Before You Book
Backup kit, turnaround, usage rights, delivery and what a quote should include, whoever you end up booking.
The Conference Photography Shot List
From the empty room to the last award, every shot organisers need, plus what to send your photographer beforehand.
How Much Does An Event Photographer Cost?
What sets the price, how to compare quotes fairly and how I quote event coverage.
Liverpool Event Venues From Behind The Camera
Notes on the Olympia, the Cathedral, Camp and Furnace, FACT and open airs, and what to plan.
Who Owns Event Photos?
Usage rights, photo consent notices and opt out lanyards, in plain English.
Awards Night Photography: The Shot List
Arrivals, winners on stage, the handshake shot and winner portraits.
Same Day Event Photos
Getting images out while the event is still happening, and what to prioritise.
Christmas Party Photography
When to book, what to capture, a photo corner and keeping everyone comfortable.
Event Highlight Videos
How long they should be, what to include and how to use them to sell next year.
Event Photography & Videography Liverpool: Frequently Asked Questions
How much does event photography and videography cost in Liverpool?
Every event is quoted individually rather than from a price list. Shorter evening events are usually quoted by the hour, longer ones as a half or full day, and multi day conferences as a day rate. The price depends on how long you need coverage for, whether you need photography, video or both, how many shooters the day calls for and how fast you need delivery. You will always get a clear, itemised quote before booking.
How far in advance should we book event coverage?
Book at least a few weeks ahead where possible, especially for weekend, awards season and peak summer dates. Short-notice bookings are often possible, so it is always worth asking if your event is close.
Do you provide both photography and video at the same event?
Yes, and most clients book both, with an event photographer and event videographer working from the same brief. Stills cover press, write-ups, sponsor reports and LinkedIn, while video covers the social recap and next year’s promotion. Booking both together keeps the look consistent and costs lower than using two suppliers.
How quickly can we get a highlights video after the event?
Short highlight edits are typically turned around within a few days, with longer edits and full aftermovies following shortly after. Photographs can be delivered within 24 or 48 hours, so tell me your deadline when you get in touch and I will plan the edit around it.
Can you cover multi day events and conferences?
Yes. Coverage ranges from a single two hour session to full multi day conference and exhibition schedules, with day rates available for longer bookings and additional shooters where sessions run in parallel.
Do you offer drone coverage for events?
Drone coverage is available for suitable outdoor venues, large sites and brand activations. Ask when you enquire so venue permissions and airspace restrictions can be confirmed before the day.
Do you travel outside Liverpool?
Yes. Merseyside, Manchester and the wider North West are covered as standard, with travel further afield available on request for multi day bookings.
What do you need from us before the event?
A running order, the venue details and access times, a list of key moments and VIPs, any sponsors who need visible coverage, and a note on how the content will be used afterwards. That briefing is what makes the difference between complete coverage and lucky coverage.
Will you get in the way of guests or speakers?
No. Coverage is deliberately discreet. I work around the schedule rather than interrupting it, avoid blocking sightlines during presentations, and only direct people when a group shot or sponsor photo has been specifically requested.
Can you shoot in dark venues and difficult lighting?
Yes. Awards rooms, theatres, cathedrals, festival stages and boxing events are all low-light environments I work in regularly, using fast lenses and controlled lighting where it is appropriate and unobtrusive.
Do you film dance shows and theatre productions?
Yes, but that is a different job to event coverage and it has its own page. A staged production with a running order (a dance show, theatre production, showcase or comedy night) is covered on the dance and theatre show filming page. Festivals, live music and gigs stay here.
Do we get vertical video for social media?
Yes. Vertical cutdowns for Instagram Reels, TikTok and LinkedIn are exported alongside the main landscape edit, so your team can post without recropping anything.
Can we use the photos and video for press and sponsors?
Yes. Images and video are delivered in high resolution and press-ready sizes for use across your marketing, press releases, sponsor reports, website and social channels, and nothing is watermarked.
Do you cover networking events and smaller sessions?
Yes. Short evening sessions, networking events, panel discussions and internal team days are all regularly covered, usually as a shorter single-session booking.
Do you cover boxing events and fight nights in Liverpool?
Yes. White collar and amateur boxing nights are regular work, including Ultimate White Collar Boxing at the Liverpool Olympia. Ringside stills and video across the walk ons, the corner, the crowd and the result, plus fighter interviews filmed on the night. Promoters usually want photographs for the next event’s marketing and a highlights film, with vertical cutdowns the fighters and their gyms can post themselves.
Do you film club nights, DJ sets and dance music events?
Yes. Club nights, DJ sets and open airs are covered for promoters, venues and artists, including work for Circus in Liverpool and filming at Creamfields. Booth angles, the floor from the front, the room filling up and the drop, cut vertical for promoter and artist socials while the night is still being talked about.
Do you photograph company Christmas parties in Liverpool?
Yes, and December fills up early, so it is worth sorting from October. Arrivals, the room, the speeches, the awards and the dancefloor, delivered as a gallery the whole team can download, with vertical clips for social. Shot so the photographs still work in January on careers pages and on next year’s invite.
Do you cover charity balls and gala dinners?
Yes. Black tie fundraisers, gala dinners and awards evenings are regular work across Liverpool and Merseyside. Sponsor boards, table photographs, the auction, the speeches and the reaction in the room, turned around quickly so the thank you post and the sponsor report go out while the night is still fresh.
Do you cover sporting events other than boxing?
Yes. MMA and gym competitions, running events, grassroots football, race days and club presentation nights. Fast movement and difficult light are the normal case, and results usually need to be out within the same week for clubs, sponsors and the athletes to post themselves.
What does event content creation include?
Everything the event needs to keep working after the night: a curated photo set, a highlight film or event recap video, vertical Reels and TikToks, speaker and sponsor content, and short promotional edits for next year. It is planned from the brief as one job, so the photographer and videographer are shooting towards the same finished pieces rather than working separately.
Do you cover fashion shows, gallery openings and film premieres?
Yes. Fashion shows, art exhibitions, gallery openings, film premieres and screenings are all covered as photography, video or both, along with community events, open days and public celebrations across Liverpool, Wirral, Sefton and St Helens. The brief works the same way as any other event: who needs to be seen, what needs to be shown and where it is going afterwards.
How many photos will we get from our event?
Hundreds. A three-hour evening usually comes back as several hundred edited photographs, and a full conference day as more, covering speakers, guests, sponsors, stands and the room. You get the usable frames, edited and ready to post, not every frame the camera took.
Can you run a headshot station or photo booth point at our event?
Yes. A headshot station at conferences, expos and networking events gives attendees a proper profile photo to take away, and a branded photo point at launches, parties and awards nights gives guests something to queue for and sponsors their logo in every shot. Both run alongside the main event photography and video on the same booking. See how the event headshot booth works.
Can we use the photos and videos in our marketing and paid ads?
Yes. Everything is included as standard: your website, social media, paid ads, press, internal comms and sponsor reports. There is no extra licence fee for running the content as an advert, so you know exactly where you stand before the day.
Do you bring a second shooter?
When the event needs one. Most evenings and single-room events are covered by one person. For multi-room conferences, big awards nights, or when you want photography and film running at the same moment all day, a second shooter comes in and it is written into the quote, so you know before the day.
Looking For Something More Specific?
Dance & Theatre Show Filming
Stage productions with a running order, dance shows, theatre, showcases and comedy nights, filmed and photographed on the same booking.
Business Video Production Liverpool
Brand films, promotional videos and corporate content for companies across Merseyside.
Corporate & LinkedIn Headshots
Consistent, professional headshots for the people who were in the room at your event.
Product Photography & Content Production
Ecommerce imagery and rolling social content for products, packaging and retail brands.
Property Photography & Videography
Listing ready photography and cinematic walkthrough video for agents and landlords.
Business Photography & Videography
The full overview of business media services in Liverpool, in one place.
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Tell me the date, the venue and what the content needs to do afterwards.