Event photography and video in London: The Next Wave: Reimagining CI for a Changing World
Quick facts
Client: REINVIGORATION / LCS
Event: The Next Wave: Reimagining Continuous Improvement (CI) for a Changing World
Location: Lumiere London Underwood Flagship Venue’s La Galeria, Underwood Lofts, London N1 7JQ
Audience: ~80 attendees
Deliverables: Photo coverage, 2 min highlight reel, 4 x delegate interviews, 2 client testimonials / case studies plus social cut-downs & captions
This project was a full event photography and video package for Reinvigoration’s / LCS’ London event: ‘The Next Wave: Reimagining CI for a Changing World’ The brief wasn’t just ‘turn up and take photos’ - it was to capture the day properly and produce a set of marketing assets that would keep paying off after the room emptied.
The event took place at the fabulous Lumiere London Underwood Flagship Venue - La Galeria, Underwood Lofts in London (6–14 Underwood Street, N1 7JQ).
What Reinvigoration / LCS needed (the real brief)
The deliverables were clear and practical:
Photo coverage of the day: hosts, speakers, delegates, atmosphere
An event highlight reel (plus 4 delegate interviews, edited)
Two client testimonial case study videos (one at the start of the day, one at the end)
Multiple branded variants of the videos for different strands of the business (logos / lower thirds)
Short social cut-downs from the delegate interviews for ongoing content
This is the type of job where photography and video need to work together in one cohesive content package, built for web, social, and future event promotion.
The logistics: making it easy for the client
Because it was a London event and the filming schedule was tight, I travelled up the night before. Cardiff is just under 2 hours on the train, but for an early morning start - my aim was remove travel risk, reduce stress, and arrive fresh enough to be fully set up before the first interviewee walks into the room.
I arrived around 8:30am and immediately started building a small ‘interview corner’ - lighting, microphones, and an interesting background that would cut together well across multiple interviews and that the client was happy with.
Filming the first testimonial: no time for second takes
The first case study interview was filmed at 9:15am with Zoe Hawkes, Head of Continuous Improvement at Computacenter.
This is where event production needs to work smoothly - delegates are arriving, the schedule is moving, and there’s no time for mistakes or endless retakes. The client sat in and led the questions, and my role was to keep the filming calm and efficient - making sure answers were usable, on-message, delivered clearly whilst ensuring we had good lighting and audio.
One small thing that makes a big difference to interviews (and especially those new to camera): I’ll often coach contributors to answer in a way that stands alone (so clips make sense when they’re cut out for social). That means repeating the context naturally in their response rather than relying on the question being heard.
The event day: coverage that tells the story
Once the sessions began, my focus shifted to full event coverage:
Speakers in action (clean, flattering angles)
Audience engagement and interaction
Networking moments (real, not cheesy)
Details that help sell the next event: venue, signage, atmosphere
Then, at the end of the day, we filmed the second testimonial with Laura Barlow, Continuous Improvement Practitioner, University Hospitals North Midlands Trust.
LCS case study library includes success stories and testimonials featuring both Computacenter and University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust, which is exactly why these videos needed to be filmed to a high standard and built for long-term reuse.
Fast turnaround: images the next morning, edits that don’t drag
A key part of the service here was speed.
A shortlist of photos was delivered by the following morning for immediate social use. Then the wider photo edit followed, and video post-production began.
To keep feedback tight and avoid messy email threads, I supplied transcripts (so the client could quickly pick sections) and used Vimeo review tools so comments could be left directly on the timeline - which massively speeds up approvals and revisions.
The point of event content: it keeps working after the day ends
One of the great things about video is that even though the event itself has passed, the content hasn’t.
Reinvigoration are using the videos on their case study pages, and the highlight reel supports the marketing of the next event - exactly how event coverage should work: a set of assets that keep building trust long after the venue is packed away.
Need an event photographer (Cardiff, London and beyond)?
I’m based near Cardiff, but I regularly cover events across the UK - including London - providing event photography, highlight films, and interview/testimonial video as one joined-up content package.
If you’re planning a conference, corporate event, or leadership session and you need content that looks good and works hard for marketing, start here: Event Photographer Cardiff
