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Event Photography in Leicester: What Good Coverage Actually Looks Like
Event Photography in Leicester: What Good Coverage Actually Looks Like On the 1st of February I was at the Athena in Leicester covering Nashville At Heart, a modern country music show that filled the venue across a two and a half hour set. Multiple performers, a full band, a crowd that came dressed for it, and the kind of mixed stage lighting that makes a photographer's life genuinely interesting. It is a useful event to write about because it covers most of what event photog

Rich Chaplain
Mar 114 min read


What Aerial Photography Can Do For Your Project (And How To Get The Most From It)
What Aerial Photography Can Do For Your Project (And How To Get The Most From It) There is a moment when you pull back to altitude and the thing you have been photographing on the ground suddenly makes sense in a completely different way. A building that looked unremarkable from the street sits inside a landscape that tells a different story. A site that would take ten minutes to walk across is legible in a single frame. A coastline reveals a shape you could not have guessed

Rich Chaplain
Feb 284 min read


Shooting the CP Football World Finals at Loughborough University
Shooting the CP Football World Finals at Loughborough University Last August I spent finals day at Loughborough University covering an international CP football tournament. The tournament had been running for ten days. I was there for the end of it, two full games: Germany against Netherlands in the men's third and fourth place playoff, and USA against Australia in the women's final. Athletes from four countries competing at the top level of their sport, on a pitch in the Eas

Rich Chaplain
Jan 234 min read


What You Actually Get When You Book a Documentary Photographer
Most people think they are booking photographs. That makes sense. You reach out to a photographer because you need images. An event. A space. A product. People doing things that matter to your business or organisation. But the part that often gets overlooked is that you are not really booking photos. You are booking how someone shows up, how they move through a space, and how they see moments while everything else is unfolding. That difference matters more than most people re

Rich Chaplain
Dec 17, 20254 min read


The Power of Long-Form Photography: Why Documentary Photography Matters for Your Brand and Story
Discover how long form photography and documentary storytelling bring authentic, lasting impact to your brand’s visual identity.

Rich Chaplain
Nov 4, 20257 min read
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