School photography, handled with care
People remember schools through faces and places. A prospectus or a website without recent, natural photography has to work much harder, and often leans on images that could belong to any school. Good school photography is not about a posed line in front of the main entrance. It is about the real life of the school: pupils at work, staff with classes, the grounds, the hall, the library, the welcome at reception.
School Logo can help you plan and deliver photography for prospectuses, websites, signage and social media. We are a certified School Jotter partner, and we think from the start about how the pictures will be cropped for a website header, a printed cover or a square social post, so you are not commissioning a shoot that only works in one format.
A typical brief covers a mixture of documentary-style images during the school day, a smaller set of portraits if you need them, and photographs of the site itself. We will discuss which year groups and activities should be included, and which parts of the school you are most proud of. If you already have a photographer you trust, we can work with them and art-direct against the brand. If you would like us to arrange the shoot, we will talk that through in the consultation.
Safeguarding and consent come first. We will work to your school’s photography policy, only include pupils who have the right permissions, and agree in advance how images will be stored and used. A good shoot should feel calm and respectful, and should not take over the school day.
Once the photographs are selected, we can place them into the prospectus, website graphics or other materials you have asked us to design, and we will supply a clearly labelled set of images for your team. We will not use a child’s photograph in a new context without the permissions you have in place.
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If you are planning a prospectus or a website refresh, it is often worth timing the photography first, so the design has something true to work with. Request a free consultation and tell us what the pictures need to do. We will suggest a practical brief rather than an open-ended day of shooting.