PHOTOGRAPHY TEAM BRIEF

Joint Prayer
Gathering

7th September

Hackney Church, London
CALL TARUN07399 778080

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Hackney Church surrounded by trees with people gathering outside

01 / THE ASSIGNMENT

Make the wide frame first.
Find the feeling.

Everything you need for the night, in one place. Capture the scale, the movement and the moments between. Once you have the landscape, move in for the portrait.

ARRIVAL

6:30pm / Call time

Meet at Front of House at the church. Enter via the side entrance and let the door team know you are with production.

6:00pm / Optional early arrival

Pizza and prayer at Hackney Church House if you are available and want to come earlier.

SHOOTING NOTES

Wear black. Shoot RAW.

Check your time and date are correct. Give us a thoughtful mix throughout: landscape and portrait, wide, close, still and creative.

Landscape first, every time.

THE WINDOW

6:00—10:30

Pizza, prayer, queue, worship, ministry and close.

02 / VISUAL LANGUAGE

Cover the whole
story.

A full room gathered in worship
The church room from a wide angle
A wide view of the gathering
A crowd gathered in the church
The room from the balcony
The full gathering in the room
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Start with the room. Let the people, light and scale tell us where we are.

01

People

Faces, friendships, arrivals and the energy outside. Look for connection, not performance.

02

Speakers

Keep the stage breathing. Wait for a real expression and take the room with them.

03

Worship

Groups, hands, movement and the band as one body. Wide before close.

04

The room

Balcony, architecture, light and scale. The place is part of the story.

03 / THE PLAN

Move through
the night.

SELECTS TARGET25 final selects outside40 pictures culled every hour inside

04 / SHOT LIST

What to shoot,
and how.

Landscape is the priority for the whole night. Once you have the landscape, grab a portrait version of the same moment if you can, without missing the landscape.

01

Outside & wide landscape

People queuing outside from 7pm, smiling faces, group shots, wide landscapes of the room, the balcony, and hands raised. Land the wide shot first, then move in for the portrait.

02

Speaker & stage main priority

Anyone on stage or speaking: always start landscape and let the stage breathe around them. Time the capture for when they are smiling rather than firing continuously. Grab a portrait after, if you can do it without missing the landscape.

03

Worship, groups not individuals

Think band shots and the balcony, where it naturally reads as a group of people rather than one person. Hands raised, wide shots of the room, landscape first.

No faces, no prayer or crying moments

Please avoid close ups of faces in worship, and do not photograph anyone crying or clearly in personal prayer. Those moments stay private, so keep it wide or group focused instead.

04

Creative & movement

Slow shutter and motion blur on someone dancing or worshipping, plus quiet detail shots: an open Bible, a hand resting on a page, a journal. These add texture alongside the straight coverage.

No photos during ministry

Please do not shoot during ministry time. It is a personal, sensitive moment for people and cameras should stay down. Use this window to cull your shots so far and swap SD cards instead.

Keep an eye out for

  • Band shots and wide shots of the balcony as a group
  • Hands raised, wide shots of the room in worship
  • A slow shutter drag during worship

Overall reminder

  • Landscape first, every time, then portrait of the same moment
  • Speakers are the main priority, always landscape, always timed on the smile
  • No faces, no prayer or crying moments, and no shooting during ministry

Visual reference
from the archive.

Use these images as a prompt. Look for the same energy in this room.

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KEEP THE ROOM SAFE

Presence first.

No faces in prayer or crying moments. No photos during ministry time. Cameras down, cards swapped, presence first.

05 / BEFORE YOU GO

Ready to shoot?

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