Digi Leaders Award Ceremony Photography at Aqua Shard

Thank you to Digi Leaders for asking me back to photograph The Digital Leaders 100 Awards Ceremony 2022, at Aqua Shard (near London Bridge).

Corporate awards ceremony photography at The Shard by photographer Josh Caius

Enjoying the view at a corporate awards event at The Shard, London

THE VENUE

Aqua Shard is a fantastic space to hire for a corporate event. Guests can enjoy the views, and staff at the venue are very well set up to work with these kinds of events. I’ve worked at The Shard a lot as an event photographer, and have experienced only positive things from the staff there. The canapés and bowl food have always looked (and when I get a chance, tasted) great. I have also photographed Hutong for a private banking firm, which was really quite special.

An image from corporate photographer Josh Caius' photography portfolio who is based in London.

Award ceremony photography at The Shard

Candid event photography at The Shard London

Speeches photography at The Shard in London

Speeches photography at The Aqua Shard in London

PHOTOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES

The Shard is beautiful of course, but from a photographer’s point of view there are plenty of complexities when shooting there. In the daytime, the glass walls are super bright compared to the light on the people indoors. To work around this, it’s good to use considerate angles and have a fairly deep knowledge of the camera’s dynamic range and post processing capabilities to get the most out of the venue. Also, there is nowhere to bounce flash in the main area where people tend to network, which means that if I’m using flash (which is rare but it does happen at The Shard), it needs to point directly at whatever I’m photographing. I use some extra techniques to make sure this kind of flash does not appear too harsh in the photos, or shock the guests by being too powerful.