Gillman & Soame
That password is not right.
Work in progress. Words and photographs are placeholders.
The photographs that get framed and kept: an individual portrait of every student, the groups a year is remembered by, and the milestones in between. Everything below can be arranged, for schools and for universities. If what you have in mind is not listed, our team will find a way to make it possible.
For Schools
For Universities
A natural portrait of every student, lit and composed with care. We photograph from nursery age upward and we capture a genuine variety of smiles and poses, so the portrait that is chosen feels true to that student's own character. A selection of backgrounds is available to suit the school.
Brothers and sisters photographed together, so a family has one portrait of all their students from the same year. A favourite with parents, and simple to order alongside the individual images.
The traditional class or year group, carefully staged and lit so that every face is clear and every student looks their best. We also photograph the smaller groups that make up a school: houses, prefects, choirs, ensembles and clubs.
Not every group photograph needs to be formal. We also take relaxed, characterful pictures: the whole cohort together, friends piled onto a bench, fancy dress and all.
The robed portrait, taken on the day a degree is conferred and delivered while the memory is fresh. We set up our equipment around the ceremony so graduates walk straight from the hall to the camera.
The photograph that marks the start rather than the end. Matriculation portraits and the full matriculation group, taken in the college or in front of a building that means something, and often kept for a lifetime alongside the graduation image.
Families travel a long way to be there, and the portrait of the graduate with the people who got them there is often the one that gets framed. We keep a few minutes aside for each family, on the lawn or by a favourite building.
The groups that fill the years between matriculation and graduation: the boat club at dawn, the drama society, the college teams, the committees and the common rooms. We photograph them formally or informally, whichever suits the group.
The whole college, hall or department in a single photograph, arranged on the steps or in the quad and finished to archival standard. A fixture of the year for many institutions, and a record that grows more valuable with time.
Relaxed, often riotous group photographs for colleges, halls and courses: everyone in costume, piled together, having fun.
This page covers what we are asked for most, but it is not the limit of what we do. If you have an idea for a photograph, however unusual, tell us. Our team will find a way to make it possible.
Speak to our teamEach receives a private link to their own gallery. They view, choose a size and finish, and order online. Prints are delivered to home, to school or to college.
Tell us anyway. Most of what we are proudest of started as an unusual request. Our team will work out how to make it happen.
We can take between 100 to 120 students per photographer, per hour.
Yes we will provide images as part of our service to you complimentary.
Yes, just let us know beforehand an estimate of how many families.
Our photographers will arrive about 40 minutes before the start time.
We can take photographs in 10 minutes per group.
Yes! It’s always dependent on our diary but we will always try to accommodate if we can.
Send us a few details about your school or university and the photographs you are thinking about, and a member of our team will be in touch to talk it through.