Our year in review

We can’t believe it’s the end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022! It feels like yesterday that BFI Media was started to provide schools, MATs and education businesses with promotional photography and videography solutions at affordable prices.

In comparison to 2020, this year has felt like school life has returned to some sort of normality; as we have been fully booked most months for school promotional shoots. We have taken a moment to reflect on this strange but amazing year.

Our environmental cause

You will have seen from our previous blogs, that earlier this year we partnered with Ecologi to help offset our carbon emissions. As you can see from the infographic, we drive a lot of miles but we want to be as responsible as possible. Therefore, for every school that books with us, we donate £5 which plants 25 trees in their name. See our progress so far!

Growing the BFI Media Team

2021 has signalled a great growth phase for us which is really exciting for any small business. We have always aspired to grow from a single photographer to a team of talented individuals which we are now well on our way to becoming.

We have created some really exciting partnerships with education agencies this year. Which has enabled us to invest in roles such as an in house editor, and 3 additional regional photographers.

As well as expanding the team, our head photographer and videographer, Luke, has gained his drone license which means all our videographers are qualified drone pilots.

Looking ahead for 2022

We are always on the look out to work with more agencies and education companies which we will continue to push in 2022. We will also be setting up training sessions for our team to ensure that we deliver a consistent and high quality service.

The biggest thing we look forward to every year is working with our amazing customers!

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Don't just take our word for it!

We have a long history of providing high quality and reliable services. Our experience of different contexts with different challenges puts us ahead of the game.

We wanted to put together a set of films capturing our colleagues discussing best practice in teaching and leadership. Luke was great in thinking through what would be best for our requirements and then crucially putting colleagues at ease so they could present their stories. I would recommend Luke highly.

Luke came to our school to capture images of our school and pupils in action. I was delighted with the outcome that showed our children in action, working, learning, playing and having fun. Luke's professional approach ensured that we all felt at ease and were able to be ourselves. Brilliant pictures that speak volumes.

Luke is an excellent photographer. He is very skilled technically and has a good eye for composition. He has a passion for his craft and is always pushing himself to produce images with creative impact. Luke is very friendly and gets on well with clients and colleagues. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him.

We recently hired Luke to work on a photoshoot with us to get a collection of education photographs, after he was highly recommended on LinkedIn, and the results are fantastic. Luke was incredibly friendly and professional and a joy to work with. He made the models feel really relaxed instantly and really understood our brief. He was happy to listen to my suggestions and added his own ideas into the mix, resulting in a great selection of photos for us to now use in our brochures, on our websites and across social media. We will definitely be working with Luke again!

Luke was commissioned to take photographs for our new Trust website. I had the pleasure of accompanying Luke around our schools over three days and was impressed by his professionalism and eye for detail. Luke was equipped with a vast knowledge of school life and experience which enabled the shoot to go smoothly and with minimal disruption to teaching. The resulting photographs are amazing and really bring the website to life - in fact there are so many great ones it has been really difficult to choose. Highly recommended!

Luke has recently become one of our recommended freelancers for our school photography days. The photos I have received are beautiful and capture life at school perfectly. His work is delivered exceptionally quickly. Luke has also been willing to share his knowledge and experience with me and made recommendations to help me improve the way we deliver our photos to our clients. It is clear that he has the customer in mind at all times and goes above and beyond to make sure he delivers exactly what they want and need.