Expression of interest: Join the City of Sydney’s photography and videography supplier panel

Attend major events and community celebrations on behalf of the City of Sydney. Capture events large and small, from Christmas concerts to our large-scale lecture series CityTalks.

Essential criteria and experience

You’ll have experience capturing busy events, including crowd shots, images of performers and be skilled at gathering people for group shots. You'll be comfortable handling model releases and may sometimes need to work alongside other photographers. You may work with an assistant to efficiently gather release forms.

Desirable

Experience shooting in low light will be beneficial, particularly capturing fireworks and light shows. Experience as a licenced drone pilot is also beneficial.

Capture the city and its communities for images to be used in editorial and advertising content. Documentary and street photographers will cover a wide range of subjects to show our area, facilities and people in natural settings.

Essential criteria and experience

You’ll have exceptional people skills and the experience and equipment to capture model release forms, interviews and quotes along with portraits and cityscapes.

Desirable

Experience working as a photojournalist or similar would be an asset.

Create professional headshots and creative portraits in a studio or natural setting. This may take place in settings such as advisory panel meetings. Other shoots may require professional lighting and studio set-up.

Essential criteria and experience

You’ll have experience with professional headshots or portrait photography and the ability to make subjects feel comfortable while being photographed. You’ll know how to set up lighting to make any location look attractive and have access to lighting equipment including flashes, softboxes and reflectors.

Desirable

Access to a studio setting in the vicinity of Sydney Town Hall may be beneficial.

Attend Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander events and community celebrations on behalf of the City of Sydney. Create professional photography or videography in a culturally appropriate and sensitive way. 

Essential criteria and experience

Experience working as a photographer or videographer creating images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and events. 

You are an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person. 

You’ll be experienced in capturing footage and editing video packages, including social media content in landscape and vertical video formats, event coverage and interviews.

Essential criteria and experience

You’ll have experience shooting and editing of video in 4K 25 or 50fps. 16:9, 4:5 and 9:16 (vertical) formats.

Experience shooting piece to camera interviews, wide and panoramic video, events with colour and movement. You’ll have exceptional people skills and you never fail to capture model release forms for every subject.

Document official duties of City of Sydney Lord Mayor and councillors. Civic photographers will attend events such as citizenship and flag raising ceremonies, press conferences and community events such as park openings.

Essential criteria and experience

Highly organised, with exceptional communication skills. Your portfolio will showcase your ability to capture events with minimal interference.

Desirable

You’ll have experience working in a political environment and robust knowledge of protocol when dealing with elected representatives. Prior experience working with local or state government is beneficial.

If you’re a photographer or videographer with experience in a category not listed above you believe would be valuable to the City of Sydney, we’d love to know. Tell us your special interest and how it would be valuable for our content creation. Provide examples in your response.