Marketing
Turn event photography and video into strategic marketing assets that work long after the event ends. Explore case studies featuring multi-year brand partnerships, custom stock libraries, headshot activations, and experiential campaigns, along with practical resources for transforming one event into months of multi-channel content. Our featured and latest insights cover AI-powered workflows, short-form video, image licensing, brand storytelling, asset management, and new ways to increase the reach and ROI of your visual content.
Case Studies

Meet Jonsi, our AI-powered assistant for event marketers and in-house marketing teams. Ask questions about photography, video, custom stock, content repurposing, licensing, and event activations—and quickly find ideas and resources to support your campaign goals, strengthen brand consistency, and maximize the value of every event.
Resources for Marketers
Great event media should do more than document the moment—it should fuel your marketing long after the event ends. Our resources help marketing teams plan photography and video around broader campaign goals, repurpose long-form content with AI, build effective multi-channel distribution plans, and establish clear workflows for approvals, asset management, brand governance, and ROI measurement.
Feature Insights
Photo licensing fees – what do they mean?
Photo licensing is often a confusing endeavor when you are hiring a photographer. In the US, the creator of an image is the copyright owner at the moment...
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Environmental Portraits and building custom stock libraries
We’ve been doing more and more environmental portraits as part of the custom stock work we’ve been creating for our clients of late and it’s a lot of...
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Planner Perspective: “I Love Working With You!”
This guest blog comes to us from Lucy Giovando Watts, CMP, CMM and Founder & CEO, Giovando Watts & Company, Inc. We asked her to provide some insight on how vendors...
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Maximizing Social Media Reach with AI-Powered Video Editing
 In today’s digital landscape, short-form video content is king. Platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts have revolutionized content consumption, favoring bite-sized, engaging videos that capture attention...
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The Basics of Setting Up A Live Stream Presentation
With the world moving towards a more virtual, online presence, the capabilities to have an at-home production have come a long way. Live streaming used to be a...
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Drones and events – an interview with drone pilot Eddie Codel
dones and events are a trend that is only gaining traction - we look at some of the ways to use drones and things to consider for your...
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Mary & Evan
Gene photographed Mary and Evan in Sausalito, California on a drizzly but beautiful Saturday in March. Overcast days result in some of the best portraits. “House of Cards”...
Read moreProduct work for Hartmann Studios
We began shooting Hartmann Studio’s product catalog this time last year. For this session we photographed the largest array of items yet, over 80 products in three days....
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We had a big corporate job on alacratz island yesterday and had some fun with our test shots.
Read moreWe Are Fans of All Things Cuddly and Cute
Lulu, Napa, California, 2008 – Photo by Jack Huynh I couldn’t resist posting this shot that Jack recently took for the Napa River Inn.
Read moreAnother Do-ers profile for the Nob Hill Gazette
So we shot another Do-ers Profile for the Nob Hill Gazette and it’s published in the current issue.  As it says in the print version, in the photo...
Read moreEconomic Downturn, what?
So it’s been super busy of late. With all the talk about the economic downturn we’ve started to see some effects such as events being cancelled or pushed...
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