Government, Councils & NGOs
Real people, real places, on the record.
Prior to photography, our founder spent eight years in public health, delivering messages to the public. Now we photograph for the teams who still have to deliver them: South Australian government, councils and community organisations.
AI can make a picture.
It can’t make it true.
When a council or a charity publishes an image, residents and donors assume it’s real. It has to be.
Generated images are already costing public bodies trust. When an English council used an AI image in a campaign, residents said they would rather have seen real photographs of their own town. Research into charity campaigns found AI images pulled the conversation away from the cause itself.
We photograph the actual mayor, the CEO or the minister at the actual opening, the real staff and the real community. Every image is one you can stand behind if a councillor, a journalist or a donor asks.
Who we’ve
photographed for.
- Department for Education
- Department for Transport & Infrastructure
- SA Skills Commission
- SA Health
- City of Campbelltown
- City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters
- City of Holdfast Bay
- City of Port Adelaide Enfield
- OzHarvest
- Heart Foundation Australia
- Philanthropy Australia
Easy to brief. Safe to publish.
Everything a communications or procurement team needs to check, handled before you have to ask.
Consent, managed
Capacity to manage releases for portraits and campaigns, notices and opt-outs at events, and parent or guardian consent wherever children appear.
Child safe
A current Working with Children Check and police clearance, plus child safe environments training.
Accessible by default
Every image delivered with checked alt text and a caption, ready for websites with accessibility obligations.
Insured and registered
Public liability to $20 million, professional indemnity to $5 million, and an ABN on every quote.
Scales with you
From one photographer to a full team with on-site editors for multi-day conferences.
From one launch
to a year of work.
Events and launches
Openings, announcements, conferences and community festivals, including events with the Premier, the Governor and ministers.
Programs and campaigns
Real staff, residents and services, photographed for campaigns, annual reports and websites.
Impact stories
For NGOs and charities: the people your work supports, photographed with dignity and signed consent. Audio and short video on request.
Questions
we often get.
Can you work to our brand and style guidelines?
Yes. Send them with your brief and we’ll shoot and deliver to them, including file naming, formats and caption style.
Can you provide what our procurement team needs?
Yes. We provide itemised written quotes, certificates of currency for our insurance and our ABN, and we’re happy to complete supplier forms.
What about people who don’t want to be photographed?
We can agree on an opt-out method with you before the event, such as a coloured lanyard or sticker, and brief every photographer on it. Anyone who opts out is left out of the delivered images.
Who owns the photographs?
Copyright stays with Capture the Present and your organisation receives a licence to use the images. If you need to share them with partners or other agencies, ask us about an extended licence.
Show your community
what’s real.
Tell us about the event, program or story you need to share.