School Ball Photography
"Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure. Tony Benn
'School Ball' or 'Prom' Photography is becoming ever popular here in the UK as we catch up with the Americans in the way that young adults leave school. The School Ball or Prom is seen in many ways as a 'right of passage' from school to the wider world. Following this final school gathering many students go their seperate ways to find their way in the world
Having professional photos of everyone you were at school with is something that will be become a treasure as you get older when you look back and think 'I wonder what happened to them'.
So how are we different?
We realise that the old way of photographing at balls was fundamentally flawed. The band get paid, the DJ gets paid, even any outside caterers get paid. The only person working at ball that wasn't getting paid was the Photographer.
So what we ask for a flat fee of £450 for each photographer and we will work all night. Once its all over, we edit all your images to a high professional standard and give you all the hi-resolution images on a DVD. The Ball Committee can either make copies of the DVD and fund raise by selling them or print and sell the images themselves. This way the Ball Committees can re-coup the entire cost of the photography.
We offer pre-ball meetings to ensure we are also well organised and fit into what you want. That's another thing, don't be fooled, we are being paid to work for YOU, so we do it how YOU want. Every Ball is different, and as such our images are also very different.



Gary was one of the three original business owners of one2one who took over the running of one2one photography in the UK in 2005 after twin brothers Pete and Steve May emigrated to Canada and New Zealand respectively. Gary embraced the digital revolution early and moved from a film a digital. The choice between Canon & Nikon was tough but in the end Canon won the race and its been Canon ever since. Gary has been taking photographs for over 23 years and weddings for the last 7 years. Photography is not something that I ever thought I would make a living from and I feel very lucky that I do. When asked what I do, I say that I have a hobby that I get paid for!! How cool is that?
Nic grew up in South Africa and moved to the UK in 2004. He joined one2one in 2009 to help meet the increasing client demands for one2one as it grows here in UK. Nic's professional, artistic & relaxed approach to photography has enabled him to quickly become a professional photographer in his own right.
Russ is a trainee photographer with one2one. Russ is Gary's younger brother and has joined the one2one team to primarily pick up the clients in and around Cardiff where he lives. At the moment he often second shoots at weddings to learn the one2one way of shooting. He recently completed his first wedding on his own and is looking forward to more. Russ has great skills shooting people in all environments and he often shoots for PR Companies in night clubs in the Cardiff area.