Photography Services

The Vendor is required to provide photography services for photographing live sporting events.
- The services will typically include:
• Providing approximately 20 photos immediately for in-game use
• Providing approximately 100 edited photos within 60 minutes of the completion of each event
• Direct and photograph posed head shot sessions of each team member for all agency teams as requested
• Properly tag and title images at the direction of agency in a timely fashion
• Direct and photograph “portrait” photos used for marketing purposes
- Typical events
• Home football game – 8 hours (2 hrs. pre-game, 4 hrs. game, 2 hrs. post-game)
• Home basketball game – 4 hours (1 hr. pre-game, 2 hrs. game, 1 hr. post-game)
• Other home games – 2 to 3 hours
• Away regular season football game – 24 hours (Friday evening departure, Saturday evening return)
• Away post-season events – 1 to 6 days (depends on sport, location, whether initial games are won or lost, etc. Usually 2-3 days)
- Mandatory requirements
• Flexible schedule that allows shooting of numerous live sporting events across a wide variety of different sports. Available to travel with football team to road games and post-season games as well as select road and postseason events for other sports.
• Direct and photograph miscellaneous events such as pep rallies, player appearances, press conferences or other athletic department events. Flexibility to be contacted and available on short notice to photograph any of the above events.
• Contractor must provide their own equipment (pro DSLR or mirrorless camera of at least 24mp resolution and full-frame lens range that includes a minimum of 16mm wide to 600mm telephoto focal length)
• Equipment must be compatible to tie in with kohl center and agency field house lighting system.
• Experience of at least 7 years photographing professional or college sports.
• Knowledge of college athletics, big ten and agency guidelines and procedures.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with natural and artificial lighting, directional shooting, motion and exposure at sporting events, both indoor and outdoor.
• Provide all photos in digital format uploaded to agency or third-party hosting site.
• Ability to edit, organize, store, and tag photos in a searchable database.
• Ability to immediately upload photos for in-game use.
• Provide detailed billing including: event, date, hours.
• Daily rate for away events.