Underwater Portrait Photography
We are the UK’s leading underwater portrait specialists. We a capable of covering academic schools who have there own pools on site or who rent a third party pool as well as dedicated swimming clubs, competitions and swim teaching facilities.
This incredibly popular form of portraiture gives you the opportunity to really show just how much fun your students are having above and below the water! Our stunning vibrant images really create that wow factor for your marketing material and parents absolutely love them!
We offer two different ways to capture the students of your swimming lessons all aimed to fit around the days timetable and the size of your school. We also have two separate ways of viewing and purchasing the images depending on the type of establishment you are.
In Lesson Underwater Portraits
Our most popular method of capturing your swimmers is to operate a ‘capture-all’ process during lesson time. This requires the parent to make no appointment beforehand and everyone who is present in each lesson will be captured during lesson time. Our photographers can work extremely quickly, typically covering underwater and above water shots of a class of 8 children in less than 10 minutes. This allows the instructor a large section of time to conduct the class as usual.
Appointment Based Capturing
We also offer appointment based capturing which is typically organised on a specific ‘event’ day(s) organised by the swim school. Parents are then encouraged to book an appointment in the weeks leading up to the photographers visit separated in 15 minute slots. A small non-refundable deposit is requested to secure a booking slot at the time of booking. A minimum amount of bookings are required in order to secure the photographic day to ensure all costs are covered. We offer the chance of the photo shoot conducted on a blue underwater background rig when choosing this option.
Editing, Retouching & Colour Correction.
After every shoot all images are passed to our expertly trained team of digital artists who colour correct and retouch every image by hand to ensure the quality of each and every image is as close to perfection as possible. All images are then either organised for the on-site printing day(s) or organised and printed into proof sheets and dispatched back to the swim school for distribution to the parents. This process typically takes approximately one week. We always book all swim schools who have chosen to opt for the on-site printing and purchasing method in two consecutive weeks. The first week is for capturing and the following week for on-site printing and selling.
Proof Pack/On-site Printing and Ordering
On-site Printing & Purchasing – The following week after capturing the images our team will arrive back to the swim school to setup our viewing, purchasing and printing stations. We can deploy up to five stations to keep customer waiting times to an absolute minimum. Each station in managed by one of our friendly and helpful staff members who help to guide each customer into choosing a suitable print package for their needs. Payment is taken at the time of ordering via cash, debit or credit card and print packages are printed in seconds and are ready for each customer to take away within seconds. We also produce all digital orders on USB sticks on site and are ready to take away the same day.
Proof Pack Purchasing System – For swimming pool sites that are rented, space limited or are part of an academic school, we offer a traditional proof pack system for parents to view the images captured. The proof packs are delivered to the swim school the following week after the capturing week and can be distributed to parents by the swim school staff. Parents are then able to select the package they wish at home and return the order form and payment to the school by the specified collection date. The orders are then collected by Pja Photography, processed and orders are returned back to the swim school within approximately 10 working days to be handed out to the parents.
Image quality is dependent upon water clarity. We work closely with each school to ensure water quality is optimal for capturing week.