Events
Less guessing on the day
Festivals, workshops, corporate events, crews, traders, performers, audiences, timings, access, power and weather are all familiar territory, so planning starts from reality.
A practical mix of events, photography, software and working things out.
DibsMc Media comes from a working life spent around live events, creative projects, software teams, workshops and real-world problems where the answer needs to be useful, not just impressive on paper.
Experience from both sides of the barrier.
Dibs has been around live events across the UK since the mid-90s: attending festivals as a punter, working around crews, photographing events and seeing first-hand what helps an event feel organised, welcoming and memorable.
That sits alongside more than 15 years in photography, years of practical workshops, commercial event work for major photography retailers, and sessions for colleges, universities and private groups.
There is also seven and a half years inside a close-knit software company, working across the software lifecycle on photo and video editing products, alongside plug-ins for multiple third-party host applications. That experience showed how planning, testing, users, support, communication and delivery all affect whether a product actually works.
That software work included remote collaboration with global teams, from smaller focused groups through to wider teams of hundreds of people, where communication, handovers and delivery discipline really matter.
What that means for you.
You get one joined-up conversation instead of separate agencies, repeated explanations and advice coming from five different directions. The useful bit is the overlap: event reality, camera craft, software thinking, teaching experience and practical judgement brought together.
Photography
Images already aimed at their use
Event coverage, headshots, marketing images and visual storytelling can be planned around websites, apps, press, socials, sponsors and year-on-year promotion.
Software
Digital work explained plainly
Software delivery, testing, support and lifecycle experience means app and web conversations can stay practical, understandable and focused on what people will actually use.
Scale
Comfortable with different teams
Remote collaboration with small groups and global teams of around 500 people helps when a project has handovers, contributors and moving parts to keep aligned.
Delivery
The pace can match the job
Multi-million pound project environments, same-day turnaround pressure and longer six-month projects all shape a realistic sense of pace, priorities and follow-through.
Workshops
Clearer explanations
Years of workshops and one-to-one teaching, including structured sessions for groups of up to 50. Church groups, camera clubs, schools and estate agents are all familiar territory, with practical ideas turned into steps people can understand and act on.
Location work
Better practical judgement
Workshop planning in Scotland, search-and-rescue experience and location work feed into sensible decisions around access, kit, weather, risk and backup plans.
Life experience
A broader working view
Factory work, kitchens, building sites, service engineering, driving jobs, sanctuary work and plenty in between make the advice grounded, practical and human.
Testing what works, then bringing the useful bit to the table.
Dibs spends a lot of time messing around with tech, cameras, workflows, apps, event ideas and practical setups, finding out what works and what does not so clients do not have to.
Spot what matters
I look for the thing underneath the brief: the pressure point, the missing piece, the awkward workflow or the bit people keep working around.
Try the practical route
I am always testing kit, workflows, app ideas, upload processes and event setups, so the advice comes from actually thinking it through.
Match the pace
Some jobs need same-day energy; others need a calmer six-month route. The pace should fit the project, the people and the pressure.
Keep improving the result
The useful findings should keep evolving into smarter workflows, better results and a better experience for the people using them.
Not one narrow background. A useful mix.
That mix means DibsMc Media can simplify the moving parts for you: photography, events, apps, web support, connectivity, workshops and consulting can be shaped as one package instead of a chain of separate conversations.
Useful when
- An event needs photography, internet, uploads or clearer digital support.
- A small business or project needs a practical route rather than a huge agency process.
- An app idea needs someone who understands users, testing, workflows and real-world use.
- A project has lots of moving parts, remote contributors, tight timescales or several teams who need to stay aligned.
- You want honest feedback before spending time and money in the wrong direction.
The Dibs approach
- Talk plainly about what is possible, useful and proportionate.
- Use real photography and real context wherever possible.
- Test tools and ideas before recommending them.
- Keep delivery realistic, whether it is same-day event pressure or a longer project with more people involved.
- Tap into a long-standing Norwich and wider network to connect people with the right specialist for the job.