Photographer

The Photographer documents real production work without interrupting it. You will move between warehouse preparation, dispatch, venue setup, soundcheck, performance and recovery, creating accurate visual evidence of how The Backline Company works. The role requires strong low-light event photography, calm judgement around artists and crews, disciplined file handling, and careful attention to permissions, credits and factual captions.

Responsibilities

• Photograph warehouse preparation, equipment inspection, packing and dispatch
• Document venue load-ins, stage builds, soundchecks, performances and load-outs
• Create clear equipment, technician and production-detail photographs for The Collection, Production Support, On the Road and The Handbook
• Work unobtrusively around artists, technicians, production managers and venue teams
• Follow artist, promoter, venue and production photography permissions at every assignment
• Record accurate production context, image credits and caption information while details are available
• Select, colour-correct, crop and export consistent image sets for web, editorial, social and archival use
• Maintain organised originals, selects, usage-rights records, backups and searchable file naming
• Deliver urgent show selections when agreed without compromising the complete production archive
• Protect confidential riders, backstage activity and unreleased production information

Qualifications

• A portfolio demonstrating live events, music, documentary, editorial or technically demanding low-light photography
• Practical command of exposure, autofocus, lens choice and colour under rapidly changing stage lighting
• Experience editing and delivering professional image sets through a consistent colour-managed workflow
• Sound judgement about when photography is appropriate and when production safety, artist privacy or concentration must take priority
• Ability to travel, carry a working camera kit safely and operate across irregular production schedules
• Professional communication and dependable handling of credits, approvals and usage restrictions

Skills

• Live-event and low-light photography
• Documentary visual storytelling
• Equipment and technical-detail photography
• Fast, consistent image selection and colour correction
• Metadata, caption and usage-rights management
• Organised file naming, backup and archive delivery
• Discreet artist-facing conduct
• Production-floor awareness and safe positioning

Working hours

Production-led schedule including warehouse calls, early load-ins, soundchecks, performances, late load-outs, weekends and travel across India

Education requirements

Formal photography training is welcome, but a relevant portfolio, technical control and dependable production conduct carry greater weight

Experience requirements

Demonstrable professional or advanced independent photography experience is required; live music, events, documentary or production-floor experience is strongly preferred

• Access to genuine warehouse preparation, touring equipment and live-production environments
• Assignments spanning concerts, festivals, tours, destination events and detailed equipment stories
• Opportunities to develop a distinctive body of work around the people and systems behind performance
• Close collaboration with technical, production and editorial teams so images carry accurate context
• A disciplined archive in which credits, permissions and production history are treated as part of the work