Photography procedures for Marketing and Communications
The Office of Marketing and Communication (OMC) primarily uses a mix of professional and student photographers for the photography it uses to create student recruitment marketing communications and editorial-specific photography for the Bridge alumni magazine and the other institutional news channels for which it is responsible.
Because OMC is not resourced with a staff photographer, it is unable to support photography requests from campus departments or offices for their individual programs or events.
However, departments who would like to arrange student or professional photography for their department-specific events may do so by scheduling and providing payment for those services directly with the photographer. To request a list of student and professional photographers that the University has used successfully for past events, please email photography@messiah.edu.
Campus photography services provided by OMC:
- OMC continues to provide the photography service of taking employee headshots and group shots of faculty and staff for campus communications. This service is scheduled at multiple points throughout the year, and campus will be notified of these dates via the Intercom and mass email.
- OMC will continue to provide photography coverage for annual milestone events in the life of the University such as Welcome Week, Homecoming and Commencement (as these photos are used in the Bridge, social media and other OMC communications).
- Additionally, OMC’s professional photography and image library will continue to be made available for campus’ use in their own communications via the Cumulus digital image archive.
Any questions regarding campus photography services may be directed to Karen Garlinger, project coordinator, at KGarlinger@messiah.edu.