From Hawthorn's leafy grammar schools to Kew's primary campuses, Camberwell's independent colleges and Glen Iris state schools, Magic Photography delivers whole-school photo days that run smoothly from first bell to pack-down.
Melbourne's Inner East is home to some of the state's most established school communities, from the grammar schools of Hawthorn and Kew to the state primaries dotted through Camberwell, Glen Iris and Malvern. Each campus has its own rhythm - heritage halls, tight car parks, staggered recess bells - and after sixteen years working across these streets, our crews know how to read a school's layout within minutes of arriving. We've photographed everything from single-stream primaries to large secondary colleges, and we plan every visit around your timetable, not the other way around.
A Magic Photography day is built for minimal disruption. Depending on your enrolment, two to four photographers arrive together, set up within about twenty minutes and are packed down again in ten - meaning assembly halls, gyms or outdoor courts return to normal use almost immediately. We photograph the entire school, from kindergarten to Year 12, in that single visit, working class by class so teachers keep their day largely intact. Families then receive access to online galleries within ten working days, with printed products following within fifteen - no chasing envelopes, no lost order forms.
Magic Photography has worked with Victorian schools since 2010, and we're a founding member of ELPA, the national body setting child-safe standards for education photography. Every photographer on site carries a current Working with Children Check, and our $10 million public liability cover is available to your business manager on request. Payment is entirely online and post-paid, so office staff across Hawthorn, Kew and Camberwell never need to handle cash or reconcile envelopes. Pricing is set out plainly before booking, with no hidden add-ons once the gallery is live.
“The whole school was photographed in a single day without a single class missing more than ten minutes of learning time.”
Melbourne's Inner East families trust the ELPA badge. Magic Photography is a founding member of Early Learning Photographers Australia — the national child-safe standards body.
Term dates fill quickly across Hawthorn, Kew and Camberwell - lock in your preferred 2026 photography date early to avoid disappointment.
