New Year’s Eve at The Dome — Third Year Documenting the Celebration
- Gorka Di Capitan
- Feb 22
- 2 min read
Returning to photograph and film New Year’s Eve at The Dome for the third consecutive year has become a meaningful marker in my calendar. Each year brings a different atmosphere, a new rhythm, and a fresh challenge in capturing an event that is both visually refined and emotionally charged.
The evening is a balance between elegance and spontaneity. Carefully designed interiors, lighting and table settings create a strong visual foundation, while the real story unfolds in the interactions between guests, the anticipation before midnight, and the shift in energy as the celebration builds.
From a visual perspective, events like this require a constant awareness of contrast. Moving between documentary-style coverage and more composed frames allows the final material to reflect both the scale of the venue and the intimacy of individual moments. Working across photography and video simultaneously also means anticipating movement, light changes and transitions that happen only once.
Covering the event over multiple years adds another layer. Familiarity with the space helps refine where to be and when, but no two celebrations are the same. The goal is never to repeat images, but to respond to what the night naturally becomes.
These recurring collaborations are less about repetition and more about continuity. They allow a deeper understanding of how an event evolves, how people inhabit a space, and how to document it in a way that feels authentic rather than staged.
New Year’s Eve is ultimately about atmosphere, connection and transition, elements that are best captured through observation rather than direction. My role is simply to translate that into images and motion that reflect the experience as it was lived.
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