WE SHOOT STILLS AND MOTION.
Stills and motion, shot to stop the scroll. Product, portrait, campaign, content, on location or in the studio, art directed from the first reference to the final grade. Not a photographer turning up with a camera and hoping. A crew, a plan and a shot list. Images and footage you own outright, working just as hard on a billboard as they do on a thumbnail.
What we do
Shoots handled end to end, stills and moving image, from the mood board to the final grade. Art directed and captured by people with an eye, planned by people who have run a set, and delivered as a library you can actually use.
Art direction
The look, the mood and the shot list, nailed before the camera comes out. References, lighting, styling, props and talent agreed on paper, so the day is spent shooting the idea rather than inventing it.
Photography
Product, portrait, campaign, interiors, food and content. Lit properly, styled properly, and shot to hold up cropped square for a feed and blown up on a billboard without falling apart.
Film & video
Brand films, product motion, social cuts and behind the scenes, on location or in the studio. Shot with the edit in mind, framed for landscape and vertical, so one shoot feeds every platform.
Direction & crew
Directed on the day and crewed to the brief, from a single camera and a reflector to a full unit with lighting, styling, hair, make up, talent and a licensed drone operator.
Content shoots
Stills and moving image captured in one hit, planned as a bank rather than a one off. Enough frames and cutdowns to keep the feed, the site and the sales deck fed for months.
Edit & grade
Retouched, cut, coloured and delivered in every crop and size you need, for print, web, social and out of home. One consistent look across the set, with the masters archived and handed over.
How we work
You bring the brief. We build the shoot around it: art director, photographer, director, stylist, and the crew the job actually needs, not one body more. Look, locations and shot list are signed off before we book the day, so nobody is inventing anything on set. Selects come back within days, not weeks. Then the finished work: retouched, graded, and cut to every size it has to live in.
Common questions
- How much does a brand photoshoot cost?
- There is no day rate that fits every job, and anyone who quotes one before hearing the brief is guessing. Cost is driven by days, crew, kit, studio or location, talent and the usage licence you need. Tell us the budget and we will tell you honestly what it buys. If a half day gets you there, we will not sell you two.
- Who owns the photos, and can we use them anywhere?
- Under UK law the photographer owns the copyright by default, and paying for the shoot does not automatically transfer it. That is the clause that catches people out when they want to put an image on a poster two years later. We settle it in writing before the shoot: a licence with the media, territory and term spelled out, or a full assignment so it is yours outright.
- How long does it take from brief to finished images?
- A straightforward content shoot can be briefed one week and shot the next. Campaign work takes longer, because casting, locations, permissions and props are the bits that eat the time, not the shooting. Selects usually land within a few days of the shoot, retouched finals shortly after. If a date is immovable, say so at the start and we build the plan backwards from it.
- Can you shoot stills and video on the same day?
- Yes, and it is usually the smart way to do it. But be honest about the compromise: one camera pointed two ways gets you neither properly. We plan it as a dual shoot, a stills photographer and a motion crew working the same set ups, with a shot list built for both. Costs a bit more on the day. Saves you a whole second shoot.