food, products, people& places
30+ years experience in food photography
Having worked with many leading brands and familiar names, from independent artisan producers, startups to global brands and leading accomplished chefs Neil has gained a strong reputation as a leading UK based food photographer with respectable knowledge of the food & hospitality sector complimented with excellent food stying skills,
In addition to Photography Neil and his creative associates provide creative services including video and animation and graphic design for marketing, packaging, print collateral and web site development as well as a regular contributor to leading photo stock libraries with a portfolio of over 20k images featured across 15 library collections including Adobe, Getty Images, Shutterstock, Dreamstime, Canva.
Clients past and present include:
Please email via the contact page if you have any questions regarding your projects or covid concerns.
Specialist On SIte Food Photography -
Neil specialises in location based food photography projects which offers customers the minimum of upheaval and by providing a state of the art on site studio situation this is usually at your own preferred venue with food preparation facilities.
Photography Rates Guide
Each project is different and requires a varying level of preparation and post production, lighting set up and editing. Please use the following rates as a guide and feel free to request a quotation specific to your requirements.
Copyright Release and Image usage
There are NO additional charges, annual fees, usage restrictions for image used under normal circumstances.
Location Photography Cost Guideline
Half Day from £350 + travel expenses at cost (includes standard editing time of up to 2 hrs)
Full Day from £600 + travel expenses at cost (includes standard editing time allowance of up to 2 hrs)
Discounted rates available for retained services & regular customers rates include limited editing time and can vary dependent on service level requirements.
Resources & Equipment -
Photography & Technical
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Location | On Site
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Still Images | Stop Animation | Video
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Styling and Food Preparation
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50mp Digital
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FIlm - including 35mm / medium format / 5x4 large format - with prepossessing / digitalvl scanning.
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Fully Portable Cable Free Studio Lighting (not requiring power access)
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Natural Light and Flash Expert
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Extensive Props and Backgrounds Collection
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Editing | Re-touching | Color Correction
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High end scanning & archiving of artwork & film
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Archival digital printing for display
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Fast Turnaround
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Competitive Rates
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Fully Insured
Digital
Whilst high end Canon 50 mp digital is the primary workhorse these days with the option of shooting tethered to a laptop for client interaction and supported by a line up of contemporary high end L series lenses including specialist technical tilt shift lenses and rare vintage lenses.
Traditional FIlm
The quality and characteristics of film are going through a comeback, Whilst digital offers unsurpassed commercial benefits for speed and efficiency the nostalgic feel of film and its non linear characteristics coupled with modern scanning and high end digital print are a great combination and becoming more prominent in the fine art scene. Neil offers projects shot with film (E6 slide & Negative) on 35mm, 120 medium and 5x4 large formats which he scans to high resolution via Epson 850 pro scanner.with in house high resolution scanning.