Your Name Gavin Sawyer Company Roddy Paine Studios Title of Blog Shoot at The Houses of Parliament 1 Who was the client? Vodafone 2 What was the purpose of the shoot? To promote the benefits of 5G, the proposed merger between Vodafone UK and Three UK – including its benefits such as a faster and more comprehensive 5G rollout across the country 3 What was the location of the shoot? The Thames Terrace at the Houses of Parliament, London 4 What type of images did the client require? General views of the event space. Wide and tight shots of the demonstration stands. Shots of stakeholders interacti ..read more

A seaside holiday park right next to the beach what could be better? Why not commission some drone photography alongside a ground based shoot of your holiday park for new marketing materials? Drone photography offers a unique perspective that cannot be achieved through traditional photography alone. With drones, photographers can soar above holiday parks and caravan sites, capturing stunning aerial images that unveil the grandeur of their locations. These images can make a real impact to marketing materials in a very competitive market. Caravan park facilities in context with the whole site ..read more

What should you expect when hiring a professional commercial portrait photographer when it comes to head shots in the workplace/office? Here are five points that come naturally with every photographer within the Commercial Photographers Network (CPN). Images supplied by our Bristol member, Lindsay Fowke on a recent corporate headshot project recently. Commercial and Advertising Photography of a staff member from a national company. 1. Technical expertise: A professional commercial portrait photographer is expected to have technical expertise in lighting, composition, and post-processing. The ..read more

Richard Campbell, our CPN member in central Scotland, was tasked of producing a comprehensive case study of the various types of clients that SPIE work with in Scotland. To ensure that this case study was effective in showcasing SPIE’s projects in Scotland, the CPN had been working closely with the company for several years. This collaboration resulted in a commercial photography shoot that was aimed at visually documenting the different types of clients that SPIE provided building services to in central Scotland, specifically Glasgow, Motherwell, and Coatbridge. In this location shoot, servic ..read more

CPN commercial photographer in Devon, Tony Cobley was commissioned by Tungsten West plc to provide industrial and corporate photography for the precious metal / Tungsten mine at Hemerdon on the edge of Dartmoor, South Devon. Tony spent two fascinating days shooting location commercial photography with experts such as geologists, mining engineers, lab technicians and the board of directors. The brief included commercial photography of all departments in action, general shots of the site plus headshots of all staff with a location studio and working environment images of the board of directors ..read more

Creative photographic images illustrating metal cleaning, in a huge wet-room. David Burrows covers the Manchester area, but also travels out to surrounding towns and cities such as Liverpool and Sheffield. This industrial photoshoot in Leicester was certainly a challenge. The client needed professional quality images, to illustrate the day to day work done at the factory. While jet washing metal components is not the most glamourous of subject matters, they needed their business to look professional and well organized. They also wanted to show the facilities that they could offer their custome ..read more

Eddie Phillips food packaging photography shoot to produce images for Dundee based venison producer Highland Game. I was working as part of a team and had Gary from Design company Destination Create, an Edinburgh based company who did the design of the new food packaging and Maxine Clark the food stylist – without her, the shots just wouldn’t have happened! Tethered shooting set up at Maxine’s kitchen. Food packaging shots were all overhead, so working near the ground makes life a bit easier – no ladders required! Lighting is simple – single diffused soft box with various reflectors to bounce ..read more

Photographers from The Commercial Photographers Network are no strangers to Sims Images, we have provided them with excellent photography for some time. They insist on creativity, consistency, reliability and of course exceptional photography, which is exactly what we are all about. Commercial photography of electric scooter on the quayside of Newcastle upon Tyne by north east photographer Critical Tortoise Sims contacted Newcastle based photographers Critical Tortoise to help them out with a shoot to publicise the launch of a much anticipated electric scooter rental system in Newcastle city ..read more

On a three day shoot for EMJ Plastics, Birmingham CPN member Graham Oakes discovered that you have to take the rain with the sun. Making the best of the situation is par for the course for Graham, being prepared for whatever the British weather will throw at him. Some projects can’t wait for perfect conditions, so if the day is dark and rainy, then it can make for a gritty, realistic look that can really stand out. As the products are in use on site its important that photographs get taken within a suitable timeframe – the pace of the project can’t be stopped to wait for the sun coming out. H ..read more

CPN member Graham Oakes explains in this blog post, “Sometimes the impossible comes with the job.” Whether you need some simple retouching, background removal, or adding people in a shot who weren’t even there in the first place, the CPN’s skills don’t stop at pressing the camera shutter. Our CPN members are proficient in Adobe Photoshop for professional post production work. This corporate group shot for Robson Lister – Wealth Management- in Sutton Coldfield has had 3 new members of staff added – and one removed – slide the midde of the image to spot the differences! The stunning Lam ..read more