Commercial Photography

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This guide to our prices and fees, is for our UK commercial photography services and covers our UK commercial photography rates.

Exact figures depend on many factors, such as how many images you want and how you want to use them - please just to ask for a no obligation quotation.

We give you a full breakdown of our rates and costs in quotations and will clearly explain all the available options that might best fit your requirements.

We have additional specialist price guides covering:

If you would like the services of a commercial photographer, or require a written quotation, please call us today to discuss your needs. The table below gives an idea of our daily rates, however, we will always provide a detailed quote to match your specific requirements.

Hourly/Day rates excl. VAT Extended Image Use Standard Image use
1st hour £320 £165
Additional time per hour or part £175 £95
Half-day rate £785 £397
Day rate £1340 £690
Notes:
* Minimum half day for photography services outside of Leicester and Leicestershire.
* Precise rates vary with the number of images required, and their anticipated usage.
* Rates are exclusive of travel and any image processing charges listed below
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These prices also cover our Event and PR photography services in the UK East Midlands. We have clients throughout the UK including several multinational organisations, where we provide an extended international service.

We also have a guide to our standard terms and conditions for commercial photography services - please just ask if you are unsure of anything, we are happy to help clarify matters in plain English.

Prices on this page are UK prices for our commercial photography and are valid as of January 2010.
-- All commercial photography prices are for guidance only (E&OE) and exclude VAT

We've a free guide to using a professional photographer available. Questions to ask your photographer - whoever you choose.

Professional Photography

Our aim is to provide a service that fits your needs.

We supply digital images for commercial organisations throughout the UK and pride ourselves on not only supplying the photos, but any expertise you might want to get the very best out of them. As an example, see the articles on this site about using photographs on the web and an introduction to colour management.

Commercial photography services

We can provide digital photography services at an Hourly rate (minimum 1 hour)

We are always happy to quote an "All-inclusive price" which includes all charges for us to take, process and supply images for specific usage. The details on this page are for your guidance, since we don't like hidden costs ourselves, and don't see why you should either.

Expenses and Image processing costs (UK)

As with all our prices we will quote these in advance and are happy to discuss your exact requirements.

Travel Price (excl. VAT)
Leicester Free of charge.
UK Charged on a mileage basis.
No charge for travel time.
May include overnight stay charge.
Overseas By special arrangement.
Image Supply  
CD writing cost £14 +£3 per additional CD
DVD writing cost £17 +£7 per additional DVD
CD based web gallery £24 (inc. CD/DVD)
Image processing From £30 to £270 (£45 a typical 1/2 day job)
Additional bespoke
Photoshop work
Charged on an hourly basis at £95 per hour or part thereof.
Additional studio setup
(props etc.)
Charged at cost by prior arrangement.
Prints of images Available to special order.

We supply images in RGB digital form on CDs. We will usually supply high resolution files in TIFF or Photoshop format at a 'print ready' resolution of 300dpi. JPEGs, other format files and other resolutions are no problem.

We have a 'processing' charge that covers preparation of images after capture. This varies with the type of work (and quantity) undertaken.

Please note that as part of our quality control procedures, we will only supply images in CMYK formats upon receipt of precise ICC profiles and/or conversion details, along with a written specification of the conversion requirements (Note there may be a charge for some CMYK image conversion work).

Additional specialist image manipulation (Photoshop) is by prior arrangement and depends on the type of work undertaken.

Other Photography services

Product photography

Basic product shots are usually carried out at our studio on a per item basis, and depends on number of items. More complex setups may be charged on a time basis, as per our normal commercial rates - please do feel free to call to discuss what you require.

QTVR / Virtual tour / Panoramic / 360 degree photography prices

We provide specialist high resolution VR photography services, however the precise number of images that we can manage in a day depends on what kind of VR images you require.

There is also an additional VR image processing charge for VR work. This typically varies between £30 and £70 per completed image.

We also provide very high resolution imagery for very large prints, as a bespoke service

  • Please call to see how we can provide a VR photography package to meet your needs

Using Northlight Stock images

This is where you just to license a specific image from our collection for a particular use.

There are several different categories of image use such as:

  1. as a one-off in a leaflet, newsletter, press release or in-house magazine; and/or
  2. kept on file to appear several times in different publications; and/or
  3. over an annual or biennial cycle, including use in brochures, web sites and exhibition stands.

The rates above reflect category 1 (single or limited use in the table below)

Our rates for using Northlight Images photographs from stock

Stock picture rates

excl. VAT
In-house magazine  
1/8 page £75
1/4 page £90
1/2 page £130
3/4 page £220
Full page £260
Double-page spread £380

Public information leaflets

 
1/8 page £130
1/4 page £140
1/2 page £165
3/4 page £190
Full page £225
Double-page spread £320
Cover £370

Brochures, reports etc.

 
1/8 page £180
1/4 page £190
1/2 page £220
3/4 page £255
Full page £300
Double-page spread £440
Cover £500

We will always provide you with a license to use images in an agreed manner.

Our licensing details and other important information is available in our standard terms and conditions for commercial photography services.

Why you should use Northlight Images

Oh, and you get really good pictures as well!...

Please call us today for an informal chat to discuss your needs, and how we can help ...

Contact details :

Northlight Images, 86 Harrow Road
Leicester, Leicestershire, UK. LE3 0JW (Maps)
Telephone +44 116 291 9092
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