Property Photography

I am happy to travel anywhere across the South West (Devon, Dorset, Cornwall, Somerset) as long as the shoot and the travel can be done the same day.

If the property is outside of my free travel area, additional travel costs may apply.

It's often best if you as the client dresses the property as you wish, however recognising this is not always possible, I can offer some basic styling if required. Examples of what I would be happy to do include:

- General decluttering

- Making sure curtains are stowed tidily

- Making kitchen / dining table (if crockery / cutlery available)

- Adding homely touches such as coffee pot / breakfast goods to kitchen shots, vases of flowers / bottle of wine and glasses etc [any items that need to be purchased will be charged at cost]

I'm happy to discuss precise requirements at the time of booking. The time for dressing the property will be charged at the standard hourly rate, and and items which need to be purchased (e.g. breakfast goods, flowers) will be charged at cost.

I can usually edit and deliver images within 2-3 business days. If you need a faster turnaround, please ask.

For a solely interior shoot, I can work with whatever the weather is doing outside. For exterior shots, it does need to not be raining, and preferably bright. If the surroundings of the poperty and a particular feature, then we might want to choose a sunny day to show it in the best light. For drone shoots, it does need to be dry and not windy.

I am always happy to be flexible on dates to make sure we have the right weather for a shoot.

I will do standard editing of all images prior to delivery; which basically means editing to show your property in the best light.

Yes I have public liability and indemnity insurance from a specialist photography insurer. I also have additional drone insurance from a specialist drone insurer.

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To secure your booking for any of my services, I ask for a 25% deposit when you reserve your date. This small deposit confirms your session in my diary and helps me keep things fair for all clients, as it covers time and resources set aside just for you. The deposit is normally non-refundable, since holding your slot often means turning away other work—but I am happy to consider a refund if I need to cancel unexpectedly, or if you’re able to give plenty of advance notice and I can rebook the slot.

Following the work being completed, the balance of payment is due within 30 days of the date of the invoice. After this, late payment fees will be applied.

In the UK, the law on late payments is governed by the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998, and specifies that interest is payable on valid and undisputed invoices that are not paid within the agreed payment term at a rate of 8% above the Bank of England Base Rate.

I will keep both RAW and edited photos for 12 months from the date of the photo shoot. The edited photos will remain available to you during this time (please ask if you need the cloud link resent). After this time, files may be deleted to fee up cloud storage space for other clients.

My business runs below the VAT threshold, so my prices do not have VAT added

In a word, no! Although phone cameras have come a long way in recent years, due to very small sensors and cheap optics, the underlying image quality is no match for what can be produced by a professional photographer with a professional camera and lenses.

It also matters what is done to the photo once it's taken; it usually takes me longer to edit the photos to make your property look as good as possible, than it did to take the photos in the first place! Most estate agents who use an iPhone to take shots of your property won't do any editing at all, and this means that even the iPhone photos are not as good as they could be!

As an example, the main steps that I will take when editing your photos include the following steps (a few of which the iPhone will try and do automatically, but many it will not):

- Combining multiple exposures to make sure all shadows and highlights are captured well

- Colour balance correction

- Geometry correction (ensuring verticals are vertical!)

- Cropping to provide the most visually appealing image and minimise distractions

- Complex editing to ensure that important views through windows are well exposed

- Removing any colour casts (caused by bright colours such as floors or not white walls) to ensure whites are white!

This can take up to 15 minutes PER PHOTO to do properly (and this is included in the price)

So, in summary, iPhone photos can be OK, especially if the user knows what they are doing and knows how to edit them well, but professional photos will show your property in its best light, and give you an advantage over others who just advertise using iPhone photos!

It really depends how large the property is in terms of number of rooms, and size of outdoor space. However, as a rough guide:

- A 3-bed property normally takes a maximum of 2 hours

- A 4-bed property normally takes a maximum of 3 hours

- A 5 bed property normally takes a maximum of 4 hours