PHOTOGRAPHY / READING & BERKSHIRE

Reading & Berkshire PhotographerFor the conference, the team page and the company day.

Berkshire runs on offices and events. Reading's business parks and town-centre headquarters sit beside the M4, Wokingham and Bracknell are home to technology and engineering firms, and Newbury, Maidenhead, Windsor and Ascot host conferences, hospitality days and awards evenings all year. We photograph what those organisations need to show: their people, their events and the work they do.

  • 15+YEARS
    EXPERIENCE
  • SUFFOLK BASED
    UK-WIDE
  • PROFESSIONAL
    IMAGE EDITING

My Home Life England 20th anniversary, City St George's, University of London · our work, not a Reading or Berkshire commission.

PHOTOGRAPHS WITH A PURPOSE

Pictures for offices, campuses and event days.

A software company on a Reading business park needs matching headshots before a new website goes live. A Bracknell engineering firm wants pictures of its people at work for a careers page. A Newbury charity holding an annual dinner needs the speeches, the guests and the room photographed for next year's sponsor pack. We plan each visit around the running order, the shifts and the people who can spare a few minutes.

We have not yet published photography from a Berkshire commission. Our Berkshire work so far is video: a promotional film for the Wasing Estate's pumpkin patch and woodland trail near Aldermaston in West Berkshire. Every photograph on this page is labelled with the client and where it was taken.

Smiling Hive Kids team member photographed outdoors for the website
Hive Kids · commissioned staff portrait · wider portfolio, not a Reading & Berkshire shoot
Outdoor staff portrait for the Hive Kids website
Hive Kids · commissioned staff portrait · wider portfolio, not a Reading & Berkshire shoot

TEAM HEADSHOTS AND STAFF PORTRAITS

A whole team, one consistent look.

These Hive Kids staff portraits were taken in Stowmarket with the same approach and light for every person. For a Reading head office, a Wokingham practice or a Slough trading estate we do the same in a meeting room, by a large window or outside, so every headshot matches on your website, LinkedIn and proposals.

Each portrait takes a few minutes. Anyone away on the day can be photographed later with the same settings, and new starters can be matched in the same style.

See our headshot photography ↗

Planned in advance, delivered on the day.

Headshots and team photographs

Plan in advanceThe list of names and time slots, the crop and background your website and LinkedIn need, visitor passes for the business park and a room or corner we can use.

Deliver on the dayMatching headshots checked on screen with each person before they go back to work, plus a group photograph if you want one.

Conferences, seminars and awards evenings

Plan in advanceThe running order, the speakers, sponsors and award winners who must be covered, and when we can get close to the stage and the reception.

Deliver on the daySpeakers and panels, delegates in conversation, exhibitors at their stands, the winners on stage and the room at its fullest.

Workplaces, labs and campuses

Plan in advanceSite inductions, PPE, confidential screens or products that must stay out of shot, and who will escort us around the building.

Deliver on the dayPeople doing real work, the spaces and equipment that explain what you do, and wider views of the building and its setting.

CONFERENCE / LONDON

Twenty years, one programme day.

My Home Life England marked its 20th anniversary with a conference and celebration at City St George's, University of London. We photographed the speakers, the delegates in the hall and the conversations at the tables, while our team also recorded the day on video.

City St George's is in Tooting, south London, not Berkshire. The same approach suits a conference at a Reading hotel, a seminar on the University of Reading campus or an awards dinner at a racecourse in Newbury, Ascot or Windsor.

Read the My Home Life England case study ↗
Delegates seated in the hall during the anniversary programme
My Home Life England 20th anniversary, London · commissioned event photograph · wider portfolio, not a Reading & Berkshire shoot
Welcome board celebrating twenty years of My Home Life England
My Home Life England 20th anniversary, London · commissioned event photograph · wider portfolio, not a Reading & Berkshire shoot

Booking a photographer in Reading or Berkshire.

  1. Send the brief

    The address, the date and timings, who or what needs photographing and where the pictures will be used – a website, a sponsor report, a careers page or social media.

  2. Agree the plan

    We confirm a shot list and timings, plus the practical points: parking, security passes on business parks, any induction and a space for headshots.

  3. Receive the edited set

    Edited photographs with sensible file names, sized for screen and print, with any agreed retouching – and a handful of early picks if your marketing or internal comms team needs them quickly.

PHOTOGRAPHY RATES

A quote built
around the setup.

£249first hour per photographer

£99 for each additional capture hour. Additional retouching is £49 per hour where required.

No VAT is currently added to our prices.

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READING & BERKSHIRE / ON LOCATION

Quotes are based on the hours we photograph, the number of people or sessions and any detailed retouching. Travel is worked out from our base in Great Cornard, Sudbury: Reading is roughly 117 driving miles away and Windsor roughly 98, so there is no mileage charge and the estimated return driving time is billed at £49 per hour, rounded to the nearest 15 minutes.

We cover Reading, Caversham, Earley, Woodley, Theale, Wokingham, Bracknell, Crowthorne, Sandhurst, Ascot, Newbury, Thatcham, Hungerford, Maidenhead, Windsor, Slough and the villages of West Berkshire in between. Send us the address and what you need photographed.

Within 25 driving miles of the quoted base, travel is £0.55 per round-trip mile. Beyond that, mileage is waived and estimated round-trip driving time is charged at £49 per hour. Parking, tolls and other necessary travel costs are agreed separately.

PLANNING YOUR SHOOT

The practical details.

Have you photographed in Reading or Berkshire before?

Not on a published photography job yet. Our Berkshire work so far is video: a promotional film for the Wasing Estate's pumpkin patch and woodland trail near Aldermaston, West Berkshire, about 12 miles south-west of Reading. The photographs on this page were taken in London, Stowmarket and Ipswich, and each one is labelled.

Can you photograph a whole team at our office or business park?

Yes. We set up a consistent background and lighting in a meeting room or by a window, spend a few minutes with each person and check the frames together. Anyone away that day can be photographed later with the same settings so the set still matches.

Do you photograph conferences and seminars?

Yes. We work from your running order and agree which speakers, sponsors and sessions must be covered, then photograph the stage, the audience, the exhibition and the networking, whether the event is in a hotel, on a university campus or at your own offices. At My Home Life England's 20th anniversary in London we photographed the programme while our team also filmed it.

Can you cover our staff party, away day or awards evening?

Yes. For Platinum Cleaning's summer party in Ipswich we covered two hours and delivered 300 edited photographs and a short film. We agree the must-have moments first, such as speeches, awards or the team photograph, and capture the rest naturally.

Can you photograph inside offices, labs and secure sites?

Yes. We complete any induction, follow your PPE and security rules and agree in advance what must stay out of shot, such as screens, prototypes or customer information. We plan the shot list so people can keep working.

Do you photograph products and brand images?

Yes. For Jellyshotz we have produced more than 200 product photographs across 30 flavours, used on their online shop and in their marketing. For a Berkshire brand we plan the products and sets in advance so one session covers the whole list.

How much does a photographer in Reading or Berkshire cost?

Photography starts at £249 for the first hour per photographer and £99 for each additional hour, with standard event processing included and detailed retouching at £49 per hour where agreed. Berkshire is more than 25 driving miles from our base, so we charge estimated return driving time at £49 per hour instead of mileage. No VAT is currently added.

How soon will we receive the photographs?

We agree a delivery date before the shoot. A small selection for social media or internal news can be prioritised, and the full edited set follows, named and sized for web and print.

Can you film at the same time as photographing?

Yes. Photographs and video at the same time normally needs a photographer and a videographer, each at the standard operator rate. For films, see our Reading & Berkshire video production page.

Which areas of Berkshire do you cover?

Reading, Caversham, Earley, Woodley, Theale, Wokingham, Bracknell, Crowthorne, Sandhurst, Ascot, Newbury, Thatcham, Hungerford, Maidenhead, Windsor, Slough and the villages in between. For Henley and Oxfordshire, see our Oxford photographer page; for Surrey, Hampshire or London, see those photographer pages.

YOUR READING & BERKSHIRE PHOTOGRAPHY BRIEF

Tell us what needs photographing.

Send us the address, the date and what you need photographed, and we will come back with a plan and a clear quote. A rough idea is plenty to start with.

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