PHOTOGRAPHY / THETFORD & DISS
The towns along the Norfolk–Suffolk border work hard for their size. Thetford's industrial estates are home to manufacturers, food producers and distribution firms on the A11; Diss, Harleston and Eye serve the Waveney valley; and Attleborough, Watton and Brandon sit among farms, estates and the Thetford Forest. We take the photographs those businesses, schools, charities and venues use to win work, recruit and show what they do.
My Home Life England 20th anniversary, City St George's, University of London · our work, not a Thetford or Diss commission.
PHOTOGRAPHS WITH A PURPOSE
A manufacturer on a Thetford industrial estate needs headshots and production-line images for a new website. A Diss accountancy practice wants a consistent team page. A farm shop near Harleston needs pictures of its produce before the Christmas orders. We plan the visit around shifts, opening hours and the light, so one trip covers everything on the list.
We have not yet published a commission from Thetford or Diss. Our nearest documented photography is the Hive Kids summer camp in Stowmarket, about 18 miles south of Diss, and property photographs of Vancouver in Brockley, near Bury St Edmunds, about 20 miles south of Thetford, for Edd Callegari. Our nearest Norfolk work is video: Barton Bendish Village Hall in west Norfolk and films on working Norfolk farms for Sentry. Every photograph on this page is labelled with the client and where it was taken.
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↗HEADSHOTS FOR TEAMS
These Hive Kids staff portraits were taken in Stowmarket with one approach and one lighting set-up for everyone. For a Thetford office, a Diss practice or a workshop in Attleborough we do the same in a meeting room, by a large window or outside, so headshots line up on your website, LinkedIn and bid documents.
If someone is away or on another shift, we note the settings and photograph them on a second visit so the set still matches.
See corporate portraits and team photos ↗Settle in advanceThe list of names and shift times, the crop and background you need, and a quiet room or corner we can use.
Deliver on the dayConsistent headshots checked on the back of the camera with each person, plus a group picture if you want one.
Settle in advanceSite inductions, PPE, hygiene rules for food areas, what must not appear in the background and who will escort us.
Deliver on the dayPeople doing real work, the machinery and products that explain your business, and wider views that show the scale of the site.
Settle in advanceWhich fields, buildings, rooms or attractions to show, the best time of year and day, and whether visitors or staff will appear.
Deliver on the dayClean interiors and exteriors timed for the light, plus people at work or enjoying the place where they agree to appear.
STAFF PARTY / IPSWICH
At Platinum Cleaning's summer party we photographed and filmed for two hours, catching the group shot, the food and the conversations without interrupting anyone's afternoon. The team received 300 edited photographs and a short film.
The party took place in Ipswich, not Thetford or Diss. The same approach works for a staff day, a charity fundraiser, a show or an awards evening at a hotel, a village hall or your own premises.
Read the Platinum Cleaning case study ↗The address, the preferred date, who or what needs photographing and where the pictures will appear – a tender, your website, a brochure or social media.
We confirm a shot list, timings, parking, any induction or PPE and a space for headshots, and fit the visit around shifts or opening hours.
Edited photographs with sensible file names, sized for screen and print, with any agreed retouching – and a handful of early picks if you need them quickly.
PHOTOGRAPHY RATES
£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.
View rates and the photography estimator ↗THETFORD & DISS / ON LOCATION
Quotes are based on the hours we photograph, the number of people or locations and any detailed retouching. Travel is worked out from our base in Great Cornard, Sudbury: Thetford is roughly 31 driving miles away and Diss roughly 39, 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 Thetford, Brandon, East Harling, Attleborough, Watton, Diss, Harleston, Eye, Scole, Wymondham and the villages of Breckland and the Waveney valley 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
Not on a published job in either town yet. Our nearest documented photography is the Hive Kids summer camp in Stowmarket, about 18 miles south of Diss, and property photographs of Vancouver in Brockley, near Bury St Edmunds, about 20 miles south of Thetford. In Norfolk our published work is video: Barton Bendish Village Hall, about 20 miles north-west of Thetford, and films on working Norfolk farms for Sentry. Each photograph on this page is labelled.
Yes. We set up at your office, factory or workshop, spend a few minutes with each person and check the frames together. Anyone away or on another shift that day can be photographed later with the same settings so the set still matches.
Yes. We complete any site induction, follow your PPE and hygiene rules and agree in advance what must stay out of shot, such as confidential processes or customer branding. We plan the shot list around production so the line keeps running.
Yes. We photograph people, machinery, livestock, crops and buildings, timed for the season and the light. Our published farm work is video: films on several working Norfolk farms for Sentry, filmed on the ground and from the air.
Yes. For Edd Callegari we photographed homes in Brockley near Bury St Edmunds, Cavendish and Ipswich, including interiors, exteriors and aerial views. For a hotel, wedding venue, holiday let or attraction we plan the rooms and views in advance and shoot in good light.
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 the group shot or the presentations, and capture the rest naturally.
Yes. For Jellyshotz we have produced more than 200 product photographs across 30 flavours. For a farm shop, bakery, brewery or food manufacturer we plan the products in advance so one visit covers the whole list.
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. Thetford and Diss are both 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.
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 Thetford & Diss video production page.
Thetford, Brandon, East Harling, Attleborough, Watton, Diss, Harleston, Eye, Scole, Wymondham and the surrounding villages. For Norwich or elsewhere in the county, see our Norwich and Norfolk photographer pages; for west Suffolk, see our Bury St Edmunds photographer page.
YOUR THETFORD & DISS PHOTOGRAPHY BRIEF
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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