PHOTOGRAPHY / THURROCK
Thurrock works hard: the ports at Tilbury and London Gateway, the logistics parks around Purfleet, West Thurrock and Stanford-le-Hope, the shops and offices at Lakeside and Chafford Hundred, and the energy projects around Coryton. We photograph what those businesses need to show – a team whose headshots look like one company, an event people will remember and a site that keeps changing.
My Home Life England 20th anniversary, City St George’s, University of London · our work, not a Thurrock commission.
PHOTOGRAPHS WITH A PURPOSE
A logistics firm at Purfleet needs headshots for its new website before the tender goes in. A Grays dealership wants images of its stock and forecourt for social media. A business at Lakeside is holding a staff awards night and wants pictures for the newsletter and the careers page. Each brief has its own limit – a shift pattern, a crowd or a team that can spare five minutes each.
We already know the borough: we have filmed for Target Car Supermarket in Grays, for Root-Power at the Coryton battery-storage site in Corringham and at South Essex Wildlife Hospital in Orsett. Those were video commissions, so the photographs on this page come from other jobs and each one is labelled with the client and where it was taken.
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↗TEAM HEADSHOTS AND STAFF PORTRAITS
These Hive Kids staff portraits were photographed in Stowmarket with the same setting and light for every person. For a Thurrock office, depot or showroom we set up one consistent background in a meeting room or by a window, so every headshot matches on your website, LinkedIn and bid documents.
Each portrait takes a few minutes, so people can go straight back to work, and staff on other shifts or new starters can be photographed later in the same style.
See our headshot photography ↗Agree in advanceThe list of people and shifts, the look you want, the crops your website and LinkedIn need, and a room or corner we can set up in.
Capture on the dayMatching headshots checked on screen before people return to work, plus group pictures if needed.
Agree in advanceTimings, the moments that matter – speeches, awards, the team photo – and anyone who would rather not be photographed.
Capture on the dayNatural pictures of people enjoying the day, the set-pieces you asked for and enough of the venue to show where it was.
Agree in advanceAccess times, site inductions and PPE, what must be shown and what must stay out of shot, and where the images will be used.
Capture on the dayThe premises, the people at work and the details that matter, from showroom stock to equipment on site.
STAFF SUMMER PARTY / IPSWICH
Platinum Cleaning booked us for its staff summer party. In two hours of coverage we photographed the team photo, the guests and the relaxed moments in between, and delivered 300 edited photographs alongside a short film.
The party was in Ipswich, not Thurrock, but it shows how we cover a company event – the approach we would take at a Lakeside venue, a Grays hall or your own premises.
Read the Platinum Cleaning case study ↗The address, the date and timings, what needs photographing and where the images will be used – a website, a tender, a staff newsletter or social media.
We agree a shot list and timings, plus the practical points: parking and access, site inductions and PPE at ports, depots and industrial sites, and a space for headshots.
A finished, edited set with sensible file names, sized for screens and print, plus any agreed retouching – and a handful of picks earlier if your social or internal comms team needs them.
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 ↗THURROCK / ON LOCATION
Each quote is built from 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: Thurrock is more than 25 driving miles away, so there is no mileage charge, and the estimated return driving time is billed at £49 per hour, rounded to the nearest 15 minutes.
Our Thurrock coverage runs from Grays, Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock to Purfleet-on-Thames, Aveley and South Ockendon, and east through Tilbury, Orsett, Stanford-le-Hope, Corringham and East Tilbury. Tell us the address and what you need photographing.
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
Yes, on video. We have filmed for Target Car Supermarket in Grays, for Root-Power at the Coryton battery-storage site in Corringham and at South Essex Wildlife Hospital in Orsett. We have not yet published a photography commission from Thurrock, so the photographs on this page come from London, Stowmarket and Ipswich, and each one is labelled.
Yes. We bring a portable backdrop and lights to your office, depot or showroom, give each person a few minutes in front of the camera and show them the frames before they leave, so every headshot on your website and LinkedIn has the same look. Staff on other shifts and new starters can be matched later.
Yes. At Platinum Cleaning's staff summer party in Ipswich we delivered 300 edited photographs and a short film from two hours of coverage. We agree the set-pieces first – speeches, awards, the team photograph – and capture the rest naturally.
Yes, with the right preparation. We agree access, inductions and PPE in advance and what must stay out of shot. Our own experience on sites like this is on video – for Root-Power we filmed two visits to the Coryton battery-storage site in Corringham, including drone footage.
Yes. For My Home Life England we spent a morning at Eastham Care Home in Woodham Ferrers, Essex, and delivered more than 500 natural photographs of residents, staff and the home, without using flash.
Yes. For Jellyshotz we produced more than 200 product photographs across 30 flavours. For a showroom or forecourt we plan the order of vehicles or products in advance so one visit covers the whole list.
Yes. Simultaneous photo and video normally needs a photographer and a videographer, each at the standard operator rate. If you also need a film, see our Thurrock video production page.
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. Thurrock 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.
Grays, Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Lakeside, Purfleet-on-Thames, Aveley, South Ockendon, Tilbury, Orsett, Stanford-le-Hope, Corringham and East Tilbury. For Basildon, Brentwood or Southend, see our photographer pages for those towns.
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