Assignment rates

RATES

Rates are by negotiation, but generally I work on a half day and full day rate, and include a CD of images plus any reasonable emails or ftp transfers

Working for daily publications means that I thrive on producing and delivering high quality images to tight deadlines. For Corporate and PR clients my normal service is to have assignments edited and dispatched the same day.

I use the latest Canon 16 million pixel digital SLR cameras, Canon flashes and lenses, coupled with Bowens portable studio lights and backdrop (white as standard, specific colours by negotiation) and an Apple Mac laptop with full GPRS and WiFi capabilities for location shoots. Office post production is done on an Apple Mac G5 twin processor machine with a 23" monitor, and all work is backed up to twin LaCie external hard drives.

Assignments within a 50 mile radius (eg Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield or Preston) incur no travel. Any further by negotiation (I occasionally work in London, and am quite happy to travel even further...).

Finally, It's important to recognise that every assignment is comprised of three elements:-

1. Travel to and from the location.
2. The shoot itself.
3. Post production, editing, CD burning and dispatch (either back at my office, on location or both if required).

All my quotes are fully inclusive of these factors, plus VAT

RECENT SHOOTS

A small selection of my recent work in date order is shown below. Please see the gallery section for more examples.

Volkswagen shoot

A shoot I did at the end of May for Volkswagen of Freddie Flintoff with the new VW Touareg R50 at Lancashire Cricket Club's Old Trafford ground.

Doncaster Rovers playoffs

A Sunday Times Sport shoot I did with writer John Aizlewood on Doncaster Rovers' chairman John Ryan at the club's training ground, two days before the playoffs against Leeds. After waiting for over an hour we were given ten minutes with him. My pix were all shot in the last minute, and this half page pic was almost the last frame, in front of the club room door.

Financial Times Pursuits Magazine

Commissioned cover shot of The Cleveland Way for the Financial Times Pursuits magazine. There were two more pages of pictures inside with the feature, shot over two days in May. See the gallery for more pix.

Wythenshawe Hospital Mural

The installed mural I shot for The South Manchester University NHS Trust in March. The brief was to produce portraits of key personnel from each of the hospital's five main departments, accompanied by abstract and/or detailed cameo shots of each unit.

Hospital Annual Report

One of several images I shot for Wythenshawe University Hospital NHS Trust's 2008 annual report. There are two more in my editorial gallery. After the the shoot (my second annual report for the Trust) I was commissioned to cover all of their main departments for a ten metre long display in the reception area (see above)

Aintree Racecourse MD

Julian Thick, managing director of Aintree Racecourse, photographed for the Sunday Times a week before the April 2008 Grand National.

Magazine re-launch

One of three pix I conceived and shot to accompany a press release to announce the re-launch of Active Life magazine. See my gallery for the whole selection

Junior Witter

Ricky Hatton Challenger Junior Witter photographed during a break from training, December 28th 2007
Shot for The Sunday Times Sports Section. A larger image is in the black and white portraits gallery