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    Studio Portrait Photography

    Based in Harwich, Essex. Mobile setup available for: Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Kent, and London. Bright and modern professional photographs for models and dancers. Posed modelling photos and dance action shots are both available with Josh White Photography.

Studio Portrait Prices

How much do you charge for your studio photography sessions?

I run 20 minute “mini” studio photoshoot sessions a few times per year which is are the perfect low cost, low risk way to establish yourself or your brand with a few photos. This is very popular with models and individual dancers looking to expand their modelling portfolio which is sent off to agencies, to increase their exposure and to audition for roles/shows. Dance schools and modelling agencies would benefit from a longer dedicated 1-2 hour photoshoot where multiple dancers can be photographed in action over the course of a couple of hours.

Larger commercial business may benefit from a longer day of shooting in order to fit in all your employee commercial headshot photos. Any leftover time can always be used to capture some candid shots of your business in operation, or the details of your work. All prices below are for studio shoots around the Harwich area, travel may incur an extra cost.

My Studio Photoshoot Prices

  • Mini Sessions - £50

    The 20 minute “mini” studio shoot includes a 5 full-res edited image with the booking fee. Additional packages are then available after the shoot for you to buy further photos, if you would like to. There is no commitment to buy any more photos; you will receive a digital gallery to view all photos taken. Please note that mini sessions only happen 2-4 times per year and are not bookable as a dedicated session.

  • Taster Session - £180

    A dedicated 1-2 hour session, perfect for dance schools and modelling agencies looking to photograph multiple subjects within a short space of time. This fee includes a digital license to use all edited photos uploaded to your gallery. Expect to receive 15-20 images from this session.

  • Extended Session - £300

    Up to 4 hours of coverage for a dedicated photoshoot, perfect for larger dance schools and commercial businesses looking to photograph a lot of subjects over the course of a few hours. This fee includes a digital license to use all photos uploaded to your gallery. Expect to receive 40+ images from this session.

FAQs

  • The £50 booking fee covers the shoot, the venue hire, and includes one free edited digital photograph. You can then select from the following packages if you would like additional photographs from your shoot:

    Digital essentials bundle
    5 edited full-resolution digital images.
    £35

    Essentials plus bundle
    5 edited full-resolution digital images.
    5 high-quality lustre (semi-gloss) prints.
    £65

    Digital premium bundle
    10 edited full-resolution digital images.
    £55

    Premium plus bundle
    10 edited full-resolution digital images.
    10 high-quality lustre (semi-gloss) prints.
    £90

    Digital luxury bundle
    20 edited full-resolution digital images.
    £80

    Luxury plus bundle
    20 edited full-resolution digital images.
    20 high-quality lustre (semi-gloss) prints.
    £160

  • Yes! The digital gallery lets you order photo prints directly, without any need for backwards and forwards communication. Now that your photoshoot is complete and you have received your beautiful images on screen, you can finally relax, scroll through the album on your mobile or computer, and order prints straight from the gallery! Simply select the photos you want printed, add them to basket, select a payment method, and it goes straight off to the print lab who will fulfil your order directly. Various print options are available, including: small prints, large format prints, photo albums, canvas prints, and even prints onto stunning birch wood! Most prints are shipped within 1-2 business days, but custom items like wooden prints and albums will take slightly longer.

    I use one of the best print labs in the UK, which uses the highest quality paper that will last a lifetime. Cheap prints from online retailers and supermarket stores will look cheap as they are often low quality printers, low quality paper, over-saturated, and not colour corrected properly; they also have a habbit of fading pretty quickly which isn’t idea! It’s worth the small extra investment to have the best quality printed photos to treasure forever, plus the wall-art options (like the wooden picture) are a sure way to wow any guests that visit your home. There is absolutely no pressure to order prints from me; I just want you to be aware of the differences in print quality on the market.

  • Watermarks are automatically removed when photos are purchased or downloaded as part of your package, the online viewer shows a watermark and low-resolution preview of the image to stop people stealing photographs and infringing on copyright laws.

  • I work fairly fast! But obviously I want to make sure my edits are the best they can be before they are released to clients. Depending on my work schedule, I usually aim to have them released to you to view within a week but it can take longer during busy periods and holidays.

  • You are given something called a royalty-free, personal use license and print release. Which sounds very complicated but is actually very straightforward: The person who takes a photograph always retains the copyright to the original image. A royalty-free, personal use license means that you are given unlimited use of that digital image, plus you can print it as many times as you like and use it on your own social media and website pagesm without ever paying anything more to do so. The only limitation is that if a third-party wants to use the photo (for example, a fashion magazine), then that third-party must contact me to obtain their own commercial use license to do so. Other than this, you are free to do whatever you like with your licensed pics!

  • Yes, I hold a basic up to date DBS check. I never work with children alone and will always ask that an adult accompanies anyone under 18. Models under 18 will require their parent or guardian’s permission to proceed and will be required to fill out a release form on their minor’s behalf before the shoot takes place.

  • Yes, I hold public liability cover up to £5m. The venue I hire always has its own cover in place to accompany this.

  • The images uploaded to your digital gallery are added at the highest resolution possible, directly from my editiing programme. For an uncropped image, this is usually a wide edge of 5472px; cropped images will be smaller. All images uploaded to the gallery will be 100% quality JPGs that are large enough to print in almost any size.

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