Straight answers, before you call.

Everything clubs ask

What does golf course photography cost?

A day on the course starts from £750, and Four Seasons, four visits across the year, from £3,000. Every club needs a different amount of coverage, so the final figure is a fixed quote after a conversation about what the imagery has to do and where it will be used. Tell me the course, roughly when you want to shoot and what you need the pictures for, and I'll come back with a fixed proposal.

How long does a golf course shoot take?

A day on the course is my usual shape: first light through to the last of the sun, which is when a course looks its best. I turn that single day into a library the club draws on all year: website, social media, print, campaigns and member communications, rather than a handful of frames.

When is the best time of year to photograph a golf course?

There isn't one. Spring gives renovation work and first light over wet greens, summer peak condition and members out, autumn colour and long shadows, winter frost and the work nobody sees. Clubs that photograph once tend to photograph in summer and then look out of date for nine months, which is exactly what I built Four Seasons to fix.

Will the shoot disrupt play?

No. I work around your tee sheet, using early starts and quiet hours. Members shouldn't notice the photography is happening.

How soon do we get the images?

I deliver the edited gallery within 10 working days. If you need something sooner for social media, I'll send a set of selects inside 48 hours of the shoot.

What licence do we get with the photographs?

Full commercial usage for the club, in perpetuity, with no per-image fees. I license everything upfront, so you can use the images on your website, across social media, in membership packs, in print, in the trade press and in campaigns, for as long as you like.

Are you insured, and approved for drone work?

Yes. I hold CAA credentials for the aerial work and agree flight plans with the club in advance. Public liability cover is in place, and I'll send certificates on request.

Do you photograph greenkeeping teams as well as the course?

Yes, and it's the most under-used story a club owns. I photograph the team, the machinery and the work that happens before anyone tees off, which shows members and visitors why the course is in the condition it is, and that's far harder for a competitor to copy than a picture of a green.

Do you work with turf machinery manufacturers and distributors?

Yes. I photograph machinery in service on real courses, with the operators using it, rather than on a white background. Deliverables cover product in use, operator portraits, detail and build, short film for social, and press-ready sets for the golf and turf media.

What is Four Seasons?

Four Seasons is a single agreement covering four visits across one year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. We start whenever suits the club, not at a fixed point in the calendar, and I deliver each visit as its own edited set. A full twelve months on, the club owns a library that spans every condition it trades in and never looks out of date. I shape it around the club and quote after a conversation. Packages start from £3,000.

Where do you work?

I'm based in Hampshire and work across the United Kingdom and Ireland, with shoots further afield by arrangement. Recent work includes clubs in Hampshire, Kent and Cornwall.

Who will actually turn up to the shoot?

Me. There are no account managers and no second shooters you haven't met. I handle the brief, the shoot, the edit and the handover myself.