Commercial and Advertising Photography for Business and Graphics Professionals
At Imagemaker Studios we like to create imagery that is always exciting, fresh, experimental & occasionally - unexpected! Our photography is always intelligently designed to give your business’s advertising and marketing campaigns a tailored & unique edge you may have been missing until now. We combine our 30 years of experience, the most prestigious qualifications and the latest digital studio equipment to produce something amazing, we do location work too throughout Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire. Most of all we want you to enjoy your shoot so whilst we are totally professional and serious about advertising imagery - welcome to a studio with a sense of humour, personality and character!
Below are snapshots and descriptions of current and latest projects only, if you wish to see more extensive & historic portfolios please use the ‘PORTFOLIOS’ section above. Thank you.
*Studio News*
We have recently invested in replacing our medium format camera system moving away from our old Hasselblad to the very latest PhaseOne XF camera & Schneider Blue Ring lenses coupled with a 100mp IQ3 digital back - after many shoots with this new equipment we can honestly say the results are unsurpassed - so if you require massive files, sharpness, clarity and colour rendition to die for - get in touch. We have also just purchased a Linhof M679CS camera system which will allow us to create super clever images using the ’tilt - shift - swing’ features available on these types of cameras which means we can manipulate the plane of focus for beautiful creative effects …ask us for more information.
Social Media content for sports supplement business
We have been creating content for Nutrition X for 7-8 years now and these are the latest collection of stylised images for their caffeine Melt range of products. All the products are shot in place and stripped into photoshop generated backgrounds.
Henry Blake Hardware
Yet another series of product images for our good friends at Henry Blake Hardware featuring the wonderful ‘Oyster’ door handles collection. As well as the usual single ‘white box’ product shots we produced several nice random collection shots for social media publication.
Bennetts Ice Cream Food Photography
Quite a while ago we created a huge portfolio of ice cream photography for Bennetts in Worcester and they came back for another smaller shoot this February with new and further flavours. We did the usual 2:1 web banners, squared up macro shots and squared overheads…this image is Xmas pudding flavour - yum yum.
Plastic Food Trays Product Photography
In March we were commissioned through the Lines Group to photograph a huge series of plastic food trays for Leeways. We used three coloured backgrounds shooting overhead images with 8 ranges with food in and without, then there was macro details (as above) and single products again with food and without. Many more ranges to come.
Industrial Components Product Images
Further product photography for our wonderful client Delapena…these simple images feature their range of pressure gauges used in the Homing process - look out for another shoot for Delapena with their latest robotic Speedhone machine coming soon.
Vinyl Flooring Manufacturer Photography
Another massive shoot for this great client specifically designed to attract home developers and new builds. We had to shoot 24 new designs from overhead causing us the small headache of getting the PhaseOne camera 18ft up in the air! We constructed a complicated rig to cope with this requirement and the studio was crammed to the rafters with hundreds of props. This image above is a cropped version shot at eye level.
Further Marmalade Candles Product Photography
As part of ongoing new product launches Marmalade have released a new fragrance range - Mandarin & Magnolia. They asked us to create one stylised brochure image using fresh props and flowers then a series of existing products designed for the new fragrance. Nice, clean imagery.
Commercial Carpet Tiles UK new product Photography
CCT UK have designed and launched a new range using their innovative vinyl flooring manufacturing & texturising process…a series of floor tiles. Unlike their other flooring designed for living areas around the house and office this product is aimed at the rest of the house like bathroom, kitchen and conservatory. We shoot the usual propped and unproved images then alongside we light the product for its lovely texture. More to follow.
Global Shower & Bathroom Product Manufacturer Photography
As part of many product launches from Mira Showers this year Vista came to us in November incorporating the latest in digital technology, temperature and eco friendly water saving features where the shower can be set to finish upon a certain amount of water being used or simply display how much water has passed through keeping the user informed at every point about their water usage and thus costs. A cool design in 3 colours and the patented ‘heat loop’ system makes this a modern and innovative shower.
Delapena ProductionHone Photography
We recently created a portfolio of images for Delapena of their new honing machine, the ProductionHone. This amazing piece of innovative technology is designed for honing bores from 10mm down to 1.5mm and features auto tool selection and loading. The process is controlled by Delapena’s own software iHone and lubricated by Delapena’s self designed honing oil ferromagnetic filtration system.
Hangovr Food Supplement Product Photography
Patrick at Magnus Brands approached us post shooting his “Ludus’ gym equipment for another of his Amazon based products…a hangover food supplement. We designed the ideas and the background colours and this image in particular helped to sum up the product by making the packaging hang over the surface. We did each image in sky blue and orange creating a funky, colourful set of images made to appeal to the demographic.
Commercial Carpet Tiles UK ‘textures’ range Photography
Just like buses, you wait for one to come along and 2-3 arrive all together…it’s the same with hard copy. We almost never get a finished brochure or publication these days, well it’s hardly surprising when 90% of what we photograph ends up on web sites. today is slightly different because in one week we were delivered 2 client’s brochures and we thought it right to advertise these. So above we have 2 brochures from Commercial Carpet Tiles illustrating some really nice, clean design and how to use the photography correctly.
Aluplast Windows & Doors Photography
Aluplast are a local company who design & manufacture UPVC windows and doors, we originally created work for them over a year ago shooting 30-40 window frames and quarter windows here in the studio, some of these went onto CGI production and then some of the more specialised versions with clever features being used as seen above. We have now done 3 more of these shoots plus 2 location shoots of modern new builds that have their product installed. This is a great client with brilliant products…the brochure above is also a wonderful design and quality publication.
Commercial Carpet Tiles UK ‘inspirations’ range Photography
More studio imagery for this new and valued client, 20 more vinyl tile products shot for their new brochure, web site and various other media, this range is called inspirations and we previously created the elements range. These products are revolutionary within the industry being heavily embossed with real life textures of different woods and realistically colourised mimicking the real thing extremely closely. We created overhead images of plank and herringbone versions then moving onto angled versions lit to emphasise the textures.
Marmalade of London Photography
We created a portfolio of studio product images for this new client almost a year ago and strangely completely forgot to feature this work at the time so we are publishing it now. We created a lifestyle brochure cover shot, an atomiser & 3 images of each new colour and packaging featuring a candle, a tinned candle and these beautifully designed diffusers, there were a few other fill in images for a previous range featuring the National Gallery designs.
Bentley Limited Edition Luggage Photography
You may or may not know that we have been creating photography for Bentley Motors Collection online shop for around 7 years now and these beautiful branded leather goods are the latest work we have shot for this premium British brand. There are 3 colour ways, the one above is Mandarin, the others Hotspur and Kingfisher. we also create dozens of pertinent details, the fine coloured edges on the straps and buckles were added later.
Laser Trim product Photography
We were approached by this beauty product brand a few weeks ago to shoot two laser machines used for fat reduction in the beauty industry though you may find these appearing in sports centres and other not so obvious places. There were many movements of the product to capture so we used ‘ghosting’ to illustrate how the machine elevated and moved.
Autoglym Summer Campaign Photography
Last summer we were commissioned through our good friends at Mosaique Design to shoot an advertising campaign for Autoglym car cleaning products, there were 3 beautiful cars and 3 beautiful models, we hired a studio big enough to accommodate this work in Worcester and shot for 3 days. The photography was then comped into generic driveway scenes by the agency. We also shoot all their packaging.
Bennetts Ice Cream Photography
In November last year we were approached by Bennetts Ice Cream, a company trading for nearly 100 years now, we were asked to shoot their whole range of 47 flavours. We devised a shoot plan of 4 images per flavour…the first were single scoops comped into cones and scoops, then a 2;1 web banner format with space left for copy and logo, a square shot cropped but slightly rearranged from the banner and a macro close up of each flavour. We hired the lovely Liz Martin from the Hob as food stylist and spent many hours sourcing new bowls and props.The work lasted 12 days in total and Bennetts are super pleased with the results…a new web site is on it’s way!
Online Electrical Goods Manufacturer Product Photography
One of the many design agencies we collaborate with is Mosaique Design and one of their clients is this British company Vytronix who sell exclusively online. We shoot the products and the agency do all the post production so we rarely get to see the finished artwork but Mosaique have just supplied us with links to the website pages where we have made a bunch of screen grabs. There are several vacuums, steam cleaners, microwaves and various other electrical items.
Vinyl Carpet Tile Manufacturer Product Photography
A new client for us in 2023 CCT UK brought us 30+ new products each of which had an overhead with and without props then a macro close up of the embossed texture, shot with the Phase One the images have incredible detail and clarity. More products are arriving in 2024.
Appliances Distributor Product Photography
Some more products from this really valued client, we have been creating high quality imagery for Montpellier for 3 - 4 years now but this was the first batch of dishwashers, whilst the front views are easy enough the technical difficulty of getting light into the interior was taxing but ultimately satisfying. We shot 12 products in this instance.
Shower & Bathroom Product Photography
Some more product work for this brilliant client, this product in particular called ‘Form’ is revolutionary in the shower industry being modular in its ability to fit existing pipework of varying sizes and gaps. Once again we were given even more creative freedom to create clever and beautiful imagery using high speed flash to freeze water splashes and working shower products.
Tewkesbury Brewery Web Site Photography
We were asked by Daryl at Tewkesbury Brewery to create a series of web banners and adverts for their flagship beer ‘Dark Knight’. This is the very first professional imagery that the brewery has very had, bearing in mind they are only a year old so there was some pressure to make these images a foundation for the next beers when they arrive, personally, I loved shooting these and I think we have created a mood / concept that will allow further products to sit alongside.
Glass giftware Product Photography
More work for this great client Sienna Glass for whom we have been creating imagery for over 7 years, this session features some amazing fruit bowls and trinket bowls as well as these incredible ‘leaf’ design platters that are iridescent.
Bentley Collection Product Photography
As part of ongoing ‘Bentley Collection’ photography which the studio has been shooting for over 5 years now, we completed a whole new range of products recently including these wonderful cufflinks. Alongside these were 2 other cufflinks featuring Bentley design aspects, key rings, notepads, travel sets and 1:64 scale cars.
Door Furniture Product Photography
We have now been shooting with this valued client for around 4 years and after a decision to update and change their web style we have created another series of web banner still lives featuring several of their suppliers products as well as their own designed ranges.
Location Industrial Product Photography
Delapena have become a really valued client, we have now shot several of their innovative honing machines and made a few small product videos. This one in particular is the ForceHone incorporating their in house designed iHone software. A great company making great products.
Kitchen Appliance Studio Product Photography
Happy to present even more product photography from Montpellier / DAD, some of these now shot on the new PhaseOne system with incredible detail. There are several new fridge freezers, washer driers & tumble driers, an excellent client who keeps coming back again and again.
Tele-acoustics Product Photography
More product work for this great business Storacall…these are telephone / work privacy booths with innovative laptop benches that rise and fall depending on whether you wish to sit or stand, they even incorporate their own WiFi signal, USB charging point and electricity supply. We have stripped 2 of these images into a real modern office scene which was part of the brief.
Office Furniture Location Photography
Shot in Clerkenwell London at the Davison Highley showroom we had to create 6 images of this modular furniture range in various configurations. The photography took place in their showroom and in post production we had to cut out and recompile because several items were missing or unavailable at the time so we left spaces for the product, shot the component we did have then moved the component into that space and shot again. Hard work but the client is super pleased with the results.
Garden Furniture Studio Photography
Shot in the 2500 sq ft BAND studio in Bristol over 3 days this job for KETER was a set built patio area with a BBQ, pot plants and foliage, the backgrounds have been stripped in by the agency. Four models were brought in and we had to recreate a sunny day that could have been in a British back garden in summer or at a Villa in Portugal. There were some camping / collapsible tables and chairs shot later on.
Wine Manufacturer Product Photography
Another client brought to us through the lovely guys at Sozo Design, Three Choirs Vineyard needed updated studio product photography of their wine bottles for the online sales area of their web site, we had to follow the lighting style of the previous photography but improved the cleanness and clarity by shooting the labels on straight and the gold lettering was shot properly.
Styled Studio Food Photography
Yet another great local client brought to us by Sozo Design…the wonderful bakery Janes pantry were creating a section on their web site dedicated to brownies boxes for online purchase and delivery, we were asked to create mood shots of the range individually and banners, we are now waiting on the box manufacturer to supply to Janes before shooting the boxed versions - needless to say none of these delicious products went to waste!
Studio & Location Industrial Photography
As part of our continuing support to Trackwise Designs we were commissioned to travel down to Stevenage to shoot at a circuit board manufacturing facility recently purchased by Trackwise, alongside the industrial images within the factory we produced a portfolio of beautiful studio products images for the forthcoming sales brochure.
Styled Studio Food Photography
Another productive 2 day shoot for this great client, as part of their ongoing rebranding and web site creation concentrating this time on on products for their Yamas range and some others, the imagery features the packaged products as you would find them on the shelf, Gina and I had a great time in the studio - socially distanced of course!
Sculpture Web Site Photography
David Buffrey contacted me out of the blue by turning up at the studio one day! We had a lovely conversation (outside) and discussed his forthcoming web site for these simply fabulous metal artworks, once I had seen the pictures of this collection I just couldn’t resist taking on the project. We made studio images of everything, some standing, some wall hung and then during day 2 created a suite of video clips that we edited together for his front page, I thoroughly recommend checking these out at www.metalartbuff.co.uk
Nigerian Studio Food Photography
The ever so lovely Tola got in touch for a full on food shoot of her Nigerian dishes, during a long day we shot over 15 dishes in a variety of ways to cater for the web site production and packaging. Colourful, spicy, aromatic and full of chunky meat we loved creating these images and Tola was over the moon. She will be coming back for a ‘frozen food aisle’ style shoot in the next few weeks.
Location Furniture Product Photography
As part of ongoing location photography for this client during a long day we created a portfolio of images for their forthcoming publications within the John Lewis web site and information POS cards in store, shot on location using only natural light at Kingscote Barn, this is the 2nd shoot for this fantastic client.
Styled Studio Food Photography
Another productive 2 day shoot for this great client, as part of their ongoing rebranding and web site creation concentrating this time on on products pertaining to their slicing & packaging plant in North Wales. The recipe images for this shoot were designed to show how this particular cheese might be used in commercial kitchens - once again my old friend and chef Simon Offord came along and created some superb dishes.
Studio & Location Industrial Photography
This engineering company specialise in honing equipment manufacturing and supply many global manufacturers with their honing solutions. We have now shot twice for this great, innovative British company recently creating web site content images of their tooling products and 3 bespoke honing machines. You will find some of these images in the Products section and some in the Industrial section.
New Season Menu Food Photography
As part of ongoing location photography for this client during a long day we created a portfolio of images for their new year menu, shot on location using only natural light and in cramped conditions we are really proud of the yummy results and so is the client.
Styled Studio Food Photography
Another amazing 3 day shoot for this great client, as part of their ongoing rebranding and web site creation we were commissioned to shoot the whole product range on medium format. There were also location shoots for their management and a specific range for their newly opened slicing and packaging plant in Wales. The recipe images for this shoot are particularly amazing - an old friend and chef Simon Offord came along and created some superb dishes, a proper team effort.
Studio People Photography
I was asked by my long term friend Russell to create a whole suite of studio images for his new venture in teaching Pilates, called The Pilates Guy because he wants to specialise in teaching men, these images have served him brilliantly in starting his business and are used extensively across social media to advertise his classes.
Web Site Product Photography
A recent shoot for the great guys at SOZO Design, Cheltenham’s leading web design agency. Ulu Nation CBD oils and lotions are a brand new product to market and we created a series of styled still life images, a small portfolio with models using the products and cut out product images for overlaying onto the web site background.
Telephony Product Studio Photography
StoraCall are a local Cheltenham based company who approached us through their PR agency to shoot several ‘unusual’ products, these were acoustic telephone conversation booths / hoods, something we have never seen before! Anyway we designed and built a small room set, booked the model Rebecca and created a portfolio of advertising images, nice job.
Medical Product Studio Photography
Our first shoot for this medical bed manufacturer based in Worcester - a series of 5 beds shot in various positions and movements illustrating the product’s incredible range and flexibility. All shot on medium format, cut out to white with drop shadow added.
Room set lifestyle images with models are to come in 2020.
Styled Studio Food Photography
We have shot for this highly successful business before but not on this scale…Futura are the UK’s largest importer and distributor of European Cheeses, this shoot was designed for recipe cards, web site and customer product catalogues. We loved every minute of this job and the studio smelt great for several days!
Studio Product Photography
Siri and I have been in touch for a few years now and she is the most lovely person to work with. Recently she asked us to produce these still life images of her soaps for her revamped web site…I cannot understate how lovely these hand made soaps smell.
Soda Stream Advertising Photography
Through our friends at Mosaique Design we were commissioned to shoot a Global relaunch for this famous brand. A superb video was created at the same time by the ever so talented Bexmedia. We are now pleased to publish this exciting portfolio.
Bentley 100th Anniversary Product Photography
Yet another Mosaique Design / Imagemaker Studios collaboration, we were commissioned to shoot all the 100th Anniversary giftware range for Bentley Cars and a few more besides, the imagery had to be perfect, not almost…perfect! The studio beat 9 other photographers to the job and we delivered.
Industrial Product Photography
Some more images for this old client…we have been shooting for John at Desiccant Dry Air for the last 18 years and their industrial dehumidification machines just get better and better. Particularly difficult photography due to the product being made of stainless steel and highly reflective, the post production on these images is quite a task too. You can find our work on their site www.desiccantdryair.com
Creed Christmas Food Photography Campaign
Another Biannual shoot for this great client, their 2019 Christmas brochure is being produced and as usual we were commissioned to create 20-25 delicious images. The theme this year is blue / teal and gold with heavy slant on vegan recipes. Yummy.
Tech Industry Brochure Photography
A brand new client for the studio…Trackwise create printed circuit boards and are the only company in the world capable of making unlimited lengths of multilayer FPC (flexible printed circuit). This portfolio was for their first annual report after stock market flotation.
www.trackwise.co.uk
On Location Styled Food Photography
A Gloucestershire restaurant called Yantos asked us to shoot their entire menu and we jumped at this because we knew it would be a great addition to the portfolio. A delicious and colourful shoot resulted.
www.yantos.co.uk
Furniture E-Commerce Product Photography
A brand new client for the studio Enhanced Homes gave us a 3 day job to shoot all their furniture range, cut out to white and retouch where necessary, a perfect e-commerce client.
www.bedroomfurniture.co.uk
Styled Studio Food and Drink Photography
A PR agency commissioned us to shoot a small portfolio of atmospheric images & POS for this fledgling drinks brand. Joined by a food stylist we shot this lovely project in the studio though using controlled daylight. We were delighted with these images.
Steve Toon Guitars
Creative Video Shoot and Production
My good friend and client Steve Toon builds custom classical guitars and is slowly becoming a world leader in his field. We have shot his product images for the last 2-3 years but he asked me to create a promo video for his web site, we don’t usually get involved with video but in this case we couldn’t resist.
Large set Food Photography for Creed
Once again our lovely client Creed Food Service asked was to create imagery for their 2018 Christmas brochure…the smell of Turkey cooking around the studio was almost too much to bear but we pulled through creating 12-15 atmospheric images that work beautifully. Creed Food Service come to us not just for great imagery but because we can handle much larger set ups and shoot overhead, a useful feature of our studio.
Trade Magazine Advertising Photography
A brand new client for the studio Courtyard Architectural Hardware are designers and manufacturers of door furniture to the trade, we were asked to shoot some products for their brand Henry Blake and create a series of magazine adverts.
Soda Stream Advertising Photography
Through our friends at Mosaique Design we were commissioned to shoot a Global relaunch for this famous brand. A superb video was created at the same time by the ever so talented Bexmedia. We are now pleased to publish this exciting portfolio.
Hotel and Restaurant Food Photography
This is a major hotel and wedding venue in Cheltenham and they were disappointed in their current food and wedding menu photography, after a meeting to find out what the issue was we set out to correct this, we have now done 2 sessions and look forward to several more.
Studio Furniture Web Site Photography
We were approached by a company who have bought the rights and trademark to this fabulous traditional brand of furniture and was commissioned to create a series of studio images to kick start the business in the UK, lifestyle location work will follow. www.lloydlooms.co.uk
Beautifully Lit Product Photography
This is a company on the same trading estate as our studio who were building up a showcase of their talent and required quality studio images for the web site www.southwestcustomwheels.co.uk
Tech Industry Product photography
Gary from Speedr has invented a belt drive for bicycles and fitted this to a BMX bike, we had the pleasure of creating the first product images for this revolutionary drive.
You can see this on the ‘products’ portfolio or just click ‘see this project’.
Watch and Jewellery Product Photography
A small but crafted portfolio for Leon James watches shot through Ventutec of Worcester.
www.leonjames.com
Hi Tech Industry Product Photography
Colin at Nord found us on Google and got in touch…to be honest I was like a child in a sweet shop! A perfect job for Imagemaker Studios and a perfect long term client, we love doing products.
www.nordacoustics.co.uk
Jewellery Advertising Photography
Agile Design asked me to shoot a small but nice portfolio of images for a new jewellery brand
www.cartergore.com
Creative black and white Portrait
Adrian is a local SME business leader and coach as well as running the most prestigious networking events business in Gloucestershire. He needed to update his headshot / portrait portfolio for general use through many different media, concentrating on his trademark red glasses we shot this work in black & white whilst keeping the red glasses in true colour and used minimal focus and sharpness for an added mood concept.
Location model and clothing Photography
Debz and Nicky have created a luxury cashmere brand based in Cheltenham, through Third Floor Design they contacted us to shoot their catalogue, studio and lifestyle imagery.
www.arkellandwills.co.uk
Mens Watch Product Photography
Manchester based online retailer LA BANUS asked us to create images of one of their range, the rest will be completed in the next few months whilst we wait for the manufacturer. The link here takes you to the products portfolio as there are only 2 images.
Supporting global and local brands, creative directors, marketing professionals, magazine editors and businesses, this is persuasive and inspiring commercial photography that delivers and delights. We see the possibilities other photographers often miss bringing positive emotion and individuality into the imagery.
With over 20 years of experience, our deep sector knowledge and ability to intuitively interpret a brief enables us to get it right first time.
Supporting creative directors, marketing professionals, magazine editors and businesses, this is persuasive and inspiring commercial photography that delivers and delights.
Working throughout Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Birmingham and the West Midlands, the approach is confident, fresh, dynamic and consistently creative.
If this is the kind of creative commercial photographer support you’re looking for, then please call Andy Hockridge on…
01684 850556 or 07913 873018
Alternatively email us using the mail form icon you can see on the top left of this page.
We really look forward to speaking with you.
“ Having known Andy for a couple of years now, networked with him, worked with him, been snapped by him and successfully recommended him on several occasions, I can't speak highly enough about his skills, experience and approach to commercial photography. He's also an exceptionally decent bloke. Highly recommended! Hire Andy before your biggest competitor does!.”
Al Hidden - The Gloucestershire Copywriter
“ Andy took some fabulous room shots for us to highlight particular products, including a seasonal selection. He gave just the right amount of input, and was helpful and creative throughout. As novices to this we felt supported in what we did, and like Andy really took the time to understand our vision of the end result. The images were beautiful, and ideal for purpose.”
Anna Brooks - Iapetus gallery
“ I commissioned Andy to take new head shots of me so I could update my online profiles. To say I am delighted with the results would be an understatement! I’ve got a great portfolio of images that includes a range of beautifully composed formal, informal and fun shots so I’ve got something for every online setting. Andy is an extraordinarily talented photographer and I would have no hesitation in recommending him.”
Catherine Every - Writer
Commercial photography for business and advertising
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