Services
Editorial photography for businesses on the Isle of Wight, UK and worldwide
Most property photography is built for portals — bright, processed, forgettable. Mine is built for the way your guests, clients and audience actually decide.
Natural light. Clean colour. Considered composition. The kind of work you'd see in Cereal or Condé Nast Traveller — based on the Isle of Wight, available for projects across the UK and worldwide.
Choose the service that fits your business. Every package is fixed-price, with full commercial rights, fast turnaround and an editorial style that lifts brand and bookings together.
Hotels & Inns
Editorial brand-image libraries for boutique hotels, inns, restaurants and venues across the Isle of Wight. Built to lift direct bookings, save on OTA commission, and look magazine-grade everywhere they're used.
View Hotel Packages →Holiday Lets & Airbnbs
Listing photography engineered to lift conversion on Airbnb, Booking.com and your direct site. Studies show professional photography drives 20–40% more bookings — and lets you charge more per night.
View Holiday Let Packages →Property & Architecture
Editorial-grade architectural photography for completed projects, premium real-estate, interior designers and developers. Awards-submission quality. The kind of imagery that ends up in Dezeen, not Rightmove.
View Property Packages →Corporate & Brand Events
Documentary-style event photography for corporate, brand and venue clients across the Isle of Wight, UK and worldwide. Brand launches, conferences, venue openings, private functions. Curated editorial galleries — not 800 unedited frames in a Dropbox folder.
View Event Packages →Rights, in plain terms
The package price includes the licence. You can use the gallery on Airbnb, Booking.com, your own site, social, print and later marketing. You do not buy the copyright — almost no photographer sells that — but you do get the commercial use you actually need, with no extra fee later.
Shop downloads of existing landscapes are separate: £30 personal / £50 commercial. Guest-wall prints of an existing image are £50. If you only saw a frame on this website and want to use it, email first.
Add-ons
Universal bolt-ons that apply across every service. Final mix is confirmed at booking.
- Drone Aerial Coverage8 final aerial stills · CAA compliant · weather-permitting£350
- Twilight / Blue-Hour ExteriorUp to 2 hours after sunset — for hero exterior frames£250
- Food & Beverage Mini-Shoot15 plated and styled images — for menus, web and social£450
- Additional Property / Project / LocationSame day, within 30-minute drive of the main location£450
- On-Site Talent / ModelPer person, per half-day — booked through SJF£200
- Pre-Event Mini-Shoot (Events only)1-hour session ahead of the main event — venue scout, hero shots£200
- Second Photographer (Events only)Simultaneous coverage for full-day events£395
- Print License for Existing ImagePer portfolio image — for guest walls or interior decoration£50
- 24-Hour Rush DeliveryFinal gallery within 24 hours of shoot — subject to capacity+30%
- Extra Revision RoundBeyond the rounds included in your package£75
Add-ons are combined freely with any package. All prices include full commercial usage rights and are exclusive of VAT.
How booking works
Booking retainer
A 33% non-refundable retainer confirms your shoot date. The remaining 67% is due on delivery of final edited images.
The retainer secures the date, covers prep, and is in consideration of the calendar exclusivity I block out for you.
Travel & accommodation
Available for shoots worldwide. For work outside the Isle of Wight, travel and accommodation costs are billed separately and paid up front:
- Flights: Client pre-pays in full (booked direct, or invoiced before tickets are bought)
- Accommodation: Client pre-pays in full — waived if you're accommodating me on-site
- Ground transport: Ferries, taxis, fuel, parking — paid with the retainer
- Subsistence: Included for trips up to 3 days; £40/day thereafter
International shoots
Three-stage payment is standard for international work:
- 33% retainer + 100% travel & accommodation on signing
- 33% mid-stage payment 14 days before travel
- 34% balance on delivery of final images
You always know exactly what you're paying and when.
Rescheduling & cancellation
One free reschedule per booking with 14+ days notice. The retainer is non-refundable in all cases — sliding-scale charges on the balance apply for cancellations within 30 days, in line with CMA guidance under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
Bad weather doesn't count as a cancellation: I'll reschedule at no charge if conditions genuinely won't deliver the work.
Send a brief
Tell me about your project
Three lines is plenty. I reply within one working day.
Email samuel@samueljohnford.com with your brief.
Not sure which fits?
Send me a few details about your property, project or event and I'll point you at the right package — or build you a quick custom quote if you need something different.