Pricing

Photography & Videography Pricing London

Photography in London starts at £150 for headshots, £180 for property, £200 for portraits, £250 for family and corporate, £300 for products, £350 for events and interiors, £400 for food and drone, £600 for branding and £950 for weddings. Video starts at £350 for property, £500 for events and content, £600 for corporate and £1,100 for weddings. Every figure below is a from-price for a real booking, not a headline.

Every price in one table

Every service I offer carries a published from-price, not a “call for a quote” placeholder that leaves you guessing until the invoice lands. Thirty-seven services are listed below, each linking through to the page that explains what’s included, what pushes the number up, and what a typical booking looks like once you’ve told me a date and a postcode.

Service From Typical booking Delivered in
Wedding photography £950 Full day, ceremony to speeches 4–6 weeks
Wedding videography £1,100 Full day, highlights film 6–8 weeks
Asian wedding photography £950 Multi-event day, two ceremonies 4–6 weeks
Asian wedding videography £1,100 Multi-event day, highlights film 6–8 weeks
Engagement photography £250 1-hour shoot, one location 48 hours
Proposal photography £250 Discreet single-location cover 48 hours
Event photography £350 2-hour minimum cover 48 hours
Event videography £500 2-hour minimum cover 48 hours
Corporate photography £250 Half-day headshots or event 48 hours
Corporate video £600 Half-day interview shoot 48 hours
Conference photography £350 Full day, one room 48 hours
Business photography £250 Half-day, team and workplace 48 hours
Headshot photography £150 Single headshot, one setup 48 hours
Real estate photography £180 One flat, all rooms 24 hours
Real estate videography £350 Walkthrough, one property 24 hours
Interior & architectural photography £350 Half-day, one interior 24 hours
Architecture photography £350 Half-day, one building 24 hours
Hotel photography £400 Half-day, rooms and communal areas 24 hours
Drone photo/video £400 Half-day, one site 24 hours
Product photography £300 Up to 10 products 3–5 working days
E-commerce product video £400 Up to 5 products 3–5 working days
Branding photography £600 Half-day, one brand 48 hours
Commercial photography £350 Half-day, one campaign 48 hours
Social media content packages £500 Half-day content shoot 48 hours
Restaurant / food photography £400 Half-day, one menu 48 hours
Restaurant videography £600 Half-day, one menu 48 hours
Portrait photography £200 1-hour session, one location 48 hours
Family photography £250 1-hour session, one location 48 hours
Maternity photography £250 1-hour session, one location 48 hours
Newborn photography £220 1–2 hours, at home 48 hours
Fashion photography £450 Half-day, one look 48 hours
Fitness & lifestyle photography £300 1-hour session 48 hours
Music & concert photography £300 One set, one venue 48 hours
Theatre & performance photography £150 One performance 48 hours
School photography £350 Half-day, one year group 48 hours
YouTube & podcast video £500 Half-day, one episode 48 hours
Studio hire £45/hr 2-hour minimum booking Immediate

The list runs long because a one-person studio based off Old Street ends up covering most of what a household, a business or a venue anywhere from Croydon to Enfield will need at some point. If a category isn’t obvious from the name, every service in detail sets out what’s included.

What a from-price actually means

A from-price is the smallest booking I’ll take, not a number designed to get you on the phone before the real price appears. I’d argue most “from £X” prices quoted around London are marketing numbers nobody has ever paid — mine are what the last handful of bookings at that tier genuinely cost.

£150 buys one headshot, one setup, delivered within 48 hours. £180 buys a one-bedroom flat, shot and edited the same day. £950 buys eight hours of wedding cover, ceremony to first dance, with no second shooter included.

Most bookings land above the from-price, and the reason is almost always more of one thing: more rooms, more guests, more hours, more locations. A three-bedroom house costs more than a one-bedroom flat because there’s more to photograph, not because the first price was fake. You can see work at each of these price points, and I’ve written more on London photographer rates in 2026 if you want the wider market context.

The six things that change the price

Six factors move a quote more than anything else. In order of how often they come up:

  1. Hours on site. A £350 event booking covers two hours. Add a third for speeches and a slower drinks reception and the quote moves with it.
  2. Number of people or products. Ten products at £300 becomes thirty products at a higher rate once retouching time triples.
  3. Number of locations. One flat is £180. A three-property portfolio for one agent on the same morning is a day rate, not three separate call-outs.
  4. Turnaround. Standard delivery is built into the from-price. Asking for a wedding gallery in a week instead of four to six carries a rush fee, because it means clearing other work to prioritise yours.
  5. Usage and licensing. A headshot for a LinkedIn profile costs one thing. The same image on a bus stop poster in Croydon is a different licence entirely — how image usage rights affect price covers this properly.
  6. Whether a second photographer is needed. A wedding with a ceremony in Greenwich and a reception in Shoreditch, an hour apart in Friday traffic, needs two people covering it, not one racing between boroughs.

Any one of these can move a quote by fifty pounds or five hundred. Most quotes move because of two or three at once.

Day rate, half day and per-image

A day rate means eight hours on site, not eight hours with a camera to my eye. It includes travel within London, breaks, kit changes and the dead time between the speeches finishing and the first dance starting. Half a day is four hours, and it’s what most headshot sessions, small events and single-property shoots use. I’ve written more on how a photographer’s day rate works if the maths interests you.

Per-image pricing suits short, predictable jobs: ten headshots for a small team, or a product range with a fixed shot list. It falls apart for anything unpredictable, such as a wedding, a conference, or an event where nobody knows in advance how many usable moments there’ll be. I’d rather quote a day rate for those and let the number of good images vary than charge per photo and watch the incentive tip toward quantity over quality.

What’s included as standard

Every from-price above includes the same baseline, whatever the service:

  • Full editing and colour correction on every delivered image
  • An online gallery for viewing, downloading and sharing
  • A standard licence covering personal or single-business use
  • Travel within the M25, including the Congestion Charge and ULEZ
  • Public liability insurance, which most venues now ask to see
  • Two independent backups of everything shot, kept for twelve months

What’s not included: printed products, albums, extended or exclusive licensing, rush turnaround, and parking where there’s genuinely nowhere to leave a van near the venue. That last one is a real cost in the City and around Mayfair, where a loading bay can be a twenty-minute walk from the door, and it gets added as a line item rather than buried in the day rate.

Deposits, payment and cancellation

A 25% deposit holds your date once you’ve booked, and it’s non-refundable. That’s what stops me holding a Saturday in June against three enquiries and losing all three to other studios. The balance is due seven days before the shoot, or 28 days before a wedding.

Businesses booking on account can be invoiced, and I’ll work to a purchase order where one’s needed. Cancel more than 14 days out and you lose only the deposit; cancel inside 14 days and the full balance is due, since by then I’ve usually turned other enquiries away for that slot. Date changes are usually free with enough notice, and case by case closer to the day.

None of this is meant to feel restrictive. It’s how a one-person studio protects a calendar that only has one of everything in it. If a term here isn’t clear, the questions I’m asked most about booking covers the rest.

Why I don’t discount

A winter wedding costs the same as a summer one, and a Tuesday shoot costs the same as a Saturday. The kit, the editing time and the risk of something going wrong don’t change because the calendar says November instead of June. If anything, October rain and light gone by 5pm make winter weddings harder work, not easier.

I won’t cut the price to win a booking, because the next client who hears about it will expect the same, and then the from-price on this page stops meaning anything. What I will do is cut the scope: fewer hours, one location instead of two, no second shooter.

If that still doesn’t fit, I’d rather say so and point you towards a photographer whose day rate suits your budget than stretch mine to meet it. What to ask before booking covers the other questions worth putting to whoever you choose.

Send the date, the location and what you need photographed or filmed, and tell me what you need and I’ll quote within a working day. I reply from Shoreditch, and every quote comes with the from-price it’s built on so you can see where the number comes from.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a photographer cost in London?

Prices in London typically run from £150 for a single headshot to £950 or more for a full wedding day, with events, portraits and property work sitting between £180 and £600 depending on hours and locations. My own from-prices are listed in the table above, and every one links through to the full breakdown for that service.

What does a from-price include?

A from-price covers the smallest genuine booking at that service: one session, one location, standard editing, an online gallery and delivery within the timeframe stated for that category. It doesn’t include prints, albums or extended licensing, which are quoted separately once I know what you need.

Do you charge more for weekends or evenings?

No. A Saturday wedding costs the same as a Tuesday one, and an evening headshot session costs the same as a Wednesday morning slot. The only thing that changes a quote is the work involved, not what day the calendar happens to show.

How much deposit do you need?

A 25% deposit is required to hold your date, payable at booking. It secures the slot in a calendar with only one of everything in it, so it isn’t refundable once paid. The balance follows seven days before the shoot, or 28 days before a wedding.

What’s your cancellation policy?

Cancel more than 14 days before your date and you lose only the deposit. Cancel within 14 days and the full balance is due, because by then I’ve usually turned other enquiries away for that slot. Date changes are generally easier to accommodate than cancellations, especially with a few weeks’ notice.

Do you invoice businesses on account?

Yes. Businesses booking corporate, product or event work can be invoiced rather than paying upfront, and I’ll work to a purchase order if your finance team needs one. Flag this when you enquire and I’ll set the paperwork up before the shoot, not after.

Is travel within London charged separately?

Travel anywhere within the M25 is built into the from-price, including the Congestion Charge and ULEZ where they apply. Jobs further out, or ones needing an early start to beat rush-hour traffic across the city, are quoted individually once I know the location.

Do you offer packages if I book more than one service?

Often, yes. A wedding photography and videography booking, or a product shoot paired with a social media content package, usually costs less combined than booked separately. Tell me what you’re after and I’ll quote the combination directly rather than adding two from-prices together.

Do prices include the rights to use the images?

Every from-price includes a standard licence for personal or single-business use. Wider commercial use, such as advertising or resale, needs an extended licence, which costs more and gets agreed in writing before the shoot, not after delivery.

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