Photography and video of your real sites, for tenders, your website and hiring
For contractors, engineers and manufacturers. No CGI stand-ins, no staged awkward shots and minimum disruption to your day.
Real work on real sites, in photography, video, or both at once. We shoot the two with one crew, so one day gives you a high volume of both in one consistent look. Content that helps you win tenders, reassure clients and recruit the right people.
Now booking for November
Gunfire
Gunfire
Your website, brochures and bids need to show how good you are
But you're stuck with three bad options.
Stock, renders and CGI
Clients have seen it before. A render of a building that isn't yours, an illustrated door, a stock worker in a clean hard hat, each in a different style. It's an inconsistent mess. It doesn't show your sites, your people or your standard, and it doesn't make anyone think, "I trust them to do the job and get it right first time."
Commissioned shoots that still miss the mark
Many photographers and videographers have never worked on a live site. They need a lot of direction, they don't understand the how, where and why of the job, and they can't get your people to relax in front of a camera. What comes back looks staged and could be anyone's, so it does nothing to set you apart.
Staff photography or video
Your site teams are doing their best, but they're installers, not photographers. The pictures come back badly composed, cluttered or staged, sometimes with a safety issue in shot. You can't put them in a tender, and you definitely can't use them on your homepage. And most teams don't have the time or the skills to produce professional video on top of the day job, and phone footage rarely shows the standard of the work.
You know you need professional content, but you're worried about budget, site access and how your team will react.
What happens when your photography and video don't match the quality of your work and team?
The common problem
"We deliver complex projects on time, to the highest standard."
The job was delivered, but the picture shows none of the standard the words promise.
The Workshots approach
"We deliver complex projects on time, to the highest standard."
Real work at real scale, captured so the picture proves what the words claim.
Clients, main contractors and bid panels often look you up before you're ever shortlisted. Your words can say quality, safety and scale, but if the pictures look small, dated, or don't show your safety awareness, they don't back those words up.
Meanwhile, many of your competitors have invested in proper photography and video. Their work looks the part. Yours doesn't do you justice.
The result?
- Bids that aren't reinforced
- Case studies that undersell the work
- Less reassuring than you could be
- Dated first impressions
- Harder to attract the right staff
- Paying for a second shoot
The gap between what you deliver and what you show isn't helping you win work.
Brief us once. We work to your site rules and get the shots.
Twenty-three years of professional photography and video, on live sites, in factories and underground. Lürzer's Archive Top 200 Ad Photographers 2025, worldwide, and 20 of those years working with construction companies.
We understand the constraints. Inductions, RAMS, PPE and permits. A programme that can't stop for a camera. People who would rather not be photographed. We plan around all of it, and on the day we give clear, confident direction, so your people relax quickly and the work keeps moving.
I bring my experience in advertising and large-scale production into the industrial sector, which is how we create world-class, high-volume output that looks like nothing else in the industry. The campaigns I've shot for Aston Martin, Lenovo and AEG are made the same way as a site visit: planned to the frame before anyone arrives, lit properly, and directed so the people in them look like themselves.
I've worked on some of Europe's largest infrastructure projects, from HS2 to Tideway.
- Website imagery and video that shows your real projects, not renders
- Tender and bid material that reinforces what your submissions say
- Recruitment content that helps you attract the right staff
- A consistent look that works across every site and division
- Social and PR assets, ready when a project completes or an award is shortlisted
- Fast turnaround, with your library lightly retouched and ready to use within 1 to 5 working days
What we shoot, and what never reaches you
Every shoot is planned against a written list of what we go looking for and what never reaches you, agreed with you before the day. Every frame's checked against it before you see it, and final sign-off stays with you.
What we go looking for
- Your crew working safely, in the right PPE, every time
- Compliance and health and safety you can show, not just state
- The scale of the site and the plant, for capacity and reach
- The culture at work that earns trust, and your values in action
- The craft, the kit and the expertise that set you apart
What never reaches you
- Anyone working at height with someone underneath, or tools that aren't strapped
- Anyone in frame without a hard hat or hi-vis
- Messy stillages or a messy site in shot
- Detail of a process or product you want kept back
- Anything your client has ruled out
Photography, video, or both at once
Clients, bid panels and the people you want to hire expect to see your team at work, not just read about it.
We capture photography and video at the same time, with one crew.
So one day on site gives you both, in one consistent look, and a huge volume of output. It saves time and budget, it's far less disruptive than two separate shoots, and you have one person to deal with.
A photography day
Reportage-style photography of your sites, people and projects. Me on my own with the kit, a full day on site, typically 150 to 250 finished photographs, lightly retouched and organised by job.
A video production
A scripted, directed video built from an animatic before we arrive: story, music, voiceover, graphics, cut for your website and channels as a brand video, social edits or client stories. Quoted on its own.
Both at once
One plan, one director, video and photography shot side by side, so you get typically around 300 photographs, plus a graded clip library, from the same day.
A content partnership
A season or a year of content days, planned project by project, so the library grows with the work: completed projects, people, process and recruitment, delivered after each shoot into one organised, tagged library your team can use for years.
What we can capture in one production day
Photography and video, scoped to your priorities and channels, designed to give you years of ready-to-use content from one day.
Completed projects
Case study and award sets, in stills and video, shot when the job is at its best
Work in progress
The craft and the process, safely and compliantly
People and recruitment
Teams, training and culture for the careers page
Machinery and process
The kit that sets you apart, new installs included
Drone and scale
The size of the site and the facility, permissions allowing
Leadership and headshots
Directors and senior team, captured while we're there
Design and planning
Drawings, models and the thinking behind the build
Video
A brand video, social clips or client stories
Lightly retouched library
Typically around 300 photographs when we shoot both at once
Optional hero set
Brand-grade retouched selects for headers, bid covers and campaigns
Organised by job
Folders for Website, Tenders and bids, Social, Recruitment and PR, in web and print formats
Trusted by
industry brands like
"Everyone had a great time, and the feedback from the team was very positive about you. We definitely made the right decision hiring your services."
Tom Laws
Managing Director, Gunfire Passive Fire Protection
"He had a great rapport with all my staff and made some of them feel a lot better, who were uncomfortable being in front of the camera. The images met the brief exactly as we discussed in the early stages."
Daniel Green
Director, Greenfield Engineering
"Your creative touch is all over the place, on the site, in our videos, and throughout the documents themselves. Thank you so much for your talents, they have elevated our brand completely."
Louise Astley
Head of Marketing, Foresight Group
A simple process built around live sites
Discovery call
Ten minutes on what your content needs to do, who needs to see it, and whether you want photography, video or a combination.
Planning and logistics
We run through the site logistics that matter: inductions, access, PPE, permits and anything unusual about the site. Then we build the shot list with you, so we know exactly what's needed, where and why.
The shoot
We work safely to your site rules and the shot list, capturing the real work around your programme, not staged scenes.
Delivery
Your photographs and video, edited and organised by job, ready to use.
This is for you if:
- You need content for marketing or bids at a contractor, engineer or manufacturer
- Your website and tenders need pictures of your real projects, not renders
- Your company has grown and the pictures haven't caught up
- You need video but don't have the time or skills in house
- You want one look across every site and division
- You've just started and the shoot has landed on your desk
This is NOT for you if:
- You're looking for the cheapest day rate
- You're not ready to invest in professional content
- You want a quick phone shoot with no plan
- You only need one picture for one post
Frequently asked questions
What are your rates?
It depends on the job it needs to do: photography, video or both, one site or several, a quick social set or a brand video for the website. A ten-minute discovery call is enough for us to give you a clear quote.
Do we need to send someone round site with you?
Not necessarily. It depends on your site rules. Once we're inducted, and where the rules allow, we can work around the site on our own, safely and to the agreed shot list, so nobody on your team is tied up. Where the site needs an escort, one point of contact on your side is enough.
Can you shoot on a live site?
Yes. We work to your inductions, RAMS and PPE rules, and plan around the programme and anything that's off limits. Where a live area can't be shot safely or compliantly, we agree an alternative in advance.
Can you fly a drone?
Yes, subject to permissions, airspace and weather. Where the site rules mean we start outside the perimeter, we plan the shots around that.
Our site teams hate having their photo taken. Is that a problem?
It's the norm, not the exception. I'm very used to people not wanting to be photographed, and I'm good at putting them at ease quickly and getting them involved. By the end of the day they're usually fully part of it. We keep it quick, show people the shots, and never hold anyone up for long. Soilfix wrote afterwards that even some of the grumpy site staff seemed to enjoy the day.
I'm new in the role and need this signed off. Can you help?
Yes. After the call we send a short summary of the scope and the options, laid out so your MD or board can see what's involved, and we talk the investment through with you on a call.
Can you cover several sites or divisions?
Yes, with one look across all of them, so the whole business reads as one brand.
What if we just need photography, or just video?
That's fine. We scope every job around what you need. There's no pressure to add anything you're not ready for.
Book a ten-minute discovery call
Start with a discovery call. We'll talk about your projects, where the content needs to work, and what it needs to do for tenders, clients and recruitment. No obligation. No hard sell. Just a conversation to see if we're a good fit.
