Inexpensive prints of stock UK aerial photography are available from £20 in my gallery section. Digital files of stock images are available for commercial use. Click here for information and prices for stock digital files and reproducing stock aerial photography.
Prices for commissioned UK aerial photographyThe price will vary dependant upon distance from my home base near Manchester, with the majority of jobs in the range of £308 to £498, all inclusive. For this you will typically receive at least 20 digital images of your site. Although 20 is the given minimum number I usually take a lot more, often several times the minimum, it all depends on the weather, subject and location. If your not in controlled airspace, expect around 40 images although a complex and large construction project needs a larger number than a simple single building so it will vary. This is a premium service and I take as many as I see fit to ensure the subject is comprehensivly covered from all angles. With commissioned aerial photography you will get all the good high resolution digital files and royalty free licence to reproduce as many copies as you wish at no extra cost. (NB images must be paid for before being reproduced, more info on our copyright page ) I can often make a digital photograph available for download within hours of taking the images. Although most of my flying is from Manchester , I also have at my disposal, a fleet of 9 CAA approved Cessna aircraft at strategic locations throughout the UK which I use for more distant jobs and I am often flying in South and South East of England due to the better weather. My aerial photographs are premium quality and much better than most aerial photographers provide. I use premium quality equipment and from April 2008 I am using the new £5000, 21 megapixel Canon 1DS mk III Camera. This new camera has rendered the samples from last year obsolete but as a rough guide here are a few quick images taken during the first flights with the new camera sample 1 sample 2 Sample 3 sample 4 (Note these are very heavily compressed for the net, the ones supplied are much higher quality ) The Canon 1DS mkIII is in my opinion the very best camera money can buy for aerial photography. I can shoot an individual building full frame with a long lens and with 21 megapixels the detail shown is considerable, allowing printing up to very large sizes indeed. 48 sheet ( roadside posters ) should be no problem with this camera. As you can see from the samples the work is done to a very high standard using top professional Canon L series fast lenses particularly the 24-70 f2.8L , 70-200 f2.8L 17-40 f4L and the breathtaking 300mm f2.8L for extra close ups. As well as the longer lens being image stabilized I also have a $4000 Kenyon Laboratories ( ken-lab ) KS-8 Gyro stabilizer which attaches to the camera lens and reduces the lens movement when a camera is being used bouncing around in an aeroplane or helicopter. The Gyro contains two disks spinning at very high speed on different axises sealed in helium which produces a Gyroscopic stabilizing effect. The units are very specialist and more likely to be seen on a Hollywood set than at your local aerodrome. The combination of an image stabilized lens mounted on a gyro stabilizer produces very sharp image as the gyro allows the shutter speed to be reduced to the level where the lenses image stabilization system becomes effective. As an expert aerial photographer working at the top of the profession I carry the necessary insurance required by larger clients, I am safety trained in aircraft handling and of course registered for VAT.
If you require two sites in close proximity I can photograph the second site at minimal extra cost, indeed many of our jobs cover 10 to 50 sites which can result in a very low cost per site. Up to an hours post production work is included for things such as minor retouching, image labeling etc. This is usually sufficient to provide most common alterations to a single favorite image from the selection taken. Please email me on; sales@webbaviation.co.uk . Prices may vary if the work contains something unusual but as far as possible I try to stick to a fixed price list (more than 9 out of 10 jobs are at the standard fixed price). Here are some specific costs for a typical aerial photography job;
Every aerial photographer will tell you they have a "good camera" but few, if any can, show you a sample like this from 1500 feet;
Click here to see the full restaurant sample ( compressed to JPEG 3 for the web )
( shot with the Canon 1DS mkIII , Kenlabs KS-8 Gyro stabilizer and Canon 300mm f2.8L lens ) Longer distances usually take more time to do as the weather forecast needs to be very good before setting off. . An enlargement service is also available if required with a discount against the normal stock image prices shown on the bigger prints page
Post production; up to one hours post production work is provided at no extra cost, which is usually sufficient to prepare a preferred image with such things as annotations, logos, cropping sizing etc. Examples of commissioned aerial photography. Most of our gallery is aimed at the public and shows suburbia and landmarks so I have put some examples of typical commissioned aerial photography showing the usual factories and construction sites. Click here to see these images. Vertical aerial photography - please click here for further information on what we do and don't do with vertical imagery. Where required I can take images of quite small areas with a very long 400mm lens as can be seen on my Liver Birds page. This can be very useful for legal applications.
Payment. Some orders may require a deposit or prepayment. Generally large PLC's and government jobs are done without deposit whereas private individuals and small businesses will usually be required to pay a deposit, especially where the subjects are some distance from our home base. Work for photographic agents and similar middlemen are usually only done on a pre paid basis. All outstanding payments are due on delivery. Where the items are posted by ordinary post this means we expect payment within 5 working days of receipt of goods. We do not do "28 day invoices" 6 weeks credit or any other form of credit/delayed payment. Charges will be applied to late payers ( min £50 extra for payment not received after 2 weeks). Note carefully that rights to reproduce the images don't start until the images have been paid for. Late payers using the images before payment will find themselves paying at the unauthorized rate which is considerably higher.
The price examples above are the typical cost of a straightforward, single site, non urgent job, some complications may add to the cost or preclude aerial work in a specific area so please email your requirements for a confirmation of the price. I do multi site jobs for not much more if its in the same area . Many of our jobs our multi site jobs covering perhaps 10 to 50 or more locations, these can work out very cheaply per site. Finished photographs . Below are some of the most common options for orders. The timescale's quoted are usual but not guaranteed, and in all cases urgent orders must be discussed and agreed before hand. We can do almost anything so if you have a specific need email and ask! Digital This is now the standard
default medium and much better than the old film cameras. I supply a
cd or DVD with the full selection of images on and if urgent I can supply
a selection digitally over the net usually within a working day. A non
transferable unlimited non
transferable non exclusive, royalty free licence to reproduce
is assigned to the customer on payment so you can reproduce the images
any size , media or quantity you wish at no extra charge, forever. The
images are supplied as high quality JPEG format with Adobe RGB colourspace
as standard or most other formats if requested ( eg TIFFs but if you
require TIFFS please ask before shooting as we only archive RAW and
JPEGS). Our latest digital images are suitable
for most uses and will produce excellent prints to very large sizes.
Digital orders do not include any prints as standard but lab quality
prints may be requested as an extra. We can also undertake digital manipulation of images if required such as touching up, annotating or highlighting particular features on a favorite image Click here to see an example of this artwork. Up to an hours manipulation work is included with the commission price for minor retouching of a single image although very extensive work like this will cost extra. Usually an hour is quite sufficient for typical highlighting, cropping and annotating jobs.
legal use Please specify when ordering if the images are for litigation / court use. We will then ensure the images have the minimum of manipulation and can counter sign one of the images as a true representation of the subject. If this is not specified then the images will be supplied with aesthetics as the priority and may be cropped, color adjusted, haze reduced and may have blemishes removed. I have supplied many images for legal problems such as boundary disputes and road traffic accidents. I can also act as an expert witness in court if required.
Time scales for aerial imagery; Where image quality is important it is normal to wait some weeks for just the right weather to get a good clear image. Most jobs are done in one to four weeks. Work can be done in a hurry much sooner but image quality might be lower as urgent jobs are usually photographed under cloud cover or in haze. I do a lot of jobs where I have to provide the images in a certain time window, typically 7 or 14 days which can be done but is likely to result in the images being shot under cloud. If aerial photographs are taken in low light conditions under thick cloud the images will have a reduced contrast, reduced sharpness, reduced resolution, a reduced colour range with a tendency towards dull cyan colours. Here at Webb Aviation we term such images " Chromatically Reduced Aerial Photographs " or C.R.A.P. for short. If you think your order is very urgent please ask to see a C.R.A.P. sample to decide whether to have C.R.A.P. images shot quickly or whether to wait for good weather. Having said that some jobs have to be done under cloud and for that I have the best camera and best equipment available and using a fast lens with Gyro stabilizer allows me to shoot at least something in any weather safe to fly in, in short I have the best C.R.A.P. money can buy! If speed really is more important than quality then an urgent job can usually be done in less than 10 days and sometimes next day. For a good aerial photograph the ideal weather requires a very clear sunny day with very little haze, the sort of weather you get on a sunny day following a rainy day, the sort of day when you can clearly see mountains in the distance when your on the ground and not much cloud cover. (to be exact I usually look for 20 km visibility or better and less than 3/8ths cloud cover for most jobs ) The subject also will have an effect on timescale's- a large area or very high altitude shot will require a much clearer day. Also there are fewer suitable days in winter. If you know you are going to want a photograph try to give me at least a month and more if you can (this doesn't mean it will take a month, we have been known to do a job an hour after the order was received and about a quarter of jobs are lucky with the weather and taken within a week) Most are done in 1 to 4 weeks. I don't hold up any orders waiting to build up a batch (a practice known as gang shooting) , if the weather is right we will fly whether it is just one job or many (Many / most or all other aerial photographers will not fly for a single job unless its at a premium price) )Because we usually work in Northern and Middle England I can almost always get round all my Northern and Midlands customers sites in a single day so it is very unusual to have to wait for preceding work to be completed for a Job in Northern England or the Midlands. Jobs in the south are given a lower priority although there are many more sunny days in the south so jobs can often be done in the southern counties while it is too cloudy to fly in the north. Although technical problems / aircraft availability can cause a delay I have arrangements several aircraft and airfields so as to maximize availability. The examples and most of the gallery images are taken in summer, please be aware that aerial photographs are different in winter with more shadow and different colors. Houses and properties with extensive gardens will look much better taken between May and September. Also there can be a long wait for good weather in winter and especially in Autumn and spring when the grey damp days can last for ages. All commissioned aerial work will be done in compliance with government legislation and CAA guidelines in particular it will be done with a two man crew and captained by a commercially licensed pilot (not a private pilot) in a commercially certificated aircraft (not a private aircraft) (It is illegal to use a private pilot or private aircraft for air work including aerial photography). For added safety and in addition to the captain the aerial photographer (Jonathan C.K.Webb) is also a qualified pilot.
Webb Aviation, "Villa Minimus" 14 Laleham Green, Bramhall, Cheshire SK7 3LJ Tel 0161 439 5197 Mob 0776 968 8748 |
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