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Commercial photography

Steve Davey is an experienced professional photographer and videographer who regularly undertakes a variety of commissions for a range of clients, including design agencies, PR consultants, TV Production companies, charities and corporate clients. Blending a passion for creativity with a commitment to technical excellence, Steve can tackle almost any subject in virtually any location, studio or workplace situation.

Steve's extensive editorial background means that he can supply natural and contemporary styled images in the corporate, commercial or public sector environment that will enhance the image of your business or organisation; whilst working quickly and unobtrusively whatever the conditions. This might entail documenting the work of your organisation or a particular project, photographing a conference or event, product photography, location or business portraits and headshots – for publications, reports, social media, websites or press releases.

Steve has earned a reputation for being able to work discretely and independently, and for researching and organising shoots at short notice. If required, he can turn images around to suit any deadline – even supplying finished images on location, to meet demanding press requirements. He has a comprehensive range of photographic and lighting equipment and full public liability insurance.

Currently based in South Somerset, Steve travels regularly to London and all over the United Kingdom and beyond on commissions. To date he has photographed in almost 100 countries, and working in any location is a welcome challenge for him.

On this page you can see the sort of work that Steve can undertake for you, or your clients. Obviously some of his work is commercially confidential, but some of what we can show you is below. If you would like to see a much wider range portfolio, please contact Steve directly. To see these images as a gallery, click here.
 

To discuss any needs you have for any form of commercial work, or to see more examples of his work, please contact Steve on steve@stevedavey.com

Steve has worked for many corporate clients and can photograph conferences and business events in the same unobtrusive and discrete way that he approaches other commercial subjects truly capturing the atmosphere of the event and the character of those taking part.

Commercially, Steve has photographed in a range of high-intensity and often cramped environments. He is used to shooting discretely and unobtrusively: coming away with natural and evocative pictures of any situation or event.

This has included including film and TV studios, conferences, exhibition openings, educational establishments and even Egyptian tombs.

Steve is adept at shooting with available light - especially artificial light at low levels - meaning that he can take whatever pictures you need without using intrusive lighting equipment.

If required, Steve can command and direct a situation too, art-directing shoots and organising, motivating and posing people for images. An experienced photojournalist, he can research, interview and even write stories should that be required.

If appropriate though, Steve can supplement available light with discrete reflectors, small portable lighting units as well as a full-sized flash kit. This range of lighting can be used in a any location, office or studio environment.

This can include both studio and location portraits, as well as portraits shot in your premises with a full lighting kit - giving you the creativity and flexibility of being photographed in a studio but without having to take the time out to travel anywhere.

Steve is currently renovating a Victorian coach house to accommodate his expanding business. This already houses a tabletop studio for product or even food photography, and will soon be expanded to house a larger studio space.

As well as lighting, Steve has mastered a range of vital technical skills to ensure the perfect images for your project, including focus-stacking for maximising depth of field, drone photography, and even astro photography.

To see the above images as a gallery, click here.

To discuss any needs you have for any form of commercial work, or to see more examples of his work, please contact Steve on steve@stevedavey.com

Offering a full digital service, Steve is skilled at post-processing, enabling him to enhance images, correct distortions, deal with colour casts from mixed lighting sources and carry out any necessary retouching.

Stylistically, photographs can be post-processed naturally or to any more contemporary styles to stand out on social media. Images can even be converted to black and white.

Steve can take on any technical project. For the 80th commemoration of D-Day he had to photograph the D-Day map at Southwick House in super-high resolution. Using a scaffold tower in cramped conditions, Steve shot over 45 photographs and manually stitched them together to give the equivalent of a 688 Megapixel image to show every detail and pin prick. You can see the finished project on this link.

Steve has photographed in a number of Michelin starred kitchens and restaurants, which are particularly highly charged environments

Steve will travel virtually anywhere on a commission and can work confidently whatever the conditions. Comfortable with either anticipating or directing action - or most usually using a combination of the two - in order to create images that tell your story, whilst looking natural and unposed. Steve learned his trade working for magazines, and so is always looking for that establishing image that tells the whole story, such as on this commission into the High Arctic of Svalbard for Virgin Atlantic.

Steve regularly photographs a variety of events and celebrations all over the World, for a variety of publishers, magazines, PR companies and agencies. He has even authored a book entitled Around The World in 500 Festivals.