Biography

Simon Green was born in 1973 and although travelled throughout his childhood was brought up in Consett in the North East of England. Simon originally trained as a chef at Derwentside College and Blackpool and the Fylde College.

In 1993 Simon joined the British Army and served with the Royal Green Jackets and travelled to Cyprus, Jordan, Bosnia, Egypt, Israel, the Falkland Islands.
Simon was recommended for special duties in Northern Ireland where photography became a big part of his life. He then retrained as an Army photographer and became a surveillance photography instructor for special forces and security services.
Simon also served in Whitehall as a Press and PR Photographer for the Army where his duties included photographing HRH the Queen and Prince Philip.

Simon left the Army in 2002 to work as a freelance photographer and through his wedding and fashion photography has quickly gained a reputation for creating beautiful, dynamic and stylish images. Simon’s wide and varied experience and technical knowledge enable him to get the most out of his subjects.

Simon has been awarded over 60 merits and awards including 2010 and 2008 BIPP Western region Advertising Photographer of the Year, 2006 SWPP Landscape photographer of the Year, BPPA 2008 Award of Excellence in Fashion Photography and is an Associate of the British Institute of Professional photography.

He regularly teaches, mentors and advises on photography and will be running courses in 2010 at the Mullion Cove Hotel in Cornwall. His clients include BBC, Channel 4, National Magazine Company, The Financial Times, WED magazine.

In 2006 Simon’s wife Suzanna joined the business. Suzanna carries out the day to day running of the studio and is a VTCT qualified makeup artist. Suzanna does the makeup for the majority of Simon’s shoots as well as for other photographers and clients. More of her work can be seen at www.suzannagreen.co.uk

Approach

Our aim is to produce images of the highest quality, within budget and to deadline without compromising on quality or creativity.

Some of our clients need us to plan and execute the whole shoot from start to finish, others have ideas and some know exactly what they want. Regardless of what category you fit into we can deliver and usually far surpass what you require. We have a no compromise approach to our photography and the quality of our images reflects this. Our photography sells products, businesses and individuals.

If you have a budget, talk to us about it, we will always come up with a solution even for the tightest budgets. We take great care to plan shoots as in depth as possible. A well planned shoot can produce great images in a short amount of time and therefore greatly reduce costs.

We have experience in photographing a huge range of subjects, have an in depth technical knowledge of photographic techniques and equipment and are known for producing superb creative images with impact. Our work ranges from in studio fashion or crisp clean product shots for websites to soft portraits of artists, actors and models in ambient light to contemporary landscape and experimental abstract work, whatever the job requires.

We also have a great team of models, hair stylists and makeup, we have sources for clothing and accessories, we work from an equipped 900sq ft studio a few hundred yards from the beach, in beautiful West Cornwall, everything we could need for great images.

For more information or to make a booking please contact us by phone on 01736 366626 or by email to suzanna@simongreenphotography.co.uk.

Services

Photography Services

With experience in photographing a huge range of subjects, we can produce creative images of anything from architecture, jewellery, food, fashion, art, people portraits, aerial, dance and much more. If you have a unique product or service we can produce unique photography that will make it look good.

Commercial Photography

Commercial photography specialising but not limited to fashion and advertising.
Pricing is generally on an hourly or daily rate, but please contact us with full details of what you require, with a budget if possible and we can tailor the work to the job.
The more detail we have the more accurate a quote we can usually give.

Hair Photography

Photography for Hair stylists and Salons for use in advertising and promotion for entry into competitions and for magazine editorial, we can shoot in the studio or on location and have an on site professional makeup artist who also has experience in makeup for hair shoots.
We can also organise models, clothing and accessories for use in shoots.

Portfolio Photography

Portfolio Photography for Individuals – Actors, actresses, models, dancers and other professionals.
Package options are available or we can tailor a package to your needs prices start at £100

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for more information please contact us on 01736 366626 or email suzanna@simongreenphotography.co.uk