Garden photography for private garden owners
Your garden, photographed as a keepsake
A garden takes years to make and looks its best for a few weeks each year. Clive photographs private gardens for the people who made them – as prints, as a privately printed book, or simply as a record of the garden at its best.
What a commission includes
- Dawn and dusk shooting
- Flexible shoot dates depending on light and weather
- Curated, retouched edit
- Privately printed book option
- Nothing published without you
A day in the garden at its peak, with Clive choosing the light – usually the first hour after sunrise and the last before dusk.
A curated edit of finished, retouched photographs, delivered digitally and yours to print and share.
The option of a book of the garden, edited and designed with the studio and printed to order – the thing most owners now ask for.
Discretion. Private gardens are never published or licensed without your agreement.
How it works
- Get in touchA few words about the garden, where it is and when it tends to peak.
- Agree a windowWe hold a likely week and confirm the fee up front.
- The shootClive plans his visit when the weather and the light are right – dates remain flexible within a given window.
- Your photographsA first edit follows shortly after the shoot; the book, if you want one, after that.
In good company
Over the last 40 years Clive has been invited to photograph many of the world’s most prestigious private gardens, including HRH King Charles III’s estate in Scotland, Jade Holland Cooper’s private Cheltenham estate and David Beckham’s estate in the Cotswolds.
Questions
How much does it cost?
A day’s photography is quoted up front, with travel, once we know the garden or estate’s location along with its size or acreage. A privately printed book is priced separately, with factors such as size and number of copies determining the cost.
Will my garden be published?
Not unless you want it to be. Private gardens are photographed for their owners; nothing is published or licensed without your agreement, and many never are.
When should it be photographed?
When it is at its best – for most gardens a few weeks between May and July, though spring bulbs, late-summer borders and frost all have their moment. We hold a window and come when the forecast delivers.
What do I receive?
A curated edit of finished, retouched photographs, delivered digitally and yours to print and share, and the option of a book of the garden, edited and designed with the studio.
Do I need to be there?
No. Clive works from first light, often before the house is awake. Someone to open the gate is all that is needed.
