UPDATE 2024


Thanks for visiting my website!

I'm currently working in New Zealand for 12 months.

I will return to the UK full time from May 2025.


Don't hesitate to get in touch to put yourself in the diary for next year while dates remain available!

St Andrews Graduation Photography


I love graduation season. It's genuinely a pleasure to come back year after year to provide some first class images to my graduate clients, all while revisiting my favourite spots in St Andrews.


My books are now open for Graduation 2025!


SECURING A DATE


Please note that I will not be booking out every hour of my time during Graduation season. To ensure I'm delivering at the top of my game for each graduate, I have to strictly limit the number of graduates I take on as clients.


I endeavour to find a timeslot that works for everyone, but please note that this may not always be possible, especially in the last few months leading up graduation.


In 2023 and 2024, 70% of my places were booked by the February preceding graduation.


Please bear this in mind when sending enquiries, and if you're reading this in advance of 2025 graduation - it's never too early to get your name in my diary, even if you don't know your graduation day yet!



There are plenty of photographers advertising graduation shoots - why should you book me?


  • I'm a fully insured, registered business, and I frequently work for the University itself. That means full legal accountability, full public liability insurance.


  • You book me personally, not an agency or group - it’s me who turns up on the day, and every photo you see here on my website was taken by me, with gear I own - meaning if you see anything you love, we can recreate it.


  • Your graduation is a special day - investing in the right session with the right photographer is really important in crafting a smooth, enjoyable experience. I'm incredibly familiar with the St Andrews graduation schedule, so I can help guide and plan your entire day, not just the photography (I graduated from St Andrews in 2023).


  • As of July 2024, I'll be approaching my 200th grad shoot - I know St Andrews like the back of my hand, and I can consistently and efficiently produce the gorgeous photos you're looking for.


  • You get every good photograph I take - there’s no fixed limit, I keep and edit every good photo (minus blinks, sneezes and duplicates), and deliver every good photo to you. There's no cut-off number for any of my packages.


  • I book sessions with deliberate time left in between your session and my next session. If your family takes a little bit longer to walk to a second location, your ceremony runs late, or if you bump into a friend and we want to extend by five minutes to take photos with them, I've already allowed time for it.


  • I offer payment plans - I recognise, having been part of the St Andrews student community, that we're not all on an equal financial footing. I want everyone to have access to beautiful graduation photos, regardless of their financial background. Get in touch if you'd like to talk about ways we can make these sessions affordable for you.


Base Packages


  • Mini: 15 minutes - £60
  • Possible locations:
  • St Salvator's Quad
  • St Mary's Quad
  • St Salvator's Gardens
  • Your suggestion!
  • Approximately 50 photos, dependent on family/friends/locations


  • Classic: 30 minutes - £100
  • Possible locations:
  • St Salvator's Quad
  • St Mary's Quad
  • St Salvator's Gardens
  • Ruins overlooking Pier
  • Castle Sands
  • Your suggestion!
  • Approximately 100 photos - dependent on family/friends/locations


  • Full Hour: 1 hour - £160
  • Choose two or three from:
  • St Salvator's Quad
  • St Mary's Quad
  • St Salvator's Gardens
  • Ruins overlooking Pier
  • Castle Sands
  • Pier
  • East Sands
  • Your suggestion!
  • 150 photos or more - dependent on family/friends/locations

Which session length is right for me?


Mini: 15 minutes - £60

  • Choose this base package if you're just looking to get a few core photos to remember your day, to send to family and friends, or to post on social media.
  • Choose this base package if you want a no-frills, no-fuss walk around one location of your choice, and a few photos with family.
  • Choose this base package if you're happy to stay in one location for your session.


Classic: 30 minutes - £100

  • Approximately 100 photos - based in a main location of your choice, or two shorter locations
  • Choose this base package if you have a larger family group attending your session, or you're splitting your session with a friend.
  • Choose this base package if you'd like to dedicate a good chunk of time to create a variety of photos.
  • Choose this base package if you'd like to visit more than one location, as suggested above.


Full Hour: 60 minutes - £160

  • 150 photos or more - two main locations of your choice, or several shorter locations
  • Choose this base package if you have a much larger family group, or multiple friends joining you for your photo session
  • Choose this base package if you're serious about getting a wide variety of photos in a variety of locations
  • Choose this base package if you'd like freedom to choose your locations, and ample time at each location
  • Choose this base package if you'd like to go to the Pier, Golf Course or West Sands


Still not sure which length of session will work best for you? Just get in touch!

Let me know who's coming with you, what you're looking for, and I can advise.




What's included?


  • Digital Gallery Delivery of All Images in High Resolution
  • Every package includes digital delivery of all your images through an online gallery. Easily share the link with friends and family, with unlimited downloads in high resolution from unlimited devices.


  • Digital Gallery Delivery within 2 weeks
  • I try to deliver grad galleries as soon as possible, but I take the necessary time to make sure your images are the best they can be for you. You pay for my time, I don't cut corners.


  • 100% Engagement and Commitment
  • Regardless of whether you've booked 15 minutes in St Salvator's Quad, or a 2-hour special session to visit your bucket-list locations, you get 110% from me. I'm not rushing through your session to run to another immediately after yours.


  • Access to the highest quality printing possible
  • All my packages include access to prints from my printing lab, available through the digital gallery. This printing lab has access to the full metadata from your images, providing the highest print quality physically possible to achieve from the images.


Investment


Maybe you're at this point on the page, you like my photos, but you've noticed that the prices are higher than other photographers you've seen advertising for graduation. Maybe you've never invested this amount of money in a photo session - maybe you've never had professional photos taken at all, so you're not sure what to expect, and you're wondering if you should go with a less expensive photographer since it's your first time.


I know that these shoots are significant investments - if you want to have a chat about prices, payment plans, or the session in general - my inbox is always open.



As reflected by my prices, these are premium shoots that I pour 110% of myself into.


As such, I can only take on a very limited number of graduates each year.


If you like what you see, get your spot reserved now!


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