Photographic and Group Photography Charges
Standard photography charges
We aim to keep our charges competitive and fees are based on an hourly rate of £70.00, we have a minimum charge of £25.00. Our normal operating hours are 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday.
For any work requests which are required outside of these hours, we charge £90.00 per hour and £120.00 per hour at weekends. Please note: Out of hours work is by arrangement and availability.
We often work for external UCL commercial, industrial & research partners, also suppliers. Our costs start from £100.00 per hour, VAT is charged at the current rate for this work.
Student and/or Staff Group Photos
We charge £70.00 for a single group, this includes one proof print and a web-sized digital image. When there are multiple group photos required to be taken in one session, then we charge £50.00 per group. For larger sessions or multiple team photos we will offer a quotation based on your requirements.
Scanning and "Flat copy" charges
High resolution scanning / copying – From Artwork, Document, Print, Transparencies (Slides) or Negatives
Scan Type - size | 1 | 2 - 10 | 11 - 50 | 51 - 99 | 100+ |
Very HQ Scan - Output up to A2 @ 300ppi, 8 or 16bit 50-100mb Tif file | 10.00 | 9.00 | 8.00 | 7.00 | By Quotation |
HQ Scan - Output up to A4 @ 300ppi, 8 or 16bit – 25mb Tif file | 10.00 | 7.00 | 6.00 | 5.00 | By Quotation |
From 35mm slide & sized to approx A4 @300ppi | 10.00 | 6.00 | 5.00 | 4.50 | By Quotation |
Auto-Scan from 35mm slide & sized to approx A4 @ 300ppi | 5.00 | 3.00 | 2.50 | 2.00 | By Quotation |
Copying of Artwork, Prints and Published items for UCL teaching purposes
COPY from Artwork | 1 | 2 - 10 | 11 - 50 | 51 - 100 | 100+ |
Output 1920 px @ 72ppi supplied as .jpg or .png | 5.00 | 4.50 | 4.25 | 4.00 | By Quotation |
Flatbed scanning of Documents or prints
Quantity | 1 | 2 - 10 | 11 - 50 | 51 - 100 | 100+ |
Tiff or Jpeg | 5.00 | 4.60 | 4.30 | 4.00 | By Quotation |
inc. OCR Pdf | 2.50 | 1.80 | 1.40 | 1.00 | 0.50 |
Image print charges
Please note, for any prints from size A4, visit the Poster Production web pages for pricing and further information.
Print Size | 6"x 4” | 6” x 9" | 6” x 16” |
Quantity | 4 | 2 | 2 |
1st Print | 6.50 | 6.50 | 13.00 |
Additional | 6.50 | 6.50 | 13.00 |
Specifications of digitisation services offered
- All “Hasselblad Flextight” High-Quality scans are inclusive of cleaning, colour balancing, cropping and retouching where needed, scans are provided at 300ppi unless otherwise requested.
- All HQ copies are made using Hasselblad H50D camera.
- PowerPoint and Web quality scans are ‘dust busted’ colours balanced and cropped and are provided at 96ppi and at 1024 pixels (width or height).
- "Auto-Scans" are “full frame”, dust busted with auto colour correction applied and are provided at 300ppi unless otherwise requested.
- Digital copying of artwork, photographic prints, published material, books and other similar artefacts are undertaken using either Hasselblad or Canon high-quality digital cameras.
- Document scans are produced using a machine fed bulk scanner with auto settings applied.
- All images are colour profiled and provided as AdobeRGB-1998 files for print. If usage is only on-screen, files can be supplied in sRGB . Please state how you intend to use and if s profile is required when placing your order.
- All images are sent via UCL Dropbox and can be written to either CD or DVD if required.