Profile Description: Hello, I’m Alex and I’m a photographer providing a range of creative services to businesses and individuals.
I provide commissioned photography to any business or organisation, videography, B2B training, photographic holidays, 1 day workshops for photo enthusiasts and hand made book making.
My primary service is bespoke photography for organisations of all sizes for illustrating their website, social media and marketing work.
My photography is commissioned mostly by businesses and also within the tourism sector where I’ve specialised as a landscape artist and commercial photographer for over 20 years.
Through my B2B training, I help small businesses understand how to use their kit to create compelling photography for themselves in association with various tourism bodies and local business groups.
My passion for landscape enables me to lead a series of residential photographic holidays to some wonderful destinations here and abroad where guests can learn and enjoy landscape photography with the support of myself and my colleague through our Tripod Travels photo workshops.
During lockdown I pioneered the first online hand made photo book making workshop and I’ve taught over 300 people to become book makers! My workshops involve the basics of book making, printing and Japanese stab binding.
I also provide a small scale video service for businesses that require short, professional, fully edited and affordable video with music, interviews, cutaways and sound in a dynamic production for their website and marketing work.
Finally, I serve on the board of a local charity, Whitstable Maritime and we hope to restore the last Oyster Yawl built in Whitstable to a working ship and we also promote the use of our nationally recognised Whitstable Walking Trail. These provide many opportunities for anyone creative seeking to make work inspired by the area, the boat, the trail and the history, heritage and contemporary sea/landscapes they embrace. Please speak to me if you wish to be involved!
Testimonials: C Dier, Maidstone Tourism:
‘First and foremost I enormously enjoyed working with Alex Hare. He is truly a professional photographer, not only brilliant at landscapes but also very good at working with people.
I really appreciated right at the start of our photographic project was our meetings; in reviewing the pictures that we had initially and then making decisions about what we needed for the future and how they fitted into our destination management plan, how they should and feel, alongside the messages that the images sent out to potential visitors.
I really appreciated his creativity in thinking about what we needed and how we should frame those shots. Alex enabled me to see what we could do to make these unique and at the same time run comfortably alongside our neighbours Visit Kent, so that our image messages were complimentary. It took time and different seasons to get what we needed and the right weather conditions too, so Alex was incredibly flexible in helping us to get the right pictures, at the right time of year, with the right lighting, so they look amazing.
He also had very good ideas on locations and how best to use them. Mostly we had to use non-professional models and he was great with the children too.
Alex is also very good at making sure that all the paperwork for models is in place for permissions etc.
I have enjoyed every picture ever since on a personal and professional level. When I have a budget again for photography I would without a moments hesitation ask Alex to help me do the project.’
K Hearnden, Visit Canterbury:
‘Visit Canterbury commissioned Alex to create a full library of images for our marketing work to include city and coastal landscapes and lifestyle images of people enjoying the heritage and lifestyle aspects Canterbury and Whitstable have to offer, and which also needed to resonate with our different target audiences and campaigns we run.
He successfully applied his expert knowledge of landscapes and technical skills at lighting people and indoor spaces, like the pubs and restaurants we wanted to feature, and produced strong images that not only matched our brief but were delivered both on time and on budget.
Alex was extremely professional and worked really well with all the non-professional models we used. I wouldn't hesitate to work with him again or recommend his work to others.’
Pam Foden, Visit England & Pam Foden Assocs:
‘I have worked with Alex Hare for more than seven years, initially on VisitEngland commissions including B2B photography for the accommodation and visitor attraction sector (print and online) and event photography.
Alex also supplied articles for VisitEngland’s Quality Edge magazine and ran ‘hands-on’ training courses for businesses of all sizes. His ‘people’ skills are second to none. We didn’t have a budget for professional models, but Alex could easily persuade the most reluctant operator, team member or customer to be photographed (and sign the model release form).
There was always keen competition within the VisitEngland team to join Alex on a shoot. He is good company, well-organised and quickly builds a good rapport with the host business, adapting easily to any constraints and ensuring minimal disruption for the business.
He was always an excellent ambassador for VisitEngland.
Latterly Alex has contributed to my freelance commissions for Sheffield Council (DEF project) and Coastal West Sussex (Activity/Experience photography). The businesses and clients were delighted with his work and delivery of the images post-shoot has always been prompt.
His understanding and interpretation of each brief was excellent and the quantity and quality of images supplied from each shoot regularly exceeded our expectations.’