On the slate·Taunton, UK
Service/Photography

Photography that does a job, not just fills a folder

Headshots, corporate, product, brand, food and events — shot to brief, lit properly, delivered ready to use. One team, from the brief to the final files.

Images built around what you need them to do

Most photography fails before the shutter clicks — wrong brief, wrong light, wrong crop for the channel it ends up on. We start with the job the image has to do, then build the shoot around that.

Headshots that look like your people, not a stock library. Product and brand work that holds up next to your packaging. Food that sells the dish. Event coverage that captures the day without getting in the way of it. Lit, framed and graded to the same standard across the lot.

Based at Blackbrook Business Park in Taunton, working across Somerset, the South West and UK-wide. Single sessions, full brand shoots, or ongoing libraries kept topped up as you grow.

How we work

How a shoot runs

Four steps, one team, no hand-offs. You know the shot list before anyone unpacks a bag.

  1. Brief

    What the images are for and where they'll live — web, print, social, packaging.

  2. Plan

    Shot list, locations, styling and schedule agreed before the day.

  3. Capture

    Lit, directed and shot to the list. Calm, fast, efficient.

  4. Deliver

    Retouched, graded, sized and cropped for every channel.

What we shoot

Pick the job the images have to do

All work →
FrameStills · selectedƒ/2.8
Selected GD Media photography stills
Selected GD Media stillsBrand · food · events
Spotlight

Light, framing, and a reason for every shot

Anyone can point a camera. The difference is in the control — light shaped to flatter the subject, framing that leaves room for your copy, and a consistent grade so a hundred images look like one set. This is the standard we hold across every brief.

  • Controlled lighting on location or in a setup — not "available light and hope"
  • Headshots, corporate, product, brand, food and event coverage
  • Framing and crops planned for web, print, social and packaging
  • Retouched, colour-matched and delivered ready to use
Selected work

Recent photography work

Kind words

What clients say

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Two-minute brief

A few details and we’ll come back with the best next step — on WhatsApp or by email, your call.

Prefer to give us the full brief? Use the contact form →
Let’s get to work

Tell us what you need filming.

Brand film, social content, an event, a drone shot you can’t get any other way — give us the brief and we’ll tell you straight how we’d shoot it and what it costs. We’re a small, experienced crew, not the cheapest option in the county, and the work shows it.

Discuss your project