Why Us?
There are literally thousands of aerial and ground-level photography and videography providers in the UK — why should you come to Horizon Imaging? Read on to find out …
We are proud to offer our clients a compelling combination of experience, convenience, value, professional service and a drive to always improve. Please feel free to explore some of these aspects in the sections below (you can also click the buttons above).
Our Mission Statement
Since our formation in 2007, the mission statement of Horizon Imaging has always been:
“To provide a professional, trustworthy and reliable source of photography and filming services to clients in the property industry”
- Architects
- Interior Designers
- Construction Companies
- Property Developers
- Estate Agents
- Schools and Universities
- Hotels
- Golf Courses
- Event Organisers
- Councils
- Soil Remediation Companies
- Care Homes
- Shopping Centres
- Landscape Architects
- Surveyors
- Business Parks
- Civil Engineers
- 3D Visualisation Studios
- Industrial Estates
- Marketing Agencies
Over the last 10+ years our brand has changed (see below), our equipment has steadily been upgraded (see the Equipment section below) and our client base has grown, but our mission statement remains the same.
15+ Years of Experience
The Director and Founder of Horizon Imaging, David Hogg, has had a life-long passion for photography, and anything that flies — indeed, Horizon Imaging was born as a result of combining David’s interests of digital photography and building model aircraft.
Beginning way back in the early 2000s, this combination gave rise to numerous airborne contraptions of varying shapes and sizes, custom-built to carry digital cameras. These initial experiments sowed the seed of what would eventually become Horizon Imaging, a leading provider of aerial and ground-level imaging services in the South of the UK.
David’s photographic roots were put down during years of membership with local photographic clubs, and through submitting work for competitions, both locally and nationally. In 2014, David achieved his Licentiateship of the Royal Photographic Society — an achievement based on a panel of 10 photographs showcasing technical and aesthetic photographic skills across a wide range of environments and disciplines. Some of these 10 images are shown below.
Over the years, David has gained a reputation in the industry for his highly professional work ethic, an astute attention to detail and a drive to always improve the services he offers. David is the primary photographer at Horizon Imaging.
Some of the panel of 10 photographs which granted David his Licentiateship of the Royal Photographic Society in 2014. Click to enlarge.
Our Core Strength — One Company, Multiple Disciplines
Initially, we only offered Drone Aerial Photography, but it soon became apparent that there were significant time and cost-saving benefits for our clients of working with a single company to provide all their photography and videography requirements.
As a result, within a few years of becoming established we introduced Architectural Photography, Mast Photography, Drone Videography, and Video Production services. In 2018 we began offering Matterport Virtual Tours, and in 2020 we started offering Time Lapse Filming.
Benefits of using a single provider?
- Fewer companies to work with on the same project — saving significant logistical headaches
- Only having to explain your brand style to one company — saving considerable time explaining specific style requirements for your imagery
- Only one site visit required — reducing site disruption and ensuring all imagery shares the same lighting and weather conditions
- Captured using the same equipment — reducing variation in image quality
- Composed by the same photographer — ensuring consistent compositional style
- Post-processed by the same photographer — ensuring imagery has consistent brightness, contrast and colour-tone
Investing In The Latest Equipment
- Higher resolution imagery, meaning you can print larger and crop-in further — giving more flexibility in how you use the imagery
- Higher sensitivity in low-light situations, reducing image noise / grain — giving cleaner, crisper images, no matter the environment
- Greater creative flexibility, particularly when it comes to video — giving your projects a dynamic edge over your competition
CAA Certification and Insurance
Horizon Imaging was one of the first 50 companies in the UK to be granted permission to use drones for commercial applications (we hold licence #46). Over 10,000 licenses have since been granted!
Since their introduction in 2010, Horizon Imaging has fully complied with the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA) regulations governing the use of drones for commercial work.
Since the UK left the European Union in 2020, the drone regulations have been undergoing some considerable changes as the UK CAA has started making its own amendments to the regulations that were otherwise almost identical across Europe. These changes are currently happening at least on a yearly basis, and sometimes even more frequently than that.
Here at Horizon Imaging we have always kept up-to-date with the latest changes in regulations which govern where we can legally fly our drones, and as well as flying in the ‘Open’ category with drones that are lighter than 250 grams in weight, we also have an Operational Authorisation that allows us to fly heavier drones in congested areas.
Dedicated To Customer Satisfaction
The main reason our clients continue to use our services year after year, is that they love the work we produce for them!
Anyone who has worked with us will know that we have a keen eye for detail. This, combined with a continual drive to find new ways of improving the services we offer, means that when clients return to us, they will get at least the same, if not an improved level of service than when they first used us.
You can see a few of our client testimonials below, and over 100 more on our main Testimonials page.
“I would like to thank you for helping The Christmas Decorators in securing the contract for decorating The Malls at Basingstoke for Christmas. Because of your professionalism and speed in dealing with this time-critical contract, The Malls have confirmed that they wish to go ahead with all the decorations which we had suggested. Both Paul Littlehayes at The Malls and I were very impressed with the ease you could obtain images of locations only accessible with expensive equipment at a fraction of the cost. Also, the quality of the photographs from the pole camera and the speed with which you could deliver those photographs was impressive. David, you made me look good in front of my client. I would have no hesitation in referring you to anyone who has a need for such photographs and I have already forwarded your details on to my fellow Christmas Decorators colleagues in the South East who may also have need of your services.”
“We used David Hogg (Horizon Imaging) for photographs needed for our new website – including aerial shots. David was super easy to deal with – very friendly, responsive and reliable and very fair pricing too. We wouldn’t hesitate to ask for his help again.”
“We needed some drone aerial photos taken for a project in London to use as back-plates for CGI montage images, and we came across Horizon Imaging at a networking event. David is very professional and easy to work with and made the whole process of acquiring the photos simple and hassle-free for us, including sending us previews of the images that had been taken whilst he was still on site to make sure they completely fulfilled our requirements. David was a pleasure to work with and we’ll always recommend his services.”
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