ABOUT

Hello, I’m Ralph Hardwick, Commercial Photographer, and CAPTURELIGHT is my company. So, you may well ask, why capturelight? Well, simply the fact that www.ralphhardwickphotography.co.uk is a heck of a long web address to keep typing on forms.

Born and raised in Norfolk, I still live less than 3 miles from where I was born. Went to school, left school and have forgotten most of what happened in between. Spent many teenage hours, lit by red light, in the makeshift darkroom under the stairs.

I Bought my first SLR camera when I joined the Merchant Navy, as a Marine Engineer, sailed around the world and took pictures of sunsets wherever I went. Arranged to marry my childhood girlfriend by letter and left the sea when our first daughter was born.
Two more daughters and 6 grandchildren later, life is more precious than it’s ever been.

Following 30 years working in the on, and offshore, oil & gas industry, I eventually turned a dream into reality; built a studio, created a portfolio and now shoot high quality images for clients locally and nationally.

We spend our holidays driving our 4X4 to far away exotic locations, many of our weekends visiting our grandkids and still searching for the perfect sunset.

ABOUT

We spend our holidays driving our 4X4 to far away exotic locations, many of our weekends visiting our grandkids and still searching for the perfect sunset.

ABOUT

Hello, I’m Ralph Hardwick, Commercial Photographer, and CAPTURELIGHT is my trading name. So, you may well ask, why not just use my name? Well, simply the fact that www.ralphhardwickphotography.co.uk doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, does it?

We spend our holidays driving our 4X4 to far away exotic locations, many of our weekends visiting our grandkids and still searching for the perfect sunset.

CAPTURELIGHT

Capturelight Limited was established in 2013 to offer high quality commercial, product and advertising photography to commercial customers.

My wife, Belinda, and I have invested our future in adding a purpose designed studio to our house in Bradwell, Norfolk. We have both had long careers and held responsible senior positions in high stress industries, but we have left that behind and want to focus (excuse the pun) on providing a top quality, flexible photography service.

Living on the same premises as our studio allows us absolute flexibility and enables us to react quickly and at any time to meet our clients needs.

We can offer a comfortable, fully equipped 430 ft²(40 m²) studio, using state of the art, radio controlled lighting, lightweight backdrops , high resolution medium format cameras and latest editing technology.

Although our studio is based in Bradwell, Norfolk, the equipment we use is totally portable and can be used independent of mains power. Our clients can, therefore, choose to make use of our studio or, if they prefer, we can create a studio environment in their workplace or other location of their choosing.

Our real expertise is in ‘problem solving’ to deliver your requirements in line with your brief.

Please contact us with your requirements. A chat doesn’t cost anything and you may be pleasantly surprised with what we can offer.

CAPTURELIGHT

A BIT MORE ABOUT US

BELINDA & RALPH HARDWICK

Hi, we are Belinda & Ralph and we literally take our photography business home with us. We have invested our future in adding a purpose designed 430 ft²(40 m²) studio to our house in Bradwell, Norfolk. We have both had long careers and held responsible senior positions in high stress industries, but we have left that behind and want to focus (excuse the pun) on providing a top quality, flexible photography service.

Together we want to offer a high quality product and advertising photography service. Living on the same premises as our studio allows us absolute flexibility and enables us to react quickly and at any time to meet our clients needs.

Ralph

Principle Photographer

Ralph began his career as a marine engineer and then went on to hold several senior management positions and act as a consultant in the offshore, and onshore, high risk oil & gas industry. In 2013 he attained a diploma in portrait photography which became the foundation for an intensive, self-driven period of training and practice to achieve the highest standards of photography. This desire to improve continues with personal projects to improve skills and increase his portfolio.

Belinda

Generally does everything else

Belinda spent many years, pursuing her desire to care for people, rising to be a Nurse Manager in the large local NHS University Hospital. She has now retired from the hectic bustle to support this new stage in their lives. Belinda keeps the books straight, ensures everything runs smoothly and keeps Ralph in check.

Our studio

Floor area: 430 ft²(40 m²)
Flooring: AC5 rated grey wood effect laminate reenforced to support heavy wheight objects.
Ceiling height: 11½ ft (3.4m) Steel I beam supports allow suspension of many objects
Backdrops: Three 2.7m seamless paper (White, Mid-grey & Black) on rear wall.
Sidedrops: One 2.7m seamless paper can be located 90° to left or right of rear backdrop
Doors: Two insulated roller shutter doors, two personnel doors
Fixed lighting: 11 Daylight balanced LED uplighters
Kitchen: large sink, laminate worktop, multiple cupboards, small breakfast bar with stools
Appliances: Integrated fridge/freezer, kettle, jug filter coffee maker, Tassimo pod machine
Bathroom: Large sink, low level WC, shower, baby changing facilities, large illuminated mirror, outside window and extractor
Small client reception/meeting area with bucket chairs

Equipment

Cameras: Pentax 645z (50Mp, Medium format), Pentax K1 (36.4 Mp, full-frame), Pentax K3 (24.3 Mp APSC) all weather sealed. Lumix LX100 (4k video)
Lenses: All focal ranges covered from 18mm – 250mm (35mm eq.) including macro and tilt/shift.
Portable lighting: Six 600W battery radio controlled studio strobes, 4 connected speedlights on same system. Two P-TTL speedlights. Two battery LED variable video lights.
Supports: Cambo UST studio stand, tripods, monopods, Century stands, lighting stands (up to 3.4m). Portable backdrop
Modifiers: Strip, square and octagonal softboxes up to 170mm. Beauty dish, reflectors, barn doors, snoot and grids. Shoot through and reflective umbrellas up to 7 ft (2.1m)
Reflectors: Multiple collapsible silver, gold, white reflectors and scrims
Editing: Dual screen 27 inch iMac running Adobe Creative Cloud Lightroom and photoshop. 15 inch MacBook pro used for tethering
All sorts of other bits, bobs and stuff to fix, prop, adjust, hold, stick and general help out.

If you are a Photographer and interested in using the studio contact me to see if I can help.