Professional photographer Tom Upton can capture those important images that your business requires – from images of Buildings and Products to photographs of Events and People.

Photographing wine bottles is not an easy task – you have to capture the highly reflective glass while keeping shadows and reflections neat and having the necessary detail in the label and bottle top. I used my knowledge and expertise to get these shots for a client recently – so if you have any products that your struggling to get great photos of then get in touch and I will help you out. See more product photography on the Tom Upton photography website.

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I am pleased to announce that I have recently become a Google Trusted Photographer, allowing me to create 360° virtual tours of businesses in Birmingham and Solihull areas, to be shown on Google Maps Street View and Google Places. You also get a selection of professional shot and edited ‘feature photos’, which are displayed on your Google Places page, as well as being able to embed the feature photos and virtual tour on your business’s website.

This new Google Business Photos service allows you to improve the online presence of your businesses and lets your customers view the inside of your premises, taking a virtual look around at the products your shop offers or lets them choose where they would like to sit in your restaurant. Why don’t you take a look around The Loft Lounge, in Birmingham, one of the businesses I have already created a Street View Virtual Tour for:

As well as 360° panorama, I capture a variety of still feature photos of your business, which are shown on your Google Places business page, which your customers will see when they search for you on Google and Google Maps, making your business stand out of the crowd. You can see the Costume Department’s Google Places page really stands out from the crowd with the feature photos and virtual tour:

I have photographed Central Theatre Supplies in Hall Green, who’s search result in Google now stand out more due to their Google Business Photos – take a look when you search for ‘Theatrical Supplies Birmingham‘ – you can see the listing on the right hand side shows the inside street view images and feature photos:

Having a Google Business Photos shoot also improves your Google Maps search results, as seen here from searching for the Coffee Rooms in Birmingham City Centre:

Book your Google Business Photos shoot today - from only £249* – you get all this:

• A fully interactive 360° virtual tour of your business on Google Street View
• A selection of professionally shot and edited ‘feature photos’ (still images)
• Copyright release to use the photos how you like – Embed the virtual tour and feature photos on your website
• Improved Google search results
• Better Google Maps search results
• An impressive Google Places business page
• A FREE £50 AdWords Express voucher – limited time offer!
• A CD of High Resolution Feature Photos - Ideal for using the images in print for flyers or brochures or on your website

*Prices start from £249 and rise depending on the number of panoramas created – please contact me for a quote.

Learn more about the Google Business Photos programme on my website and see examples of the businesses that I have already created virtual tours and features photos for. Don’t forget to check out the other professional photography services that I offer – People and Event Photography, Product Photography and Building Photography. If you have any questions or would like to talk about your photography requirements please contact me.

I’ve just finished another project for Catering Equipment Ltd, working with THINK! and do to produced a document presentation folder. Catering Equipment used my Building Photography, Profile Photography and Product Photography services to complete this project as they wanted images of their main product groups, some images of their warehouse showing off their large stock and showroom, as well as images of staff too. You can see larger images of the completed folder after the break:

Today I have launched my brand new website for Tom Upton Photography. I have included loads of new images and arranged the categories of services I provide in a much more usable way: the ‘People and Events‘ genre now has several sub-generes:

Portraits, Profiles and Group Images

Professional Speaker Photography

Conferences, Exhibitions and Events

Live Music, Comedy and Shows

Also updated are my Product Photography and Building Photography pages. I have also added a Quote page so that you can request a quote online for your photo needs. Please take a look around my new site and contact me if you have any questions or if you require my photography services.

I’m a member of the Solihull Business Club who meet every second Tuesday of the month for networking a talks by a speaker or two. At the meetings I also photograph the speakers and other events the club holds, so some of my photos have been used on the new promotional flyer for the club.

If you are a professional speaker requiring a great image to promote yourself with, please take a look at my website to find out more info on how I can help you achive this.

I’ve just completed some more product photography for Catering Equipment Ltd for their new flyer, which has been designed by THINK! and do. The front of the flyer is similar to the trailer which I took the photos for previously, while the back has a new image of a pre-rinse unit, a popular item at the moment.

Its always great to see your images in print but I was particulally pleased to see this photo printed full page in the Birmingham Mail the other day. I was taken at an event held in St Martins Church in the Bullring, which was a very striking and photogenic venue.You can see the original photo below:

If you would like more info on my Event Photography services please click here.

Earlier in the year I photographed Virginia House for a new sales flyer for the building, you can see more photos of the building here. I’ve just received a few samples of the finished flyer so I thought I’d share them on my blog. You can find out more about my Building Photography services here.

Today I’ve updated the main site with some new images, take a look on the portrait photography page, the commercial photography page and the concert photography page.

I have also updated my Flickr - I’ve put some of my recent personal photo’s, from bluebells in the woods

to the British Mini Day at Himley Hall.

On Thursday I shot at the British Open Show Jumping Championship, which was something a bit different from my usual subjects. Here a few of my shots from the event:

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