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Commission

Kelvin Rooms, reading rooms

What one job looks like, from the brief to the invoice.

CLIENT
Ferrier Rae Architects
SHOOT DAYS
17 Apr 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 (2 days)
EXPOSURES
214
DELIVERED
22 Apr 2026 · 4 frames
TURNAROUND
4 days from the last shoot day

The plate run

Four frames, delivered

Every negative runs past the column, and the rectangle lined up with the text is what was licensed.

Reading room, looking north, Glasgow. The whole frame as shot; the licensed crop is drawn on it.
CUT
6000 × 3000 · 2:1
OF FRAME
39.6% of 8256 × 5504
AT 300 DPI
508 mm on the long edge · 18.0 MP
OVERHANG
1.376× wide · 1.835× tall

KR-011. A 2:1 crop covering 39.6 per cent of the frame, 18.0 megapixels, 508 millimetres on the long edge at 300 dots per inch. The frame is 1.38 times wider than the crop.

Window bay, upper reading room, Glasgow. The whole frame as shot; the licensed crop is drawn on it.
CUT
3648 × 4560 · 4:5
OF FRAME
36.6% of 8256 × 5504
AT 300 DPI
386 mm on the long edge · 16.6 MP
OVERHANG
2.263× wide · 1.207× tall

KR-014. A 4:5 crop covering 36.6 per cent of the frame, 16.6 megapixels, 386 millimetres on the long edge at 300 dots per inch. The frame is 2.26 times wider than the crop.

Issue desk, oak counter, Glasgow. The whole frame as shot; the licensed crop is drawn on it.
DELIVERED
8256 × 5504 · 3:2 · whole frame
SIZE
45.4 MP · 699 mm @ 300dpi
OVERHANG
1.000× · composed in camera, nothing cropped
LICENSED AS
Press single · 12 months · United Kingdom

KR-018. Delivered as the whole frame, 3:2, 45.4 megapixels. No crop.

Stair hall from the entrance, Glasgow. The whole frame as shot; the licensed crop is drawn on it.
DELIVERED
8256 × 5504 · 3:2 · whole frame
SIZE
45.4 MP · 699 mm @ 300dpi
OVERHANG
1.000× · composed in camera, nothing cropped
LICENSED AS
Press single · 12 months · United Kingdom

KR-022. Delivered as the whole frame, 3:2, 45.4 megapixels. No crop.

Shoot record

How it was shot

Two days in the reading rooms once the scaffold came out. The architect wanted the stair and the window bay; the client's press office wanted something that would run as a cover.

Ruth Calvert, on the job

EXPOSURES
214
FRAMES DELIVERED
4
ONE FRAME IN
54 exposures

Fee

What it cost

Shooting is charged at the day rate. Usage is charged separately, one line per license, and always.

Every usage fee

Every line on this commission, and their sum
LineTermAmount
Shooting, 2 daysDay rate £1,150£2,300
Double-page spread, KR-01124 months, United Kingdom and Ireland£320
Cover, KR-01424 months, United Kingdom and Ireland£450
Press single, KR-01812 months, United Kingdom£180
Press single, KR-02212 months, United Kingdom£180
Total2 shoot days, 4 licenses£3,430