Nicki Cameron Photography

02/09/2026

You might be wondering why I’m talking about tradespeople when the majority of my followers are women.

Of course, you might run a trade business yourself.

But if you don’t, I bet you know someone who does.

Partner, dad, brother, son, uncle, mate…

Someone who’s bloody good at what they do, but you’d never know it from their website or socials.

Dodgy phone pics.
Finished jobs - great but yawn.
Van on a driveway.

You know the sort….

I’ve been photographing more trades recently & they have some of the best photo opportunities going. Real people doing real work, showing the skill, the team & the business behind the finished job.

Showing real people = trust

One client told me he’d used phone photos for years & hadn’t realised just how much more professional & credible his business looks with proper photography.

So, if someone immediately popped into your head while reading this, send them my way.

30/08/2026

27/08/2026

25/08/2026

My Four Seasons photoshoot package is so easy to budget for.

No remembering to put money aside for your next shoot.

No “I really need some new photos… I’ll sort that next month.”

It’s just £95 a month, built into your regular business expenses.

And every three months, you get another 15 photos.

Spring. 15 new photos.

Summer. Another 15.

Autumn. Another 15.

Winter. Yep, another 15.

By the end of the year you’ve got 60 professional photos, but you haven’t had to find the money for them all at once.

And because we shoot throughout the year, you get different clothes, locations, colours, weather (sometimes ALL the weather 😂) and a completely different feel each time.

Plus the networking, the laughs and the obligatory “does my hair look alright?” checks from the rest of the group.

£95 a month.
4 shoots across the year.
15 photos from each.
60 photos in total.
And a lovely bunch of business owners to share the experience with.

The price of Four Seasons will be going up in January, so if you’ve had your eye on it, now would be a very good time to come and have a chat with me.

Message me “FOUR SEASONS” and I’ll send you all the info. No hard sell. You can have a read and see what you think.

24/08/2026

Tradespeople - are you posting another photo of a finished job?
Lovely work.

But who actually did it?

Whether you’re fitting kitchens, installing cabling, repairing roofs, laying floors, changing locks or doing something I don’t remotely understand, there’s a whole story happening before you get to that finished photograph.

People at work.
Tools being used.
Problems being solved.
Details being checked.
You or your team doing the thing they’re actually good at.

That’s the stuff I want to photograph.
Because customers aren’t only choosing the finished result. They’re choosing the people they’re trusting to turn up & do the job properly. So they’re nosy, and rightly so!

So yes, photograph the finished job.
But show them who made it happen & how.

19/08/2026

I’ve been sat on by a Newfoundland, climbed tall scaffolding despite genuinely hating heights, been a therapist on several occasions, been mansplained photography basics by a bloke in central Manchester.

I’ve photographed in a boxing ring, a vast new empty warehouse, a vets’ surgery, a cocktail bar in the Midland Hotel, a building site.

The gear & technical side of photography doesn’t interest me in the slightest.

But what I do love is the two minutes into every shoot where someone relaxes & just starts being themselves. That actual moment, every single time, that makes my job worth doing.

So happy World Photography Day, & thank you to every camera-shy client who’s trusted me to take photos of them being brilliantly themselves.

19/08/2026

“Where do we even do the shoot - my office, outside, somewhere else?”

My answer? Wherever you actually work.

Roofer? We’re out on the job, you up on scaffolding, me up on scaffolding.

Financial advisor? Your actual office, with ‘actual’ clients, doing the actual work.

Nutritionist? Your kitchen, chopping something ridiculously healthy while we chat.

Nope, not a studio, ever. I don’t do studio shoots - stick you against a plain backdrop, ask you to look thoughtful & zilch. Boring, posed, could be literally anyone.

What I want (& you need) is proof. Proof of what you can do, how you do it & how much you clearly love doing it.

That’s what gets people to trust you before they’ve even spoken to you.

Not a nice smile against a grey background - the real thing, caught mid-job, mid-laugh, mid-whatever it is you do best.

13/08/2026

Trade businesses have some of the best photo opportunities going BUT most don’t use them.

I spent this week with Pinnacle Roof & Build up the scaffolding, taking action shots of what they do, often focussing on their branded workwear, showcasing guys who clearly know what they’re doing.

These aren’t just a nice photos. They’re proof for a website, recruitment content for future hires, social posts that actually show the work instead of the standard photo of their latest finished roof.

Most trade businesses put signage on their vans & call it their branding. Period.

There’s so much more to show the world….