Emma Ryan – Head of Communications at Birmingham Hippodrome
“Simon is simply brilliant. He is reliable in every way and never fails to get us a fantastic range of photos no matter how tight the time is or how complex the brief is (and always done with a smile, no matter what we throw at him!) He always know the shots that will get the impact you need across a range of styles and goes above and beyond every time. Simon is a joy to work with and is highly recommended.”
Jayne Foster – MD Event Works Europe
‘Simon has delivered excellent photographs for us over the last three years for high profile client conferences. Always prompt, paying great attention to detail and compilation of images to give great results. Simon has also delivered some fantastic photos of our team for use in trade press, social media and marketing materials. We would not hesitate to recommend Simon and will continue to work with him in the future’
Juliet Collings – Managing Director at Core
“We have worked with Simon for many years and he always delivers great results. Whether it has been architectural images, people portraits, event and press shots Simon captures a great range of quality images so there is always lots of choice. Simon is a pleasure to work with – he is punctual, efficient and unflappable – even when you are asking the impossible he finds a way to deliver it! A picture paints a thousand words and Simon’s photos have really helped us promote many client stories. You are definitely in safe hands when working with Simon.”
Becky Lamont – Marketing, Communications and Event Management Professional
“I had the pleasure of hiring Simon to take images of a dignitary visit/ profile shots and would not hesitate to use him again. He was on time, professional and delivered over and above on the brief, providing us with high quality images for use across marketing materials, both on the day for urgent comms and delivered the remaining images very quickly. I have worked with many photographers over the years and Simon is one of the best”
Naomi Smith – Marketing Manager at British Youth Music Theatre
“Simon photographed the dress rehearsal of BYMT’s The Naught Carriage on the Orphan Train at Birmingham Hippodrome in April 2025 and captured exactly what we needed, including produstion photos, band photos and some behind the scenes chots. we were impressed with the gallery he delivered and would 100% work with Simon again – definitely recommended for production phorography!”
Andrew Miles – Corporate Relations Manager at the University of Birmingham
“Simon takes excellent photographs and communicates well with all his subjects. What I particularly like about working with Simon is he can move fast. We tend not to have much time for the short photo breaks we call him in for and he adapts fast to that. He’s also good at getting candid shots and appreciates that we want him to be bold in getting the right shots for us and not hold back in moving around the room. I had used other photographers in the past that I just did not feel were getting the brief. Since finding Simon probably around five years’ ago or more now(!), I have not gone to anyone else!”
Jamie Hurst – Head of Communications at the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners
“It has been a pleasure to work with Simon at our Policing Partnership Summit over a number of years. His photos are of excellent quality and his agile and pragmatic approach has helped us to get more profile for the event, both on social media and in the national press”
Imogen Bowen – Marketing & PR Executive at M3
‘Simon delivered plenty of standout content and really understood the brief. His professional, calm, creative approach helped to ensure everything ran smoothly over a busy two-day event and we are looking forward to working with him again soon’
Judith Greenburgh – Corporate Development Manager at Birmingham Hippodrome
‘Having worked with Simon over a ten year period at Birmingham Hippodrome on every kind of photo shoot imaginable; close-ups, on stage stars, backstage, corporate, creative learning projects, large-scale events with a variety of purposes and platforms in mind, I can confidently say that you are in a very safe pair if hands (and lens!). Not only is Simon easy to work with but he always delivers with results hitting deadlines. I’d say he relishes the challenge and we’ve certainly given him some of those…..highly recommended’
Sara Bussey – Marketing Manager at Bromsgrove School
“Simon has done several photo shoots around Bromsgrove School – mainly covering our ‘celebration’ events. I am always confident that Simon will work to the given brief – he has an amazing ability to disappear into the background and always comes back with some fantastic images for us”
Sharon Hockley – Head of Communications at NFU (National Farmers’ Union)
‘Simon Hadley has worked as a freelancer for the NFU for a number of years on a variety of photographic events including our flagship annual conference. This involves taking creative photographs of high profile speakers, more than 1,000 farmer delegates and providing images at speed that can be used across all of our communications channels; online, social media and magazine print . I would recommend Simon for his professional, calm approach and quality output’
Lauren Taylor – PR Manager at Weightmans LLP
‘Simon is a fantastic photographer, has a real eye for detail and the final product is always exceptional. I have worked with Simon several times and recommend him regularly to clients and contacts. I always looked forward to seeing the images and they were my favourite to use to accompany any press releases or news stories. A pleasure to work with, he is great with clients and I have a solid trust in him to always get the job done. Thank you Simon!’
Kathryn Bates – Client Development Advisor at Kennedys
‘I have worked with Simon on many occasions. The assignments have varied from being very business focused to fun and creative. I find Simon to be very personable and easy to work with. He is relaxed and calm in the craziest of situations and works well with a range of people through the assigments. I would thoroughly recommend Simon to colleagues and others seeking a good photographer’
Judy Whittaker – Communications Manager at Fresca Group
Our company has the benefit of beautiful photos taken by Simon at our various sites, showing our products and our people at their best. We’ve found Simon to be accommodating and professional, with quick turnaround of the images and high quality output. No hesitation in recommending him to others.
Claire Ryan – PR Executive at Karndean Designflooring
‘Simon is super creative and always goes above and beyond to fulfil a brief. You can always be confident you’re going to receive a wide range of fantastic press images to work with. Very reliable and great with our clients. A pleasure to work with and all round professional’
Amelia Higson – Senior Account Manager Instinct PR
‘I have worked with Simon for over five years on various different events. He has always been a pleasure to work with producing high quality work sometimes within short time scales. Would always recommend him!’
Gemma Rock – Finance and Projects Coordinator at UK Power Reserve Ltd
‘We hired Simon to take photographs for our company website and were very impressed with his services. Simon was reasonably priced and extremely professional. He edited and produced the photographs in an efficient and timely manner and we were pleased with them, so pleased in fact that we asked him back again a month later to take some more. Second time round his services remained at a high standard so we have asked him to quote for other parts of our business. I would recommend Simon to both friends and other businesses’
Andy Duck – Marketing and Communications Manager (UK) at Bruynzeel Storage Systems
‘I have commissioned Simon to provide commercial images for Bruynzeel Storage Systems over the past two years. He is professional, efficient and will always deliver, working creatively and sensitively within the confines of a commercial brief. His rates are competitive, but most importantly he brings an editorial eye to image making, raising our product and site shots above the prosaic’
