Keith Ingram · Commercial DoP
Commercial DoP for agencies & brands.
Brand-fluent and fast. A Director of Photography who reads an agency brief quickly, protects the look on a tight clock, and delivers efficiently. NatWest, Tesco, Scottish Opera, Ballantine’s, People’s Postcode Lottery — Glasgow-based, UK-wide and worldwide.
Approach
Built for the agency clock.
Commercials live and die on efficiency. The look has to land, the brand guidelines have to be respected, and it all has to happen inside a schedule that rarely moves. I’ve shot enough campaigns to know where the time goes — and how to protect the image without blowing the day.
I speak agency: I can take a deck and a moodboard and turn it into setups, talk options with a creative on the floor, and keep the producer’s budget intact. Owner-operator, so the camera, lighting and grip are one booking and one point of contact.
And when a client has a sustainability target, I can deliver the whole thing as a generator-free, electric shoot with the emissions data to prove it.
Brand-fluent
Comfortable with decks, guidelines and creatives on the floor — options, not obstacles.
Fast on the clock
Setups planned to protect the look without overrunning the schedule.
One booking
Owner-operator: camera, lighting and grip from a single contact and van.
Sustainable option
Deliver a generator-free electric shoot with emissions data for the client.
Selected commercial credits
Stated as facts.
A selection of commercial and branded-content work for agencies and brands. Full listings on the CV.
Brands
- NatWest / RBSDoP · multiple campaigns · 2018–25
- Tesco — Food Love Stories2nd unit · BBH
- Ballantine’sDoP · brand film
- Caledonian SleeperDoP · online · 2024
Arts & Public Sector
- Scottish OperaDoP · seasons 2023–26
- People’s Postcode LotteryDoP · Christmas · 2018–21
- VisitScotlandPromo · regional
- Glasgow LifeCampaign films · 2020–24
Agencies & Production
- The & PartnershipDoP · ongoing
- BBH2nd unit · Tesco
- Proud MotionDoP · Digby Brown
- Freelance for Scottish agenciesDoP · various
Questions producers ask
Honest answers, no hard sell.
Which brands have you shot commercials for?
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Commercial and branded credits include NatWest / RBS, Tesco (Food Love Stories), Scottish Opera, Ballantine’s, People’s Postcode Lottery, Caledonian Sleeper and Digby Brown — with agencies including The & Partnership and BBH.
Can you work to an agency brief and tight turnaround?
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Yes. I work from a deck and moodboard, talk options with creatives on the floor, and plan setups that protect the look without overrunning the schedule. Efficiency on the agency clock is the job.
Do you provide camera, lighting and grip, or just operate?
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As an owner-operator I provide the full package — two-camera Canon Cinema EOS, cine glass, lighting and grip — from one booking, or DoP on your own kit. I crew up gaffers and ACs as needed. See the kit list.
Can you deliver a sustainable commercial shoot?
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Yes. I can run a fully electric, generator-free shoot powered from the PV5’s V2L system, albert-formatted, with charging and emissions data for the client’s reporting.
Where are you based and do you travel?
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Glasgow-based, shooting across Scotland, the UK and worldwide, mobile with the full package in an electric van.
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Got a commercial to shoot?
Tell me the dates, the format and the brief. I'll come back with availability, a kit recommendation and a straight rate.