Horizon Vantage

Horizon Vantage

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Photography · Video · Websites · Local SEO - Co. Wicklow

Honest photography and websites for small businesses and experiences.

Real on-site photo and video of your place, built into a fast website that helps customers find you and book or order direct. One local specialist, start to finish.

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Experience10+ years of software engineering experience behind every build
On-siteEvery image shot at your business - never AI-generated
TailoredIt's designed the way you imagine it
LocalBased in Co. Wicklow, working across Ireland
FRAME 001 Who We Help

Every kind of local business, one way of working.

Cafés, bakeries and food producers

Cafés, bakeries, farm shops, makers and artisan producers. Photos of what you serve and make, on a site that takes orders.

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Shops, salons and barbershops

Pet shops, barbershops, salons, gyms and independent retailers. Real photos of your premises, your team and your products.

See how →

Stays and experiences

Holiday lets, glamping, B&Bs, guesthouses, activity providers and small venues. Show guests the real place before they arrive.

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FRAME 002 Why Real Photos

What customers see - should be what they get.

Customers choose on trust

Accurate images mean fewer surprises and better reviews.

Your place is not generic

Stock and AI imagery cannot show your premises, your products or your welcome.

One local specialist

Photos, film, website and Google profile all match, instead of four suppliers who never talk to each other.

FRAME 003 The Gap

Nearly every local web studio in Ireland is selling the same thing.

Entry-level builds are often priced low because the whole category competes on price - templated layouts, filled with stock photography. We shoot the real thing and build the site to match it.

Typical Web Studio

  • ✕Template layout, swapped colours and a logo
  • ✕Stock photography licensed from an image bank
  • ✕Google Business Profile left half-finished
  • ✕Site handed over, then no further contact

Horizon Vantage

  • →On-site photo & video shoot of the actual business
  • →Custom-built website designed around those images
  • →Google Business Profile fully set up and optimised
  • →Optional retainer: quarterly refresh shoots + review monitoring
FRAME 004 The Offer

Packages built for how local businesses actually decide.

Go straight for the full booking-ready launch, or start with the website alone. Ongoing care and smaller one-off jobs are listed below.

Core Offer
PACKAGE 01

Booking-Ready Launch

from €2,400
Typically around €2,800
Scope can extend to €3,200. Final quote after your free audit.
The flagship package - shoot to search, fully booking-ready
  • Half-day on-site shoot - 25 to 40 edited images
  • 60 to 90 second film of your business, plus 3 vertical social cuts
  • 5 to 8 page website with booking or ordering set up
  • Google Business Profile optimisation
  • Free NFC "Tap to Review" card
  • 30-day check-in after launch
PACKAGE 02

Website

from €900
Most clients spend €1,100-€1,600
Final quote after your free audit.
A fast, properly built site, with or without a photo shoot behind it
  • Template-based or fully custom build, depending on what you need
  • Structured around imagery you already have
  • No photo shoot included

Keep it working

Once you are live, a monthly plan keeps the site, the listing and the photos fresh.

MONTHLY

Care & Visibility

from €120
/month, about €1,440 a year. On top of the project fee. Final quote after your free audit.
Keeps the site, the listing and the photos current once you are live
  • Website care and hosting
  • Monthly Google Business Profile posts
  • A quarterly photo drop
  • Monthly enquiry and booking report

Quick wins & add-ons

Smaller one-off jobs, for a business that already has most of what it needs.

  • ONE-OFF

    Local SEO Help Only

    For a business with a site already, elsewhere · Google Business Profile setup and clean-up · Category, service area and NAP consistency check

    from €150
    One-off setup. Final quote after your free audit.
  • SEASONAL

    Season Refresh

    Keep an existing site and listing current through the seasons · New on-site imagery each spring or autumn · A short social video to match

    from €450
    Final quote after your free audit.
  • ADD-ON

    Booking or ordering system setup

    Bookings, appointments or orders on a site you already have, linked from your Google profile · The right tool chosen for your kind of business · Set up, connected to your website and tested end to end

    Suggested tools by sector
    Barbershops, salons, gyms and grooming
    Fresha or Square Appointments
    Cafés and restaurants (table booking)
    ResDiary or OpenTable
    Bakeries, shops and food producers (ordering)
    Shopify or Square Online
    Holiday lets and glamping
    Lodgify or Smoobu
    B&Bs and guesthouses
    Little Hotelier or eviivo
    Activity providers and experiences
    Rezdy, FareHarbor or Bókun
    Anything simpler (a call or a slot)
    Cal.com or Calendly
    Quoted
    Our fee covers set-up; the tool's own fees, if any, go to the provider. Already included in a Booking-Ready Launch. Final quote after your free audit.
  • ADD-ON

    NFC "Tap to Review" card

    Makes it easy for every customer to leave an honest review

    €25-35
    Per card. Free with any Booking-Ready Launch.

What changes the price

  • Number of pages
  • A booking or ordering system
  • Travel outside Co. Wicklow
  • Extra shoot time
  • Extra video cuts

Good to know

  • Prices shown are for 2026, and reviewed each season.
  • Prices shown, no VAT charged - Horizon Vantage is not currently VAT-registered.
  • A 50% deposit secures your booking. The balance is due on delivery, or as set out in your quote.
  • Every quote is confirmed in writing before any work begins.

Read the full terms

Not sure which fits? Start with the free audit.

A short review of your current photos, Google profile and website or booking page, with three quick wins. No obligation.

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FRAME 005 Portfolio

Shot on location, not in a studio.

A selection of founder shoots for local businesses, shown with their permission, alongside a few personal pieces marked as such.

More founder shoots booking now for cafés, bakeries, barbershops, pet shops, stays and tradespeople along the commuter belt.

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FRAME 006 Brands

Brands we've worked with.

Past projects and work in progress. Each one links to the business itself.

FRAME 007 How It Works

Free audit first. Nothing else until you say go.

f/2.8 · ISO 200 · 1/250s

Free listing audit

A short review of your photos, Google profile and website or booking page, with three quick wins.

f/4 · ISO 100 · 1/60s

Plan

Agree the shot list, timing and what the site needs to do.

f/5.6 · ISO 400 · 1/125s

Shoot

On site, at your business, in the right light.

f/2.8 · ISO 100 · 1/200s

Build

A fast website with booking or ordering set up, and your Google Business Profile tidied.

f/4 · ISO 200 · 1/160s

Launch and care

Go live, then keep it fresh through the seasons.

Founder of Horizon Vantage on a client shootEXPERIENCE - FRAME 008
FRAME 008 About

10+ years building software. 5+ years shooting professionally.

10+ yrsSenior software engineering - production systems, not side projects
5+ yrsProfessional photography & videography experience

Most web studios have never held a camera on a paid job, and most photographers can't ship production-grade software. That combination is the whole edge here - real on-site photography and video, paired with the engineering background to build, host and maintain the website it ends up on.

The result is a website built the way software should be: fast, maintainable, and designed around real imagery rather than a template. Best suited tolocal, visible-decision-maker businesses with an active but under-photographed Google presence - the kind of business that can say yes on a five-minute phone call, not after three rounds of internal sign-off.

Cafés & BakeriesBarbershops & SalonsPet Shops & RetailFarm Shops & ProducersHoliday Lets & GlampingB&Bs & GuesthousesActivity Providers
FRAME 009 Local SEO

Your Google listing is doing more selling than your homepage.

Most local searches never make it past the map pack. A finished, verified, correctly categorised Google Business Profile - backed by real photos and consistent details everywhere you're listed - is built into every Booking-Ready Launch, not treated as an afterthought.

CategorySet & verified
Service areaCorrectly defined
PhotosShot on-site, not stock
NAP consistencyMatched across listings
ReviewsNFC tap-to-review card
FRAME 010 Questions

A few things people ask first.

Do you use AI-generated images?

No. Every image is shot on site at your business. Customers choose on trust, so what they see should be what they get.

What is a listing audit?

A short, free review of your current photos, Google profile and website or booking page, with three quick wins. No obligation.

Where do you work?

Based in Co. Wicklow, working with businesses across Ireland.

How long does a project take?

It depends on scope and season. We agree a timeline before we start.

Are there grants for this?

Some supports exist, for example through your Local Enterprise Office, but eligibility varies and nothing is guaranteed. Ask your LEO, and we will share what we know.

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