Mark Alexander is an award-winning photographer who has shot over 250 golf courses and traveled to over 30 countries across six continents. His work has appeared in all major golf magazines, including Golf World, Today’s Golfer, Golf Monthly, Golf Illustrated and Golf Digest.
Notable commissions include: Loch Lomond Golf Club, Marriott Hotels, Royal Lytham & St Annes, The R&A, Turnberry, Glenmorangie, Prestwick, St Andrews Links Trust, La Manga, VisitScotland, Gleneagles and Ralph Lauren.
As well as shooting golf courses, Mark also captures beautiful landscapes and on-location portraits for magazines and corporates. His work has featured in art galleries, theatres and restaurants as well as appearing in offices and homes in the form of fine-art prints.
He is also an accomplished portrait, food and interiors photographer as well as proficient filmmaker. He has a Remote Pilot Certificate of Competence for drone work in the A2 Open Category.
More About Mark"Mark has captured the spirit of the Home of Golf wonderfully.”
~ ~ St Andrews Links Trust"Mark did a superb job of capturing the course from a range of angles and consequently provided us with a variety of shots from which to select a final portfolio. He has created a bank of excellent images that reflect the status and heritage of Southport & Ainsdale Golf Club.”
~ ~ Southport & Ainsdale Golf Club“We have been delighted with what Mark has been able to capture during his time here at Blairgowrie Golf Club. Mark was presented with a challenging brief and has managed to produce some simply stunning imagery of our courses."
~ ~ Blairgowrie Golf Club"He offers work that highlights the courses in a very natural way. He is also a very pleasant person, discreet and totally autonomous in his work. He’s a great pro.”
~ ~ Golf du Médoc Resort“Mark has carried out a number of shoots with us here at Carnoustie. He has an excellent eye for capturing the essence of the golf courses and showing them at their very best."
~ ~ Carnoustie Golf Links“Mark is a highly skilled golf course photographer who captured our courses in an exceptionally pleasing way. These formed the backbone of our new website imagery and have proved highly popular.”
~ ~ Monifieth Golf Links"The photographs he took of our golf course are really outstanding. We really appreciate his contribution and his professional approach to his work."
~ ~ Madinat Makadi Golf Resort“We commissioned Mark as his proposal showed a strong understanding of what we were trying to achieve, which was capturing the ethos of the Club. The final product certainly did not disappoint with a range of images expertly showcasing both the course and clubhouse.”
~ ~ The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers“Prior to commissioning Mark to photograph Dundonald Links, we had viewed his catalogue of work, which in itself of was suitably impressive. We are delighted with what he has produced for us at Dundonald Links, he captures the dramatic landforms and the natural beauty of the golf course perfectly, and the images are sure to encourage any golfer to come and play.”
~ ~ Dundonald Links and Loch Lomond Golf Club“We are extremely happy with the images Mark has supplied. He has taken shots from different angles and with different lighting from other photographers that we have used before. We found Mark easy to work with and very professional in everything he did for us.”
~ ~ Wairakei Golf & Sanctuary“When we looked through Mark’s previous work, we were really excited about having him photograph our course. The photographs we have received didn’t disappoint and will be really helpful when we refresh our website and promote our club as a place to play for visitors.”
~ ~ Manawatu Golf Club“Mark has built up a reputation as one of the world’s leading golf course photographers and his work with links courses in particular impressed us, so we were delighted to have the opportunity to host Mark and have his lens bring our course alive with some superb photography.”
~ ~ Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club“The chance to offer the services of an internationally renowned photographer like Mark was a great opportunity. When we spoke to the golf courses, everyone saw the benefit of engaging Mark. With our location in the South Pacific, the frequency of a visiting golf photographer of Mark’s caliber is rare. We jumped at the chance to utilise Mark’s skills to capture some of New Zealand’s best golf courses in the peak of our summer.”
~ ~ Golf Tourism New Zealand“Mark’s photography of Prestwick captures the unique style of our classic Old Tom Morris seaside links perfectly highlighting the contrast between tall fescue grasses and tight undulating fairways.”
~ ~ Prestwick Golf Club“This is the first time we have specifically commissioned photography for the club. The Committee has been particularly delighted with the images because they are now in a position to compare the before and the after. Before, when we were asked by magazines for images, what we had simply wasn’t up to scratch. We really needed images that would reflect the history, the welcome at the club and the golf course, and that’s what we got by working with Mark.”
~ ~ Prestwick Golf Club“The photographs are excellent and give a completely fresh look and feel to our imagery.”
~ ~ Marriott Hotels"Mark has certainly helped us develop an identity that we can be proud of. He has been outstanding to work with all the way from the first contact to after the project was finished. I have no hesitation in recommending Mark.”
~ ~ Rockliffe Hall