Product photography, Melbourne.
Clean frames and in use shots.
A Melbourne hybrid shooter making the product stills a business publishes on its website, in listings and on social and ads: clean frames on white and in use shots, with short product video from the same bench when the brief needs it.
Clean frames and in use, from one shoot.
Product work splits in two. Listings and wholesale need clean frames, with the same lighting and angle across the range, so a row of them lines up. Ads and socials need the product in a hand, on a bench or in the room it belongs in. Both come out of one day, which keeps colour and feel matched between the two. For the wider offer, see the photography page.
The range, on one wall.
Food, packaged goods, jewellery and gear, shot to the same standard. Select any frame to view it full size.
The things people ask first.
What do we get from a product day?
Between fifteen and forty on white, depending on how much each one has to be styled and how many angles the listing needs. Lifestyle frames are slower, so a mixed day usually lands near ten products with both sets covered.
Can you do the stills and the video on the same day?
Yes. As a hybrid shooter I capture product stills and video from the same setup, so a short clip for the listing or socials comes out of the same visit, with no second crew needed.
What does a shoot cost?
Every shoot is a fixed fee, quoted up front against the brief rather than a rate card. Tell me what the images must do, where they are going and when you need them. The scope comes written beside the number.
Do I need to come to a studio?
Not necessarily. Clean product work can be shot on location with a portable setup, which suits anyone who would rather not box up stock. Where a brief needs a studio, I book one and roll the hire into the invoice.
Can you match the look of our existing listings?
Yes. Send a few listing images or your brand guide, and the background, lighting and crop are matched before the shoot. New products then sit beside the current range as one consistent catalogue.
How do we receive the files?
Full resolution files through Dropbox, with web sized versions alongside so nothing has to be resized before it goes on a site or socials. Commercial licensing and print rights are included, and files stay hosted for three months.
Do you do cut outs and transparent backgrounds?
Yes. Shot against white and delivered with the background removed where the listing platform wants a transparent PNG, alongside the flat white version.
What if we are not happy with a frame?
Colour, crop and background changes are included, and any frame that misses the brief is fixed before the final files go out. Send notes in one message so the revisions come back together.
What areas do you cover?
Across Melbourne, including the eastern suburbs, the Dandenong Ranges, the Yarra Valley, Mernda, the Mornington Peninsula and Geelong as standard. Regional Victoria and interstate are quoted with travel.
How do I book?
Send through what the products are for and when you need the images. A short call pins the scope down, then the proposal and payment schedule come through one client portal. Dates hold on a signed proposal.
Send me the product list.
How many units, and where the images are going. The shot list is built from that brief.
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