Product Photography

  As a product and pack shot photographer I have noticed recently the photography studio is keeping very busy and has been receiving many requests for social media photography as they are posting reguarly on sites such as instagram, facebook, tumblr and twitter, especially as more companies are going online and all competing to appear on the first page of a google search or to gain large followings.  It is a fact that google favor websites with great professional images as do many of the social media platforms. For the past few months I have been out there collecting all manner of props to add content to my product photographs,  I really enjoy getting creative with knolling photography I have quite a collection of colored cards, beautiful fabrics, china, glass, wood and stone along with various vintage items such as old cameras and opera glasses. I work mainly with small business and am always keeping budget in mind, £50 will give you 5 images of carefully styled photogra...

We are now mid July, I can hardly believe it! I am really heartened to see what appears to be an increase in small business's as Im finding myself having the privilege of photographing for more and more of them. As people are spending less time in the high street it seems and more time online. Specialising in product photographs and packshot photography seems to have been the right path for me to take, ever mindful of the huge over heads business's have I really do my best to keep my prices as low and as competitive as possible as well as keeping the final images punchy and high end to ensure the final image looks as good as and if not better than the actual product. I love photographing products, its always great to see new fashions and the latest gadgets and beautiful items being delivered by couriers and landing on my door step to be photographed for someones e-commerce website. My photography studio is set up purely for packshots photography and also creative product photog...

Many of my clients use Shopify as a platform to host their ecommerce site from. I totally understand why, Shopify is very easy to work with making it accessible for anyone want to sell their products on and have many beautiful templates available for you to build your sites on. The stumbling block that many of my clients have is the photography, you can of course take the product photographs with your smart phone but because of the sensor your packshot photos are not going to be sharp enough. As a product photographer I would always recommend a DSLR and second to that a Mirrorless camera, what ever you use as long as you have a good lens you can be sure to have a good sharp image of your item. My preference in cameras in Canon 5D, I use a mark 111 with an array of lens's, for detail close up shots, such as jewelry, print, stitching, labels and logos  I use a Canon 100mm f/2.8, I also use a Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 lens which gives great image quality, sometimes I get out my favorite 24-...

I have noticed a real increase in the amount of subscription boxes Ive been asked to photograph. Maybe its because of lockdown, online sales have been going up and so have the demand for subscription boxes which is good news for me as they are keeping me really busy photographing subscription boxes in the studio. I am now offering various packages for subscription box photography starting at just £40 for your subscription box which includes styling, photography and a high res and low res image of your box and all of its contents. Amongst some of the orders we are receiving we are seeing lots of fresh food boxes, beauty boxes and adult craft boxes and children's craft subscription boxes.  We offer a monthly price of £40 a month to be paid 6 months in advance, or if you would like to do just a one off then we charge, £50 for photographing the subscription box, just send it over to us included any ideas you may have, we are happy to work something out on pinterest if that works for yo...

Ive got a great week ahead photographing lots of fabulous packshots  Lots of new products to be sent to me Mainly fashion but Im not complaining, I love fashion. Im also waiting for some very interesting wine maps to be sent, they sound intriguing, when Ive photographed them I will share my final images which I will be taking in my product photography studio. The beauty about being a product photographer is that I am not tied to one place as most of my clients send their products to be photographed to me. I actually work from two photo studios, my main pack shot studio is in London on a little Island near Kew gardens,  I also have a pretty little product photography studio right by the sea on The magical Isle of Wight, I love it here. Its worked brilliantly in lockdown, the couriers here have been so good, all the products have been arriving on time and nothing lost in the post.  On well looking forward to another great week, I may even have time to pop to the beach to co...

More hours today to play outside in your summer dress!  Ive been doing lots of packshots photography for summer fashion, so many beautiful prints and lovely designs, silks and cotton from all over the world. I just feel a little sad that most of them wont fit me as they are all sample sizes and a perfect fit for my invisible mannequin, I always feel privileged as I get to see whats going to be on trend right at the beginning of the season and this year really has not let me down. All those hours doing product photography in my e-commerce studio and now Im getting to see all that hard work appearing on instagram, etsy, facebook and all of my clients websites.  Im often asked if I get bored just having a ghost mannequin as company all day, but to be honest I quite like it, I pop the radio on and either listen to a pod cast or put a story or music on and get into my zone, time passes so quickly. I some times photography clothing flat or hang from a mannequin, we also have days wh...

It seems to have become more important now than ever before to have a strong and positive online presence with many consumers now moving onto on line buying. At this point no of us know if this is our future or will shoppers go back to physical shopping in store shopping, the thinking in the e commerce industries is that we are going to be seeing a shift in peoples spending habits and that they are going to be opting for online buying why after the crisis has gone, web site owners are demanding great imagery it is vital, shoppers like to see what they are buying which is why there will always be a place for a strong product photograph with a pure white back ground without any distractions allowing shoppers to see exactly what they are buying.   In 15 years experience of working as a product and packshot photographer I have never been so busy, there seems to be a huge boom in e commerce, www.essentialretail.com report that in March 2020 there was a 74% increase in growth compar...