Chicago Product Photography Studio
Ecommerce Product Photography in Chicago
Catalog-Ready. Platform-Compliant.
Images That Meet Every Spec
This service is built for ecommerce sellers and brands listing on Amazon, Shopify, or retail marketplace portals who need spec-compliant images across every channel from a single shoot. Every ecommerce platform has image requirements, and the most demanding of them is Amazon. Main images need a pure white background, specific minimum resolution, and product fill percentages that maximize visibility in search results. We shoot to these specs by default.
Beyond Amazon, we deliver files sized and formatted for Shopify, major retail partner portals, Google Shopping, and your own website. One shoot, every channel covered. We'll map the deliverables before we start so there are no surprises at delivery.
Why professional ecommerce photography is worth the investment →
More Products, One Day
Ecommerce photography is designed for volume. A well-organized shoot day can move through dozens of products efficiently when the pre-production work is done: products prepped, shot list confirmed, angles and variants mapped out in advance.
Many brands combine ecommerce catalog shots with lifestyle setups in the same day to get two distinct types of imagery from one production. We plan both tracks together in pre-production so the day runs smoothly and nothing gets rushed.
Every Platform Has Its Own Rules
Amazon is the strictest: pure white background at RGB 255, 255, 255, the product filling 85% or more of the frame, no props or overlaid text in the main image, and a minimum of 1000px on the shortest side so zoom actually works. Secondary and detail images have more room, but the main image has to hit spec exactly or it gets rejected.
Shopify and your own website give you more creative latitude. There's no single mandated background rule, so most brands mix on-white catalog shots with lifestyle imagery for the same product page, and file size matters more here since it affects page load speed.
Walmart, Target Plus, and other retailer portals each carry their own version of Amazon's specs, similar in spirit but different in the details (fill percentage, resolution minimums, file naming conventions). We map every platform you're selling on before the shoot so one production covers all of them.
Built for Catalogs, Not Just Hero Shots
Large-catalog shoots live or die on consistency. The lighting setup and color calibration get locked in once, then held steady across every product that follows, so a customer scanning your storefront sees one coherent catalog instead of dozens of shots that each look like they came from a different session.
We run a tethered shooting station for volume days, reviewing images on a calibrated monitor as we go rather than catching problems after the fact. That review happens in real time, on set, so a color or framing issue gets caught and fixed before we move to the next SKU, not discovered during a QC pass three days later.
Straightforward answers to the questions we hear most often about ecommerce product photography.
Do you shoot Amazon main images?
Yes. Amazon main image requirements include a pure white background (RGB 255, 255, 255), the product filling 85% or more of the frame, no props or text in the main image, and a minimum of 1000px on the shortest side for zoom functionality. We shoot to these requirements by default.
How many products can be photographed in one shoot day?
It depends on product complexity, the number of angles per product, and whether any styling or setup changes are needed between shots. Simple ecommerce products with standard angles can move quickly. We'll estimate throughput based on your specific product set during pre-production so you know what to expect.
What file formats and sizes do you deliver?
We deliver high-resolution JPEGs sized to platform specifications by default. If you need specific file formats, resolutions, or naming conventions for a particular retailer or internal system, let us know before the shoot and we'll build that into the delivery plan.
Is there a minimum number of products for a shoot?
No official minimum, but ecommerce shoots are priced most efficiently at volume, since a lot of the cost is setup time (lighting, color calibration, background prep) that gets amortized across however many products get shot once it's dialed in. If you only have a handful of SKUs, tell us the count and we'll quote it straight rather than pushing you toward a bigger shoot than you need.
What happens if we need a reshoot or revision?
Reasonable revision rounds (color correction, background cleanup, minor framing adjustments) are part of the process, not a separate line item. A true reshoot, where the product itself needs to be photographed again, is rare when pre-production is done properly, but if it's needed because of something on our end, we'll make it right.
Can you deliver different file specs for different platforms in one shoot?
Yes, this is common. A single shoot day can produce Amazon-spec main images, Shopify-optimized web files, and a retailer portal's specific dimensions all from the same product setups. Tell us every platform the images need to land on before the shoot and we'll build the delivery plan around all of them at once, instead of re-shooting per channel.
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