Product photography services

Our Chicago studio covers four core areas: commercial product photography for campaigns and brand use, lifestyle photography that puts your products in real-world and styled settings, ecommerce and Amazon-ready photography including clean on-white imagery, and softgoods photography for apparel and textile brands. Most clients need some combination depending on where their images are going - we'll help you figure out the right mix for your goals.

Commercial photography is built around a concept - a campaign look, a brand story, a specific visual direction. It typically involves more pre-production, set design, and creative thinking about how the image will be used in advertising or brand contexts.

Ecommerce photography is about efficient, consistent catalog imagery: clean backgrounds, accurate product representation, and specs that meet platform requirements. Both are high quality - they just serve different purposes. Many brands need both, and combining them in a single shoot is often the smartest approach.

Both. Our West Town studio can be configured for a wide range of lifestyle scenarios - from kitchen and bathroom setups to styled flat lays and tabletop scenes. For shoots that require a specific real-world environment, we can also work on location around Chicago.

The right call depends on the look you're going for and what your budget allows. We'll work through that together during pre-production so you're not guessing on shoot day.

Softgoods photography covers any product with a fabric or flexible structure - apparel, bags, bedding, pillows, towels, rugs, and similar items. These products require specific handling and lighting to show texture, drape, and structure accurately.

Yes, we do offer on-figure work, including both ghost mannequin and live model photography. For apparel brands in particular, on-figure imagery communicates fit and feel in a way flat photography simply can't. See our softgoods work.

Yes, and it's often the most efficient way to build out a complete image library. A common approach: on-white ecommerce shots paired with styled lifestyle setups in the same day. You leave with two distinct types of imagery from a single shoot.

The key is planning it properly in pre-production so transitions between setups are smooth and nothing gets rushed. If a hybrid shoot is on your radar, mention it early so we can build the schedule and set list around it from the start.

Yes - and this is something we do for brands of all sizes. Not every company has an in-house creative director or the budget to bring in an agency, and that's fine. With over two decades of commercial experience, we can guide you through visual direction, set design, and aesthetic decisions in a way that serves the business goal behind the imagery.

Creative direction works best when you have a point of view, even a rough one. Tell us what brands inspire you, what you want to avoid, and who your customer is. That's enough for us to build from. Start with a conversation.

We work across a wide range of categories: CPG and packaged goods, beauty and skincare, home goods and textiles, apparel and accessories, food and beverage, tech accessories, fitness and wellness, and more. Brand size ranges from emerging direct-to-consumer labels to established national brands.

What the best clients tend to have in common isn't a category or a budget size - it's knowing what they need their photography to do. If you have that clarity, we can work with the rest. Browse the portfolio to see the range of work.