Clean Product Photography
Clear, consistent imagery for ecommerce, Etsy, catalogs, menus, listings and sales materials.
Product Photography
Sometimes a product needs to be seen clearly. Sometimes it needs to be understood.
Product photography for Michigan makers, retailers and small businesses. We start with where the photos need to work, because the goal isn't a more elaborate image. It's a more useful one.
Styled + Creative Product Photography
Sometimes customers need to see the context, scale, materials, texture or the product actually being used. Styled photos show whatever helps someone understand it.
Useful combinations
Many products do best with a mix: clean listing photos, close details, styled images and photos of the product in use, shot vertical and horizontal so they work everywhere.
How it can look
One product, more than one kind of photograph.
Clean for the listing. Styled for the story. Worn and used for the questions customers ask.
Clean + Simple
Keeps the attention on the product without stripping away all personality. Useful for websites, social content and marketing when you want something polished but not completely clinical.
White Background
Gives you a straightforward, distraction-free view of the product. Especially useful for online shops, product listings, catalogs and anywhere consistency matters.
Styled
Adds context, texture and personality around the product. Useful when the photograph needs to communicate more than what something looks like, including the feeling, aesthetic or story around it.
Lifestyle
Places the product in an environment that feels natural to the brand. It helps customers picture where it belongs and gives businesses more story-driven imagery for websites, social media and marketing.
Worn
Shows scale, fit and how a wearable product actually looks on a person. Especially useful for jewelry, accessories, apparel and anything customers need to imagine on themselves.
In Use
Answers the question, “What does this actually look like when someone uses it?” It can demonstrate function, process or experience while making the product easier for a customer to understand.
Products + place
Sometimes the store is part of the story.
Not every product needs to leave the shelf for its photo. For retail businesses, I can photograph your products where customers actually find them, along with the displays, details, storefront and wider space. It's a natural way to build a useful library of current images without turning your shop into a styled photo set.
Show the product. Then show people why it matters.
Answer the buying question
What does your customer need to know before they buy?
Maybe it's the size, the texture, the packaging, how it's used, or a detail people only notice in person. Sometimes that's the most useful thing to photograph.
Sometimes the most useful product photograph isn't the prettiest one. It's the one that answers the question keeping somebody from buying.
Products in motion
Some products are better when they move.
A short, clever stop-motion clip can show off packaging, a process, a feature or a playful idea in a way a still photo can't.
Investment
How pricing works.
I price by what the project needs, not by a rigid per-product package.
Clean Product Photography
Starting at $150Clear, consistent images for listings, catalogs and sales materials.
Styled + Creative Product Photography
Starting at $250Context, texture, scale or in-use imagery when the product needs more than a clean shot.
Your quote depends on what the photos need to show, how many products and views we're doing, where the images will appear and how much styling or setup is involved.
Planning to use the images for paid advertising or a larger campaign? Commercial usage rights are available and can be built into your quote.
Client perspective
In their own words.
Ariel is very friendly, professional, knowledgeable and prepared for everything. I don't like having my photo taken, but I loved the images from my personal branding shoot! Ariel had a lot of ideas and took some amazing product photos for my shop!Farmhouse Natural Living
Questions
Frequently asked.
It depends on the size of your products, how many there are and where we're shooting. Tell me what you're working with and we'll pick whatever's easiest.
Phone photos work well for quick updates and behind-the-scenes posts. Professional product photography is for your listings, website and ads, where customers can't pick the product up and need to see its size, texture and details to feel confident buying. A consistent set also helps your shop feel cohesive, and I can help plan the mix of clean, styled and in-use shots, so each image has a clear purpose, whether it's for a listing, your website or social.
It depends on the concept. We'll talk through the look you want, and props and styling become part of the plan and the quote.
It depends on where the photos will be used and what customers need to understand. Many products do best with a mix, and I'm happy to help you decide.
It depends on how complex the products are, how many views you need, how much styling is involved and how consistent the set needs to be. Tell me how many you have and I'll tell you what's realistic.
Clean Product Photography starts at $150 and Styled + Creative Product Photography starts at $250. Your quote depends on the products, the views you need and how much styling is involved.
Next step
Let people see what you make.
Tell me about your products and where the photos need to work. I'll help you figure out the right mix.