Modelled Fashion Photography

This is what we consider any standard photography for an online store product listing, which is generally on a plain white, grey or transparent background. This includes white background product photography for Amazon or for your own Shopify/Woo Commerce store etc.

Any photography outside of this scope, such as introducing props and creative surfaces, using models or creating infographics, does not fall under this category and is charged on an hourly rate instead.

Creative product photography is anything outside of standard white background product images or pack-shots for an e-commerce store. This could be anything from creative flat lays of your products, through to introducing hands, models or shooting outside of the studio.

We charge this type of photography differently from e-commerce product photography because it’s so varied and needs to be bespoke quoted based on the time required. There are also outside costs such as models, location hire, props and development of creative concepts that needs to be covered within the project cost.

Our ‘per image’ unit pricing is for standard website listing photography only. These are generally white or grey background shots of your items.

We include standard retouching as…standard. This includes cutting out and making sure it’s on the relevant coloured background (white/grey etc), carrying out all necessary colour/brightness adjustments and ensuring they’re ready for delivery. As we ensure that most images look 90% of the way there in camera, this level of retouching is generally suitable for most clients with their own e-commerce store or when working in high-volume.

The level above this is High-End retouching, which goes above and beyond what’s detailed above. This includes a huge amount of Photoshop to ensure each image is immaculate and free from all blemishes, reconstructing parts of the packaging or material, completely changing the colours of products or packaging or ensuring jewellery is up there with the likes of Swarovski.

Many of our clients that opt for this service either appeal to the luxury or higher end of the market and need the images to reflect this, have products and packaging that need a lot of work to fix handling damage or are needing product photography to go into print and will be shown at large scale.

Our current minimum order value is £100. Any e-commerce projects that come in under this figure based on unit prices will automatically be rounded to £100.

This minimum order value exists to cover the base time required to set up for the shoot and carry out all administrative tasks associated with the project.

Truth be told it depends what we are doing. Standard listing photos we can offer a fixed price per item, we offer a fixed price because we have a good idea the amount of work involved in creating the finished images. However, when doing creative shoots or modelled we quote on a project basis on the hourly rate. To give an estimate costs we would usually require a samples image of what you wish to achieve and a breakdown of the images required and how many items.

We have a selection of props and surfaces in our studio already which we can and do use on multiple projects. However, any specific props, colours or perishable items (such as flowers/fruits etc) will need to be sourced specifically for the project and the cost forwarded to you. We won’t surprise you with a bill for these, instead allocating a proposed prop and material budget ahead of time for us to work within.

We always look to include as many known costs or expenses during the quoting stage of a project. Any unknown costs, such as miscellaneous expenses or mileage where there isn’t a fixed location, will be outlined during the quoting stage but without a firm figure attached. Same again with props and materials required for a shoot in our studio. We can provide a rough estimate of the cost and then put the actual and final figure on the final invoice. Alternatively, we sometimes apply a fixed cost during the quoting stage and then we work within that.

Our usual turn around time is 7 working days from receiving the items however if you would like a fast turn around we can offer a 48 hour turn around from receiving the items, this would need to be arranged in advance so we can

It’s simple, No upfront costs! Following the photoshoot we send the watermarked images along with the invoice, as soon as the invoice is paid we then send the High Resolution images.

If we offer a fixed price per item it’s a drop off service where you are unable to attend but for hourly quoted shoots such as Modelled & Creative shoots Absolutely! We love having clients in the studio to help on projects. Saves a lot of back-and-forth and can really help having someone there who’s familiar with the product and how it needs to be portrayed. Same again for shoots on location, you’re more than welcome to attend and help wherever you wish.

We also carry out most of our studio photography remotely, where clients send the products to us and our team sends over previews at the start of the shoot to make sure we’re going down the right lines. We request your cooperation and available time for this, but this would be communicated to you in the run up the shoot to make sure you’re available at a specific time on the shoot date for feedback.

Whilst we do have rows of warehouse racks for storing client products, we run out of space quickly when projects are delayed or we have multiple large projects on at once. To minimise this disruption, we send back products within a week of project completion.

If you’re arranging your own collection, you must also arrange this immediately upon completion of the project. We reserve the right to charge a weekly warehousing cost for storing your items if they are left with us and are unable to return them, though this will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

If you are looking to arrange a follow-up shoot and would like us to keep your products until then, let us know at the point of booking so we can safely store your items for then. We will not charge for holding your products in this instance, though we would appreciate clearly communicated timescales so we know how long we will be holding your products for.

Yes! We have in-house designers who can produce infographics for your Amazon listing. This work is charged on an hourly rate based on the time required for the project. Simply let us know how many you need and provide a few examples and we can include this cost during the quoting stage.

Yes! We use a combination of UK based modelling agencies for sourcing models for shoots depending on your requirements, with some agencies centred more on fashion models and others with more varied ranges of people, families and sometimes actors or influencers.

The cost does vary between models and between agencies, so we don’t charge a fixed cost for models but instead on a project by project basis. There are also licensing fees to pay when using an agency if you wish to extend usage of the images and the models likeness past a specific length of time. This is known as gaining usage ‘in perpetuity’ and comes at an additional cost which we can negotiate with the agency and include in the project cost.

We also do casting calls through Instagram for models if your requirements are less specific. This also means that we can liaise directly with the model instead of going through an agency, which often allows us to negotiate better usage terms or more favourable rates. Again, these costs will be included at the point of quoting. We do include an extra couple of hours pre-production time to cover model casting, though this generally works out a more cost-effective option despite the additional pre-production time.

Yes! We have a number of preferred hair and make-up suppliers which we can arrange for your project. They’re not part of our internal team (though we might get to this point) but we work closely with just a small number of key suppliers and use them regularly. We will do all of the arranging and management, so you don’t need to worry about this side of things. Their cost will also additional to the photography quote.