Case Study: Majestine

Here at Photography Firm we regularly undertake commissions for a number of different jewellery brands and designers. One of these is Majestine, the Amazon-based diffusion line of a major jewellery and diamond seller. Majestine required some new photos for their Amazon Store: a fully customised homepage for Amazon sellers that allows for greater control over […]

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Case Study: Wicked Dragon

Wicked Dragon is a family business that has been selling beautifully made alternative clothing since 2010, to discerning clothing fans all over the UK. Their products are popular with dedicated festival goers, gap year travellers and holidaymakers… and everyone who loves to look a bit different, not like they’ve just walked in off the high […]

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If Your Marketing Isn’t Image-Led, You’re Doing It Wrong

The saying that “a picture is worth a thousand words” may now rank among the world’s most hackneyed clichés, but this doesn’t make it any less true. In fact, given the degree to which our culture has in recent years shifted towards visual – rather than textual – forms of communication, it’s likely that this […]

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Case Study: Generation Distillers

Generation Distillers are drinks producers from Sussex. They are a husband and wife team and launched their Sussex gin in May 2018. They now have a range of gins on the market and are passionate about quality ingredients, great flavour and local sourcing. Their aim is to bring to people a gin that is enjoyable […]

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Case Study: Watches

Here at Photography Firm we’re often contacted to shoot watches. A nicely photographed watch is truly an object of beauty, so we often look forward to such commissions with considerable excitement: shooting everything from just the watch itself in isolation, through to the packaging and shots of the watch worn by a model. As with […]

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Using Props to Convey Seasonality in Your Product Photos

For many products, interest and demand will fluctuate from season to season – with some times of the year being particularly good for the sale of one product, but less so for another. Coinciding a marketing push with annual events such as holidays and celebrations, or even just the changing seasons themselves, can be a […]

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Case Study: Harvey’s

For anyone in East Sussex partial to the occasional quality tipple – and even for many of those who are not – Harvey’s Brewery will require little introduction. However, those readers located a little further afield can perhaps be forgiven if this esteemed producer of fine traditional beers and spirits is an unfamiliar name: while […]

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Case Study: Mum & You

We recently produced a series of pack shots for UK baby-care products and accessories company Mum & You. Fully aware of the daily challenges parents face when raising small children, and keen to help make this process as stress-free and enjoyable as possible, Mum & You is a fun brand that looks at the lighter […]

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Photographing Glassware: How to Shoot Bottles

Everyone enjoys looking at a nice bit of glass (best said with a North American drawl). Clean and cool, with a satisfying sheen and just the right number of specular highlights to give the object three-dimensional form, a well-photographed glass object looks classy and luxurious. A genuine pleasure to behold. Conversely, a badly done bit […]

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Are You Breaking the Law with Your Marketing Images?

The internet is still a brave new world. Although many of us have grown up in – indeed perhaps were even born since the dawn of – the digital age, this is still a time of rapidly expanding horizons and shifting frontiers. New technologies emerge faster than human society can adapt to them. And if […]

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