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eCommerce Product Photography
Full-Service eCommerce Agency based in Johannesburg
Overview
Why You Need Product Photos
Our eCommerce Photography Services
Increase Conversions
Product photographs are the key to sales. Why? Because 93% of consumers consider visual appearance to be the deciding factor when purchasing!
Provide Visual Information
When it comes to selling your products through an eCommerce store, you need to give your prospective customers all the visual information they need to click ‘add to cart’ and complete the checkout process.
Present Your Products At Their Best
The Right Photos for the Right Purpose
There are different types of eCommerce Product Photography each with a particular purpose.
Pack shots are your standard eCommerce photography type typically shot on a white or light grey backdrop that puts the focus on your product and visually describes your products.
Styled or Creative photos are great for promotional campaigns and display banners aimed at increasing the desire to purchase.
Lifestyle shots are an excellent way to show product usage in an idealized situation and are also great for increasing desire to purchase. These shots often include models.
Custom eCommerce product photography provides a shooting style tailored to your product photography needs and may include a combination of other types of photo to create a unique look aimed at your specific market.
We'll help you match the right kind of product photography type to your products.
Increase Conversions
Product photographs are the key to sales. Why? Because 93% of consumers consider visual appearance to be the deciding factor when purchasing!
Provide Visual Information
When it comes to selling your products through an eCommerce store, you need to give your prospective customers all the visual information they need to click ‘add to cart’ and complete the checkout process.
Present Your Products At Their Best
The Right Photos for the Right Purpose
There are different types of eCommerce Product Photography each with a particular purpose.
Pack shots are your standard eCommerce photography type typically shot on a white or light grey backdrop that puts the focus on your product and visually describes your products.
Styled or Creative photos are great for promotional campaigns and display banners aimed at increasing the desire to purchase.
Lifestyle shots are an excellent way to show product usage in an idealized situation and are also great for increasing desire to purchase. These shots often include models.
Custom eCommerce product photography provides a shooting style tailored to your product photography needs and may include a combination of other types of photo to create a unique look aimed at your specific market.
We'll help you match the right kind of product photography type to your products.
Products We Shoot...
Our eCommerce product photography services cover almost any type of product you can think of including the popular product types listed below…
- Apparel & Footwear
- Books
- Electronics
- Grocery Products
- Cosmetics & Skincare
- Jewellery
- Lifestyle Products
- Food and more...
eCommerce Photography Types
Every eCommerce photograph has a purpose from providing information to increasing desire. We’ll give you the right shots.
- Pack Shots (1 or more angles)
- Styled/Creative Shots
- Lifestyle Shots
- Scale Shots (Size Comparison)
- Close-up (Detail) Shots
eCommerce Photo Editing
Whether you need simple editing for budget eCommerce photos or you need advanced editing and retouching we can do it all.
- Photo Cleaning (Dust, Imperfections, etc.)
- Colour Correction
- Background Removal (Deep Etching)
- Add Shadows & Reflections
- Recolouring
- Creative editing & more...
- Ghost Mannequin Effect
- Sizing for eCommerce & Social Media
eCommerce Photography Packages
Whether you have a few products in need of creative presentation or a large catalogue of hundreds or thousands of products or you need regular monthly photos for social media we can help.
- Small Batch Product Photography
- Bulk (High Volume) Product Photography
- Monthly Product Photography Packages
Product Preparation
Before an eCommerce product shoot can commence the products have to be prepared. Depending on your products we will do the following:
- Dust & Spot Removal
- Lint Removal
- Stray Thread Removal
- Steam or Iron Apparel
- Polish Jewellery
Lighting & Backdrops
We’ll bring out the best in your products by tailoring the lighting and backdrop.
- Pack Shot Backdrops (White, Grey, Black)
- White Products on White Backdrop
- Custom Backdrop Colours
- Wood, Stone, Textured, Wall Backdrops
- Hard Light or Soft Light
- In-Studio Controlled Lighting
- Creative Lighting
Packages from
R 3 000
Tell us about your eCommerce Product Photography needs!
Use the form below to tell us about your eCommerce project requirements.
FAQs
The SME Rocket photography studio is based in Weltevreden Park, Johannesburg.
We do not offer a collection service at this time but you can drop your products off at our studio at a pre-arranged time yourself or use a courier or Uber if you prefer.
Once we have completed photographing your products we will let you know so that you can collect them or send a courier.
Yes, of course we can help.
If you want a steady stream of creative or lifestyle type product photos to keep your social pages buzzing we offer monthly retainer packages tailored to your needs.
Yes, absolutely!
We offer both high-volume discounts as well as monthly retainers for eCommerce stores that have hundreds or thousands of products or add new product regularly.
If you are making use of our eCommerce website design services we can even help upload and maintain your product catalogue.
Yes we can.
This process is known as deep etching or background removal and is used to isolate products so that they can be combined with other graphic designs such as website heroes or advertising banners.
This editing process is only available in some eCommerce product photography packages. If it is a requirement please specify when getting in touch.