Product photography shot to your listing rules

AED 45 to AED 400 per image covers most of what we are asked to build. The number moves on the number of products and angles, whether models or ghost mannequin are involved, and whether retouching and listing preparation are included. Per-image cost falls substantially at catalogue volume. Anything quoted before those are known is a guess. We scope first, then price, and the scope document is yours whether or not you proceed. These are market ranges rather than a fixed rate card — the proposal carries the real figure.

Between five and eight for most categories, and the rise in conversion is real up to about that point. A main pack shot, two or three angles, a detail shot, something establishing scale, and one in use or on a person. Apparel needs more; a simple commodity item needs fewer. Beyond eight the return flattens off quickly.

Follow the platform rather than a general rule. Shopify handles large files and recommends square images, commonly around 2048 by 2048, and will resize down. Amazon requires at least 1000 pixels on the longest side for zoom to work and prefers considerably more. We shoot well above the minimum and deliver sized per destination, because upscaling later loses detail and re-shooting is expensive.

Shopify allows a large number per product, well beyond what any listing should use. The practical limit is attention rather than the platform: past roughly eight images most shoppers stop scrolling, and additional ones mainly slow the page. Fewer, better-chosen images outperform a long gallery.

Yes, to their published requirements on background, fill percentage, dimensions and permitted content in the main image. We confirm the current rules before the shoot because they change and a bulk rejection near a launch is expensive.

Yes, and it needs planning before the shoot because the garment is photographed in several passes on the day. Adding it afterwards from a single mannequin shot is possible and costs considerably more.

For simple products with a fixed setup and few angles, a substantial number — the constraint is handling and styling rather than shooting. For apparel on models, or products needing individual styling, far fewer. We estimate against your actual catalogue rather than quoting a general figure.

Usually products come to the studio, because a controlled repeatable setup is what keeps a catalogue consistent. For large items, furniture or anything that cannot travel, we shoot on site and bring the lighting.

Colour targets in frame, calibrated displays, and physical samples compared against the screen at the retouching stage. For colour-critical categories such as paint, fabric and cosmetics we ask for samples to keep alongside the work rather than trusting the capture alone.

The clearest measurable effect we see is on returns rather than on conversion. Accurate colour and a scale reference cut the two most common reasons a product comes back, and that saving is usually easier to demonstrate than a conversion uplift. Conversion improvements are real and harder to isolate from everything else changing on a store.

Yes, and doing both is cheaper because we shoot to the specification we then retouch to. Details are on our retouching page and it is usually one engagement rather than two.