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Senior Eye.
Real Production.

Most commercial photography happens fast and ends up looking it. Lights set in five minutes, talent posed in another five, captured and moved on. The result is usable but generic — the same visual every competitor in the category is running, because every competitor hired the same kind of photo day.

We approach stills the way we approach everything else: senior photographer, real direction, real lighting, and the discipline to take the few extra minutes that move an image from acceptable to memorable. Photography that gets used for years, not weeks.

Photo and video share a crew here, so most video shoots double as photo days — the lighting is already lit and the talent is already on set. And while Claude and in-house AI run through our planning and post workflow, every image we deliver is custom-shot. No stock substitutes, ever.

Brand & Marketing Photography

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The hero imagery a brand actually uses — homepage, sales collateral, paid social, trade show, recruiting. Photographed against the brand standards rather than around them, with real people when real people are right and professional talent when they're not.

Product Photography

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Studio-clean product photography for e-commerce, retail catalog, and packaging — plus lifestyle product imagery that places the product in real use. Both formats can come out of the same shoot day, delivered as one coordinated asset library rather than two separate engagements.

Architecture & Interiors

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Commercial real estate, hospitality, retail, and high-end residential — for marketing collateral, leasing campaigns, and editorial submissions. Tripod-bracketed exposures, professional lighting where natural light isn't enough, and retouching that matches the published version to the actual space.

Food & Hospitality

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Restaurants, food brands, hotels, and food service — menu photography, brand campaigns, and social-ready food content. Lighting and styling that respects the product, from photographers who understand the difference between an Instagram plate and a magazine plate.

Event & Conference Photography

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Conferences, fundraisers, corporate events, launches, and ceremonies. Coverage built around the moments that matter — keynotes, recognition, the candid relationship moments — with same-day delivery of social-ready selects and a full edited gallery to follow.

Editorial & Portrait

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Executive portraits, founder portraits, team photography, and editorial features. Direction that gets a real expression out of someone who would rather not be photographed. Lit and posed for the publication or the placement, not the headshot studio template.

20+

Years of broadcast and editorial photography experience behind every shoot

$165/hr

Blended crew rate — the same clean math as our production days

Same-day

Standard turnaround for event social selects, with the full edited gallery to follow

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Stock-photo substitutes — every image custom-shot for the client using it

Have a Shoot In Mind?

Tell us what the images need to do — sell, recruit, lease, launch — and we'll scope the day that gets you there. Fixed quote in writing before anyone picks up a camera.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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What types of commercial photography do you produce?

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Brand and marketing photography, product (studio and lifestyle), architecture and interiors, food and hospitality, event and conference, and editorial and executive portraits. Most engagements combine more than one — a single shoot day can produce brand portraits, product stills, and architectural coverage for the same client.

Will I own the photos?

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Yes. Full unlimited commercial usage rights to every final image are included on every standard engagement, and talent releases are handled in pre-production. The deliverable is yours — for paid advertising, packaging, publishing, sales collateral, any commercial use, for as long as you want.

How quickly do you deliver edited images?

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Event coverage gets same-day social selects with the full edited gallery inside five business days. Brand and product shoots deliver edited galleries in seven to ten business days. Rush turnaround is available when the deadline requires it — we scope and price it upfront.

Can you shoot photo and video on the same day?

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Yes, and we recommend it when both are needed. Same crew, same locations, same talent — coordinated so the still and motion deliverables complement each other instead of competing for the same camera position. The savings versus separate shoot days are usually significant.

Where will you travel for a shoot?

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Anywhere in the United States. We're based in Spartanburg, SC, and routinely shoot up and down the East Coast and across the Sun Belt. National accounts often work on a regional rotation — we stage shoots around multi-location calendars rather than treating each one as an independent trip.

Do you handle styling, props, and talent sourcing?

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Yes. Full pre-production support — talent casting (real-person or professional), wardrobe styling, set and prop styling, location scouting, and permits where required. Plenty of clients come to us with a creative brief and a date on the calendar; we handle every line item from there to delivery.