Product photography
Product Photos That Answer Buyers' Questions
White background, detail and lifestyle product photos for Shopify, Amazon and your own store. Built to marketplace specs and shot to answer what buyers ask before they add to cart.
PhotographyOnline, the photo is the product
In a store, people pick things up. They feel the weight, check the stitching, read the label and look at the back. Online, they can only look at what you show them. Every question your photos don't answer becomes a reason to hesitate, open another tab or buy from someone else. And when photos oversell the product, you get the other cost: returns and bad reviews.
Then there are the rules. Marketplaces like Amazon have strict main-image requirements, including a pure white background, and listings that don't meet them can be suppressed. Shopify themes look broken when every product image is a different shape. Google Shopping has its own image policies. A set of nice photos that ignores all that ends up being reshot.
We shoot each product to sell it and to pass the rules
Every product gets a planned image set: the clean main image for search results, then the supporting shots that close the sale. We look at your reviews, return reasons and competitor listings to find what buyers keep asking, then make sure a photo answers it. Before the shoot we check the current image requirements for each channel you sell on, so files are ready to upload without rejection.
Marketplace-ready main images
Clean, evenly lit shots on pure white, framed to current Amazon and Google Shopping guidelines and consistent across your whole catalog.
Detail and scale
Close-ups of texture, materials, ports, seams and labels, plus shots that show size in a hand or next to familiar objects.
Lifestyle in context
The product in use, in a real setting, so buyers can picture it in their own kitchen, gym, office or car. These also double as ad and social creative.
Consistent across the catalog
Same angles, lighting and aspect ratio for similar products, so your collection pages look clean and your store looks like one brand.
Recent work
Photos by the Mayab Media team.
What's included
- Review of your channels, competitor listings and buyer questions
- Shot list per product: main image, angles, details and scale
- Pure white background images edited to marketplace specs
- Detail close-ups of materials, features and labels
- Lifestyle and in-use shots for product pages and ads
- Consistent aspect ratio and framing across your catalog
- Files sized and named for Shopify, Amazon and Google Shopping
- Shoot at your location, or ship products to us and we ship them back
How it works
From first call to results
- 01
Audit the listings
We review your current product pages, channel requirements and the questions buyers keep asking.
- 02
Plan the image set
We build a per-product shot list and agree on styling, props and any lifestyle locations.
- 03
Shoot
We photograph white background, detail and lifestyle shots, checking each against the plan.
- 04
Edit and deliver
You get files edited to spec and named by product, ready to upload to each channel.
Who this is for
- Shopify and WooCommerce stores with inconsistent or supplier photos
- Amazon sellers who need main images that meet the rules and stand out
- Brands launching new products or a new store
- Makers and manufacturers moving into online sales
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Questions we get a lot
What are Amazon's main image requirements?
Amazon requires main images to show the product on a pure white background, with no added text, logos or watermarks, and the product filling most of the frame. Requirements vary by category and change over time, so we check Amazon's current guidelines for your category before every shoot.
What size should Shopify product photos be?
Shopify handles large images well, and many themes look best with square photos. The most important thing is consistency: every product should use the same aspect ratio so collection pages line up. We match your theme's layout and deliver high-resolution files that stay sharp when shoppers zoom.
How many photos does each product need?
Enough to answer the main buyer questions, which usually means a main image, a few angles, detail shots, a scale shot and at least one lifestyle image. Simple products need fewer. Products with sizes, colors or features people ask about need more.
Can I ship products to you instead of meeting in person?
Yes. Send them to us with notes on anything that needs special attention, and we'll ship them back after the shoot. Larger or fragile items may be easier to photograph at your location, which we can plan too.
Give buyers fewer reasons to hesitate
Send us a product list and your sales channels, and we'll plan an image set for each one.