Amazon Product Photography
Amazon product photography, is also suitable for platforms such as eBay and Etsy and other e-commerce stores.
Product photography is one of the most important components when trying to sell your products online. The biggest problem with online retail is the inability of the customer to see or touch a product in person.
Amazon has become one of my biggest customers over the past few years (via their individual product sellers.) Multiple new products are launched daily on Amazon, and these products are all competing in one of the worlds largest and most competitive marketplaces. The standards of sellers have gone from cottage industry, to high-end professional as often thousands of sellers are marketing the same or similar products, usually sourced from the Asian market, which are only marginally differentiated, (namely through price, and of course, image quality.)
In my situation as a professional product photographer, the beauty of this is that I don’t have to do anything to convince my clients that professionally produced images are the way to gain an edge in an increasingly competitive market place. Ultimately the proof is in the pudding when their listings outrank their competitors and sales go up, largely through the implementation of excellent Amazon product photographs.
the eyes buy & images sell
Online shoppers buy more from sellers with professional product photographs – it’s as simple as that. Amazon’s listings allow for 2000 px images to be utilised through their zoom function, so there is very little margin for shoddy work; jagged edges, muddy backgrounds or poor composition. However, I offer the same quality of photography to my Amazon clients as I do to my advertising clients.
As a professional Amazon and e-commerce photographer, I am not the cheapest option, but I like to think that I am certainly one of the best. Visit my product photography page to find out more about my pricing for Amazon product photography, or read about our approach to creating infographics.
Guidelines for Amazon Product Photography
Amazon allows up to 7 images per product listing. Depending on the brief I usually create a mixture of pure white background photos and lifestyle images. I like to inclde detail shots for products that are intricate and where these features might influence the buying decision.
Packshots
What is a packshot? Simply put, a packshot is an image that includes a product and its packaging. Obviously if the packaging is poorly thought out then including it might be detrimental to the success of the image. However, if a lot of time and effort has been put into the packaging then including it in the shot adds to the image. Such was the case with Happy Place Candles where the seller had obviously put a lot ot time and effort into creating her packaging.
Packshots – product photography prices (white or simple backgrounds)
Product shots can vary in difficulty both technically and logistically. For set-rate, simple packshots we offer a fixed price scale. The prices below are based on product packshots on a white or simple, consistent background. All commissions include colour correction & basic digital clean-up. I can supply clipping paths if required for an additional cost.
Please note, there is a 50% deposit on all bookings.
Pack Choice | Hero Images | Product Images | Feature Images | Infographics | Hand Modelling | Total Images | Cost |
Starter | 1 | 6 | – | 7 | £ 199.00 | ||
Expander | 3 | 6 | 1 | yes | 9 | £ 245.00 | |
Pro | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | yes | 10 | £ 299.00 |
Custom | You decide | POA |
Colour balancing and full retouching is included in the above rates. Any specific retouching needed above our standard (broken packaging, colour changes etc) – will be charged at my standard retouching rate of £40.00 per hour.Depending on your product, different angles, variations or close ups of the same product can be offered at a reduced image rate. Please note that my minimum image rate for any shot is £6.00.
White Background Photography
For examples of my standard white background photography please click here.
Photography with a white background has become increasingly important for online use. Platforms such as Amazon and Etsy have strict regulations about white background photography. I offer high quality, professionally shot and lit, product photography for advertising, print, online stores, packaging, catalogues, Amazon listings and more.
This shot was done on commission for Graffe Cosmetics and shows the image straight out of camera and the retouched version. In some cases I have to match the background to their website page colour, which is what I have done here.
High quality product photography doesn’t have to cost the earth, I understand that smaller businesses have finite budgets, so I pride myself with being adept at finding solutions for all budgets and time-frames. Where required, I can offer a 48 hour turnaround where possible. I provide all image files both high resolution for print and low resolution for the internet. Images are transferred to you via WeTransfer meaning you won’t be wasting time waiting for multiple emails. This makes the whole process painless and efficient.
With Amazon product photography, you want me to create clean, sharp images, free of dust and background distractions, making your product the sole focus and showing it off in the best possible light. This always requires at least a little bit of post-processing for a truly professional look that I deliver for every client.
Please browse through the images in the albums below to get a feel for the wide and varied range of products that I have photographed on a white background.
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