Stock images make a real business look generic. Original photographs of your products, your space and your team build trust faster than any headline, and they are the one asset a competitor cannot copy by rewriting their website.
Stock images cost more than they save
A customer may not consciously recognise a stock photo, but they register something. The smiling team in your About section looks like a team that has been in forty other About sections. The product shot that is clearly a manufacturer’s image tells a shopper you do not have the product in front of you.
There is a measurable version of this problem too. Original creative is consistently the strongest variable in paid advertising performance, because the image decides whether anyone stops. A campaign built on stock is competing with one hand tied, and the media budget pays for that handicap every month.
What we shoot
Product photography. Clean white-background images for your store and marketplace listings, plus lifestyle shots showing the product in use, which is what sells it. Multiple angles, detail shots and scale references.
Food photography. For menus, delivery platforms, social and advertising. Shot in natural or controlled light depending on the dish, styled so it matches what actually arrives at the table, because a mismatch produces a one-star review.
Business and premises photography. Your clinic, salon, showroom, office or restaurant. The single most useful asset for a local business, because it answers the question a customer is really asking, which is what will it be like when I get there.
Team and headshot photography. Consistent portraits for your website, LinkedIn and proposals. For professional services this is a direct trust signal, and mismatched selfies undermine it.
Social media reels and short video. Vertical, fast, shot for sound-off viewing with the point in the first three seconds. Produced in batches so you come away with several weeks of content from one day.
Promotional and brand video. A sixty to ninety second film about what you do and why someone should choose you, for your homepage, ads and social.
Event coverage. Launches, conferences, openings and corporate events, with a same-week edit where you need it for social.
How a shoot runs
Brief and shot list. We agree what is being shot and what each image is for before the day, so you are not paying for a photographer to work out the plan on site.
Preparation. What needs cleaning, which products need to be ready, who needs to be present, what to wear, and whether a permit is required. Filming in public areas, malls and some developments in the UAE needs permission, and arranging it is part of the job.
Shoot day. On location or in studio depending on the brief. You see images as they are captured, so adjustments happen while the setup is still standing rather than in an email afterwards.
Edit and delivery. Colour correction and retouching on selected images, video edited to the agreed length with sound, captions and your brand’s graphics applied.
What you get, and what you are allowed to do with it
Final images in full resolution and in web-optimised sizes, with social crops for each platform. Video in landscape, square and vertical where needed, with captions burned in for social.
Full commercial usage rights, in writing. You can use the material in advertising, print, your website, social, packaging and anything else, without a further fee and without a time limit. Some photographers in this market license usage by channel or by year. We do not, and you should ask anyone else whether they do before booking.
Raw files and unused footage are available on request. Ask at the briefing stage rather than later, because storage of unused material is not indefinite.
Frequently asked questions
Pricing depends on the number of products, the number of shots per product, whether styling or models are needed, and studio versus on location. For stores with many products the per-image cost falls substantially at volume. We quote in AED against an agreed shot list so the figure does not move unless the brief does.
For filming in public spaces, malls, and certain communities and free zones, permission is usually required, and requirements differ by emirate and by location. We identify what is needed during planning and handle the application where one applies. Shooting inside your own premises generally does not require a permit, though a mall or building management may still have its own rules.
Typically five to seven working days for photography, and seven to ten for edited video, from the shoot date. A faster turnaround is possible when a campaign date requires it, agreed in advance. Event coverage can be delivered within the same week for social use.
Yes, and it is shot differently from brand video: vertical, faster cuts, plain lighting, built for viewing without sound. It is also the most efficient thing to batch, since one shoot day can produce several weeks of short-form content.
Yes, across the UAE. Travel is quoted separately where it applies and is stated in the quote rather than added afterwards.