Product photography for catalogs and online stores
Product photography determines how an item looks on a marketplace, in a catalog, on a website or a menu: on a white background, in a styled scene or on a model. Write in an order which items and how many shots you need, and product photographers will respond. Or compare their portfolios and prices.
Product photographers
How much product photography costs
What affects the price
Items and angles
The price is counted per shot, per item or per hour: several angles of one bag and one shot of each item in a large batch are different work.
Material and surface
Glass, glossy packaging, metal and jewelry reflect light, so they need more complex lighting and longer retouching than fabric or cardboard.
Background and styling
A white background for a marketplace is simpler than a scene with props, a chosen interior or a food stylist who prepares dishes for the shot.
Model or mannequin
A shoot on a model also means the model's fee, a makeup artist and more time than a mannequin shoot or a flat lay on a table.
Editing after the shoot
Cutting out the background, matching colors to the product and preparing files to the marketplace's requirements may be charged separately from the shoot.
Prices come from specialists' profiles on Nexperity and update automatically. You agree the final price with the specialist directly.
How to find a product photographer
Two ways — pick the one that suits you
Pick a specialist yourself
- 1Open specialists' profiles and their work
- 2Send a request that describes the task
- 3Once accepted — contact the specialist directly
Post an order
- 1Describe the task, payment and the timing you want
- 2Receive responses from specialists
- 3Pick the best specialist and agree directly
- Free for clients
- Orders can be posted anonymously
- Your contacts open only after acceptance
- No commission on the deal
How to choose a product photographer
- 1
Similar items in the portfolio
Jewelry, clothing and food are shot differently. Look for items in the portfolio that are close to yours in size and material.
- 2
Accurate color
Ask how the photographer matches the color of a shot to the real product: for clothing and cosmetics, the wrong shade can turn into returns.
- 3
One series for a catalog
Ask to see a whole series for one store: in a catalog, every shot should be consistent in lighting, background and scale.
- 4
Studio or on site
Check whether the photographer has their own studio or shoots at your place, and how the goods will be delivered to the shoot and back.
- 5
Rights and files
Agree where the shots may be used — on a marketplace, a website, in ads — and in what size and format you will get the files.
What to put in the order
Which items to shoot, how many of them and what size they are
Where the photos will go: a marketplace, a website, a catalog or social media — and their background and size requirements
How many shots per item: angles, details, packaging, what comes in the set
Background and style: white background, styled scene, on a model or on a mannequin
A few examples of photos or product listings whose style you like
How the goods will get to the shoot and when you need the finished files
Questions about Nexperity
How Nexperity works — separately for clients and for specialists
For clients
Nothing. Searching for specialists, sending requests, posting orders and receiving responses are free.
No. You agree the price and the payment method with the specialist and pay them directly. Nexperity does not take payments and is not a party to your deal.
A request goes to one specialist — from their profile. An order is posted for everyone: specialists send you responses, and you choose which one to accept.
How the specialist will do the task, a price — fixed, a range, hourly or “on request” — and, optionally, an estimated timeline.
30 days from publication: all that time it is visible in the feed and specialists can send responses. The exact end date and time are shown on the order in your account. From that moment the order is closed and a response can no longer be accepted. You can cancel it earlier, and if no specialist turned up, post a new one.
Yes: you can hide your name and photo in an order. The anonymity lasts until acceptance — the specialist whose response you accept sees your name and photo. The task description is public: anyone visiting the site can read it.
Only after acceptance — when you accept their response or they accept your request. And only the contacts you chose to show.
After acceptance you see the contacts the specialist chose to show, and they see the ones you chose. You can also message on Nexperity when the chat is on: on an order you decide that, on a direct request the specialist does.
Once the work is done, mark the order or the collaboration completed in your account — then you can say whether you recommend the specialist. A review can only be left for a collaboration that happened through Nexperity: one per specialist, which you can change or delete at any time.
For specialists
Nothing for now: this is the free period, and no subscription is needed yet. Nexperity takes no commission on deals — you settle with the client directly.
Sign up, fill in your specialist profile and add your services — each with a category, a description and a price. Once the profile is complete, it appears in search and on the category pages.
Two ways: clients send you requests from your profile, which you can accept or decline; and you see public orders in your categories in your account and can respond to them.
You describe how you will do the task and give a price and, optionally, a timeline. The client compares responses and accepts one.
Contacts set to “Public” are visible to everyone on your profile. A client sees contacts set to “After connection” once you accept their request or they accept your response. “Hidden” ones are not revealed in new connections: a contact already revealed to a client stays visible to them.
Each service has a fixed price, a range, an hourly rate or “on request”. Prices show on your profile and in search results, and you agree the final price with the client.
Through search and the category pages of your services. The order depends on your clients' reviews — how many of them recommend you — and in search also on how well your services match the query.
A photo, a description, your region and way of working — online or in person — your contacts and a portfolio: photos of your work, each with a short caption if you like.
A client leaves a review after completed work, and only for a collaboration through Nexperity: they say whether they recommend you and may add a few words. Each client counts once, however many times you work together.
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