Commercial photography in Naperville, for the things you make.
Commercial photography is what you sell or build, shot to a brief. The product on white for the catalog, the product working where it works, and the video that shows how.
What commercial photography covers.
Three kinds of photo, and most products need two of them.
On white. The product alone, on a clean background, lit so every edge and finish reads: the catalog photo, the listing photo, the one your distributor asks for. Matched angles across a product line, so the twentieth lock looks like it was shot the same morning as the first.
In use. The product where it works: on the trailer, on the counter, in the hands of the person who uses it. These are the photos for the homepage, the trade-show banner, and the sales deck, because they show what the product is for instead of asking people to imagine it.
Moving. A 360-degree spin for the product page, so a buyer can turn it over the way they would in a store. And video: how it goes on, how it comes off, how it’s used, shot the same day by the same person.
Facilities and campaign work fit here too: your plant, your warehouse, your fleet, or a set of photos shot to an agency’s brief for an ad.
Transport Security, since 2021.
Transport Security makes ENFORCER locks for trucks, trailers, and shipping containers, sold to fleets and retailers across North America. As their commercial photographer, I’ve shot every kind of photo they use. Each lock on a clean white background, matched to angles they sketch out with a phone. 360-degree spins, sixty photos of a lock turning a few degrees at a time. The locks installed on real trucks and trailers at dealerships and trucking yards around the Chicago suburbs. And videos showing how each one goes on and comes off.
Transport Security. On the trailer.
What else it covers.
Packaged goods, like a local hot sauce maker’s bottles. A launch video for a new product, like Washoga’s washable yoga mat. If what you sell needs to be seen, it’s this page.
How it goes.
Before. Send me what you sell and where the photos will go: the website, a catalog, a marketplace listing, a distributor’s portal, a trade show. If you have a brief with angles and backgrounds, I shoot to it. If you don’t, a product list and a few reference photos from your phone are enough, and we build the brief together.
On the day. For photos on white, the product comes to me, by courier or drop-off, and goes back the same way. For photos in use, I come to you: your facility, a dealer lot, a job site, wherever the product does its work. Spins and demo video happen in the same session as the stills when they’re on the list.
After. Full-resolution files, organized by product and angle, licensed for the uses we agree on in the quote. A new product or a new angle next quarter gets shot on the same setup, so the line stays consistent.
Your people and your space are on the business page.
Where I work.
Naperville and the western suburbs, mostly. For Transport Security that has meant truck and trailer dealerships in Bolingbrook and a trucking company’s yard in Lockport. Product on white is shot at my place, so where the product lives doesn’t matter. Where it’s used does, and I’ll drive to it.
Questions people ask before they book.
Do I need to send the product to you?
For photos on white, yes, or drop it off. It goes back when we’re done. For anything large, installed, or in use, I come to it.
How many angles do I need?
It depends where the photos go. A catalog usually wants a few consistent angles per product; a product page wants a hero and a couple of details; a 360 spin covers all of it in one. Tell me the destination and I’ll tell you the count.
What is a 360 spin and where does it go?
Sixty photos of the product turning a few degrees at a time, stitched into something a buyer can drag around on your product page. One session, and it lives on the site for years.
Can you shoot at our facility?
Yes. Plants, warehouses, dealer lots, a customer’s site with their OK. I bring the light.
Do you do video?
Yes. Installs, demonstrations, a walk-through with your person on camera, shot the same day as the stills and quoted together.
Who owns the photos?
You get a license for the uses we agree on in the quote: website, catalog, ads, distributors, print, whatever you name. I keep the copyright, which is standard, and it doesn’t limit the uses you’ve licensed. Adding a use later is a quick email, not a renegotiation.
How is this different from business photography?
Business photography is your people and your place. Commercial is what you sell or build. If you need both, it can be the same visit.