PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO IN CAPE TOWN
Make the quality of your product visible.
Professional product photography in Cape Town helps businesses present their products clearly, consistently and professionally across websites, e-commerce stores, social media and marketing material. From our Blouberg studio, we create clean white-background images, styled product photographs and short-form product videos tailored to your brand and platform.
MORE THAN A PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPH
Images That Help Products Stand Out
Before customers can touch, taste or experience your product, they see it. Thoughtful product photography helps communicate its quality, detail and personality while creating a professional and consistent image for your business.
We take the time to understand where the photographs will be used and what they need to communicate, allowing us to create images that feel considered, polished and true to your brand.
WHAT WE PHOTOGRAPH
A Complete Visual Library for Your Products
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White-background e-commerce images
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Product hero photographs
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Packaging and labels
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Styled product photography
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Clothing, accessories and branded merchandise
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Detail and texture photographs
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Product ranges and collections
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Short-form product video
Your images can be prepared for websites, online stores, catalogues, social media, advertising and other marketing materials.
E-COMMERCE & CATALOGUE PHOTOGRAPHY
Clean, Consistent and Ready to Sell
White-background product photography gives customers a clear, distraction-free view of what you sell. Careful lighting, accurate colour and consistent positioning help your product range look professional across e-commerce stores, websites and catalogues.
We can create a main product image together with additional angles, details or packaging photographs according to your requirements. Images can also be prepared to suit specific dimensions, ratios or platform guidelines.
STYLED PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography With Context and Personality
Sometimes a product needs more than a white background. Styling, complementary surfaces, props or a carefully chosen environment can help customers imagine the product in use and connect with the story behind it.
Simple styling and positioning can be incorporated into the shoot. More elaborate concepts involving specialist props, models, makeup, locations or additional production requirements are discussed and quoted in advance.
SHORT-FORM PRODUCT VIDEO
Bring Your Product to Life
Movement can reveal details that a still photograph cannot. A short, carefully edited product video can show texture, function, scale and personality in a format designed to hold attention.
Product videos can be created alongside your photography session, giving you a coordinated collection of professional content from a single shoot. Depending on where the video will be used, it can be filmed vertically for social media or horizontally for websites and presentations.
Multiple shots, creative lighting, detailed editing, titles, transitions and other production elements are quoted according to the brief.
One product filmed against a plain background, delivered as one edited clip of up to ten seconds in one chosen orientation. More complex concepts and editing are quoted separately.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
A Simple, Professional Process
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Planning and project consultation
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Guidance on preparing your products
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Professional studio lighting
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Careful positioning and composition
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Private online proofing gallery
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Professional editing and retouching
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High-resolution and web-ready files
WHY CHOOSE EMIL BOSCH PHOTOGRAPHY
Careful Lighting. Consistent Results.
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Calm and collaborative approach
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Careful attention to colour and detail
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Consistent lighting across product ranges
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Photography tailored to the intended platform
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Refined post-production for a polished, high-impact finish
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Photography and video available from one team
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What types of products do you photograph and film?
We photograph and film a wide range of products, including small items, packaging, retail products and branded merchandise.
Do you offer white-background product photography?
Yes. We create clean product photographs on white or another chosen plain background. Where pure white is required, the surrounding background is finished to RGB 255, 255, 255 during post-production. Deep-etched or transparent-background files are quoted separately.
Can you photograph products to specific platform requirements?
Yes. We can photograph products to meet platform guidelines, including pure white backgrounds and specific image ratios where required.
How many images do you create per product?
The number of images per product depends on your requirements. This may include a main product image together with additional angles, packaging images or detail photographs.
Do you style the products, or should they be supplied ready to photograph?
Products should generally be supplied clean, assembled and ready to photograph. Simple positioning is included, while styling involving specialist props, models or more complex arrangements is discussed and quoted in advance.
Are the product images edited?
Yes. All selected images receive professional editing, including colour correction, dust and mark removal, and background clean-up where required.
Can you match photographs from our existing product range?
Yes. We aim for visual consistency across your product range and can match lighting and style to existing images where possible.
How long does product photography take?
Turnaround depends on the number of products, the number of photographs required and the complexity of the editing. We will confirm the expected delivery time when quoting, with larger or more complex projects generally requiring additional time.
Can the images be used for e-commerce, marketing and advertising?
Yes. Intended usage is discussed before the shoot and included in your quotation. Please let us know if the images will be used for packaging, paid advertising or distribution by a third party.
Do you photograph products in the studio or on location?
Most product photography and product video is created in our Blouberg studio. On-location product shoots can be arranged where appropriate; pure white-background packshots are photographed in the studio.
OTHER WAYS WE CAN HELP
Photography That Supports Your Business
From headshots and portraits to on-site business photography and corporate event coverage, explore services that help your business present itself professionally and consistently.
PRICING & EXPERIENCES
Packshot & Video Pricing
Professional photography tailored to showcase your products.
ESSENTIAL
- One edited image per product
- One plain background colour
- One consistent lighting and background setup across the product range
- Standard post-production and background clean-up
- Pure white background finished to RGB 255 where selected
- Private online gallery
Minimum of five products
SIGNATURE
- Two edited images per product
- Main image plus one alternate angle or detail
- One plain background colour
- Consistent lighting and background across both images and the product range
- Standard post-production and background clean-up
- Pure white background finished to RGB 255 where selected
- Private online gallery
Minimum of five products
VIDEO
- Available as an add-on to a packshot session
- One product on a turntable
- One plain background
- One edited clip of up to ten seconds
- One chosen orientation: vertical or horizontal
- Basic colour correction and clean editing
- Online delivery
Standalone product-video projects are quoted separately
Specialised volume rates are available for larger packshot projects.
Published packshot pricing applies to small products supplied clean, assembled and ready to photograph in our Blouberg studio, using one plain background colour and one consistent lighting setup. Pure white backgrounds are finished to RGB 255 where required.
Deep etching, transparent backgrounds, reflective or transparent products, complex retouching, specialist styling, props, models, additional setups and location work are quoted separately. The R750 video price applies to one simple turntable video added to a packshot session and includes one product, one plain background, one edited clip of up to ten seconds and one chosen orientation. Styled concepts, multiple scenes, advanced text or animation, sound design and standalone video projects are quoted separately.
LET'S TALK
Ready to make your products stand out?