Photography and websites for retail and local business.
The photographs of your shop were taken on a phone, in the middle of the day, with the lights off in the back half. The website came from a template three years ago and nobody has opened the editor since.
Meanwhile the whole decision happens on a phone before anyone walks in. Somebody searches, sees four businesses, and picks the one that looks open, looks cared for, and lists the right hours. That is a photography problem and a website problem, and they are usually the same problem.
The situation.
Phone photographs of the storefront
Shot at noon with a phone, which is the one hour of the day the space looks worst.
A Google listing nobody maintains
Old hours, an old photo, and reviews going unanswered. For most local businesses this outranks the website.
A site built once and never touched
Slow on a phone, hard to update, and nobody still has the login.
What we do for retail and local business.
Storefront and interior photography
Your space shot at the hour it actually looks best, inside and out, plus the owner and the people who work there.
Product and menu photography
What you sell, photographed consistently, so the shop, the site, and the social feed all pull from one set.
A fast website you can update
Hours, location, menu or services, and a way to call or book. Loads quickly on a phone and hands you the keys.
Google Business Profile and local listings
Set up properly, with the real photographs, correct hours, and the categories that decide whether you appear in the map results.
Print and signage
Menus, window graphics, vehicle lettering, and cards drawn from the same brand as the website.
One studio for all of it
The person who photographs the shop builds the site the photographs go into, so nothing has to be re-shot to fit a layout.
Most shops are quoted a photographer, a web shop, and a marketing retainer. This is one studio, one scope, and a site you own at the end.
What local businesses ask.
We are a small shop. Is this going to be out of our range?
Scope moves with the business. A single location with a straightforward site is a much smaller engagement than a multi site brand, and we tell you the range on the first call rather than after a proposal.
Do you have to close the shop to photograph it?
No. We shoot before opening, after closing, or on a slow day. For most retail spaces the best light is outside business hours anyway.
Can we update the site ourselves afterward?
Yes. Hours, prices, menu items, and photographs are all yours to change, and you get the logins and a short walkthrough at handoff.
We mostly get found on Google and Instagram. Do we even need a website?
You need both, and they feed each other. The Google listing is usually the first thing anyone sees, and it pulls photographs and information that have to come from somewhere. The site is the part you own if a platform changes the rules.
Do you work with trades that have no storefront?
Yes. Plumbers, electricians, landscapers, and contractors get the same treatment, shot on job sites instead of in a shop, plus vehicle lettering if you want it.
Can you do the photography now and the website later?
Often that is the right order. The photographs are useful immediately on your listing and social accounts, and the site gets built around them when you are ready.