Category Archive: Photo Shoots

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Photo Shoot Cost Saving Tips

Photo Shoot Cost Saving Tips

High quality pictures are an important component in marketing. Whether you are looking for print or web images for your business, good photos can make or break how well your company is initially received. Photo shoots can get expensive if you are not methodical in your approach. Top-notch photographers can easily charge between £900 to […]

Indoor Photo Shoot Location Tips

Indoor Photo Shoot Location Tips

Taking photographs in nightclubs, restaurants, parties and other such venues has become very popular among photographers looking to add some ambiance to their work. Like most photographic techniques, it’s a strategy that can yield beautiful pictures when it works out. Unfortunately, that can be very difficult. As wonderful as the ambiance is in these types […]

Top 10 Photo Shoot Locations for 2015

Top 10 Photo Shoot Locations for 2015

Its that time of year when we crunch the location numbers and come up with the Top 10 Photoshoot Locations for 2015. This year, the top photoshoot locations were dominated by location houses with a commercial location and studio location just creeping into the top 10. The locations were used by brands such as: John […]

Magical Photoshoot with Downs Syndrome Children

Magical Photoshoot with Downs Syndrome Children

Taking pictures of children can be quite a challenge, even for the most skilled photographer. This challenge can seem even bigger when a photographer is working with children who have Down syndrome. However, the heartwarming photos featured in the Daily Mail show that the challenge is well worth it; children with Downs syndrome have a […]

Beginners Tips for Fashion Photo Shoots

Beginners Tips for Fashion Photo Shoots

If you are interested in fashion photography but are a beginner, here are some beginners tips to ensure that your pictures come out great. As a new photographer, it can sometimes be difficult to figure out how to properly take a photo of another person depicting some type of fashion. You might be trying to […]

Kitchen Photo Shoot Locations for Magazine, TV & Film

Kitchen Photo Shoot Locations for Magazine, TV & Film

We showcase a selection of location properties suitable as a kitchen photo shoot locations. SHOOTFACTORY offers a wide selection of shoot locations with stunning kitchens suitable for stills, fashion, celebrity and beauty shots, as well as interiors Photography. We have selected a small selection of Kitchen Locations to showcase, click through to view the location […]

When Your Photoshoot Gets Photobombed With Astonishing Results

When Your Photoshoot Gets Photobombed With Astonishing Results

A photobomb is defined as a spoil of a photograph. Many people believe that photobombs ruin photographs, but they can sometimes make the photo better. Megan Rion, who is a photographer at Imagine Photography, captures magical movements on camera all the time. She recently captured what many people would consider the perfect photobomb. Megan was […]

Raw Photo Shoot: no Makeup, no Retouching with Demi Lovato

Demi Lovato has recently made a name for herself as an advocate for body confidence. Earlier this year, Lovato did a super sexy lingerie photo shoot for Cosmopolitan magazine, but now she is taking her body love to the next level by posing for Vanity Fair in a nude and un-retouched pictorial.   The X-Factor […]

Interior Photography Tips : Architecture & Interior Photography

Interior Photography Tips : Architecture & Interior Photography

Photographing interiors is often a challenge. Unlike other fields of photography, people have to rely heavily on their general problem solving skills instead of specialized gear. The main goal of location photography is to create dynamic and interesting but accurate representations of a space. This is not similar to taking portraits of people. Although interior […]

Making the Most of Your Photo Shoot Location

Making the Most of Your Photo Shoot Location

Choosing the right location is perhaps the most essential concern when it comes to creating beautiful professional-quality results. Locations determine the lighting, backdrop and tone of any photo shoot, and ensuring that you have selected environments that will be of greater benefit is an issue that no photographer can afford to overlook. Finding and selecting […]

Scouting the Perfect Photo Shoot Location

Scouting the Perfect Photo Shoot Location

Finding and selecting the right location for a photo shoot is the first step in achieving the look and feel you desire in your final product. Before you even head out the door to look at potential sites, you’ll need to consider a few things. First, what type of story are your photos going to […]

Your First Steps into Fashion Photography

Your First Steps into Fashion Photography

Fashion photography has experienced a number of ground-shifting changes in the past years. It has changed from something that was simple and formula-based, and it has attracted surplus energy and creativity. As a result, there are few limits on what people can do in fashion photography these days. If you just flip through the current […]

Tips to a Successful Commercial Photo Shoot

Tips to a Successful Commercial Photo Shoot

Commercial photo shoots are fantastic for people who have been taking photography for awhile and now want to get paid for their hobby. Commercial photo shoots could include anything from taking pictures of food for a food product company to taking photos of people that will be used as an ad campaign. A successful photo […]

Fashion Photo Shoots, Hints, Tips and Tricks

Fashion Photo Shoots, Hints, Tips and Tricks

When most people look at a photograph, they usually do not think about all of the hard work that goes into taking the perfect photo. Taking the perfect picture does require a lot of work, but fortunately, there are some of the things that you can do to make it easier. Below are some tips […]

Photography Tips for Low Light

Photography Tips for Low Light

When you are a photographer, you have to figure out a way to work with the best visual scenarios that you have. And while you might be able to control the elements inside a studio, artists who prefer to take their shot outside have many other things to factor in. One specific area that needs […]

Photography in Cold Weather

Photography in Cold Weather

The winter months afford you the opportunity to take some unique looking photos that you otherwise wouldn’t be able to take. Winter isn’t about just taking photos of you and your friends making snowmen or hitting the slopes. Instead, when it snows and the weather is cold, you have the ability to photograph every footstep […]

FAQ’s to Registering Your Property as a Shoot Location

FAQ’s to Registering Your Property as a Shoot Location

SHOOTFACTORY is London’s busiest location agency and extremely well respected by the industry in the UK and Overseas. Our property location owners claim that we are the best location agency and the most diligent. Although a cliche, we respect the fact that we have two important clients; the Brand and the Property owner. Both are […]

Keeping your Photography Clients Happy

Keeping your Photography Clients Happy

As a professional photographer, repeat customers are essential for your success. You want nothing more than to see your customers happy, not only with your photos, but with the entire process and the way they were treated as well. The combination of producing great images and having a terrific personality results in excellent recommendations. When […]

Shoot Like a Pro

Shoot Like a Pro

Many people have access to a camera in some form; however, taking the ultimate professional shot is another factor all together. Photography Tips 1. Choose Proper Lighting When the time comes to take a picture, a person may wish to think about lighting before committing to the situation. For example, a person should not take […]

Tips for Male Model Shoots

Tips for Male Model Shoots

Whether you’re shooting fashion, commercial or portraits working with an male model can be as equally challenging and rewarding as working with a female model. You’re still dealing with a person who has an ego that at times might be fragile. You could be asking them to be extremely vulnerable and to take up poses […]