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Product Photography Estimate

Build your own proposal in a few clicks. Select the studio session, retouching level and production add-ons your brand needs — your estimate updates instantly. Submit it and our team follows up with a formal proposal and production schedule.

Prefill from a current project

Load a saved project scope, then copy a shareable link to send the client.

Sample work

Heirmoré test shoot — white background product shots. A sit fee and creative concept development still apply, even for test sessions.

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01 — Studio session

Creative / Sit Fee

$200 per session

  • Up to 4 hours of studio shooting
  • Lighting and photography equipment
  • Creative direction (up to four concepts)
  • Product styling
  • Photography of both bottles and their boxes
  • Proofs delivered via online gallery
  • Unlimited photos to choose from

Total shoot hours needed

4 hr included · $125 / additional hour

Within the 4 hours included with your selected session.

02 — Retouching & deliverables

Retouched image

$25 / image

  • Color and exposure correction
  • Clean, catalog-ready finish

Premium retouch

$35 / image

  • Advanced product retouching
  • Glass / reflection cleanup
  • Dust and scratch removal
  • Label cleanup
  • Professional color treatment

Hero image

$65 / image

  • Extensive Photoshop work
  • Reflection manipulation
  • Background replacement
  • Compositing
  • Luxury advertising treatment

03 — Production add-ons

Model

$75 – $150 / hour

Make-up artist

$75 – $150 per client

Travel: no travel fees between Washington, DC and Northern Virginia. Travel outside that area is quoted separately and is not included in this estimate.

04 — Your details

Quick-start packages

Choose a budget package

Every package includes the full studio session and unlimited photos. You only pay for the retouching and final images you select from your private gallery.

Small budget

Essential

$450

Perfect for a single product or a small test shoot when you want clean, catalog-ready deliverables without overcommitting.

  • 1 studio session — up to 4 hours
  • Unlimited photos during the session
  • Client selects final images from the private gallery
  • 10 standard retouched images included
  • 1 product category / look
  • Standard turnaround (5–7 business days)

Medium budget

Professional

$1,200

Built for growing brands with a product line or seasonal drop that needs consistent styling across multiple sets.

  • 2 studio sessions — up to 8 hours total
  • Unlimited photos during the session
  • Client selects final images from the private gallery
  • 25 standard retouched images included
  • 5 premium retouches included
  • Multiple product categories / looks
  • Faster turnaround (3–5 business days)

Large budget

Premium

$2,275

A full-service production for full catalogs, campaigns, and hero imagery that needs an advertising-grade finish.

  • 3 studio sessions — up to 12 hours total
  • Unlimited photos during the session
  • Client selects final images from the private gallery
  • 40 standard retouched images included
  • 10 premium retouches included
  • 5 hero / advertising images included
  • Full styling and prop direction
  • Rush turnaround (2–3 business days)
How product photography pricing works at PD Art Studios: You receive the entire session and every photo captured. There is no cap on the number of photos. You only pay for the retouching work and final images you add to your save list from the gallery. Excessive Photoshop work — such as compositing, background replacement, or advanced reflection manipulation — is quoted as hero/advertising retouching.

Extra add-ons

Creative director & videography

Optional. Add either one to your photography estimate — both are produced around the same session, so you get campaign-ready photo, video and marketing assets from one production.

Creative director — full brand campaign

We create an entire campaign for your specific brand — concept, art direction and all of the marketing materials (social graphics, email artwork, web banners, print pieces) built around your product, not just the photos.

Videography — 6 second to 2 minute commercial

We produce a commercial video for your product, from a 6-second social cut to a full 2-minute brand film — filmed, edited, color graded and delivered in every aspect ratio you need.

Add-on pricing: these rates assume the video or campaign is produced alongside your photography session. Extended usage (broadcast, out-of-home, or exclusivity), additional shoot days, on-camera talent and paid media management are quoted separately.