Room set photography allows brands to show their products in an authentic environment. Our end-to-end service, from set design and build to final delivery, is designed to support you through the process. Here’s a quick explanation of each step of commissioning your next photography set.
Briefing For A Photography Set
The set building process always begins with a detailed brief. This is where your ideas, aims, and vision for the project are communicated to the studio. The most important aspect of your brief is the details of the construction needed. This includes the number of room sets you require, the size of the sets, and whether you want a living room, dining room, bathroom, kitchen or other.
The overall look you want to achieve is useful at this stage as we can start to brief the stylist (e.g. modern, rustic, minimalist). Sharing a mood board, or collaborating on one with us, is helpful here. A mood board provides visual direction on colours, textures, and the overall tone, helping everyone to be on the same page.
It's helpful for us to know the purpose of the final images, which could include website hero banners, ecommerce images, social media campaigns, or print catalogues. We may be able to make some recommendations for your images.
Once the brief is complete, our Production Managers turn it into a plan of action!
Photography Set Build Design
Once the mood board is established, our team takes over to create an outline for your studio set. We develop detailed sketches and scale drawings of your photography sets. These plans include specific measurements, window and door placements, wall heights, and flooring choices. We'll collaborate with a stylist to recommend props that match your product's aesthetic.
Set design and build often uses clever solutions to maximize impact and manage budgets. Floating walls and staircases can be easily moved to adapt the set, so too can kitchen units and islands.
We’ll work with you to select specific colours and textures. We often use vinyl wraps on surfaces to achieve the desired finish. This ensures a high-quality look on camera whilst being cost-effective.
The Set Build
With a design approved, our in-house set builders get to work in our dedicated set build photography studio.
Having a full-time set building team on-site means we handle everything from basic joinery and tiling to complex scenic painting. Our large workshop is fully equipped to handle projects of any scale. We've created everything from serene, high-end spa spaces, such as our project for workwear brand Grahame Gardner, to entire outdoor scenes indoors which we created for Mamas & Papas - it's always worth asking if your concept is possible.
Mamas & Papas
In a challenging brief for Mamas & Papas, our team transformed an entire studio into a winter wonderland, complete with a full-size log cabin, a wooden bridge over a stream, and fifteen 20ft Christmas trees.
Styling A Photography Set
Styling is where the photography set gains its character and realism, making the room set image feel authentic and aspirational. Our stylists use your mood board as their guide, sourcing the perfect props and furniture. This elevates the final scene without distracting attention away from your product. We have our very own prop warehouse that provides plenty of choice for a range of styles.
Our build team and stylists remain on set throughout the shoot to assist with styling tweaks to keep everything running smoothly. This allows you some creative license whilst on set, however, we recommend that you don’t stray too far from the original styling as it can slow down the progress of the photographer.
Photography, Retouch, And Delivery Of Assets
Once the studio set is built and styled with your product, our photographers will set up their lighting for the shoot. For room set photography, this reflects a natural scene by replicating daylight coming through windows and across products. A cosy low light is another option, however, this lends itself to a lifestyle feel as opposed to showing your product in detail. Whatever your chosen style, our photographers will capture all the shots defined in the brief, ensuring optimal lighting and composition.
The introduction of models is an option that can bring personality and an extra dynamic to the images. The photographer will work with models on achieving natural poses and expressions within the room set.
The final touches are completed by our Post Production team. They remove distracting imperfections, colour match products, and fill in window views. Your final, high-resolution assets are delivered via our secure client portal, ready for you to use in your marketing.
Room Set Photography Services
Prodoto is a leading room set photography studio near Leeds in Yorkshire.
We have a dedicated room set studio space, plus a team of set builders, stylists, and photographers to bring any environment to life. Our expertise in set building ensures a seamless, reliable and high quality process every time.
