the wingman project
§II.06 · photography · makefilm back · loaded

Photography is not pointing a camera at a thing. It is the controlled act of making light say something on purpose.

Thelightwrites.

Product, lifestyle, editorial. Produced end to end. One shoot day, forty-seven assets, because the shot list covered every channel before the strobe ever fired. Not a single hero you’ll be forced to reshoot.

fig. 01 · the grammar of lightside elevation · one key, on purposeSOURCEprofoto b10 · key · 45° camera-leftMODIFIERocta · 5 ft · +1.2 stop over fillFLAGsubtract the warm bounceSUBJECTreflector · silver · under-eye fillSHADOWthe part that does the talkingBOUNCEv-flat · rim from backgroundfresnel · hair · ¼ ctoevery beam is a sentence. the shadow is the punctuation. the camera stands where you’re standing.
fig. 01 · the grammar of lightSOURCEb10 · key · 45°MODIFIERocta · 5 ft+1.2 over fillflag ·subtractSUBJECTsilver fill belowSHADOWit does the talkingevery beam is a sentence.the camera stands where you’re standing.
ISO 200f/2.81/2505600 KPHASE ONE IQ4RAW + PROXIES§II.06

Photography is the asset that does the most work for your brand.

It shows up on your site, your ads, your packaging, your social, your wholesale deck. It has to be right, and there has to be enough of it.

YOUR SITEthe hero your homepage leans on
YOUR ADSthe frame that earns its impression
YOUR PACKAGINGprinted fine, judged at arm’s length
YOUR SOCIALcropped 4:5 and 9:16 before it’s asked
YOUR WHOLESALE DECKthe still that sells the buyer

five places · one bath · enough of it

the shot · volume and variety, by design

Shot for volume and variety in a single day, never for one precious hero.

groupwhat we captureframes
HEROTwo pack shots: three-quarter and top-down, both on stone.×2
DETAILMacro on label, texture, closure. Soft directional key.×4
LIFETalent in the kitchen. In-hand on the counter. Morning routine.×8
EDITORIALStyled still — the full ingredient story, at print resolution.×3
SILOEvery SKU on white, for catalog and PDP.×18
SOCIAL4:5 and 9:16 crops for paid, cut from hero and life.×12
Σ TOTALCaptured in one day on set. Catalogued into your searchable Archive.0
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fig. 02 · contact sheet

the sheet is where the patience lives.

fig. 02 · the sheet · twelve of forty-sevengrease pencil: the edit, thinking out loudthe wingman project · wmp 400 pro · §ii.06 · safelight onHERO01A · f/1.8 · 1/250iso 200HERO02A · f/2 · 1/250iso 200DETAIL03A · f/2.8 · 1/160iso 400DETAIL04A · f/2.8 · 1/160iso 400LIFE05A · f/1.4 · 1/500iso 200LIFE06A · f/1.4 · 1/500iso 200the wingman project · wmp 400 pro · §ii.06 · safelight onLIFE07A · f/2.0 · 1/250iso 400ED08A · f/5.6 · 1/125iso 100ED09A · f/5.6 · 1/125iso 100SILO10A · f/11 · 1/125iso 100SILO11A · f/11 · 1/125iso 100SILO12A · f/11 · 1/125iso 100the loupe is patient. the grease pencil is not.
fig. 02 · the sheetHERO01A · f/1.8 · 1/250HERO02A · f/2 · 1/250DETAIL03A · f/2.8 · 1/160DETAIL04A · f/2.8 · 1/160LIFE05A · f/1.4 · 1/500LIFE06A · f/1.4 · 1/500LIFE07A · f/2.0 · 1/250ED08A · f/5.6 · 1/125ED09A · f/5.6 · 1/125SILO10A · f/11 · 1/125SILO11A · f/11 · 1/125SILO12A · f/11 · 1/125the loupe is patient. the grease pencil is not.

Retouching happens in-house, matched to your brand’s post-production style: the picks get the bath, the cuts get an honest X, and nothing leaves the darkroom looking like it came from three different studios.

  • grease circle · a pick
  • grease x · a cut
  • unmarked · holds
fig. 03 · produced end to end, drawn literally

one apparatus. no hand-offs.

fig. 03 · the production machine“end to end” means there is no hand-off: only stationsSITEADSPACKSOCIALDECKintake · every channel you sell in01 · PLANthe shot list, punched02 · PRODUCETALLOCSTYPRPLGTGRtalent · location · stylistsprops · lighting · gear03 · SHOOTone day · every angle, by appointment04 · RETOUCHin-house · matched to your grade05 · DELIVERHEROLIFEDETAILSILOSOCIALcut to size · tagged · searchableyou hand it a channel list. it hands back a library.
fig. 03 · the production machineSITEADSPACKSOCIALDECK01 · PLANthe shot list, punched02 · PRODUCETALLOCSTYPRPLGTGRtalent · location · stylistsprops · lighting · gear03 · SHOOTone day · every angle04 · RETOUCHin-house · matched to your grade05 · DELIVERHEROLIFEDETAILSILOSOCIALa channel list in. a library out.
  1. 01PLANThe shot list is built from your actual asset needs, channel by channel, counted before a single frame is exposed.
  2. 02PRODUCETalent, location, stylists, props, lighting, gear. The whole day cast, called, and rigged, by us.
  3. 03SHOOTFor volume and variety in a single day on set, not for one precious hero.
  4. 04RETOUCHIn-house, matched to your brand’s post-production style. The grade is yours; we keep it.
  5. 05DELIVERCataloged, tagged, resized files for every placement they’ll ever live in.

Delivered.

A full photo library, and the end of “do we even have a shot of…?”

THE LIBRARYA full photo library: hero, lifestyle, detail, silo, social crops.
CUT TO SIZEEvery placement’s dimensions, already exported. No resizing on your side, ever.
TAGGEDNamed and tagged so a human can actually find the shot they mean.
THE ARCHIVEAll of it in a searchable Archive. Type “bottle, in hand, window light” — get the frame.
what never lands on your desk
  • Hiring a photographer.
  • Building the shot list.
  • Managing retouching.

Give us the use cases. We’ll light the rest.

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§ii.06 · photography · the light writes · the wingman project