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Product Photography
in Frankfurt and Beyond

Aesthetic product photography in Frankfurt and the surrounding area, focused on quality, detail and brand impact: pictures for your range.

A session starts at 250 euro plus VAT. How pricing works

Approach

What a product image has to do, how I build it, and whether it tells its story documentarily or artistically.

Product Photography in Detail

Select a topic to gain deeper insights into method, science, and presentation.

Two routes, one product

Cut out or staged — the decision is made before the light is.

One route cuts the product out against a neutral ground and shows material, workmanship and function. It belongs in online shops and catalogs, where the technical detail is what people are looking for. The other gives the background and the surroundings weight and builds a mood around the object; it earns its keep when the picture is meant to create a want.
Which one fits is decided by where the pictures will appear, not by taste — and often it is both, from one booking.
Two routes, one product
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Presentation Formats

Documentary or artistic

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For online shops and catalogs, where every feature and every technical detail has to be visible.

The product is the center of the picture; background and surroundings are neutral and do not distract. Material and function come first: I set light and equipment so that you see how the object is made and what it does.

Documentary and factual
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Here form, color and design come first, not the technical data.

Function steps back; what matters more is the impression the product leaves. So the staging carries more weight: background, light and surroundings create a mood that gives the product a personality, and the interplay of product and setting decides the picture. A picture like this plays with the imagination and makes people want to own the product. That suits food and fashion especially, where the feeling sells more than the description.

Artistic product photography
Work

A selection of the products I have photographed, and the commissions behind them.

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Work from the catalog

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About me
Patrick Schmetzer Portrait
Patrick Schmetzer
With everyday objects, I’m drawn to what people overlook — a material up close, an edge in raking light, the spot where a product shows how it was made. That’s usually the difference between a shot that documents and one people look at twice.
Born in the US, based in Frankfurt. I’ve been shooting since I was eighteen and doing it professionally since 2014. For a product range, that means cut-outs, styled scenes and detail shots — in the studio or on location, for online stores, catalogs and ads.
Questions & inquiry

Product photography questions

More questions answered on the FAQ page.

Have questions or looking for a commercial photographer for product photography in Frankfurt and surrounding regions?

Get in touch today! I look forward to learning more about your brand and vision.

Inquire Project

Planning something like this?

Tell me how many items are to be photographed and where the pictures go — shop, catalog or advertising. Open questions we settle by phone or email, and then you get an offer. Scope and price stand in it before the first product reaches the studio. The inquiry commits you to nothing.

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A session starts at 250 euro plus VAT. What lies above that is decided by the scope. How pricing works

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