Beauty Product Photography in Nottingham: What to Expect When You Book a Studio Shoot
If you're a beauty brand founder based in the Midlands — or you're willing to travel for the right studio — and you've started searching for beauty product photography in Nottingham, this is the post for you. I'm going to walk you through exactly what the process looks like when you book a studio shoot at Ryan Hall Studios, so there are no surprises and you can turn up on the day ready to get the most out of it.
No fluff. Just what actually happens.
First: A quick conversation before anything is booked
The first step is a free 20-minute brand review call. Not a sales call — a straight conversation about your brand, your products, what you need the content to do, and whether we're the right fit for each other.
I work with a specific type of client: founder-led skincare and makeup brands that are serious about how they show up commercially. If that's you, great. If you're after a quick turnaround of cheap product shots, I'm probably not your person — and I'd rather tell you that upfront than waste both our time.
On that call we'll talk through your upcoming launch or campaign, what you've tried before, where the content will live (ecom, social, paid ads, or all three), and roughly what investment makes sense for your current stage. You leave with clarity, even if we don't end up working together.
Pre-production: the bit most photographers skip
This is where the shoot actually starts. Before we touch a camera, I build a full shot list based on your commercial goals. Not "let's see what happens on the day" — a specific, planned sequence of images and video that covers exactly what your brand needs.
You'll get a mood board to approve, a confirmed product list, a model brief if we're shooting with talent, and a clear plan for how the day runs. You can be on set or leave it entirely to me — either works. What doesn't work is turning up on the day without a plan and hoping for the best. That's how brands end up with 200 photos they can't use.
For campaign shoots, I handle model casting, MUA and hair, and all production logistics. You brief me on the brand direction. I handle everything else.
The studio itself
Ryan Hall Studios is based in Nottingham and shoots clients from across the UK — Birmingham, Manchester, London, and everywhere in between. The studio is purpose-built for beauty and skincare work: professional lighting rigs, seamless backdrops, and a tethered shooting setup so you can see every image live as we shoot it.
It's not a hiring space with a camera thrown in. Everything is set up for commercial output — images that work on your Shopify store, in your Meta ads, and across your social channels without needing to be cropped, reedited, or patched up in post.
For brands that need it, I also shoot on location in Birmingham, Manchester, and London. Travel costs are added to the quote and agreed upfront — no surprise invoices.
What a typical shoot day looks like
For a Campaign Production session, the day runs roughly like this:
Morning: setup, model and MUA arrive, run through the shot list, first setups built and lit. We work through the hero shots first — the images your PDP and ads need most — before moving into lifestyle and campaign content.
Photo and video are captured in the same session. That's the core difference between what I do and a standard product photography booking. You leave with images AND short-form clips from a single day. No second shoot, no rebooking, no additional cost.
Throughout the day I'm calling shots, directing the model, and keeping one eye on what's been captured and what's still needed. You're not left wondering if we got it — I'll tell you exactly where we are against the shot list at every stage.
Delivery
Edited, retouched, and delivery-ready files within 2–3 weeks of shoot day. High-res files for print and ads, web-optimised files for social and email, everything organised by use case so you can hand it to your marketing team or load it straight into your store.
Rush turnaround — one week — is available for an additional £300 if you have a hard deadline.
What it costs
Campaign Production starts from £3,500 and includes pre-production, a full shoot day, model with product, photo and video in one session, and 30–50+ delivery-ready assets. Ecom packages start from £1,200 for clean conversion-focused product imagery. Social Content Sprints — half-day, 10 images, 3 clips — start from £650.
Licensing for paid ads, retail, and packaging is quoted separately and discussed on your discovery call.
Who this is right for
Founder-led skincare and makeup brands who are past the "DIY on my kitchen table" stage and ready to invest in content that works as hard as their products do. Brands with a launch coming up, a store that needs better imagery, or a social feed that isn't reflecting the quality of what's in the bottle.
If that's where you are right now, let's talk.
Book a free 20-minute brand review call and let's map out what your brand actually needs.
