About Packshots Pro

An eye for
the details.
Since 2018.

An independent product photography studio in York, shaped by years of looking closely.

We photograph products for independent sellers, established brands and agencies. Behind every image is something we still love: finding the light, angle and detail that bring a product to life.

Tell us about your project Our story

A photographer working close to the set during a model shoot at Packshots Pro — On set at Packshots Pro. Finding the angle, adjusting the light.

Photographing products since 2018Independent York studioWorking with brands across the UK

Experience, one photograph at a time

Every product
teaches you something.

Since 2018, products of all shapes, sizes and materials have found their way in front of our camera. Each brings a different question. How do you show the softness of a sleeve? Give a glass bottle its shape? Make a tiny detail clear?

You learn to look closely. To move a light a little further. To try another angle. To recognise when a photograph needs one more adjustment, and when the product already speaks for itself.

That experience has shaped Packshots Pro into the studio it is today: thoughtful about the photographs, practical about what you need them to do, and always curious about the next product through the door.

Reviewing printed photographic references beside the products before a studio shoot — Before the camera: products, references and a clear idea of the shot.

Behind the scenes / Doll Smash

The care you don’t see.
The difference you do.

A beauty photograph starts long before the shutter. These moments from our Doll Smash shoot show the hands-on preparation behind the colour and texture.

Shaping pink lipstick into a textured swatch by hand for the Doll Smash shoot — 01 / Working with the productShaping the lipstick by hand, keeping its colour and texture at the centre of the photograph.

Three lipstick swatches on a studio surface, surrounded by lighting equipment and preparation materials — 02 / Bringing the set togetherColour, surface and light, considered together. A behind-the-scenes view of the setup.

The same attention belongs in a simple product photograph: a readable label, a natural reflection, a colour that feels right.

Explore our finished work

Nic Barella / Owner & product photographer

A studio you
can speak to.

I’m Nic, the owner and product photographer behind Packshots Pro. I’m directly involved in the work, from talking through what you need to photographing your products.

You don’t need to know the photography terms or arrive with a perfect brief. Tell me what you sell, where the images will be used and what you want people to notice. We can work out the right approach together.

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