Advertising photography in Barcelona
A catalogue shows the product. A campaign makes someone want it.
Set design, props built for the shoot and usage rights agreed before we start.
What you actually get
01 · Two concepts before you commit We come back with two visual directions, each with references and a fixed price. You pick one. No open-ended creative process billed by the hour.
02 · Props made for your product, not bought for it Surfaces, plinths, backdrops and objects built in the studio to fit your piece. It’s the difference between a campaign and a stock photo with your product dropped in.
03 · Rights settled in the same quote Web, e-commerce, social and paid advertising included. Print, outdoor and international campaigns agreed separately, before the shoot — not negotiated after you’ve already published.
04 · One production, one invoice Casting, model, styling, set build and crew in a single figure. Elsewhere you coordinate three suppliers and reconcile three invoices.
What can be built on a set
Frozen motion — the splash stopped mid-air, the drop just before it falls. Milliseconds the eye can’t see and the camera can.
Levitation — the product suspended with no visible support. Everything holding it disappears in retouching.
Smoke and vapour — density, direction and shape controlled shot by shot. Not a filter: real smoke directed on set.
Immersion and liquids — the product underwater, among bubbles or surrounded by splashes, with colour and label still readable.
Built compositions — still lifes assembled layer by layer, with ingredients, materials or elements of the formula.
Light as the subject — hard shadows, backlight and directed reflections that turn an everyday object into something dramatic.
Custom set design — surfaces, backgrounds and structures built for your product, not bought from a prop catalogue.
Real materials — stone, wood, fabric, ice, sand. Texture you can feel in the photo because it was in front of the camera.
From idea to set
01 · Concept We start from your product and from what you want the viewer to feel. We propose two or three visual directions with references, not one closed option.
02 · Art direction Palette, materials, composition and type of light. Before we shoot, you know how the final image will look.
03 · Set design We work with a set designer who builds the scenography: surfaces, structures and custom-made pieces when the concept calls for it.
04 · Props We source the pieces the scene needs. If they don’t exist or don’t fit, we make them for the shoot.
05 · Shoot Every frame is built on set. You approve shots as we go, not once everything is finished.
06 · Post-production Cleanup, layer compositing and advanced retouching. The result matches what was agreed at concept stage.
We don’t source props — we build them
A campaign falls apart when the scene is assembled from whatever was available. That’s why we work with a set designer and make the pieces the idea needs: supports, surfaces, structures and elements you won’t find in any prop house.
Which means the concept doesn’t get cut down to fit what exists. What’s needed gets built.
In every campaign: art direction · set design and construction · prop sourcing and fabrication · product styling · advanced post-production
Rates
Beyond that, each campaign is quoted individually: an image with directed smoke and a purpose-built structure doesn't cost the same as a still life on a plain background.
What moves the budget
- The number of images
- The complexity of the concept
- Whether scenography has to be built or props fabricated
- Whether the shoot involves a model or liquids
- The intended use of the images
Tell us the idea and you get two proposals with references and a fixed price within 24 hours. You choose which one fits — you don't accept a single figure.
All prices exclude VAT. Usage rights for web, e-commerce and social are included; print and outdoor are quoted separately.
Tell us about your project
Tell us about your project
- A written proposal within 24 hours: a fixed price, what’s included and the delivery date
- No call required to get a price, and nothing is committed until you approve the quote
- We receive products from any country and send them back with the images
In your message, tell us: what we’re shooting · how many items · where the images will be used · your deadline
The more references you send, the more accurate the proposal.
Contacts
- email: contact@marinamamonova.com
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FAQ
What clients usually ask before a campaign.
Both work. If you arrive with a defined concept, we develop it and take it to the set. If you only have the product and an intention, we propose two visual directions with references and you choose which one to follow.
It depends on the concept. A still life built in layers can take half a day per image; a series on the same set gives considerably more. The proposal states the exact number before we start.
We do. We work with a set designer and make the pieces the idea needs: surfaces, structures and elements you won't find in a prop house.
It's billed separately.
Yes, and on campaigns it usually helps: decisions get made on the spot. If you'd rather not travel, we send you frames during the session and you approve remotely.
Web, e-commerce, social and paid advertising are included. Print, outdoor and international campaigns are agreed separately, at whatever scope and term you need.
It's all detailed in the quote, before we shoot.
That's why the concept is closed before the shoot, with approved references and art direction. During the session you see the frames as we go — you don't wait until the end.
Delivery includes two rounds of post-production adjustments.
Proposal within 24 hours. From approved concept to shoot, one to two weeks depending on what has to be built. Final delivery 14 working days after the session.
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Tell us about your project