A Photography Partner for Web Agencies Without In-House Photographers

I don’t believe every web agency needs its own in-house photographers or video team.

Some projects need photography and some don’t. Sometimes you need portraits; other times it’s hotels, architecture or products. If what you need changes every time, there’s another way: team up with outside creatives project by project.

Build a team when you need one, not a fixed cost

Setting up an in-house photography department means paying for equipment, people and studio space. A partnership with an external photography team means you only commission shoots when a project calls for one.

People, architecture, hotels, products, fashion, video — you can assemble exactly the team each project needs.

No more searching for a new photographer every time

The hard part of outsourcing is finding a photographer each time a project comes in: reviewing portfolios, checking schedules, getting quotes, explaining the brief. With a photography partner who already understands how you work, much of that time disappears.

The relationship LS STUDIO is aiming for

We don’t want to simply take photography orders. We want to work more and more as the external creative team for web agencies and design studios — joining only when needed, sitting in on client meetings from the start, handling just the shoot, or covering both photography and video. The way we’re involved can change from project to project.

Ultimately, we want to build relationships where people think: “If we need a shoot in Kyoto, let’s ask LS STUDIO first.”

Web agencies and photography teams can be more than client and contractor. We believe they can be creative partners, making something together.