Real photos beat stock every time. A picture of your actual counter, crew, or shop tells customers they are in the right place before they read a word.
You do not need a photographer to start. A modern phone, good daylight, and a steady hand cover most of it: shoot horizontal, wipe the lens, and take more than you think you need.
Send us whatever you have and we handle the cropping, sizing, and placement. Done now beats perfect: swap in better shots later with a text.
The five shots every business needs
Your storefront or truck, your crew working, your product or the finished job, your counter or workspace, and one face customers will actually talk to.
Those five cover the homepage, the about page, and every service page we build for Detroit businesses. Everything else is bonus.
Phone photos that do not look like phone photos
Wipe the lens, stand with the window behind you, and tap to focus before every shot. Shoot horizontal. Take the same shot three times and keep the best.
The biggest tell of a bad phone photo is a messy background. Ten seconds of tidying beats any filter.
What we do with them
We crop for every screen size, compress them so pages stay fast, and place them where they answer questions instead of decorating.
A photo of a finished brake job next to the brake service listing converts better than any banner we could design.
Quick answers.
Do you offer photography?
We are designers, not photographers, but we will tell you exactly which shots to take.
Can I use stock photos?
A little, for texture. Real photos of your business always win.
What if my photos are old?
Send them anyway. Current and honest beats dated but real, and we can tell you when a reshoot is worth it.
How many photos do you need?
Ten good ones covers a full site.
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