This is a hands-on production role best suited to someone who is comfortable working independently in a studio environment, managing a high volume of product photography, and taking images through the full process from capture to final retouched asset.

What You’ll Do:

- Photograph products for e-commerce across our footwear, apparel and accessory categories. Set up and operate studio lighting, camera equipment, backgrounds, and related photography equipment

- Follow established lighting, composition, cropping, and image standards to maintain consistency across the site

- Style and position product accurately and consistently for photography

- Capture multiple required angles, details, and product views according to shot lists and e-commerce guidelines

- Review images throughout the shoot to ensure focus, exposure, colour, positioning, and overall quality are correct

- Retouch imagery for final e-commerce use, including but not limited to:

- Colour correction and color matching

- Exposure and tonal adjustments

- Background cleanup

- Dust, marks, and minor product imperfections

- Reshaping and comping

- Cropping, alignment, and image consistency

- Basic compositing or cleanup when required

- Prepare, name, organize, and export final assets and product image folders according to established file specifications and naming conventions

- Manage photography and editing efficiently to meet agreed-upon deadlines and asset volumes

- Flag product, photography, or asset issues proactively when they may impact final deliverables and timelines

- Collaborate with the Creative team to incorporate feedback and maintain evolving brand standards

Requirements:

- Professional experience in e-commerce, product, or commercial photography

- Strong product photography portfolio, ideally including footwear, apparel, accessories, or consumer products





- Strong understanding of studio lighting and consistent lighting setups

- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and Capture One and/or Lightroom

- Strong retouching skills with an eye for natural, polished, commercially appropriate results

- Excellent understanding of color correction and image consistency, with experience using a colour checker to ensure accurate and consistent product colour across images

- High attention to detail, particularly when working across large volumes of similar assets

- Comfortable working independently and managing your own workflow

- Organized and reliable, with the ability to manage files, deadlines, and multiple products at once

- Ability to work quickly without sacrificing image quality or consistency

- Comfortable receiving and implementing creative feedback

- Familiarity with tethered shooting workflows

- Experience working in a fast-paced in-house brand or retail studio

- Basic knowledge of studio equipment maintenance and troubleshooting

- Experience with high-volume product photography and batch editing workflows

- Must have your own skilled camera equipment, including camera body, appropriate lenses, SD/memory cards, batteries, chargers, and other standard photography essentials required for a shoot

- Must be experienced and comfortable working with a tethered photography setup, including connecting to and shooting directly into Capture One or a similar tethering workflow

- Comfortable troubleshooting basic camera, tethering, lighting, and studio equipment issues independently

- Must be comfortable working with water during shoots, including tossing or pouring water on products, creating splashes and puddles, and simulating rain or wet conditions as needed for product photography.

- Comfortable working in a studio environment where photography equipment may be used in proximity to controlled water and rain setups, while following appropriate equipment and studio safety practices

📌 Ecomm/ Product Photographer & Editor - Contract/ Freelance (Vancouver)
🏢 Vessi
📍 Vancouver