Each template drops in a worked example you can edit or delete. It replaces whatever is on the page, so pick one before you start typing.

A setup is a scene, not a single photo. It is one lighting and camera arrangement that several shots get made in before anything moves. Building the light is the slow part of a shoot day, so the fewer times we tear it down and rebuild it, the more photographs you end up with.

Group by setup, not by product. It is far quicker to shoot every overhead in one go, then reset once and shoot every front three quarter, than to work through one product at a time and rebuild the light for each. Same photographs, hours less studio time.

Mark the shots you cannot leave without. If the day runs long, the must-have marks tell us what gets protected and what can slide to a second session.

The minutes are a planning tool. They add up to a rough shooting time so you can see whether your list is a half day or something bigger before you ask for a quote. A simple product on white is quick, a styled scene with food and hands takes considerably longer.

Not sure where to begin? Pick a starting example above, or use Add standard coverage inside a setup to drop in the usual angles for that kind of shoot, then edit from there.