Short answer: a plain catalogue shoot at Team TSB costs Rs 5,000 per product at our 3-product minimum, and drops to Rs 3,500 per product once you send 15 or more. Each product gets 3 white background images and 2 lifestyle images. A large catalogue of 100+ SKUs usually works out to Rs 800 to Rs 1,500 per image, depending on the mix. Products are couriered to our Thane studio from anywhere in India.
Why catalogue quotes are hard to compare
Search for a catalogue shoot price and you get four kinds of number on the first page. Justdial lists fashion catalogue photography at Rs 30,000 to Rs 1,50,000 per shoot. Some studios quote per day. Some quote per batch. Some quote per image.
Each one counts something different. A per-day rate tells you nothing until you know how many products get shot in that day. A per-shoot rate hides the image count. When you compare quotes, change every one of them into the same unit: rupees per finished image, for your SKU list.
How we work out a catalogue price
We need three things to quote.
- The SKU count. Every variant counts. Three fragrances in two sizes is six SKUs.
- Images per SKU. A marketplace listing usually wants a front, a back label and a couple of angles. A catalogue for distributors might only need the front.
- The kind of frame. A pack on a plain background sits at the lower end of our range. A styled frame with props costs more because every set is built by hand.
Multiply the first two and you have your image count. The price per product then falls with volume, because the lighting and camera setup is shared across the whole range. On our Production rate card it goes Rs 5,000 (3 products), Rs 4,600 (3 to 4), Rs 4,100 (5 to 9), Rs 3,900 (10 to 14) and Rs 3,500 (15 or more).
For a 100-SKU catalogue the per-image number is what most brands compare, and it usually lands between Rs 800 and Rs 1,500. Where you fall depends on how many images each SKU needs and how many products need extra lighting work.
Consistency is what you pay for
Shooting one product well is easy. The hard part is making product 1 and product 180 look like the same brand shot them on the same day.
The light has to hold for the whole range. Every variant gets the same crop, distance and angle, so two flavours side by side read as one range. When a catalogue runs over more than one day, we check the setup against the first frames before carrying on. A cheaper quote often skips this step, and it shows in the grid.
What pushes a catalogue up the range
- Glass, foil and glossy tubes pick up everything in the room and take longer to light.
- Back labels and detail shots add to the image count, and buyers zoom in on them, so every line of text has to be readable.
- Styled frames. Shooting a few hero products with props next to a plain catalogue is a common mix, and those frames cost more than the rest.
- Late additions. SKUs sent after the shoot mean rebuilding the old setup to match, so send the full list up front if you can.
Plain catalogue or premium range?
Most catalogue work is plain and consistent. That is our Production tier: one lit set for the whole range, built for matte bottles, jars, cartons, boxed goods and supplements. When a product needs its own set, props and lighting (glass, metal, apparel, jewellery, or a hero SKU), it moves to our Creative tier, which runs from Rs 11,500 for one product down to Rs 7,500 each at 10 or more. You can also split it: the full catalogue in Production, and your top sellers in Creative.
What to send us for a quote
- Your full SKU list, with the variant and size of each
- How many images you need per SKU, and where they will be used
- Which products, if any, you want styled
- A reference catalogue or listing you like the look of
Once the quote is agreed, courier one clean, undamaged unit of every SKU to our Thane studio. Smaller orders are delivered in 5 to 7 days. A catalogue of 100 or more SKUs takes 15 to 20 days from the day your products arrive. You get the edited images and the raw frames with every order.
For how we shoot a full range, see our catalogue photography page. For rates across other categories, see the product photography pricing guide.