Before I Can Finalize This

I want to give you a real number rather than a guess, and there are a few things I would need to know first:

1. How many pieces are we photographing? A run of twelve is a very different day from a run of ninety, and it changes both the shoot and the editing time.
2. Do you need the pieces shot on white for the shop, in styled settings for social, or both? These are separate setups and separate rates.
3. When do you need the images live? You mentioned "before the spring season" — if that means March I can plan around it; if it means next month I would want to talk about what fits.

Everything below is a provisional draft built on my best reading of your note. The scope and pricing will firm up once I have answers to the above.

Introduction

You are launching an online shop for the studio and need photography that makes hand-thrown ceramics look like objects worth owning — texture, weight, the glaze doing what glaze does under good light. That is the job.

Scope of Work

Provisional, pending the answers above. As I understand it:

Product photography — each piece shot on a clean neutral ground, front and detail angles, consistent lighting across the full set so the shop page reads as one collection rather than a pile of individual photos.

A small styled set — a handful of images with props and context, for the homepage and social, so the shop is not entirely cut-out product shots.

Editing and delivery — colour-corrected, cropped to consistent ratios, exported at web and print sizes.

Deliverables

• [n] product images, web and print resolution
• [n] styled lifestyle images
• A shared gallery for selection, then final files delivered as a download

Timeline

• Week 1: shoot day at the studio (half or full day depending on volume)
• Week 2: editing and first gallery for your selection
• Week 3: final delivery after your feedback

Pricing

Placeholder ranges only until the questions above are answered:

Item	Amount
Shoot day (half / full)	[range]
Editing and retouching, per image	[range]
Styled set	[range]

Next Steps

Answer the three questions at the top and I will turn this into a firm quote within a day, with a real total rather than a range.