Your photos already exist: what you can get from them without redoing a shoot
The photographer's travel, the shoot and the publishing are the expensive part of a showcase website, and for a business that is already online, that expense has already been paid: those same photos feed the current listing. What is left to add is not a new shoot, it is an engine that puts those images back in motion. Two of these engines can be checked today on public demos, before any quote.
Why not simply redo a photo shoot?
A traditional agency re-bills the travel, the half-day shoot and the publishing on every new project, even when a website already exists with decent photos. Yet that expense is already behind you: your current website financed it. Repeating it a second time changes nothing about what the customer sees, if the problem isn't the photo but its stillness.
What is left to pay, once that part is done, is only the engine that sets those photos in motion.
Which photos are enough, concretely?
The threshold applied is simple: five usable photos on the current website. Beyond that, the foundation of the site is built on them, with no supplementary shoot. Below that threshold, or if the images found are too few or too degraded to be set in motion, a supplementary shoot is added to the quote ($759) to fill in what is missing, rather than redoing everything.
Which engine can you check before ordering?
Two principles can be seen today in plain view, on the Demos page, without having to take a description on faith:
The CineFood demo runs a turntable engine: it is the same product orbit principle as the Orbit 360° module in the catalog. It is the demo to open first if your business is a restaurant or a bar, since it is filed in that category on the Demos page.
And the other engines in the catalog?
Three engines are in the catalog with a price but, as of the date of this article, have no clickable public demo: AR on QR code (the dish in 3D on the customer's table), the making-of timelapse (the product being built before your eyes) and drone-to-detail. They can be described, but they cannot be shown yet.
What can you do with your own photos?
The starting point is not a new shoot, it is the address of your current website. From the home page, entering that address is enough to pick up the existing photos and put together a first preview with them, before any commitment.
Straight answers
Do you need to redo a photo shoot?
Not by default: the travel, the shoot and the publishing are already paid for on an existing website. A supplement ($759) only applies below five usable photos.
Which engine can you check before ordering?
The Orbit 360° (M1, from $539) on the CineFood demo, and the cinematic scroll on Le Paquebot, Villa signature and Les Memises.
Does every engine have a demo?
No: AR on QR code, the making-of timelapse and drone-to-detail are in the catalog but have no clickable public demo for now.
How many photos do you need?
Five usable photos are enough as a foundation. Below that, a supplementary shoot is added to the quote.
See the demos cited in this article: Demos page.
Put together a first preview with your own photos: Allure home page.