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Catalog Photoshoot
A catalog photoshoot for your garment brand, without booking one.
Upload one garment photo. Pick a ready-made set — one model, one location, six pinned angles. Get the whole shot list back in about three minutes.
55 ready-made sets
Six pinned angles per set
92 models to cast from
Full commercial rights
One garment photo in
A matched shot list out.
Same model, same room, same light on every frame — because the set fixes them, not a prompt you retype per SKU.
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55
Ready sets
6
Angles per set
92
AI models
~3 min
Per set
Included
Commercial rights
One run, start to finish
The whole catalog set, from one flat-lay.
This is a single Catalogue Shoot run on the grey sweatshirt above: six pinned angles, one cast model, one studio, no reshoot.
FrontBack
Side
3/4
Detail
MovementThe shot list
Six catalog angles, pinned before you start.
Every set ships with the same shot list. Untick anything the listing does not need — a marketplace SKU rarely needs all six.
01
Front
Garment centred, fully visible. The frame the listing opens on.
02
Back
The angle most returns policies exist because of.
03
Side profile
Fit and drape — the thing a flat-lay physically cannot show.
04
Three-quarter
The frame that carries a collection page.
05
Detail crop
Fabric, seam, hardware, weave.
06
Seated / movement
How the garment behaves when the body is not standing still.
Location sets
Not every catalog wants white seamless.
The same six-angle discipline, on location. This run is one linen dress through the Marrakech riad set — the shoot you would fly a crew out for.
Front
3/4
Walking
Seated
Crop
DetailThe library
55 catalog photoshoot sets, grouped by what they sell.
Each tile below is one set's own contact sheet. Pick the one that fits the category and every SKU you send through it lands matched.
Menswear
Womenswear
Basics
Outerwear
Kidswear
Resort
Swim
Location
Occasion
Street
Dresses
LeatherShowing 12 of 55. Womenswear, menswear and kidswear across studio, outerwear, resort, swim, occasion and street.
What a catalog set gives you that a single generation cannot
One set, one casting
A set is not a filter. It pins the model, the location, the lighting and the lens, so the tenth SKU you run through it matches the first.
Six angles per garment
Front, back, side, three-quarter, a detail crop and a seated frame. The shot list marketplaces ask for, produced in one run.
55 sets, already built
Grey studio for menswear e-com, a Marrakech riad for resort, a panelled interior for occasion, white seamless for the marketplace.
92 models to cast from
Body types, skin tones, ages and hair. Cast once and reuse the same face across the season so the catalog reads as one brand.
Womenswear, menswear, kidswear
Sets are built per category, so a kids' tee is shot on a child and a trench is shot at a length that shows the drape.
Commercial rights included
Every frame is yours to use on the product page, in ads, on marketplaces and in print. No royalties, no expiry.
What a catalog photoshoot replaces
A catalog day, line by line.
Ranges below are typical market rates for a one-day apparel catalog shoot. Fashio bills the same work in credits: three per frame, so a full six-angle set is eighteen.
Line item
Booked shoot
Fashio set
Studio day rental
$400 – $1,200
None
Model day rate
$800 – $3,000
Included
Photographer + assistant
$900 – $2,500
Included
Styling and retouching
$600 – $1,800
Included
Turnaround
1 – 3 weeks
~3 minutes a set
Second colourway
Rebook the day
Re-run the same set
Credits come from a Growth membership — $29.99 a month or $99.99 a year — which adds 160 credits to the account every month. See the plans.
Use cases
Built for brands shipping a collection, not a photo.
01
New season drops
Twenty SKUs land on Monday. Run each one through the same set and the whole collection page goes live matched, without booking a studio day.
02
Wholesale line sheets
Buyers want the garment shown clearly from every side. The pinned six-angle shot list is the line sheet, already consistent.
03
Marketplace listings
Amazon, Zalando and Trendyol all want a clean on-model frame plus supporting angles. Run the white seamless set and meet the spec.
04
Reshoots you cannot afford
The sample came back in a second colourway. Re-run the same set instead of rebooking the model, the studio and the photographer.
Catalog Photoshoot FAQ
A catalog photoshoot is a production run that photographs each garment in a collection the same way — same model, same location, same lighting, same set of camera angles — so the whole catalog reads as one coherent line rather than a pile of unrelated photos. Traditionally it means booking a studio, a photographer, a model and a stylist for a day. Fashio produces the same shot list from a single garment photo.
A single on-model image gives you one frame. A catalog shoot gives you the whole shot list — front, back, side, three-quarter, a detail crop and a seated frame — on the same model, in the same location, under the same light, in one run. That consistency is the thing a catalog needs and the thing that is hard to fake by generating images one at a time.
Up to six frames per set. Every set ships with its angles pinned, and you can untick any you do not need before you run it — a marketplace listing might only want front, back and detail, while a lookbook wants all six.
About three minutes for a full six-frame set. A twenty-SKU collection run through the same set is typically finished inside an hour, against one to three weeks for a booked studio shoot plus retouching.
One photo of the garment. A flat-lay on a bedsheet, a hanger shot, a ghost-mannequin frame or a phone snapshot in daylight all work. You do not need a lightbox or a tripod — the set supplies the lighting.
Yes, as long as you run them through the same set. The model, location, lighting and framing are fixed properties of the set rather than a prompt you rewrite each time, which is exactly why the results line up across a collection.
Womenswear, menswear and kidswear, across studio e-commerce, outerwear, tailoring, knitwear, resort and swim, occasion and eveningwear, and street. Fifty-five sets are built and the library grows; if a category is missing you can also build the shoot manually from any of the 92 models and the backdrop library.
Yes. Every frame comes with full commercial rights — product pages, marketplaces, paid ads, lookbooks, print. No royalties, no usage caps, no expiry.
Rules vary by market and platform, and they are moving. Several jurisdictions and marketplaces now expect synthetic imagery of people to be labelled, so the safe default is to disclose it in your product copy or image credit. Check the requirements for the markets you sell into before you publish.
Frames are billed in credits — three credits per frame, so a full six-angle set is eighteen credits. Credits come from a Growth membership at $29.99 a month or $99.99 a year, which adds 160 credits to the account every month. There is no free plan, and credit top-up packs are a subscriber benefit rather than a standalone purchase.
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Catalog Photography Is a Consistency Problem, Not a Camera Problem
Any phone can take a sharp photo of a jumper. What a catalog needs is the twentieth photo to match the first — same model, same distance, same light, same crop — so a collection page reads as one line and a buyer can compare two SKUs without the photography getting in the way.
That is what makes a catalog photoshoot expensive. You are not paying for one good image. You are paying for a studio day where a model, a photographer, a stylist and a set stay locked while the whole rail goes through them. Break the day across two sessions and the catalog stops matching.
Fashio moves that consistency into the set. A set fixes the model, the location, the lighting and the camera angles as properties of the shoot rather than instructions you retype. Send the first garment through it and send the twentieth through it a month later, and they come back matching.
What One Clothing Catalog Photoshoot Produces
Each set ships with its shot list pinned:
- Front — the primary listing frame, garment centred and fully visible
- Back — the angle most returns policies exist because of
- Side profile — fit and drape, the thing a flat-lay cannot show
- Three-quarter — the frame that carries a collection page
- Detail crop — fabric, seam, hardware, weave
- Seated or movement — how the garment behaves when the body is not standing still
Untick anything the listing does not need. A marketplace SKU might only want front, back and detail; a lookbook usually wants all six.
Apparel Catalog Photography Sets, Built the Way Garments Sell
Fifty-five sets are built today, grouped by what they are for rather than by mood:
Studio e-commerce — grey and white seamless for menswear, womenswear and kidswear, lit flat and evenly so a marketplace crop never clips a shoulder. Outerwear and tailoring — longer lens, more headroom, lighting that reads a lapel roll and a coat's fall. Resort and swim — Marrakech riad, poolside, golden-hour beach, for linen and warm-season ranges. Occasion and eveningwear — panelled interiors and evening light, for satin, silk and anything with drape. Street and lifestyle — city pavement and architecture for the campaign frame that sits beside the listing frame.
Who Runs a Garment Catalog Shoot This Way
Independent labels who have never been able to justify a studio day. Wholesalers who need line sheets buyers can read. Marketplace sellers whose listings get suppressed for inconsistent imagery. Agencies covering the long tail of a client's catalog between the two real shoots a year they can bill for.
What an AI Catalog Photoshoot Replaces
A booked catalog day is a studio rental, a model day rate, a photographer, an assistant, a stylist, and a week of retouching afterwards — commonly $3,000 to $8,000 for a single collection, and the same again when a colourway changes. A set run costs eighteen credits per garment out of the 160 a membership adds each month, and finishes before the kettle boils.
You still need one good photo of the garment. Everything after that is the set's job.
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