How much does product photography cost in Montreal?

Product photography in Montreal typically ranges from $25 to $75 per image depending on complexity, styling requirements, and volume. At Impression Photography, we offer competitive packages starting at $25 per photo for bulk orders and custom quotes for specialized shoots like lifestyle or 360-degree photography.

What is the best product photography studio in Montreal?

Impression Photography is one of Montreal's top-rated product photography studios, specializing in e-commerce, Amazon, jewellery, clothing, and food photography. Located in Montreal, we offer professional studio setups with high-end equipment and fast turnaround times.

Do you offer Amazon product photography in Montreal?

Yes! Impression Photography specializes in Amazon product photography that meets all Amazon image requirements including pure white backgrounds (RGB 255,255,255), proper dimensions (minimum 1000x1000px for zoom), and infographic images that help boost conversion rates on Amazon.ca and Amazon.com.

How long does a product photography shoot take?

A typical product photography session takes 1-3 hours depending on the number of products and complexity. Simple white background shots can be completed quickly, while styled lifestyle shoots may take longer. We deliver edited images within 3-5 business days, with rush delivery available.

What types of product photography do you offer?

We offer a full range of product photography services including: white background photography, lifestyle and styled photography, Amazon listing photography, jewellery photography, clothing and fashion photography, food photography, 360-degree product photography, and ghost mannequin photography for apparel.

Can you photograph jewellery in Montreal?

Absolutely. Jewellery photography is one of our specialties. We use macro lenses, specialized lighting setups, and focus stacking techniques to capture every detail of rings, necklaces, bracelets, and watches. Our studio in Montreal is fully equipped for high-end jewellery photography.

Do you provide eCommerce photography for Shopify stores?

Yes, we provide optimized eCommerce photography for Shopify, WooCommerce, Etsy, and other online platforms. Our images are delivered in web-optimized formats with consistent sizing and styling to give your online store a professional, cohesive look.

Where is your photography studio located in Montreal?

Impression Photography is located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. We serve clients across the Greater Montreal area including Laval, Longueuil, and the South Shore. Contact us to schedule a visit to our studio or arrange product pickup and delivery.

What should I bring to a product photography session?

Bring your products clean and in perfect condition, any props or accessories you want included, brand guidelines or mood boards for reference, and a list of required shots or angles. We provide all professional equipment, backgrounds, and lighting in our Montreal studio.

Do you offer bilingual product photography services in Montreal?

Yes, Impression Photography offers fully bilingual services in both English and French. Being based in Montreal, we understand the importance of serving our diverse community and can accommodate clients in either language throughout the entire process.

GS1 Barcode-Compliant Product Photography Montreal: Back-of-Pack Imagery That Passes Retailer Intake

GS1 barcode-compliant product photography Montreal is the discipline of photographing packaged goods so that the GS1 barcode — the UPC, EAN, or GTIN-printed-on-pack — remains scannable, legible, and regulator-acceptable in every image you ship to a retailer or marketplace. It sounds niche. It is. And it is exactly the kind of detail that quietly separates the brands that get accepted onto Loblaws, Costco, IGA, and Amazon Vendor Central from the brands that get bounced back at intake.

This guide explains why GS1-compliant imagery matters, what gets brands rejected, and how we handle GS1 barcode-compliant product photography in our Montreal studio.

Why GS1 barcode-compliant product photography Montreal projects exist as a category

For DTC-only brands, the barcode is invisible — nobody at Shopify cares. For omnichannel brands, the barcode is the most-photographed object in the catalogue. Major Canadian retailers require, at minimum, one image of the back of pack with the GS1 barcode clearly visible, in focus, and at a resolution that allows the GTIN to be read off the photograph itself. Amazon Vendor Central asks for the same. Some grocery chains require the GS1 region of the package to be photographed at a specific minimum resolution.

What gets brands rejected:

Compressed barcode. JPEG compression at low quality blurs the bars. The barcode is technically visible but no longer scannable from the image. Rejected.
Glare on glossy packaging. The barcode region is washed out by a single specular highlight. Rejected.
Off-axis capture. The barcode is shot at an angle, distorting the bar widths. Rejected.
Soft focus. Macro depth-of-field issues leave the barcode just outside the focal plane. Rejected.
Low resolution. The image is delivered at 800 px when the retailer asked for 2000 px on the longest side. Rejected.

Studio setup for GS1 barcode-compliant product photography Montreal shoots

The setup is straightforward but unforgiving. Lighting is large, soft, and cross-polarised so glossy retail packaging does not throw glare onto the barcode panel. Capture is tethered, with focus-peaking enabled so we can confirm the barcode is sharp before we move on to the next angle. Files are saved in 16-bit TIFF for retouching and exported to high-quality JPEG (quality 11 in Photoshop, q=92 in modern encoders) so compression artefacts never reach the bars.

For brands new to omnichannel, the simplest mental model is this: shoot the front of pack the way you would for white background product photography Montreal, and shoot the back of pack — with the barcode — the same way. Same lighting, same camera distance, same exposure. The result is a paired set of front and back images at identical scale.

What retailers actually require

The exact spec varies by retailer and channel. A pragmatic checklist that covers most Canadian and US channels:

2000 px on the longest side, JPEG quality ≥90, sRGB.
Pure white background (RGB 255, 255, 255) for the hero; back-of-pack image can be on a slightly off-white if the retailer permits it.
Barcode parallel to the camera sensor — no perspective distortion.
Barcode bars at ≥200 px tall in the final exported image (rule of thumb for scannability).
No clipping in the lightest tones of the package (don’t blow out the highlights and lose label detail).
File name following the retailer’s naming convention (often GTIN-keyed: 0626100123456_back.jpg).

Where this overlaps with our other Montreal product photography work

GS1 work rarely shows up alone. Brands commissioning GS1-compliant catalogue imagery almost always also need:

Amazon product photography Montreal for marketplace listings.
Shopify product photography Montreal for the brand’s own DTC channel.
Packaging photography Montreal for hero-quality marketing imagery of the package itself.
Food product photography Montreal or wine, spirits, and beer photography Montreal when the product sits on a grocery or SAQ shelf.
lifestyle product photography Montreal for the marketing imagery that lives outside the regulator’s view but still has to match the catalogue colour.

Common categories that need GS1 barcode-compliant product photography Montreal work

The most-frequent categories asking for GS1-strict imagery in our studio:

Packaged food (especially anything sold into Loblaws, Sobeys, Metro, Costco).
Wine, spirits, and beer for SAQ catalogue intake.
Supplements and natural health products for retail pharmacy chains. See Supplement Photography Montreal.
Personal care and cosmetics for big-box and chain pharmacy. See cosmetics and beauty photography Montreal.
Hardware and consumer electronics for Canadian Tire, Best Buy, RONA. See Electronics product photography Montreal.

How GS1 barcode-compliant product photography Montreal pricing works

GS1 imagery is rarely a separate shoot — it is a deliverable inside a broader catalogue session. The cost is the time it takes to capture the back-of-pack angles cleanly and to verify each barcode is sharp. For most catalogue shoots, that is one or two extra minutes per SKU. The cost guide has the package-by-package breakdown.

Booking a GS1-compliant catalogue session

Send your SKU list, your retailers’ image specs (most have a PDF), and your launch deadline through the contact page. We will deliver a quote and a sample of GS1-compliant imagery from a previous shoot so you can see what to expect.

External references: GS1 Canada for the official GTIN and barcode standards, and Amazon’s Seller Central image standards for the most-cited marketplace spec.

GS1 barcode-compliant product photography Montreal is unglamorous work, and that is precisely why some brands skip it — and then get bounced at retailer intake. If your launch depends on landing in a major Canadian retailer, get the barcode imagery right the first time.

Frequently asked questions

Do GS1 barcode-compliant images cost extra?

No. The barcode angle is part of a standard catalogue shoot. What costs extra is reshoots when an earlier non-GS1-aware photographer delivered images that fail retailer intake.

Which retailers are strictest about barcode imagery in Quebec?

Loblaws and Costco are the strictest. SAQ has its own bottle-photography spec that includes barcode visibility. Sobeys, Metro, and IGA are less strict but still require legible back-of-pack imagery for their digital catalogues.

Can you re-shoot the back-of-pack only, not the whole catalogue?

Yes. If your front-of-pack hero work is already done elsewhere, we can shoot only the back-of-pack barcode angles. We will match the lighting and exposure of your existing imagery as closely as possible.

What file format do retailers actually accept?

JPEG at quality 90+, sRGB, no embedded ICC profile beyond sRGB. TIFF is accepted by some print catalogues but not by digital marketplaces.