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Advertising Photography

Photography commissioned to promote a product, service or brand.

In depth

Advertising carries the highest budgets and the tightest constraints: the image usually has to match an approved layout, leave space for type, and satisfy a chain of approvals. Licensing is priced by media, territory and duration, and model and property releases are mandatory because the use is commercial.

Examples in practice

A shot is composed with deliberate empty space on the left because the layout places a headline there.