Studio Process

Six steps, no theatre.

Every Magy Studios engagement runs through the same six-stage process — whether it's a half-day product shoot or a fourteen-month cookbook. The discipline is what makes the photography possible.

Brief & Quote

We read the brief twice. We come back with a written response — what we'd shoot, who's on set, and a fixed quote. Most replies land within 24 hours.

Mood Board & Pre-Production

We build a mood board specific to your brief — references, palette, surfaces, props, lighting diagrams. Pre-production usually runs three to ten working days.

Studio or Location Shoot

We shoot in our Sheikh Zayed studio, in your kitchen, or on location. Tethered capture, color-managed displays, food prepared on set, no shortcuts.

Selects & Edit

Within forty-eight hours of the wrap you receive a curated selects gallery. You mark up. We edit, retouch, and grade in 16-bit until each frame holds.

Final Delivery

Final imagery delivered as archival TIFFs, printable JPEGs, web-optimized JPEGs, and platform-ready vertical crops. Naming and metadata are clean.

Usage Rights

Clear, written usage. Default scope is twelve months across owned channels and packaging. Print, OOH and paid-media extensions are negotiated up front, never retro-fitted.

Typical timelines

Single-product or single-dish shoot1–2 weeks total

Restaurant menu refresh4–6 weeks total

Packaging launch programme6–10 weeks total

Editorial commission3–6 weeks total

Cookbook production9–14 months total

Briefs accepted on rolling basis.

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