NICO ABOUnico@nicolasabou.com

Branding photography · Montréal · Available worldwide

Branding photography that carries the brand.

Branding photography gives a brand a visual language it can run for years, finished to campaign standard.

Direction comes first: what the images have to mean, then casting, location, and light to say it.

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What clients say

Nico is the kind of agency partner in-house marketers dream of. He cut through the noise and delivered.
Angela Tayler-Ortado
You captured with remarkable sensitivity the essence of this project already in motion.
Yeshua Beltrán · Luuna de Jade
I highly recommend Nicolas. His results were outstanding and his attention to detail is rare.
Perrine Loers · Montblanc

What branding photography includes.

  • A pre-production call and brief alignment before every shoot day.
  • Priority selects and cuts delivered same day or next day when the timeline demands it.
  • Full delivery within one week, with usage rights aligned to your channels.
  • Maison Valmont — Maison Valmont
  • Michael Kors — Michael Kors x Elle Québec
  • Maple 3 — Maple 3

Common questions

What is branding photography?

Photography built around what the brand means, not only what it sells. Direction decides the look before the camera comes out: casting, wardrobe, location, and light all argue the same idea. The images work as a system across the website, campaigns, and press.

How is branding photography different from commercial photography?

Commercial photography answers the brief as written. Branding photography starts earlier, at what the images have to mean, and holds one point of view through every frame. The finished set reads as one brand, not one day of shooting.

What does a branding photography session include?

Creative direction first: references, shot list, casting and wardrobe calls, locations. Then the shoot, directed frame by frame. Then edit, colour, and retouch, finished to campaign standard: beautiful, polished, made with restraint.

How many images does a brand actually need?

Fewer than a stock library, more than a logo shoot. The right build is a library that covers the brand book, the website, campaigns, paid, and press for months. Scope is set by where the images have to live, and it is decided before the day is priced.

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Tell me what the brand needs to say.

Send the brief and the rough timing. I reply within one business day with a clear next step.

Or write directly: nico@nicolasabou.com

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