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Food & beverage
Menu photography, dish close-ups, cocktails, and overheads for restaurants and bars across Scottsdale and Phoenix. Lit to make people hungry, and shot on service so the food looks like the plate a guest actually receives.
Photography · Scottsdale, AZ
Commercial photography in Scottsdale.
Photographs that do the selling before anyone reads a word. Art-directed, lit on location, and retouched by the studio behind some of Arizona's most photographed restaurants, resorts, and brands.
The studio
Pictures with a job to do.
RKDA is a commercial photography studio in Scottsdale, Arizona. We photograph menus, dining rooms, homes, hotels, products, and the people behind them, for websites, menus, listings, ads, and every social feed in between.
Every shoot starts with a shot list built around where the photos will live. We scout, light, and direct on location across Scottsdale and Phoenix, then retouch in house and deliver a finished gallery that's organized and ready to use.
Specialties
Six ways to hold a moment still.
Hover a stack to spread the prints, then open any frame to see it full size.
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Architecture & interiors
Residential listings, commercial spaces, hotels, and dining rooms, photographed with clean verticals, balanced light, and twilight exteriors. Composite techniques keep every window view and fixture true to the room.
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Brand & lifestyle
Your product and your customers in real places, doing real things. A lifestyle campaign gives your website, ads, and social feed a library of images that look like your brand, not like stock.
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Portraits & headshots
Headshots for teams and portraits for founders, photographed on location or on a clean backdrop. Direction that puts people at ease, and one consistent look across the whole company.
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Product
Studio and in-context product photography for e-commerce, packaging, and launches. Clean sets for the catalog, and styled scenes for the campaign.
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Events
Galas, concerts, openings, and brand activations, covered with a documentary eye. Fast selects for same-week social, and full galleries for everything after.
Every shoot
What's included, every time.
- Art direction & shot list
- A plan built around where the photos will live, approved before the shoot.
- On-location lighting
- Professional lighting and grip, so every room and every plate looks its best, whatever the windows give us.
- Styling direction
- Direction for food, product, and sets, so every frame looks intentional.
- Aerial photography
- Drone stills from FAA-licensed pilots for properties, venues, and events.
- Professional retouching
- Color, cleanup, and composites, all finished in house.
- Online gallery delivery
- Finished photos in a private online gallery, organized and ready for web, print, and social.
How it runs
From shot list to gallery.
Step 01
Plan
Tell us what the photos are for. Your producer builds the shot list, schedule, and estimate for your approval.
Step 02
Prep
We confirm locations, light, props, and talent, so the shoot day is spent shooting.
Step 03
Shoot
Our photographers and crew work on location across Scottsdale and Phoenix, with you on set or not.
Step 04
Retouch & deliver
Selects are retouched in house and delivered to your private gallery, with two rounds of revisions included.
Questions
Photography, answered.
How much does commercial photography cost in Scottsdale?
Photography is part of the RKDA Studio Membership: every service in the studio for one monthly price, from $3,500 a month. A half-day shoot, or an architectural shoot with 6 to 10 composites, uses 20 credits, approved by you before work begins.
What kinds of businesses do you photograph?
Restaurants and bars, hotels and resorts, real estate and builders, fitness and wellness studios, medical practices, and consumer brands. If it's an Arizona business that needs to look its best, we've probably shot something like it.
Do you shoot on location or in a studio?
Mostly on location, because your space, your team, and your customers are the point. For products and headshots, we set up a clean backdrop wherever it's needed.
How do we receive the photos?
Finished images are delivered to a private online gallery, where you can view, download, and share them in sizes ready for web, print, and social.
How quickly will we get our photos?
Your producer sets the timeline before the shoot. When something can't wait, Flash projects jump the queue, with delivery starting at 24 to 48 hours.
Can you photograph our menu for print and delivery apps?
Yes. Menu and dish photography is one of our specialties. We shoot every item in one consistent style, so your printed menu, website, and delivery listings all match.
Also in the studio
See the membershipOne membership covers all of it.
Look like you mean it.
Twenty minutes with us and you'll know exactly what a studio of photographers could do for your brand.
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