Do I need any photography experience?

None. A clean phone snap of your subject is enough. Ember handles the rest — composition, lighting, finish.

Will the shots actually look like my venue?

Yes. You save your venue's scenes once — your table, your bar, your tile, your linen — and every shot is composed inside that scene. The look is yours, consistently, every time.

What if I don't like a shot?

Re-shoot it. Different scene, different angle, different mood — revisions are unlimited and don't count against your monthly quota.

Who owns the finished images?

You do. Every shot you receive is yours to use across social, web, menus, delivery, press and print — anywhere, forever.

Can my whole team use one account?

Yes. Invite your front-of-house, operations and marketing people. Everyone shoots into the same brand library.

How long does a shot take?

From phone snap to finished image is under a minute on average. There's no booking, no shoot day, no edit cycle.

One click in settings, anytime. No phone calls, no retention dance. Your library stays yours.

Is my brand kept private?

Always. Your scenes, your subjects, and your finished work belong to your account and are never used to train anything.

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Ember

"We send a snap, we get a story." — Élise, Maison Aubade

A studio for hospitality & lifestyle brands

Editorial photography,
without a photographershoot day

Save your venue's scenes once. Send a phone snap of anything — a dish, a cocktail, a hotel room, a product. Get a finished, on-brand shot in under a minute.

Start your studio — £89/mo See sample work

400+ venues
12,000+ shots shipped
Under a minute per shot
Cancel anytime

Velvet Hour Tonight's pour — smoked old fashioned, charred orange, single cube. From 6.

Calle 14 Mezcal flight, three regions, one bar. Booking opens at 6.

The Drifter Hotel Suite 04, west-facing, late afternoon light. Two nights left this month.

Ombré Café Single origin Yirgacheffe, brewed slow. Notes of jasmine and stone fruit.

Lumen Bar The Negroni Bianco. Crisp, dry, served under candlelight only.

Bivouac Chef's table, Friday. Six courses, no menu, full surrender.

Norden Sauna Cold plunge, hot wood, ocean air. Weekend slots opening tomorrow.

Nomad & Co. Packed light, headed south. New travel edit landing on the journal Friday.

Tiger Lily Diner Stack of three. Warm maple, brown butter, sea salt. Sundays only.

Petit Marché New season tomatoes, burrata, and basil from the rooftop garden.

Foxtail Wine Bar A skin-contact riesling, oysters, and the last of the evening light.

Atelier Doré Pastry of the week: hazelnut praline, dark chocolate, brown sugar tuile.

In service at restaurants, bars, hotels and lifestyle brands across Europe

A 10-second tour

Snap. Send. Shipped.

From a blurry phone photo to a finished, on-brand shot — without leaving the app.

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Phone snap in · editorial shot out

What you send. What we send back.

No tripods. No softboxes. No two-week edit cycle. A snap during prep or on location, a finished shot before you need it.

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Ember · finishedBruschetta Bruschetta — finished shot

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Ember · finishedSteak salad Steak salad — finished shot

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Ember · finishedCocktail pour Cocktail pour — finished shot

The studio

Quietly brilliant. Endlessly consistent.

Every shot is composed inside your venue's saved scenes — your linen, your tile, your light. The look is yours, repeated perfectly, every time.

Your scene, repeated.

Save the table, the bar, the surface, the suite, once. Every shot is composed inside it.

Editorial finish.

Considered light, considered shadow. The kind of work magazines and brand campaigns commission.

Always on brand.

Shoot a special, a new arrival, a refreshed suite at 11 — post it at noon. Seasonal drops and menus refresh in an afternoon.

Start your studio

How it works

Three steps, no shoot day.

Save your scene

Photograph your table, your bar, your tile, your linen. We keep the look on file forever.

Send a phone snap

A dish, a drink, a room, a product. Any phone snap works — taken during prep, on location, or mid-service.

Receive finished shots

Editorial-grade, on-brand, in formats sized for social, web, menus, delivery and press.

Ember in service

Real brands. Real work.

A small selection of work shipped this week.

What it costs

One subscription. Every shot you'll need.

Connect your brand. Save your scenes. Shoot as often as you need.

£89

/ month

excl. VAT · cancel anytime

Unlimited scenes for your brand

Unlimited revisions and re-shoots

200 finished images per month

On-brand styling, lighting and finish

Social, menu, delivery, press and campaign formats

Team seats included

Start your studio — £89/mo

No shoot day · cancel in one click

The maths

Everything included, no extras.

	Ember	Photographer	In-house
Monthly cost	£89	£1,200–£4,000	£3,500+
Time to first shot	2 minutes	2–4 weeks	2–3 months
Turnaround per shot	Under a minute	10–14 days	1–3 days
Admin	None	Briefs, shoot days, edits	Hiring, payroll, reviews
Commitment	Cancel anytime	Per project	Salary

Swipe to compare · Photographer and in-house figures are based on European hospitality and lifestyle industry averages.

Loved by hospitality & lifestyle brands

Run by operators, hosts and founders who'd rather be running the floor.

Ember vs. the shoot day

Hiring a photographer is a logistics job. Ember isn't.

Before

The traditional shoot

— Book the photographer weeks in advance
— Block out a day on site
— Stage every shot twice for the camera
— Wait two weeks for retouched files
— Repeat for every drop, refresh or season
— Pay four figures per shoot

After

Ember Studio

— Save your scenes once, in five minutes
— Snap any subject — dish, drink, room, product — on your phone
— Receive finished work in under a minute
— Refresh seasonal drops the same afternoon
— Ship to socials, delivery and print in one place
— One flat monthly price

The Ember promise

Try a month. Keep the shots either way.

If your first ten shots don't sit beside your best campaign work, we refund the month and you keep every file. No deck, no calls, no clawback.

30-day shot-quality guarantee

On-brand or refunded

If the look isn't yours after onboarding, we refund the full month.

Unlimited revisions

Reshoot any scene, any subject, as often as you need — same flat price.

Cancel in one click

No contracts, no notice period. Pause or cancel from your dashboard.

Under-a-minute SLA

If a shot takes longer than 60 seconds to finish, the next ten are on us.

FAQ

Anything else?

Make every shot look the way your brand sounds.

£89/month. Unlimited revisions. Cancel in one click, anytime.

Start your studio

£89/mo · cancel anytime

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Snap. Send. Shipped.

What you send. What we send back.

Quietly brilliant. Endlessly consistent.

Your scene, repeated.

Editorial finish.

Always on brand.

Three steps, no shoot day.

Save your scene

Send a phone snap

Receive finished shots

Real brands. Real work.

One subscription. Every shot you'll need.

Everything included, no extras.

Run by operators, hosts and founders who'd rather be running the floor.

Hiring a photographer is a logistics job. Ember isn't.

The traditional shoot

Ember Studio

Try a month. Keep the shots either way.

On-brand or refunded

Unlimited revisions

Cancel in one click

Under-a-minute SLA

Anything else?

Do I need any photography experience?

Will the shots actually look like my venue?

What if I don't like a shot?

Who owns the finished images?

Can my whole team use one account?

How long does a shot take?

How do I cancel?

Is my brand kept private?

Make every shot look the way your brand sounds.

Editorial photography,
without a photographershoot day