# AI product photography for sunglasses and eyewear brands

URL: https://stillhouselabs.com/for/sunglasses-and-eyewear
Last updated: 2026-10-22

> Stillhouse photographs every pair of frames in your range in one set, on a model you cast once, with the frame shape and lens colour checked against your own photo. Reflections in the lens are lit by the room, not by a studio box.

## Photographing sunglasses & eyewear

Eyewear is sold on fit and on shape. A customer wants to see the frame on a face, the size of the lens, the colour of the tint and the thickness of the temple. A flat product shot answers only part of that.

The product is also precise. A frame that is a few millimetres wider, or a lens that is a shade darker than the real one, is a pair that comes back.

## Common photo problems

- **Lenses reflect the wrong thing.** A lens shows what is in front of it. A studio softbox in the lens reads as a studio. The room's window should be there.
- **Shape drifts.** A rounded square becomes a rounder one. Frames have to keep their proportions, and the bridge and temples are easy to alter.
- **Tint and colour move.** Gradient lenses and tortoiseshell acetate are subtle. A small shift in the tint is a different product.
- **Fit needs a face.** A frame on a plinth tells the customer little. They want to see it worn, from the front and in profile.

## What the studio does about it

- **The same model on every pair.** Cast a model once and the same person wears each frame, so the range is comparable.
- **Frame and lens checked against your photo.** Each frame is compared with the product photo you uploaded. A take where the shape drifted is retaken.
- **Every colourway from one frame.** Reshoot an approved frame in each colour. Each is checked against its own photo.

## The shot list for sunglasses & eyewear

- Hero of the frames on a surface in the set
- Worn, front on, by the cast model
- Worn in profile, to show the temple and the fit
- Detail of the hinge, the bridge and the logo
- Folded or in their case, to show scale
- Square and 4:5 cuts, and a 9:16 for stories

## Questions

### Will the frame shape match my product?

Each frame is checked against your product photo, and takes where the shape drifted are thrown away and retaken. Frames worn on a face are the hardest case, so look at them before you publish.

### Can I use a real person as the model?

Yes, with their consent. You can cast an AI model or build one from photographs of a real person you have the rights to use.

### Do you do prescription lenses?

The studio photographs the frame and lens in your photo. It does not simulate a prescription.