Product photographer · Philippines · since 2009
Light is
the product.
Watches, jewelry and tech for brands like MVMT and Lacoste. Every prop, riser and surface is designed, built and lit in my own studio, so nothing in the frame is an accident.
Pl. 01 MVMT Automatic, teal dial Macro on teal ground
Pl. 03 Lacoste Silver and gold on stepped blue risers Hard slatted window shadow
Pl. 63 Degree Seven Metal frames among matte black spheres White ground, hard top light
Pl. 51 Manssion Two coin pendants, gold and silver chain Red sunburst ground
Shot for
The plates
25 frames
Pl. 19WearMe Pro
Sets are built,
not found.
A lunar surface sized for a pair of sunglasses. Stepped risers cut for Lacoste. Sand, shells and basalt for a headset. Every surface is designed and made in the studio, then lit for what the product is made of: brushed steel, enamel, acrylic, leather.
How a shoot runs
One studio, one photographer, start to finish. You send the product; it comes back with images made for where they're going.
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01
Brief
Product, references and placements: product pages, campaign, social. We agree the shot list before anything is built.
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02
Build
Props, risers and surfaces are designed and fabricated in-house to suit the product's color and scale.
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03
Light
Each material gets its own treatment. Metal, glass and leather all reflect light differently, so the setup changes with them.
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04
Deliver
Retouched finals, cropped and sized for every placement on the brief.
Laya started teaching lighting workshops at 20, covering portrait, product, food and automotive work. The same lighting know-how goes into every client shoot.
- Years in practice
- 17
- Photographers taught since 2009
- 1,000+
- Trained at
- New York Institute of Photography
Send the product.
I'll handle the light.
Tell me what you're shooting and where the images will live.
- info@layagerlock.com
- @laya.gerlock (opens in a new tab)
