Chicago & Phoenix Director of Photography, Cinematographer, Drone Pilot, and Video Production
Chicago Commercial Photographer
Commercial photography is a production discipline. The difference between images that perform in market and images that look acceptable in a portfolio is almost entirely a function of how the shoot was planned, how the set was lit, and how consistently the production team executed across a full shoot day. That gap is visible to any marketing director, creative director, or agency buyer who works with imagery regularly.
Jamie Link Photography produces commercial photography for brands, agencies, and corporate marketing teams across Chicago and nationwide. Every production is led by Jamie Link directly, with 15 years of commercial production experience across brand campaigns, trade shows, corporate events, and product photography. No handoff to junior photographers. No inconsistency between what the portfolio shows and what your project delivers.
Commercial Photography Services
The commercial photography work at Jamie Link Photography covers four primary production formats. Each requires different planning, different setups, and different production expertise.
Trade Show and Convention Photography
Trade show photography is a different production problem. The environment is large, the lighting is difficult, and the schedule runs on the event's timeline, not the photographer's. Coverage needs to capture booth presentations, product demonstrations, executive moments, and crowd energy without disrupting the commercial activity happening on the floor.
Jamie Link Photography has produced trade show coverage at McCormick Place and other major Chicago convention venues for industrial, manufacturing, and technology brands. That includes working within credentialed environments, coordinating with event staff, and delivering usable imagery across a full convention day.
Corporate Event Photography
Corporate event photography covers conferences, leadership summits, award galas, and brand activations. The work requires range across a single event, from wide establishing shots of general sessions to tight coverage of executive moments and audience reactions.
The marketing team needs imagery that works across internal communications, press releases, LinkedIn, and executive presentations. A production approach that plans coverage zones and transitions ahead of the event produces consistently more usable imagery than one that improvises on the day.
Brand and Marketing Campaign Photography
Brand campaign photography is planned production work. It involves shot lists, lighting diagrams, location scouting, and production coordination before a single frame is captured. The images produced become core campaign assets used across advertising, digital, print, and packaging.
This is the format where production quality is most visible to buyers. Campaign imagery sits next to copy, inside designed layouts, and in front of audiences comparing your brand to competitors. The production standard has to match what the brand is trying to communicate.
Product Photography
Commercial product photography is a precision format. Every element of the frame, including the light, the background, the angle, and the styling, is a production decision that either supports or undermines the product's market positioning.
Art-directed product photography for brands in the consumer, industrial, and CPG categories requires a different level of production investment than catalog or e-commerce photography. The images need to hold up in print, on packaging, and in advertising contexts at any size.
Why Brands Choose Us
Director of Photography-Led. Every Shoot. Every commercial photography project is led by Jamie Link, not a second shooter, not a junior associate. You get 15+ years of on-set experience, a production-first mindset, and the creative leadership to execute complex campaigns without hand-holding.
Built for Marketing Performance, Not Just Aesthetics. Every image we produce is designed with its end use in mind, whether that's a product detail page, a paid social campaign, a print ad, or a trade show display. Composition, lighting, and art direction are all driven by what performs, not just what looks impressive in a portfolio.
Photography and Video Under One Roof. Most brands need both photography and video from the same campaign. We produce both, with a consistent visual language across every deliverable. No style inconsistency from switching vendors. No coordination overhead. One production, one creative direction, complete asset library.
Trusted Across Industries. From consumer packaged goods and food and beverage to industrial manufacturing, automotive, and healthcare. Chicago-based brands and agencies rely on us for commercial imagery that reflects the quality of their product and the standard of their brand.
If your marketing team is planning a commercial photography production in Chicago, we'd like to hear about it.
Production for Chicago Brands and Agencies
The Chicago market supports significant commercial production activity across manufacturing, consumer goods, professional services, and technology. Marketing teams at Chicago-area companies and agencies produce campaign content regularly, and most of that content requires photography that can function across multiple channels simultaneously.
Jamie Link Photography works with in-house marketing teams, advertising agencies, and PR firms. Whether the engagement is a single production day for a product launch or a multi-day campaign shoot for a brand refresh, the production approach is the same: clear pre-production planning, efficient execution on set, and final delivery at a standard that makes the creative team's job easier, not harder.
Clients include Rust-Oleum and Dunlee, alongside other brands in manufacturing, industrial technology, and consumer products.
How Commercial Photography Productions Work
Most commercial photography engagements follow a straightforward production sequence. Pre-production establishes the shot list, confirms locations and logistics, and aligns the visual approach with the campaign brief. Production is the shoot day itself, led by Jamie Link with whatever supporting crew the project requires. Post-production handles selection, editing, and delivery in formats specified by the marketing or agency team.
For larger brand campaigns, pre-production may involve location scouts, lighting tests, and coordination with styling or prop teams. For trade show and event coverage, the production plan maps coverage zones to the event schedule so nothing is missed.
If your team has a specific production workflow or approval process, the production planning adapts to fit it. The goal is imagery your team can use without extensive revision rounds.
Our Clients
Recent Productions
The Great Escape | 9-Year Video Production Partnership
Nine-year production partnership including Product tutorials, store tours, brand messaging, how-to content, and cyclorama studio design producing 400 product shots per day, and a YouTube channel grown from 400 views to nearly 2 million, filmed and edited entirely by Jamie Link Photography.
