Commercial Lifestyle Photography in Los Angeles & Nashville
Real moments, made on purpose.
Wandel Creative makes lifestyle campaigns for consumer brands: cast, styled and shot on location, so your customers can see themselves in the picture. Los Angeles and Nashville, shooting nationwide.
SELECTED CLIENTS
Cometeer · Rituil · Storyteller Overland · Civana · The Langham · Partners Coffee · and more
Beyond client work, my photography has been licensed by brands like Google, Mastercard, Verizon, SanDisk and McAfee. Browse my licensing library
WHAT WE MAKE
Lifestyle photography for consumer brands
Brand lifestyle campaigns
Commercial lifestyle photography for launches, paid social, email and your site. Cast, styled and shot on location, so the people in the frame feel like your customers.
Lifestyle & product together
Your product in real hands and real homes, with clean product photography from the same days so the whole library matches.
Founder & team portraits
The people behind the brand, photographed where they actually work, for press, your About page and hiring.
Stills & motion together
Photos and video from the same shoot when you need both.
Selected work
Storyteller Overland
Lifestyle campaign across beach, desert and mountain locations in three days
More lifestyle work
Planning a campaign? Book a call →
How a project runs
01
Discovery call
Who your customer is and where the images will run.
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Treatment & casting
Moodboard, casting, locations, wardrobe and a fixed quote.
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Production
Jakob directs and shoots every day, with a crew sized to the brief.
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Edit & retouch
A selects gallery, then final color-graded, retouched files.
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Delivery
Every crop you need, with usage in writing.
WHY BRANDS HIRE US
People buy into a life before they buy a product.
Most commercial lifestyle photography feels like an ad because everyone in it is posing. Wandel Creative was founded by Jakob Wandel, a lifestyle photographer and director who comes from documentary work. We cast people who look like your customers, shoot in real homes and real places, and leave room for the moments nobody planned. Those are the images that keep running.
In Los Angeles we shoot everywhere from the coast to the high desert, and our West Adams studio opens in January 2027. In Nashville, much of our lifestyle work happens with makers and small brands in their own spaces. We travel for the right brief, too.
OUR TEAM INCLUDES
Producers
Casting & talent
Photo assistants & digital techs
Wardrobe & prop stylists
Hair & makeup
Location scouts
Retouchers
Need product shots or motion too? We cover them on the same days, with the same team and look.
Questions
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Photos of real people using or living with your product, made for marketing: your site, paid social, email, retail and press. Unlike a product shot on white, the point is the feeling around the product.
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Yes. We cast through agencies or street casting depending on the brief, and we can also photograph your own customers, team or ambassadors. Talent usage is agreed up front and included in the quote.
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Mostly on location, in homes, outdoors and spaces that fit your brand, anywhere in the US or abroad. Our West Adams studio in Los Angeles opens in January 2027 for controlled setups.
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Every shoot is quoted to the brief: shoot days, locations, talent, styling, crew and usage. After a first call you get a fixed quote with every deliverable spelled out.
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It depends on the shot list and how many setups we plan. We agree on the number of finished images before the shoot, delivered in every crop you need.
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Every quote spells out where and for how long the images can run, including talent usage, so there are no surprises later.
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Yes. We often capture stills and motion on the same days with the same team and look, which saves you a second production.
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Everything is photographed for real: real people, real places and your product. Every image starts with a camera on set.
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No. You’re always welcome, but many clients sign off on the moodboard, casting and shot list ahead of time and review selects after the shoot. We can also set up live remote viewing.
Tell us about your next campaign.
Share the brand, who you’re trying to reach and the timeline. We’ll come back with an approach and a clear scope.
Or email studio@jakobwandel.com