Brief
Send us your products, your goals, and a few reference images. We reply within 24 hours with a quote and timeline — no calls required.
Halfmill Studios · est. 2025
Halfmill Studios — Studio-quality product photography and websites, without the studio cost.
We make small brands
look bigger.
Made to look quality, modern, elevated, polished, and affordable.
Selected work · Photography
CraftCorp
CraftCorp needed studio-grade hero imagery and a consistent set of product stills across their range — without flying photographers, renting space, or pausing operations. We delivered the full set inside a week.
"Looked like a $20k shoot. Cost us a fraction of that."
More photography
Selected work · Websites
The Nest
A luxury holiday rental near the Otago Central Rail Trail needed a fast, conversion-ready website that matched the calibre of the property — modern aesthetic, mobile-first, ready to take bookings on day one. Launched in under three weeks.
How we work
Three steps.
Days, not weeks.
Deliver
First proofs in 3–5 days for photography, 2–3 weeks for a full website. Studio-quality, fully retouched, ready to use.
Refine
Unlimited revisions until it's exactly right. We don't stop until you'd happily put it on a billboard.
Kind words
"Halfmill delivered imagery our last agency quoted twelve weeks for — inside a fortnight, and we genuinely couldn't tell the difference."
"Our new site launched in three weeks and bookings doubled in the first month. They translated what we were trying to say better than we could."
"Felt like working with a studio four times their size — without the four-times-the-budget."
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About
We started Halfmill because
good marketing shouldn't
be reserved for big budgets.
Having run small businesses ourselves, we know how hard it is for local brands to access quality marketing. Professional product photography means booking studios, shipping product, and waiting weeks for proofs. A website rebuild can stretch into months. Most small businesses are priced out before they even start.
From AI-generated product photography to modern, high-performing websites, we create professional marketing assets that help businesses stand out without agency-sized budgets. Our goal is simple: deliver creative work that looks exceptional, works hard, and helps businesses grow.
The team
S
Samuel
Co-founder · Site Design & Management
Leads website design and oversees the overall management of the business.
B
Benjamin
Co-founder · Marketing & Lead Acquisition
Focuses on marketing strategy, lead generation, and client acquisition.
E
Ethan
Co-founder · Product Design & UI
Leads product design and user interface development, ensuring a seamless user experience.
Questions, answered
The usual ones,
asked and answered.
How long does a typical project take?
Photography sets land in 3–5 days. Full website builds typically run 2–3 weeks from brief to launch. We give you a firm date with your quote and we don't miss it.
What do you need from us to get started?
For photography: your product photos (phone shots are fine) and a brief — what mood, what setting, what variations. For a website: your existing site (if any), brand assets, and a sense of what isn't working today. We do the rest.
Can you migrate our existing site or keep our domain?
Yes to both. We regularly migrate sites off Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy and similar — keeping your domain, your SEO, and your email running without a gap.
How much does it cost?
It depends on scope, but everything we quote is fixed — no surprise invoices. Most photography sets land in the low four figures; most websites between mid four and low five. Email us with a brief and we'll come back with a number within a day.
Do you do logos, branding, or social content too?
Light brand work — yes (palette, type, simple marks). For deep brand strategy or campaign work we'll happily refer you to specialists we trust. Photography you receive can absolutely be used on social.