Powerful commercial photography. We help brands, marketing agencies, corporations, and organizations to transform ideas into compelling images. The photos we create together will help you tell your story to the world.

Based in San Francisco and traveling world-wide.

Compelling photography
to drive your marketing and branding.

Yoga Apparel Brand
Red Bull Marketing
Samsung Product Launch
Heavenly Ski Resort

We will create a collection of compelling and unique still photos to support your marketing and branding campaign. Our photographs will increase engagement by creating strong emotional connections with your target audience across all media platforms.

this is what
we specialize in.

commercial photography

Powerful PHOTOGRAPHS
to elevate your brand.

professional experience
Smiling woman standing in front of a wood-paneled wall. Headshot by San Francisco based photographer Drew Bird.

We are a collective of visual storytellers led by Drew Bird. Our creative team of professional photographers have more than ten years experience creating unique and captivating images for brands, corporations, marketing agencies, organizations, movie set productions, universities, and businesses in search of professional and powerful imagery. Passionate and captivating photography is a vital element for any modern advertising or brand strategy. The images we create together will become visual assets that help you to communicate the story of your brand, products, and services to the world.

our clients
Apple logo
Aflac logo
Golden State Warriors logo from photo essay about the 2017 Championship Parade in San Francisco.
Lufthansa logo
Turner Duckworth logo
Salesforce logo
Redbreast Irish Whiskey logo
Adobe logo
Ridge Marino logo
Left Coast Power Yoga logo
IBM logo
Capitol One logo
Bulleit Bourbon logo
Smithsonian logo
Uber logo

getting started
with us is simple

We want to understand everything about your brand, company, and photo project needs. To do this we have a straightforward process for connecting, creating proposals, pre-production planning, creation, and for image delivery. Our attention to detail, expertise, and customer service help to ensure the most compelling commercial photography for your brand and a stress-free experience from start to finish.

Professional lifestyle photo by Drew Bird Photo based in San Francisco.

1. Get in touch

Inquire with us with a description of your project and potential dates. We’ll set up a complimentary consultation. Every project is unique. We will build you a custom proposal to meet your needs.

2. Discovery

Included with every project are multiple pre-planning meetings. We will work with your marketing and branding team to identify your photo needs and aesthetic. We will use this information to develop a photography strategy and plan to transform your ideas into powerful photos. In addition, we will co-create a production schedule for each day of photography. Site visits and location scouting are also available.

Woman with back turned to the camera singing to an audience seated at tables. Part of a corporate photography event, photographed by Drew Bird in San Francisco.
Photo of a person bouldering in the desert with blue sky behind them. Photo by San Francisco based commercial photographer Drew Bird.

3. Creation and Post-Production

After image creation is complete, our creative team will edit and curate your photo story. You’ll be able to select the best images from a secure online proof gallery. Final edited and touched up images are delivered via digital download link. If you need your photos in a hurry, we’ve got you covered. Inquire about our options for next-day and same-day rush delivery.*

*An on-site digital editor is required for same-day digital image delivery.

Let’s Create
a Story together

The Drew Bird Photography creative team of commercial photographers has more than ten years experience photographing for major brands and companies all over the world. Our clientele include major tech companies, yoga brands, motion picture studios, outdoor adventure clothing brands, boutique coffee companies, universities, NBA franchises, advertising agencies, government organizations, and businesses in search of powerful and unique photography.

Our creative team has a wealth of experience creating outstanding commercial photography across a wide spectrum of genres and settings. (Check out our corporate photography and professional headshots and portraits pages) We’ll work with you to determine the best plan and approach to creating captivating images that will propel your brand and enhance engagement with your target audience.

The size of our photography and creative team can be scaled to match the size of any project. Whether we need to go small with a single photographer for a simple photo shoot or if your project requires multiple photographers, digital editors, a production manager, stylists, and photography assistants, we can custom tailor our team to meet your needs.

We are based in Oakland and the San Francisco Bay Area and regularly photograph projects for clients in Mountain View, San Jose, Palo Alto, San Mateo, Marin, Sonoma, and Napa. Our team of commercial photographers travel throughout California, all over the USA and the world for client projects. Our passports are current and ready to go. Have Cameras. Will Travel.