Upgrade your sunglasses line to luxury.
Editorial product photography for the independent maker building toward Garrett Leight, Akila, Krewe, Jacques Marie Mage. Mirror lens, gradient tint, beach lifestyle, on-face portrait, all anchored to your actual reference.
A sun-lens photograph is a reflection problem.
Sunglasses photography reads on lens treatment. Whether a mirror lens reflects the environment correctly (sky, water, architecture) or floats as a flat colour panel. Whether a gradient tint fades smoothly from frame to centre. Whether a polarised matte reads as polarised or as plastic. Whether the temple-tip and bridge architecture stays correct under the reflection. Sunglasses photographers charge $1,500 to $4,000 per release because lens behaviour is fussy.
Generic AI tools fail this category at first frame. They render mirror lenses as flat foil, gradient tints with banded transitions, polarised lenses without the matte sheen, and frames with proportions that drift from your design. The result reads as a marketplace render, not as the press shot a beauty or fashion publication is used to seeing.
Your actual sunglasses, in the editorial register the lens deserves.
Upload 4 to 6 references covering the frame hero front, three-quarter angle, side profile (temple visible), close on the hinge, and lens at a raking light angle (so the mirror or gradient behaviour reads). The model preserves frame proportions, lens treatment (mirror colour, gradient stop, polarised matte), temple architecture, and any maker engraving.
Brief the rest: surface (sand, raw walnut, polished stone, beach lifestyle context), light (single-source raking for materials, golden-hour outdoor for lifestyle, soft window for face shots), composition. A sun-eyewear drop in an afternoon, from one reference.
Brief, generate, refine.
1. Reference the sunglasses
4 to 6 photos: hero front, three-quarter angle, side profile, hinge close, lens at raking light angle. The model needs to see frame geometry, lens treatment, and hinge architecture.
2. Brief the frame
"Three-quarter angle on raw walnut surface, single-source side light catching the mirror lens with a subtle sky reflection, restrained crop." Or apply a saved Aesthetic, or pick a starting point from the prompts library.
3. Generate & refine
Up to 4K. Iterate until lens reflection, frame proportions, and temple architecture all read correctly. Save the winner. The next colourway reuses the same Aesthetic.
Every frame the release needs.
Mirror & lens reflection
Frame photographed with the lens catching environment reflection: sky for outdoor register, architecture for urban editorial, ocean for beach campaigns. The signature register for a mirror-lens sun line.
Frame architecture macro
Hero three-quarter that flatters the lens curvature, the bridge geometry, the temple taper, the end-pieces. The PDP anchor frame.
On-face portrait
Frame worn at 3/4 against a sun-context surface (beach light, café exterior, urban window). The conversion frame for a sun-eyewear brand.
Sun lifestyle
Glasses styled in beach or outdoor context: on a folded towel beside sunscreen, on a café table with a coffee, hanging from a shirt collar. The frame that drives social engagement.
Indie-maker budgets, campaign-grade output.
For a typical sun release (one silhouette, three lens variants):
| Approach | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Studio shoot with eyewear/fashion photographer + model | 2–3 weeks | $1,500–$4,000 |
| DIY softbox plus your own retouching | A weekend, plus edits | $200 setup, plus your time, plus uneven lens reflection |
| recreateme.ai (Core) | An afternoon | $30 / month, full release |
The point is not cheaper photos. It is that the campaign-grade sun-eyewear standard is no longer gated by a four-figure shoot budget per release.
Full commercial rights, your imagery, your house.
Every frame you generate is yours, for owned channels: site, product pages, paid campaigns, retailer and stockist decks, print, social, lookbooks. No per-image licence, no usage caps, no surprises in the small print.
Nothing of yours is on file unless you choose to share to the public Discover gallery. Posts can be made private or deleted at any time.
The campaign-grade sunglasses imagery your brand deserves.
8 credits to begin, no card required.
From founders building independent sunglasses brands.
How does the AI render mirror lens reflections?
Mirror lens behaviour is the hardest sun-eyewear technical frame. Upload a reference of your sunglasses showing the mirror lens in actual ambient (a phone shot outdoor at midday, so the model sees how the mirror catches sky and surroundings). Brief the ambient (sky reflection for outdoor register, architecture reflection for urban editorial, ocean for beach). The platform composes the mirror with a faint, brand-appropriate reflection rather than a flat foil.
Will gradient tints render with smooth transitions?
Yes. Gradient tints are a craft signal in mid-tier sun eyewear (G-15 green-to-clear gradient, brown-to-amber gradient, blue-to-clear gradient). Upload a reference showing the gradient at scale. The platform preserves the gradient stop position (where the tint transitions from saturated to clear), the colour spectrum across the gradient, and the smoothness of the transition.
Can I shoot polarised matte lenses correctly?
Yes. Polarised matte lenses have a specific visual signature (dark, matte, no environmental reflection, slight sheen at a raking angle). Brief the lens treatment as polarised matte. The platform renders the lens without the bright reflections a regular sun lens would catch, with the slight matte sheen at the correct light angles.
How does on-face sun photography work without booking a model?
On-face is the conversion frame for sun eyewear. Brief the model context (skin tone, age register, hair, gaze direction) and the environment (beach, café exterior, urban window light). The frame stays anchored to your reference; the model's features, pose, and surroundings are composed in the brief. Frame fit (across the bridge, the temple over the ear) stays correct because the model reads geometry from your photos.
Can I render different lens colours from one frame reference?
Yes. A sun-eyewear release typically ships across multiple lens options: classic black, G-15 green, brown, mirror silver, mirror blue, polarised matte. The platform handles lens swaps as a brief modifier: "same frame with mirror blue lens, no other changes." The frame, the hinge, the temple architecture stay identical; only the lens treatment changes.
Will the frame proportions stay correct in beach lifestyle shots?
Yes. Frame proportions are anchored to your reference photos regardless of the lifestyle brief. A wayfarer-shape stays wayfarer; an oversized round stays oversized round; a small cat-eye stays small cat-eye. The lifestyle scene is composed around the frame, not the frame around the lifestyle scene.
Can I keep a consistent visual house across optical and sun lines?
Yes. An eyewear house typically runs optical and sun in one brand register. Save a shared brand Aesthetic across both lines. The optical-frame shoots (see /optical-frame-photography) and the sun shoots both inherit the campaign register. The full catalogue reads as one house.
Can I use the imagery commercially and how is it priced?
Yes. You own every image you generate, with full commercial rights for owned channels: site, product pages, paid campaigns, optical and retail wholesale decks, print, social, lookbooks. Pricing: 8 credits to try free, paid plans from $15/month. Annual billing is 25% off.
Built across the editorial line.
Fine jewelry
Stone fire, prong work, metal reflection, on-hand lifestyle, velvet and silk editorial.
Fragrance
Glass refraction, atmospheric still life, ingredient and note imagery, ritual scenes.
Fashion
On-model editorial, garment drape, fabric macro, lookbook campaign, atelier scenes.
Skincare & apothecary
Texture rendering, ritual flatlays, ingredient close-ups, bathroom-vanity ambient.
Watches
Mechanical detail, lume shots, leather strap macro, wrist scenes, dial light play.
Bags & leather goods
Grain, hardware, atelier scenes, on-body lifestyle, considered hero crops.
Eyewear
Frame architecture, lens reflection, on-face portrait, materials close-up.
Candles & home fragrance
Wick and wax pool, vessel craft, atmospheric still life, lit and unlit states.
Specialty coffee & tea
Brewing ritual, leaf and bean macro, ceremonial scene, café ambient.
Portraits & self
Recreate yourself anywhere. Photoshoot studio, editorial settings, dating-app portraits, on-brand creator content.
Activewear
Movement, fabric tension, on-body lifestyle, studio and outdoor athletic editorial.
Performance apparel
Technical fabric texture, athletic motion, gym and outdoor settings, gear macro.
Drinks & beverages
Bottle and can architecture, pour-and-splash, cocktail ritual, ambient bar and table scenes.
Lighting & decor
Interior atmosphere, fixture detail, object styling, ambient warm-and-cool palettes.
Personal hygiene
Tube and bar packaging, ritual bathroom flatlay, ingredient close-ups, calm clinical aesthetic.
Make-up
Color fidelity swatches, on-face campaign, packaging architecture, palette and tool stills.
Body care
Lotion and balm texture, bathing ritual, on-skin macro, packaging in soft natural light.
Bags
Handle craft, interior detail, on-shoulder lifestyle, leather and canvas texture, hero crops.
Luxury fashion
House-level editorial, atelier craft, runway-grade lighting, hero campaign stills.
Furniture
Material grain, joinery detail, room-scene lifestyle, architectural ambient light.
Home & living
Spatial composition, soft natural light, material warmth, lived-in rooms and considered detail.
Fashion & apparel
On-model editorial, garment drape, fabric texture, lookbook campaign, atelier scenes.
Build the visual house your sunglasses line deserves.
8 credits to begin. Upgrade as the collection grows.