TEXTILE PHOTOGRAPHY BRIEF
Planning template - replace every bracketed field and mark open decisions.

1. PROJECT AND CONTACT
Brand / business: [name]
Project reference and version date: [reference / date]
Main contact: [name / email or WhatsApp]
Brief owner: [name]
Current brief version: [version / issue date]
Current status: [draft / issued for quotation / agreed scope / superseded]
Product-information approver: [name]
Customer-facing image release owner: [name]
Final image approver: [name]
Approver's time zone and review availability: [details]
Purpose: [launch / collection update / catalog / other]
Target image-use date: [date / flexible or fixed]

2. PRODUCTS AND SAMPLES
Sample location: [supplier / city / country]
Supplier dispatch contact: [name / contact]
Expected sample-ready date: [date / to confirm]
Product list - repeat for every SKU or attach the sample inventory:
SKU | Supplier reference | Product | Color / pattern | Size | Included pieces | Sample quantity
[ ] | [ ] | [ ] | [ ] | [ ] | [ ] | [ ]
Approved specification document: [file / version / owner]
Differences between samples and planned sale products: [details / none known]
Known condition issues or handling instructions: [details / to confirm]

3. IMAGE AND VIDEO TASKS
Channels / marketplaces / countries: [details]
Existing listing or layout references: [links / files]
Shot list - repeat for every distinct image task:
SKU(s) | Required view | Buyer question answered | Placement | Crop / text space | Priority
[ ] | [ ] | [ ] | [ ] | [ ] | [essential / optional]
Video actions, orientation and intended use: [details / not requested]
Views that may share one capture: [details / discuss with studio]
Views requiring separate samples or capture: [details / discuss with studio]

4. VISUAL DIRECTION
Reference links or files: [references you may share]
What to follow: [lighting / background / framing / styling]
What to avoid: [specific examples]
Props, sets or people requested: [details / none / to discuss]
Who supplies requested resources: [agreed responsibility / open]
Product features that must stay visible and unchanged: [details]

5. DELIVERY AND REVIEW
Retouched image tasks / quantities: [agreed list / to confirm]
Required aspect ratios and export formats: [details]
Clean images / text versions / language versions: [details]
Retouching requests and limits: [details / to discuss]
Source or editable files requested: [details / not requested]
Intended usage and any permission questions: [details]
Test-shot review point: [representative product / setup / to agree]
Feedback contact and format: [details]
Proof status terms: [identity check / direction review / revision requested / approved / held]
Revision scope: [to agree in quotation]
Priority delivery and final delivery dates: [requested dates / to agree]

6. SAMPLE HANDOVER
Receiving address, recipient and receiving window: [confirm with studio before dispatch]
Carton count and inventory version: [details]
Supplier dispatch inventory version and carton references: [details]
Dispatch date and tracking reference: [details / not dispatched]
Sample holding, return / collection and freight responsibility: [agreed plan / open]

7. OPEN QUESTIONS FOR THE QUOTATION
[List undecided items and any alternatives you want priced separately.]

This brief describes requested work. Confirm scope, resources, dates, usage,
revisions and sample arrangements in the project quotation or agreement.