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Notes from the studio.

What we have learned shooting, designing and shipping work for brands in the UAE — written by the people who did it.

Content Production6 min
Advertising rules for brands and creators in the UAE
Since February 2026 advertising content published online from inside the UAE needs a permit from the UAE Media Council. What that means for a brand, for the creators it hires, and for the content itself.
Abdolghader Ebrahimi
24 September 2026
Content Production7 min
Planning a year of content around the UAE calendar
Ramadan moves, summer closes the outdoors for three months, and everything commercial lands in the fourth quarter. What a year of shooting in the Emirates looks like when it is planned around that.
Mohammad Amin Ebrahimi
19 September 2026
Web8 min
Privacy policy, cookies and analytics for a UAE website
The UAE has had a federal data protection law since 2022, and most business websites here still run a privacy policy copied from a template. What the law actually asks of a website, and what to change.
Abdolghader Ebrahimi
15 September 2026
Videography6 min
Corporate event photography and videography in Dubai: how to brief it and what you get back
Conferences, launches and awards nights happen once. How an event shoot in Dubai is planned, what the venue and the law require, the crew an event actually needs, and the deliverables worth paying for.
Mohammad Amin Ebrahimi
13 September 2026
Web8 min
Google Business Profile for Dubai businesses: the details and photos that decide the map result
For a clinic, a restaurant or a showroom in Dubai, the map result is the search result that matters. How the profile is set up correctly, what Google's photo rules are, and what actually moves the ranking.
Abdolghader Ebrahimi
11 September 2026
Photography8 min
Product photography for Amazon.ae and noon: the image rules that get listings rejected
Marketplace listings in the UAE are rejected for image reasons more than any other. The rules Amazon.ae and noon publish, with sources, and how a shoot is planned so every file passes first time.
Mohammad Amin Ebrahimi
9 September 2026
Web8 min
How much does a website cost in Dubai? An honest guide for 2026
Quotes for the same website in Dubai run from a few thousand dirhams to well over a hundred thousand. What the money buys at each level, and the questions that place you in the right band.
Abdolghader Ebrahimi
6 September 2026
Content Production7 min
Photography and filming permits in Dubai: when you need one, what it costs and who applies
Which shoots in Dubai need a permit from the Dubai Film and TV Commission, which do not, what the fees and fines are, and why drones and photographing people are separate questions.
Mohammad Amin Ebrahimi
4 September 2026
Photography2 min
Photographing food and drink for menus and delivery apps
A dish on a delivery app is judged as a thumbnail, at arm's length, next to thirty competitors. What that does to the lighting, the angle, the styling and the shot list.
Mohammad Amin Ebrahimi
2 September 2026