Cecile Pollet

What Cecile Pollet does

Cécile Pollet is a sole-proprietor professional photography studio (Siret 799 590 153 00018, Code APE 7420Z) based at 19 rue de l'Abbé Doudermy in Armentières, Nord, France, near Lille and the Belgian border. Founded in 2014 after Cécile Pollet's eight-year career as an industry buyer, the studio offers portrait, family, couple, maternity, newborn, child ("Smash the Cake"), boudoir, wedding, corporate/professional, pet, bachelorette (EVJF), and identity-photography sessions, plus physical products such as aluminum/plexiglas prints, professional photo books, and customizable thank-you cards. Sessions are priced on a tiered one-time basis — for example portraits from €135 to €235 and weddings from €400 to €2,150 — with a 30% booking deposit and the balance due on session day.

The underlying technology is conventional: professional camera equipment, natural and studio lighting, individual retouching, and a Wix-hosted website with fotostudio.io integrated for online reservations and gift certificates. Distribution is direct-to-consumer, with discovery driven by local SEO ("photographe Lille/Armentières/Nord"), active Facebook and Instagram accounts including two specialized sub-brand channels (@declic_de_soi for boudoir, @pattes_parazzi for pets), and listings on French wedding directories (Zankyou, mariages.net, Photopresta). The business has earned regional press features in Voix du Nord (2013, 2020) and multiple 2020 photography-magazine features, with a ProntoPro service-provider partnership announced in December 2019. Customer segments span families with children, expecting and new parents, engaged couples, individuals seeking boudoir/self-confidence sessions, and local SMEs needing corporate imagery.

Name

Cecile Pollet

Legal name

Cécile Pollet

Website

https://cecilepollet.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Armentières

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Photography Sessions: Core revenue from photo sessions including portraits, families, couples, pregnancy, newborn, children, pets, weddings, boudoir, corporate, and identity photos. Session durations range from 30 minutes to full-day wedding coverage with varying photo deliverables.
2. Prints and Albums: Sale of photo prints on various supports (aluminum, plexiglas, rigid prints), professional-quality photo books, and canvas prints. Digital file supplements also available for purchase.
3. Gift Certificates: Gift cards (bons cadeaux) for photo sessions, offered as presents for special occasions like births, pregnancies, or celebrations.
4. Photo Booth and Add-ons: Wedding photo booth rental with accessories and lighting, additional engagement or couple sessions, and 'Trash the dress' sessions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Cécile Pollet is a sole-practitioner portrait and lifestyle photography studio that sells tiered session-based photography services (portrait, family, pregnancy, newborn, child, wedding, boudoir, corporate, pet, and identity photos) produced in a dedicated studio in Armentières or on location, with individual image retouching and optional prints, albums, and gift certificates. Customers book sessions directly with the photographer via a Wix website and the fotostudio.io online reservation system.

Product overview

Cecile Pollet operates as a portrait and lifestyle photography studio offering a comprehensive range of photography services. The core offering consists of session-based photography across multiple categories: Portrait (Solo/Family/Couple/Child/Animals), Pregnancy, Newborn, Boudoir, Wedding, Corporate/Professional, ID Photos, Pet Photography, and Bachelorette (EVJF) sessions. Sessions are tiered by duration and deliverables (photos provided), with mini, classique, and maxi options. Print products (frames, photo books, cards) and gift vouchers are offered as add-ons. The studio is based in Armentières, France, and serves the Lille metropolitan area and Belgian border region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• @Déclic_de_soi: Specialized Instagram account for boudoir photography sessions
• @Pattes_parazzi

Products and services

• Séance Portrait (Portrait Photography Session) Tiered portrait photography sessions for individuals, couples, families, children, and pets, delivered in-studio (with backgrounds and accessories) or outdoors within 10 km of Armentières, with per-km surcharge beyond that.
• Séance Anniversaire / Smash the Cake Birthday photography session for young children featuring cake smashing and festive decorations, typically for one-year-olds.
• Séance Grossesse (Pregnancy Photography) Pregnancy photography sessions for expecting mothers, with multiple outfit changes and accessory support, delivered in studio or on location.
• Séance Nouveau Né (Newborn Photography) Newborn baby photography sessions in studio with props, baskets, blankets, bonnets, and ribbons, with optional home visit within 10 km.
• Pack Grossesse / Naissance (Pregnancy + Newborn Pack) Bundled package combining a 1h30 pregnancy session (30 photos) with a 2h newborn session (30 photos) at a combined price of €575.
• Séance Boudoir Intimate and sensual photography sessions for individuals or couples aimed at self-confidence, body positivity, and personal transformation.
• Photos Professionnelles / Corporate Corporate photography services for companies, artisans, independents, and freelancers, including portraits, product photography, event coverage, and business reports.
• Photos d'Identité (Identity Photos) Compliant French identity photos for passports, driver's licenses, and residency permits, including standard 8-photo sheets, ANTS QR-coded e-photos, and home/EHPAD visits.
• Formules Mariage (Wedding Photography Packages) Tiered wedding photography packages covering pre-wedding meetings, ceremony, couple portraits, cocktail hour, and evening reception, with private web gallery and USB key delivery.
• Options Mariage (Wedding Add-ons) Add-on services for weddings including couple/engagement/trash-the-dress sessions, photo booth rental with accessories and lighting, and professional photo books.
• Supports Photos (Print Products) Photographic print products including aluminum and plexiglas frames, thick photo prints, and professional-quality photo books.
• Livres Photos (Photo Books) Professional photo books in multiple formats (Velours, Coton, Satin) with 32 pages standard and paper options including Fuji DPII and HD silver halide.
• Cartes de Remerciement (Thank-You Cards) Customizable thank-you cards available in 10x21cm, 10x15cm, or 14x14cm formats with various envelope colors, adaptable for invitations and announcements.
• Bons Cadeaux (Gift Certificates) Gift vouchers for any photography session, valid for 3 months from purchase and requiring photographer approval before redemption.
• EVJF (Bachelorette Party Photography) Outdoor bachelorette party photography sessions with unlimited photos, minimum 1 hour duration, within 20 km of Armentières.
• Séance Animaux (Pet Photography) Pet photography sessions for dogs, cats, rabbits, ferrets, and other companion animals, available in studio, outdoors, or at-home, with three tiered options.

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ProntoProminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 December 2019Interview featured on ProntoPro's service provider blog in December 2019. ProntoPro is an online platform connecting service providers with potential clients.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• SmugMug: Photo hosting, portfolio, and sales platform serving professional photographers. Comparable as an enabling technology that professional photographers like Cecile Pollet could leverage for client galleries and print sales, representing an adjacent ecosystem player in the photography business stack.
• Pixieset: All-in-one photography business platform for client galleries, websites, booking, and sales. Comparable as an enabling platform targeting the same independent photographer segment, with an overlapping feature set to Cecile Pollet's current Wix website plus Fotostudio.io stack and a similar price point for solo practitioners.
• Shutterfly: Leading online photo printing, personalization, and gifting platform. Comparable as a downstream provider for the print products (albums, frames, photo books, thank-you cards) that Cecile Pollet offers as add-ons, representing an alternative self-service channel for the same photo product outputs.
• The Knot Worldwide: Global wedding marketplace and planning platform connecting couples with vendors including wedding photographers. Comparable as a customer acquisition channel operating in the same wedding services ecosystem as Zankyou and mariages.net where Cecile Pollet is listed, shaping how couples discover photography vendors.
• ShootProof: Photography business management platform offering client galleries, contracts, invoicing, and print sales for professional photographers. Comparable as a direct alternative to Cecile Pollet's current Fotostudio.io booking system, targeting the same solo and small-studio photographer segment with overlapping features.
• Photobox: European online photo printing and personalized products platform serving France, UK, Germany, and other European markets. Comparable as a downstream competitor for Cecile Pollet's print, photo book, and gift product offerings across the same French consumer base.

Direct peers

• Studio Harcourt: Iconic French portrait photography studio founded in 1934, renowned for black-and-white celebrity-style portraits. Directly comparable as a French portrait photography brand with strong reputation, premium positioning, and similar portrait and corporate headshot offerings, though at a much larger and more prestigious scale than Cecile Pollet's Armentières studio.

Broad incumbents

• Lifetouch: Major US-based national photography chain specializing in school portraits, family photography, and event coverage. Comparable as a large incumbent offering portrait, family, and event photography at scale, though operating primarily in the North American school-driven segment rather than the French wedding and lifestyle niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/cecilepollet.photographe
• Instagraminstagram.com/cecilepolletphotographe
• Pinterestpinterest.com/cecilepollet

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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