D3D Photography and Videography

What D3D Photography and Videography does

D3D Photography and Videography is a privately held, founder-operated photo and video production studio based in Centreville, Virginia, serving the Washington DC metropolitan area (DC, Maryland, and Virginia). Founded around 2010 by owner and lead photographer Damon Decker, the business delivers a hybrid photo-video service for corporate events (conferences, networking events, galas, product launches, award ceremonies, retreats), professional headshots for executives, and consumer-facing sessions for families, high school seniors, engaged couples, and weddings. Drew, Damon's wife and operator of Maddox Made Film, serves as the in-house main videographer and second shooter, enabling a single-vendor photo-plus-video model.

The core operating technology is conventional professional photo and video equipment with backup cameras, lenses, and lighting brought to every event, supported by full insurance coverage. Booking and client management run on the HoneyBook SaaS platform; payments are accepted via Venmo, credit card, and Zelle. The company's main proprietary service construct is a same-day content delivery promise — 10+ social-ready photos delivered within hours of an event, with a complete edited gallery within one week — packaged with commercial usage rights so that a single event produces months of marketing content for the client.

D3D's revenue model is project-based and entirely one-time: corporate event packages priced $750 to $2,500+ with additional hours at $200; family sessions at $340–$490 plus a la carte products (metal prints, standouts, albums); weddings and senior sessions at custom pricing. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer plus direct sales to corporate event planners, with self-serve booking on the website, an Instagram portfolio (@d3dphoto), and an SEO/content-marketing engine (blog, location pages, email newsletter). The business is concentrated in the DMV with seasonal peaks in September–November and March–May, and offers a complimentary one-hour Test Drive Program for new corporate clients.

Name

D3D Photography and Videography

Legal name

D3D Photography and Videography

Website

https://d3dphotoandvideo.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Short description

D3D Photography and Videography is a Centreville, Virginia-based boutique studio offering hybrid photo-video coverage for corporate events, headshots, family and senior portraits, engagements, and weddings across the Washington DC metro area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Photography and Videography Services

NAICS

Commercial Photography (541922), Photographic Services (54192), Photography Studios, Portrait (541921)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Photography & Photo Production (BPAFAIAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Party Photography & Videography Services (HSACACAH), Photography & Still Production (Stills, Product, Lifestyle) (MPAAAMAI)

Keywords

• Corporate event photography
• Event videography
• Professional headshots
• Family portrait photography
• Wedding photography

Headquarters

HQ city

Centreville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Corporate Event Photography & Videography: Project-based pricing for corporate events including conferences, networking events, galas, team-building activities, award ceremonies. Packages include professional photography, videography, same-day delivery, complete gallery, highlight reels, social media clips, testimonial videos, professional headshots, and commercial usage rights.
2. Family & Portrait Photography: Session fees plus a la carte product sales (wall art, albums, metal prints, keepsakes). Non-refundable session fee with separate purchase options for printed products.
3. Senior Photography: Senior photo sessions for high school students including birthday sessions and graduation photography. Geographic focus on Northern Virginia and DMV area.
4. Executive Headshots (Power Hour): Power Hour sessions for professional headshots targeting executives, entrepreneurs, and business professionals needing LinkedIn profiles and social media content.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

D3D Photography and Videography is a mobile, hybrid photo-video studio providing professional photography and videography coverage for corporate events, business headshots, family portraits, high school senior sessions, engagement, and wedding shoots across the Washington DC metropolitan area. The firm differentiates by delivering 10+ same-day social-ready photos within hours of an event and a fully edited gallery within one week, packaged with commercial usage rights that allow clients to extend a single event into months of marketing content.

Product overview

D3D Photography and Videography is a single-service photography business offering professional photography and videography across the DMV area (Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia). The core offering consists of corporate event photography and videography (the primary business focus), supplemented by headshot photography, family and senior portraits, and wedding/engagement photography. The company differentiates through same-day photo delivery and social-ready content. Service packages range from $750 to $2,500+ for corporate events, with headshots, family sessions, and weddings offered as additional service lines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate Event Photography & Videography Hybrid photo and video coverage for corporate events including conferences, seminars, networking mixers, galas, team-building activities, product launches, trade shows, award ceremonies, and company retreats. Packages deliver same-day social-ready photos, complete edited galleries within one week, highlight reels, social media clips, testimonial videos, professional headshots, and commercial usage rights.
• Business Headshots (Power Hour Sessions) Professional headshot photography for executives, entrepreneurs, and business professionals needing LinkedIn profile images, website portraits, and brand photography. Includes "The Evergreen Collection" of timeless headshots and condensed Power Hour session format for time-constrained professionals.
• Family Photography Family portrait sessions with a non-refundable session fee ($340-$490) plus a la carte purchase options for wall art, albums, metal prints, and keepsakes. Designed for families seeking heirloom-quality printed products and milestone documentation.
• Senior Photography Senior portrait sessions for high school students, including birthday sessions as preparation for senior year and graduation photography. Creatively styled sessions using architectural and location settings across the DMV area.
• Engagement Photography Engagement and couple's photography sessions capturing authentic moments and romantic storytelling in various indoor and outdoor locations across the DMV area, often serving as a precursor to wedding-day coverage.
• Wedding Photography Full wedding day photography coverage, coordinated with couples to capture key moments and personal details throughout the ceremony and reception.

Quantifiable outcome

• One event generates 3 months of marketing content
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Drew (Maddox Made Film)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWife and primary videographer for D3D Photography and Videography. Serves as main videographer and trusted second shooter for corporate events and family sessions. Partnership in everything: life, love, and the photography business. Together form an unstoppable creative force with complementary photo and video skills.

Scale indicators3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bella Pictures: Established event and corporate photography brand with national reach and a studio model. Comparable to D3D in serving corporate and social-event clients but operates at significantly greater scale and geography.
• Thumbtack: Local services marketplace where SMBs and consumers source event photographers. Competes for the same end-customer lead flow as D3D's SEO/Instagram funnel, particularly for family, senior, and small corporate event work in the DMV.
• Getty Images: Global commercial and editorial photography platform with a large contributor and assignment photographer network. Overlaps with D3D's commercial/corporate photography offering in serving brand and event marketing needs, though at vastly larger scale.
• Shutterfly: Large consumer and commercial photography platform offering prints, photo books, and on-demand photography services. Adjacent competitor in the personal/family/portrait segment and potential acquirer of verticalized event-photography brands.
• The Knot Worldwide: Wedding marketplace with a large vendor directory for engagement, wedding, and portrait photographers. Overlaps with D3D's wedding, engagement, and senior photography service lines and competes for the same inbound search demand.

Emerging players

• Snappr: On-demand photography marketplace that books vetted photographers for corporate, marketing, and event shoots with standardized pricing and fast turnaround. Direct competitive threat to D3D's corporate segment as it scales same-day delivery in major US metros.

Others

• ShootProof: Photography business management platform used by professional photographers for galleries, contracts, and delivery. Enabling technology for studios like D3D; not a competitor but a comparable category vendor that shapes the operating economics of boutique photography studios.
• PicTime: Gallery, print-store, and delivery platform for professional photographers. Comparable ecosystem vendor that monetizes the same portrait/family photography workflow that D3D uses session fees plus a la carte product sales to monetize.
• HoneyBook: Booking, contract, and payment platform currently used by D3D for self-serve client management. Enabling technology rather than a competitor, but a relevant comparable for the SMB creative-services workflow category D3D operates in.

Direct peers

• Maddox Made Film: Videography firm of Drew Decker (Damon's wife and D3D's main videographer). Closely intertwined partner that operates a video-only offering overlapping with D3D's hybrid photo-video packages; functions as both partner and potential substitute for D3D's videography line.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/maplephotoco
• Facebookfacebook.com/D3DWeddings

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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