Kevin A Photography

What Kevin A Photography does

Kevin Scott Photography (DBA Kevin A Photography) is a boutique commercial photography studio founded in 2016 by Kevin Ramos and headquartered at 163 E. Chicago St. in downtown Elgin, Illinois. The firm provides advertising, editorial, product, and workplace lifestyle photography services to B2B clients, advertising agencies, magazines, and book publishers in the greater Chicago metropolitan area, including Elgin, Rockford, and surrounding states. A core strategic relationship is with Guinness World Records, for which the studio has served as official photographer for featured record holders in the Central and Eastern U.S. since 2011, with images published annually in the GWR book.\n\nThe studio operates with a three-person team comprising founder/lead photographer Kevin Ramos (also referred to as Kevin Scott), studio manager/retoucher Kim McElheny, and digital tech/first assistant Doug Dienelt. The underlying technology stack centers on professional-grade camera systems and Adobe Photoshop, with the lead photographer claiming more than 20 years of experience in each. The firm has no patents, no proprietary software, no AI/ML capabilities, and no app products; differentiation rests on craft, portfolio breadth, and long-tenured client relationships rather than technology IP.\n\nThe business model is project-based and one-time in nature, with no recurring subscription or licensing revenue disclosed. Pricing is quote-based with no public rate card. The go-to-market motion is sales-led and direct, relying on a Squarespace-hosted website (kscottphoto.com), a blog (Untethered), social channels (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest), and earned media such as a 2017 Daily Herald feature to drive inbound inquiries from agencies and businesses. The firm is structured as a sole proprietorship with no outside investors, parent company, or subsidiaries.

Name

Kevin A Photography

Legal name

Kevin Ramos, Kevin Scott Photography

Website

https://kscottphoto.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kevin Scott Photography is a boutique three-person commercial photography studio in Elgin, Illinois, providing advertising, editorial, product, and workplace lifestyle imagery to B2B clients, advertising agencies, and publications across the greater Chicago area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Photography Services

NAICS

Commercial Photography (541922), Photography Studios, Portrait (541921)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Photography & Still Production (Stills, Product, Lifestyle) (MPAAAMAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Photography & Photo Production (BPAFAIAF)

Keywords

• Commercial photography
• Advertising photography
• Editorial photography
• Corporate portrait photography
• Product photography

Headquarters

HQ city

Elgin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Commercial Photography Services: Project-based professional photography services including advertising images, editorial portraits, and product photography for B2B clients, agencies, and businesses. Revenue generated through one-time project fees rather than recurring contracts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kevin Scott Photography is a small boutique commercial photography studio operating in the greater Chicago area. The studio provides professional advertising and editorial photography services including corporate CEO portraits, product photography, workplace/lifestyle imagery, and editorial portraits for advertising agencies, magazines, books, and direct business clients. The lead photographer also serves as the official photographer for Guinness World Records across the Central and Eastern United States.

Product overview

Kevin Scott Photography is a boutique commercial photography studio serving B2B clients and advertising agencies in the Chicago, Elgin, and Rockford areas. The studio provides a unified photography service offering centered around its core advertising and editorial photography practice. The portfolio spans multiple specialized service lines including workplace/lifestyle photography, Guinness World Records photography, editorial portrait photography, and product photography. The studio operates as a small, client-focused operation with a team of three including the lead photographer/CEO, a digital tech/assistant, and a studio manager/retoucher.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kevin Scott Photography - Commercial Photography Services Professional advertising and editorial photography services for agencies, magazines, books, and business clients in the greater Chicago area, including corporate portraits, product photography, and lifestyle imaging.
• Guinness World Records Photography Specialized photography coverage for Guinness World Records featuring record holders across the Central and Eastern United States, capturing unique achievements and extraordinary feats for annual publication.
• Workplace Lifestyle Photography

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Guinness World RecordscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Official photographer for new featured record holders in the Central U.S. since 2011. Started with coverage of central U.S., promoted to cover both Eastern and Central parts of the U.S. Has toured many states and continues annual assignments for the record book.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Getty Images: Global incumbent in commercial and editorial imagery, offering assignment photography, stock licensing, and editorial coverage. Competes for the same advertising and editorial photography budgets that Kevin Scott's B2B and agency clients allocate, though at a vastly larger scale and with broader product offerings.
• Adobe Stock: Stock photography service embedded within Adobe's creative ecosystem, supplying licensed imagery to the same marketing teams and agencies that hire boutique commercial photographers. Operates as a broad incumbent alternative to commissioned shoots.
• Alamy: Global stock photography agency distributing commercial and editorial imagery through licensing to brands, agencies, and publishers. Another broad incumbent substitute for the commissioned commercial photography Kevin Scott provides.
• Shutterstock: Large-scale stock and commercial photography platform with a contributor network supplying advertising-grade imagery. Represents the incumbent substitute for commissioned commercial photography that boutique studios like Kevin Scott compete against.
• Cavan Images: Premium commercial and lifestyle stock photography brand focused on advertising-grade imagery. Competes for a share of agency and brand creative budgets that would otherwise flow to commissioned boutique photographers.

Others

• Pic-Time: Photography business platform providing client galleries, sales, and workflow tools to professional photographers. Adjacent ecosystem player that supports rather than competes with studios like Kevin Scott Photography, enabling their client delivery and marketing.

Direct peers

• Sabor Studio: Chicago-area commercial photography studio specializing in food photography, explicitly cross-linked from Kevin Scott Photography's website. Operates in the same regional Chicago market and serves overlapping B2B and agency clients with project-based commercial work.
• Wonderful Machine: Photography agency and talent platform that represents commercial and editorial photographers for assignments with agencies, brands, and editorial clients. Directly comparable as it operates in the same advertising/commercial photography services market Kevin Scott targets, with a similar boutique, assignment-driven model.
• Kevin Scott Photo Group: Chicago commercial photography entity cross-linked from Kevin Scott Photography's website. A direct regional peer operating in the same Chicago commercial/advertising photography market with similar B2B and agency clientele.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/kscottphoto
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kevin-scott-photography

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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