Greetings!

Manic Pixel Studio is a Seattle based professional food, product, and lifestyle photography business that specializes in crafting deliciously dynamic photos for websites, social media, and print advertising. Years ago, while toiling away in the production studio of an e-commerce company, devoted work wives Frances Sato and Lauren Shelzam, decided to take their combined 20+ years of commercial photography knowledge and apply it towards something more personal and creatively satisfying. In other words, calling the shots and "Livin' the Dream!"

What We Do

We realize, in a highly competitive medium saturated with so many options, it can be tricky to distinguish your voice and messaging while consistently remaining top of mind. We exist to remove this obstacle for you. We bring your creative vision to life by offering an array of scalable end-to-end production services. Our services include creative lifestyle, editorial, and product focused photography, pre-production planning and workflow management, post-production editing and image prep.

Why Us?

As small business owners ourselves, we know that every dollar our clients choose to invest in our professional abilities is a leap of faith and not to be taken lightly. That’s why we are 100% committed to delivering high-quality, professional images while maximizing the value of each photoshoot wherever and whenever we can. We also love working with locally owned businesses to cultivate mutually rewarding relationships based on collaboration, communication, and transparency.

We are proud to have created images for awesome local clients including Metropolitan Market, Bartell Drugs, Propet USA, and more.

Lauren Zamora Shelzam/Co-Founder, PhotographerIn her spare time Lauren likes to shoot film, tend to an extensive collection of houseplants, and explore new restaurants around Seattle with her husband.
Frances Sato/Co-Founder, Creative ProducerWhen not spending time obsessing over the planning of a successful photoshoot, Fran enjoys relaxing at home, hanging out with her husband and their “too smart for his own good” German shepherd, Herschel. (Hu…

Lauren Zamora Shelzam/Co-Founder, Photographer

In her spare time Lauren likes to shoot film, tend to an extensive collection of houseplants, and explore new restaurants around Seattle with her husband.

Frances Sato/Co-Founder, Creative Producer

When not spending time obsessing over the planning of a successful photoshoot, Fran enjoys relaxing at home, hanging out with her husband and their “too smart for his own good” German shepherd, Herschel. (Husband and dog are listed in no particular order.)