This is for the ones who believe in doing things right rather than fast, who know that beauty isn’t just in the polished end product—it’s in the process, the effort, and the dirt under your nails.
Handmade Custom Flags • Product Photography • Creative Direction
Makers Workshop is a creative studio specializing in story-driven brand photography, bespoke custom flags, and creative direction for makers, small businesses, and lifestyle brands
Working from a home-based studio in the foothills of Virginia, we craft story-driven visuals and handcrafted pieces that highlight authenticity, texture, and timeless design. From artisanal product photography and lifestyle shoots to one-of-a-kind custom flags, every project is thoughtfully made-to-order. Makers Workshop partners with heritage and premium brands — including menswear, workwear, and lifestyle labels — that value craftsmanship, quality materials, and enduring design. Our work captures the character of your products and your brand, creating imagery and objects built to last, for use in campaigns, retail environments, social media, and editorial content.
est. 2012
We're building a community of side hustlers and full-timers. We exist to facilitate connections and share your stories. Our content is a positive approach to sharing quality work and building support within the maker community. We're opening the discussion for the real stuff because there's someone else out there with a hand up saying, "hey, me too." We're a platform for transparency, engaging conversations about process, tools of the trade, and the importance of a work/life balance - leaving picture perfect narratives behind in favor of truth. We're a group of beginners and been-around-the-block-a-few-timers working symbiotically to cause a ruckus, preserve craft, and leave it all better than it was before.
xx - Lindsey Shiflett Smith
If that sounds like you, welcome to Makers Workshop.
Join us. Follow the work. Be part of the story.