Photographer's proofs
A photographer's 'contact sheet' of the brand's own photos — three film strips with sprocket holes, one frame circled in grease pencil and marked the one, a loupe over it — and the headline under the sheet: a shoot, a portfolio or a behind-the-scenes pick.
When the AI picks it
MarketiQ’s Creative Director favours the Photographer's proofs for posts that start a conversation, prove a point or announce news, when the message is real projects or past work or a story. It is built first to start a conversation.
It reads each post’s goal and shape first, then its own words, the platform and the facts you have, and offers this template only where it fits.
Who it’s for
Any business. Nothing in it assumes what you sell, so the Director can offer it to a software company, a café or a coaching centre alike — whenever the post fits.
Platforms and sizes
| Size | Where |
|---|---|
| 4:51080 × 1350 px | Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads, Pinterest, Reddit |
| 1:11080 × 1080 px | X, Ads |
| 9:161080 × 1920 px | TikTok |
Single image. Each size is laid out for its canvas, not cropped; the sample above is the 4:5 version.
What it needs
The Director offers it only when these exist. Without them it simply picks another template.
- 3 of your own photos
The sample shows the template’s own stand-in where the picture goes.
Rules the AI follows
Word for word from the template library. The Director follows the copy rules when it writes into the template, and the visual review checks every creative against the visual rules.
Copy rules
- Only the brand's own photographs from a real shoot — the headline says what they show.
- The pick note is two or three handwritten words; the caption gives only real places and dates.
Visual rules
- A white contact sheet with three black film strips, sprocket holes along both edges, the brand name printed faintly along the film edge and three crops of each photograph per strip.
- One frame circled in brand-colour grease pencil with a handwritten pick note above it and a dark-rimmed loupe magnifying it (on portrait canvases).
- The headline and caption under the sheet, logo and website at the foot.
More Editorial & print templates
Research abstract
The first page of a research paper: a running head, a centred serif title, the brand as the author, an ABSTRACT with the key finding in bold brand colour and keywords
Open-letter ad
A full-page open-letter advertisement: AN OPEN LETTER over a huge serif salutation (to every parent in the neighbourhood), a drop-capped letter and a handwritten…
Praise blurbs
The back cover of a book: 'PRAISE FOR' the offering in spaced caps, two or three real reviews as italic blurbs with their sources, a short synopsis, the brand as the…
Correction box
A newspaper correction box ringed in the brand's marker: it has been widely said that … in fact, … and we regret the error
Tabloid splash
A tabloid front page: the brand as a bold red-top style masthead, teaser puffs, an EXCLUSIVE flash and a screaming splash headline in stacked condensed caps over a black…
Museum wall label
A framed piece on a gallery wall with its museum label beside it
Telegram
An old-fashioned telegram form on a desk: the brand's header band, TO and FROM fields, and the message on pasted strips of ticker tape
Typewritten memo
A typed office memorandum clipped to the top of the pile: TO, FROM (with handwritten initials), RE and a few typewriter paragraphs, stamped PLEASE CIRCULATE
Make a Photographer's proofs with your brand.
MarketiQ writes the post, picks the template that carries it best — this one, when it fits — and fills it with your logo, colours, facts and copy.