Shot Lists for October

With cool autumn breezes ushering in the season, October is a time when a wide range of shooting opportunities emerge across outdoor activities, culture and leisure, food and beverages, and sports.

For this October’s shooting list, we introduce commercially versatile content centered around autumn lifestyles, K-FOOD and K-BEAUTY, and sports fan culture.

[Pork Dishes to Tempt the Autumn Appetite]

Pork is a familiar and widely consumed part of everyday Korean food culture, making it a highly versatile subject regardless of the season. In autumn, pork can also be naturally connected to various lifestyle scenes such as camping, picnics, and gatherings with family or friends, offering a wide range of content possibilities.

Recommended dishes include samgyeopsal (pork belly), pork neck, grilled pork ribs, spicy stir-fried pork, bossam (boiled pork wraps), suyuk (boiled pork slices), kimchi jjim (braised kimchi with pork), and pork bulgogi.

Rather than photographing only the finished dishes, capture a variety of scenes ranging from the texture of raw pork and the cooking process to the final presentation.

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Shooting Points

• Close-ups of different cuts of pork, such as raw pork belly, pork neck, and pork ribs

• Detailed shots highlighting the marbling and grain of the meat

• Hands preparing and trimming pork on a cutting board

• The moment pork is cooking on a pan or grill

• Close-ups of hands and tongs flipping pork belly

• Korean pork dishes such as spicy stir-fried pork, pork ribs, and kimchi jjim

• Korean table settings featuring lettuce, garlic, ssamjang, and other side ingredients

• Families or friends grilling and enjoying pork together

• People grilling pork at a campsite

Tip

In addition to appetizing shots of finished dishes, capture a variety of images showing the color of raw meat, the texture of fat and lean meat, and the changes before and after cooking.

To maximize versatility for advertising, food packaging, recipes, and food-related content, capture both front-facing compositions with ample negative space and detailed close-up shots.

[Food Trucks Bringing Autumn Festivals to Life]

As autumn festivals and outdoor activities increase in October, food trucks and street food culture are also highly versatile shooting subjects.

Rather than emphasizing a specific business name or menu, focus on people’s actions and the atmosphere of the food truck experience.

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Shooting Points

• Hands ordering food from a food truck

• Close-up of the moment food is handed to a customer

• Food being prepared and the vendor’s hands during the cooking process

• Families or friends eating outdoors

• People waiting in line at a food truck

• Street food served in paper containers or trays

• Food truck scenes illuminated by lights around sunset

• Flat lays featuring various foods arranged on a table

Tip

Choose angles that prevent business names or logos from being identifiable, and focus on the experience of the customer, such as people waiting for food, hands preparing dishes, and the moment food is handed over.

[Autumn at Hangang Park]

Hangang Park, one of Seoul’s representative leisure destinations, is an ideal location for capturing autumn outdoor lifestyles. The Seoul Metropolitan Government introduces Hangang Park as a representative space for enjoying cycling, sports, walking, and cultural and leisure activities, and in autumn, seasonal scenery such as reeds can also be found along the river.

Capture a variety of autumn lifestyle scenes, including picnics, cycling, running, walking, family outings, and relaxing by the river.

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Shooting Points

• Flat lays of picnic baskets and drinks on a picnic mat

• People reading books on a picnic blanket

• People riding bicycles along the river

• Runners jogging along the riverside

• Couples walking while looking out over the river

• Wide shots combining bicycles with the autumn sky

• Back views of people relaxing by the river

• Seasonal shots featuring autumn reeds and the riverside

• People relaxing against the backdrop of the sunset and Hangang River

Tip

Combine top-view flat lays with people-centered lifestyle shots.

For cycling scenes, capture both motion-blurred shots that emphasize movement and sharp action shots that freeze the moment to increase content versatility.

In addition, the 2026 Hangang Festival’s autumn programs are scheduled to take place from October 17 to October 25, making the festival a potential shooting opportunity connected to autumn festivals and outdoor activities.

[The People Cheering Louder Than the Game]

Autumn is a season when interest in professional baseball increases, making fans’ cheering culture and emotions an effective subject for content that can be used across sports, everyday life, and leisure.

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Shooting Points

• Fans watching the game from the stands

• Spectators raising both hands and cheering

• Fans cheering with various support items

• Expressions of tension while waiting for the game result

• Friends watching the game together

• People clapping along to a team chant

• Flat lays featuring baseballs, gloves, bats, and other baseball-related objects

• People watching baseball on a large screen at home or in a pub

Tip

To avoid exposing specific team logos or uniform designs, focus on hands, facial expressions, silhouettes, cheering items, clapping, and enthusiastic reactions.

[Myeongdong: Tourists Shopping for K-BEAUTY]

Myeongdong is one of Seoul’s representative tourist and shopping districts, with a concentration of Korean cosmetics stores, making it a suitable location for capturing foreign tourists shopping for and experiencing K-BEAUTY. Seoul’s official tourism information also introduces Myeongdong as a popular shopping district for international tourists and a destination with numerous Korean cosmetics stores.

Rather than highlighting a specific store or brand, we recommend focusing on the actions and experiences of tourists discovering and shopping for K-BEAUTY products.

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Shooting Points

• Foreign tourists browsing and selecting cosmetics

• People holding products while checking ingredients or instructions

• People testing beauty products while looking in a mirror

• Tourists walking with cosmetics shopping bags

• Friends browsing K-BEAUTY products together

• Beauty flat lays featuring a variety of cosmetics

• Lifestyle shots of tourists enjoying cosmetics shopping during a trip

• People organizing or using their beauty products after shopping

Tip

Avoid exposing specific brand names or product logos, and focus on the act of browsing products, testing cosmetics, and walking with shopping bags.

The concept can also be expanded to include people carrying shopping bags after purchasing beauty products or using K-BEAUTY products while traveling.

<Submission Guidelines>

• Minimize Identifiable People

For commercial use, images containing identifiable individuals cannot be submitted unless a Model Release has been obtained. When photographing crowds, people in the background should appear small or be sufficiently blurred so that individuals cannot be identified.

• Obtain a Property Release

If signs, buildings, business names, or other identifiable property are clearly visible, please obtain a Property Release from the property owner permitting commercial use and submit it along with the image.

• Handling Property-Related Elements

If obtaining a release is difficult, signs, phone numbers, logos, brand marks, and other identifying elements must be naturally blurred, removed, or mosaicked. Alternatively, specific business names can be replaced with generic terms such as “Cafe,” “Store,” or “Shop” so that the location or business cannot be identified. Please ensure that any post-processing is done naturally without compromising the overall look and atmosphere of the photograph.

• Please enter the location name when uploading images.