Lumen is a photography studio working in portrait, editorial and commissioned work. The same team plans the shoot, works the day and finishes the files.
The studio opened above a framer's workshop and still works the way it did then: a steady crew, daylight where the room allows it, and files finished by the same hands that made them.
Commissions run from a single sitting to multi-day editorial. Whatever the scale, the person who takes your first call is on set for the shoot.
0Years behind the lens
0Shoots delivered
0Editorial features
0People on the roster
The people
Who you get on the day
Every commission is run by the same roster. Here is who does what, so you know whose hand is on which part of the work — from the call sheet to the finished file.
01Lead photographer
Nadia Ferrant
Shoots the principal camera and sets the light before anyone else is on set.
Principal camera
Lighting plan
Direction on the day
02Second photographer
Theo Marchetti
Works the second angle all day and covers what the principal camera is turned away from.
Second angle
Detail coverage
Reportage frames
03Producer
Ines Roux
Books the location, writes the call sheet and keeps the day running to the hour.
Call sheet and timings
Locations and permits
Crew and casting
04Digital technician
Sam Okonkwo
Runs capture at the tether, checks every frame for focus and exposure, and backs up the cards before the crew leaves.
Tethered capture
Exposure and focus checks
On-set backup
05Retoucher
Marguerite Lind
Grades and finishes every frame that leaves the studio so a set reads as one body of work.
Colour grade
Skin and detail work
Print and web files
06Art director
Casper Hale
Builds the shot list with you, sources the styling and stands beside the camera keeping the frame on brief.
Shot list
Styling and props
Frame review
How the studio works
01
One conversation before anything is booked
We start with a call about what the pictures are for, where they will live and who needs to be in them. The plan comes out of that conversation.
02
A call sheet everyone can read
Times, locations, permits, crew and the shot list go out before the day, so nobody arrives guessing. Ines keeps it current until the last hour.
03
Two cameras, checked as we go
Nadia holds the principal frame while Theo covers the second angle. Sam checks focus and exposure at the tether so anything off gets caught on set.
04
Finished in the studio, by hand
Marguerite grades the set so it reads as one body of work. A curated preview lands within a week and the full gallery within three.
Working with the studio
Nadia leads the camera on every commission. Theo, Ines, Sam and Casper join depending on the scale of the day, and we tell you who is coming when we send the call sheet.
Yes. We hold a call with whoever will be on set, so you have met them before the day. Studio visits run Tuesday through Saturday by appointment.
Marguerite grades and finishes everything in the studio. The files you receive were handled by the same people who made them.
Editorial and commercial work is usually booked six to ten weeks out. Portrait sittings often fit inside a fortnight when a date opens.
Yes, across the country and abroad. Travel and accommodation are quoted openly in the estimate.
