--- title: Book a consultation | Lumen description: A half hour with the photographer who would shoot your commission. --- [![Lumen](https://www.nopethemes.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/studionope-lumen/images/logos/lumen-logo-white.png)](https://www.nopethemes.com/lumen-preview/?hsLang=en) [Book the call](https://www.nopethemes.com/lumen-preview/consultation#enquire) ![A camera waiting on a tripod in the darkened studio](https://www.nopethemes.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/studionope-lumen/images/templates/helper-img-2.jpg) Consultation # Talk it through *before you book* Half an hour with the photographer who would shoot your commission. We look at what the pictures are for, where they will live, and what the day has to hold. [Book the call](https://www.nopethemes.com/lumen-preview/consultation#enquire) [See recent frames](https://www.nopethemes.com/lumen-preview/consultation#work) ## What the call covers - 01 ### What the pictures are for A campaign, a masthead, a print for a wall at home. Where an image ends up changes how it is lit and how it is framed, so the call starts there. - 02 ### The day, hour by hour Timings, locations, permits and who needs to be on set. You leave the call with a plan of the day rather than a rough idea of it. - 03 ### How the files are licensed What you can run, where, and for how long. Print, social, paid media and archive use are each written into the estimate rather than left open. - 04 ### What it costs, in writing Shoot fee, crew, travel, licensing and retouching, itemised. The estimate lands the same day as the call and holds for thirty days. ![A man in a pink fur coat, framed to the right of the picture](https://www.nopethemes.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/studionope-lumen/images/templates/helper-img-9.jpg) ![A photographer at work with a seated model on a grey backdrop](https://www.nopethemes.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/studionope-lumen/images/templates/helper-img-1.jpg) ![An empty studio desk with an iMac on it](https://www.nopethemes.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/studionope-lumen/images/templates/helper-img-16.jpg) ![Two of the crew rolling out a fresh length of seamless paper](https://www.nopethemes.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/studionope-lumen/images/templates/helper-img-15.jpg) On the call ## Who you speak to The consultation is with the people who work the day, not a booking desk. The same three carry a commission from the first call to the delivered gallery. - 01 ![Nadia Ferrant in a green sweater against an ochre wall](https://www.nopethemes.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/studionope-lumen/images/templates/helper-img-5.jpg) Photographer ### Nadia Ferrant Leads the camera on every commission and runs the consultation. - The call - Light and framing - Shoot day - 02 ![Ines Vaugh in a chartreuse gown against a coral wall](https://www.nopethemes.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/studionope-lumen/images/templates/helper-img-6.jpg) Producer ### Ines Vaugh Books the day, holds the schedule and clears locations and permits. - Scheduling - Locations - Call sheet - 03 ![Marguerite Lind on a cream sofa in bright daylight](https://www.nopethemes.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/studionope-lumen/images/templates/helper-img-7.jpg) Retoucher ### Marguerite Lind Grades and finishes every frame before the gallery goes out. - Grade and finish - Gallery delivery - Print files ## Frames from recent commissions ![A bride and groom standing together in a meadow](https://www.nopethemes.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/studionope-lumen/images/templates/helper-img-4.jpg) Morven Meadow ![The Duomo rising over the rooftops of Florence](https://www.nopethemes.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/studionope-lumen/images/templates/helper-img-12.jpg) Duomo Florence ![An empty menswear boutique with the rails dressed](https://www.nopethemes.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/studionope-lumen/images/templates/helper-img-8.jpg) Solvane Shopfloor ![Hands framing a shot on a mirrorless camera under a bright sky](https://www.nopethemes.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/studionope-lumen/images/templates/helper-img-3.jpg) Entropy Open air ![A woman standing with a skateboard, framed to the left](https://www.nopethemes.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/studionope-lumen/images/templates/helper-img-10.jpg) Halden Street ![Piazza Navona in Rome](https://www.nopethemes.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/studionope-lumen/images/templates/helper-img-11.jpg) Navona Rome Book the call ## Pick a date and tell us the brief Send the dates you are holding, the location, and a few words about what the images are for. We reply within one business day with the times the studio is free. **Email** hello@lumen.studio **Studio line** +1 (305) 555 0142 **Calls run** Tuesday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm Follow along - - - - ## Before the call - What does the consultation cost? Nothing. It is half an hour on the phone or in the studio, and there is no obligation to book afterwards. - Who will I be speaking to? Nadia, who leads the camera on every commission, with Ines joining when the day needs producing. - What should I have ready? Dates you are holding, a location if you have one, and a sense of where the pictures will be used. References are welcome and never required. - When does the estimate arrive? The same day as the call, itemised, and it holds for thirty days. - Do you hold a date while we decide? Yes, for a week at no charge. After that the date goes back in the diary. - Can we meet in the studio instead? Come by. Studio visits run Tuesday through Saturday by appointment, and it helps to see prints in the hand. ![Still frame from the background video](https://www.nopethemes.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/studionope-lumen/images/templates/helper-img-14.jpg) ## Have a date in mind? Let's hold it. 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