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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
01Photographer
Nadia Ferrant
Leads the camera on every commission and runs the consultation.
The call
Light and framing
Shoot day
02Producer
Ines Vaugh
Books the day, holds the schedule and clears locations and permits.
Scheduling
Locations
Call sheet
03Retoucher
Marguerite Lind
Grades and finishes every frame before the gallery goes out.
Grade and finish
Gallery delivery
Print files
Frames from recent commissions
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
Nothing. It is half an hour on the phone or in the studio, and there is no obligation to book afterwards.
Nadia, who leads the camera on every commission, with Ines joining when the day needs producing.
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.
The same day as the call, itemised, and it holds for thirty days.
Yes, for a week at no charge. After that the date goes back in the diary.
Come by. Studio visits run Tuesday through Saturday by appointment, and it helps to see prints in the hand.
