Journal
Notes from the studio on how the work gets made — and what a commission or a stage hire involves before you ask.
Three ways to light a white set
Clean white, soft grey and a white that reads as a room: the same backdrop, three setups and what each one costs in time.
What a digital tech actually does
Why we put a second person behind the laptop on commissions with a client on set, and what it saves in post.
Reading a usage licence
Media, territory and duration: the three questions that decide what a commission costs, and why the day rate is only part of it.
Ninety seconds a plate
Photographing a tasting menu during service, with no food stylist and no second plates.
Stills and motion on the same day
When it makes sense to add a camera operator to a stills shoot — and when it is cheaper to book two days.