{"id":44,"date":"2026-09-12T08:37:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T08:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.gatilab.com\/xenon\/tour\/studio\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T15:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T15:49:09","slug":"studio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demo.gatilab.com\/xenon\/tour\/studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio sections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Studio sections<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

About, people, services, clients, recognition, press, testimonials, commissions, rates, contact, availability, and the journal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Portrait<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Three people and a daylight room<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Studio Halden is Mira Halden, Tomas Berg, and Idris Kaya. We work from one room with north light, a paper backdrop, and space to build a set, and most commissions start or finish there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mira shoots every commission, Tomas produces it, and Idris finishes it. Nothing is handed to a junior, and nothing leaves the studio until all three of us would put our name to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based in<\/td>Bergen<\/td><\/tr>
Founded<\/td>2016<\/td><\/tr>
Team<\/td>Three, plus trusted freelancers<\/td><\/tr>
Travel<\/td>Across Europe, further on request<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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People<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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We are hiring an assistant<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Portrait<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mira Halden<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Founder and photographer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Portrait<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tomas Berg<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Producer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Portrait<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Idris Kaya<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Designer and retoucher<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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Services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Shot, produced, and finished in house<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Architecture and interiors<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Buildings and rooms shot in the light they were designed for, after a scout visit to learn how the sun moves through them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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From two days<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Still life and product<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Objects on sets we build around them, lit once and kept consistent across a whole range, in the studio or on location.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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From one day<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Food and hospitality<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dishes, dining rooms, and the people who run them, shot during a real service whenever the kitchen allows it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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From half a day<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Portraits and editorial<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Portraits for press, books, and teams. One light, one backdrop, and time to talk before the first frame.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Half day<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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Clients<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Atelier Soma<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brekke & Lund<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maison Aurel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Northfield Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vesper Arkitekter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oria Kitchen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oak & Lime<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kettle & Ash<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salt Hall<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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Recognition<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Year<\/th>Recognition<\/th>Project<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
2026<\/td>Group show, Salt Hall<\/td>Kiln Hours<\/td><\/tr>
2025<\/td>Shortlist, Fernhill Architecture Prize<\/td>The Turning Stair<\/td><\/tr>
2024<\/td>Solo show, Five Rooms<\/td>Makers of the Harbor<\/td><\/tr>
2023<\/td>Commended, Kestrel Food Awards<\/td>Fig Season<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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Press<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Plinth Quarterly<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kiln Hours and the case for one light<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Daylight Review<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Inside a three-person studio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Harbor Weekly<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The faces behind Makers of the Harbor<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Supper Notes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Shooting Fig Season during a real service<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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They photographed Low House in the light we designed it for. Two years later, those are still the only pictures of the house we send out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vesper Arkitekter, on Low House<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fig Season was shot during a Friday service and nobody in the kitchen noticed the camera. That was the whole brief, and they got it right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oria Kitchen, on Fig Season<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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Commissions<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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How far ahead should we book?<\/summary>\n

Four to six weeks suits most shoots. Architecture depends on weather and season, so we hold two dates and shoot on whichever brings the better light.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Do you travel?<\/summary>\n

Most of our work is on location. Travel days are planned into the schedule, and travel and lodging sit on their own line of the quote so nothing is hidden.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

How do usage rights work?<\/summary>\n

We license the photographs for the uses you name: web, print, press, or campaigns. The license is written into the quote, and extending it later takes one email.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Do you shoot video?<\/summary>\n

Short clips, yes: loops and behind the scenes pieces shot alongside the stills. For a longer film we bring in a director we trust and produce it together.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

What should we prepare?<\/summary>\n

A shot list, even a rough one, and access to the space an hour before we start. For products, send everything clean, with a spare of anything fragile.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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Ways to work together<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Every quote is written for the job, after a short call<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Half day<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For portraits, a few products, or a single room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n