At Lumina Studio, we believe every moment tells a story worth preserving. Our passion for photography drives us to create timeless images that capture genuine emotions, meaningful connections, and life's most unforgettable moments. Whether it's a wedding, portrait session, corporate event, or commercial project, our team is committed to delivering exceptional quality with creativity and attention to detail.
We chose these because each one taught us something new — a different light, a different brief, a different way to ask a subject to stand still. Click through to see how each project was Designed By Engr. B-K.
Founded in 2020 and based in Brooklyn, NYC, Lumina Studio was established by a team of passionate photographers and creative professionals with a shared vision of capturing life's most meaningful moments. From intimate portraits and weddings to corporate events and commercial campaigns, we combine creativity, technical excellence, and attention to detail to deliver timeless images that tell every client's unique story.. The studio is small on purpose — a working group of seven people, one in-house retoucher, two long-time producers, and a roster of fifteen freelance assistants we trust enough to recommend without flinching.
We work slower than the rate card. The output looks faster than the rate card. — James Kantt
What that means in practice: we do fewer projects per quarter than most studios our size, we keep the same producer on a brand from the first call to the final delivery, and we ship a colour-managed gallery the day after the shoot — not the week after. Clients have called this "expensive when you book it, cheap when you ship it." That is, on reflection, exactly the right description.
Most studios pick a lane — fashion, food, architecture, product — and stay in it. We work across all five because the same lighting principles, the same colour discipline, and the same patience apply. The discipline is constant; the subject changes.
Magazine covers, story-led portrait essays, location-driven editorial. We light for the page, not the contact sheet — every frame is chosen and lit knowing where it lands in the layout.
For TYPE · Gentlewoman · CerealSS, FW, holiday — the full seasonal cadence with one continuous creative direction.
E-com pack-shots and elevated product still life, shipped retouched within 48 hours of capture.
Behind-the-bench, in-the-kiln, on-the-line — the work-of-making, told honestly.
A second crew, the same direction. We bring our own DP for hybrid stills-and-motion days.
Calibrated to GRACoL · ISO 12647 · Adobe RGB
A first call is twenty minutes and free, always with the producer who will run your project from start to finish. Most projects ship in three to six weeks; the bottleneck is almost never the shoot itself — it is the brief, the location lock, and the talent confirmation. We keep that gauntlet short by holding the kickoff in the first week, not the third.
Day 02. Lisbon
Brooklyn, NYC
Selected, 2023–25
Short notes from the studio — sometimes a working note about a lighting setup, sometimes an opinion about colour management, sometimes a frame we kept thinking about long after delivery.
Setup04 Oct 2025Soft does not have to mean flat. A working note about why a hard silk still beats a soft box for portrait work on a clear day.
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An argument for hiring your printer before you hire your retoucher. A note for studios scaling from solo into a working team.
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From the Atrium SS25 shoot — why the third frame in any sequence almost always reads the best, and what to do about it.
Read noteWe take on twenty to twenty-six campaigns a year, and we book three to five months ahead. If you have a brief brewing for Q2 or later, the right time to send a first note is now.
