Company registration 'upgrade' to Ltd

HANDISTUDIO now operates as brand name of Xcen3 Ltd. We have registered as a Company Limited in England and Wales. The company will operate under evenly shared management of both owners. The reason for registering a 'non-specific' name is that we aim to outgrow into corporate photography services at later stage and might require a new brand name.

We've got a lot of hope in the future of handistudio as we believe we're delivering superb photography at more than competitive prices. Check back and bookmark us!

By the way, price list for the most ppopular photography packages is being prepared and will be out by the end of April!

The 'mother' company logo:

Company registration number: 7603613

London Nicole PR

One of the portraits we have done has been chosen and used with permission in the PR brochure of 'London Nicole' - a freelance PR agency.


London Nicole can be found on londonnicolepr.com - all the best in your business, Natasha!

Portrait Lighting Cheat Sheet

Just a quick one today. There is a great resource on the diyphotography.net and it is worth sharing. Udi and Yossi (thanks, guys!) have done their homework well and produced a very handy (shouldn't it read 'handi'?) cheat sheet. It looks like this:

and is really quite useful as smart card in your pocket to remind you of what the basic angle changes do. Just a rough guide, of course, but a good one to keep.

I'd recommend reading the whole article, it's well worth the time. We'll be posting more interesting tutorials, resources and links so check back!

New kit on the block

We have updated the studio kit (again). Yes, we do love to play with the new toys but hey, it improved the quality of the studio photoshoot, too. Our current setup has got:
- two strobes (flash lights) of 5600K, 160W power
- two continuous lights of 5500 K, i.e. daylight temperature, 1000W
- three rectangular softboxes 50x70cm
- reflective umbrella
- diffuser umbrella
- ...and all the related bits and bobs.

We will be posting a few tutorials here shortly with diagrams and some useful tips. Check back!

Portraits

A few photos from the studio shoot of two lovely sister-girls. The older one was 15, the younger one was 7 at the time. Taken in July 2010.

"h and i" win in 'Creative Breckland'

The Breckland Photography Competition is now over and we are happy to win in the 'Creative' category.

Judges Simon Edwards, Vicki Nunn and Graham Corney, all professional photographers, have appreciated 'A play of light and mist', making 'h & i' studio a winner in the 'Creative' category. Apart from this, we have also won 3rd place overall in quite a competing environment.

Full story is found here.

The thumbnail of our winning picture:

Photo was taken in Weeting, Norfolk. Camera settings:
4.0s, F2.6, ISO 100, f=5.81mm

All the other photos we went to the competition with are here (opens as slideshow).

Thanks to everyone for your support!

h & i studio in Breckland Photography Competition

H & I studio (well, there's always people behind it, not the studio) takes part in Breckland Photography Competition 2010. We have sent one picture in each category (4 categories in total: Nature, Architecture, Active and Crative). Photos will be judged and winner declared in each category.

Photos will be displayed around Breckland (Watton, Attleborough, Swaffham, Dereham and Thetford).

More details here (*.pdf file, about 1.3 MB)