GEAR ITEM OF THE MONTH: MAGNUM REFLECTOR
We are Cape Town’s original one-stop rental studio and home to 12 magnificent shooting spaces but we also carry an extensive range of Profoto flash packs and light shapers as part of our in-house rental equipment facility. We want to help you with your shoot and so every month we will highlight a different item in our photographic equipment arsenal .
photo by Ab Sesay
Ab Sesay is a commercial advertising photographer based in New York and he also works as Creative Director at Profoto US. Every so often they ask him to shoot with a particular light shaping tool to demonstrate its strengths and
MEET THE TEAM: CYNTHIA
If you've done a photo shoot or film shoot at our studios in the past ten years then you've probably met Cynthia before. She is one of our longest-serving employees who has been with us since 2001. You can't help…
BUILDING A JACUZZI
Last season we had director Marco Braun use both our Church and Hall studios for an international TV commercial. Our space was ideal for them as they could have both their sets in one place. We also have our own security that…
A TALE FROM THE EDGE
Last week Shereen Amos of Sugarbird Studios and Valentina Mrslove put on a production like no other in our Church Studio. This was in association with SircuSynergy, with Lauren Amy Hoffmeyer and Rory Avenstrup. They transformed our Church Studio into a variety of stages making use of the curve as well as suspending acrobatic acts from the ceiling rafters. A canvas stretched over our Courtyard protected the welcome area from the elements and to carry the theatrical theme all the way through they even dressed up our security guard.
Here are the amazing team and cast that put this show together and if you want to see the performers in action
LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO WEAR BORING CLOTHES
Unlike other event venues our photographic studios are essentially blank canvases where, if you can imagine it, you can do it. For a recent event, Mr Price stuck tape on the stairs and dots on our floors. They put up walls, hung things from the ceiling and even painted our front door blue. And for that extra wow factor they served drinks on our roof top deck. It’s amazing how they transformed this venue so if you have any creative ideas for your next event then why not come and see what you can do with any one of our studios.
We just love what they did with our Jett and Kitchen Studios as well as how they incorporated the Mezzanine and Roof Deck areas for this event.
ROODEBLOEM STUDIOS – BEFORE & AFTER
Back in 2008 we bought the dilapidated building across the road from our Church and Hall Studios. We listened to what Cape Town and you wanted from a studio and then we created it. Our Daylight building features daylight, drive in and modern kitchen studio facilities. Below are some before and after photos showing the amazing transformation of this old building to what is now regarded as home to some of Cape Town’s finest film and stills photographic studios.
MEET THE TEAM: MONICA
Working away quietly, so quietly that you probably haven't even noticed her, is Monica. She has been keeping our studios, kitchens and facilities spick and span since she joined us in 2009. Monica hails from Engcobo in the Eastern Cape, a…
VIRGIN DESIGN LAB
The Jupiter Drawing Room (Cape Town) has been brought on board by Virgin to develop a conceptual approach and way forward for the for the global brand’s expression. Last month they hosted a handpicked team of global Virgin creatives, who flew…
ENTER THE CHALLENGER
Last week, in our Drive-In Studio, Jan Verboom photographed several exotic cars for the August issue of Business Day's WANTED magazine. Among the list of cars was a mean looking Dodge Challenger (above) and a classic Mercedes-Benz.