References for SapphireStudio

Ivor TL

I had the great pleasure of working with Riona today remotely tethered at Sapphire studio arranged by Dreaming of models. It was a huge benefit having the assistance of studio owner Zoi. She organised an event which is helping other models get some work in difficult times with so much restrictions on movement.

Zoi’s studio is equipped with LED lighting and fresnel attachment to great dappled light through a leafy plant, a good camera with a prime lens for creating quality images.

I highly recommend Zoi’s studio.

DiDeVi-Photography

Such a gorgeous place to shoot. I especially loved the hearth and, on this occasion, it had a Christmas setting which was absolutely magnificent.

The place is very light, due to the big windows and therefore we shot most our images with natural light. It will be difficult to make a selection, because all the images look great.

I highly recommend this studio and I hope to be back again.

BeavisPhotography

I just finished my first shoot at Sapphire Studios with the lovely Joy Draiki, and as expected, it was absolutely great. Very nice classic house with some beautiful features where we could make a really great set of pictures. Making a selection will be tough. Pre-shoot comm went very smoothly and the whole shoot was very relaxed. Highly recommended and to quote Arnold Schwarzenegger: I'll be back!

riks_pixels

I have done four remote shoots from my home in the UK to this studio. It consists of two large rooms with plenty of daylight, hight ceiling and parquet flooring. The resident model (and owner) Zoi, is great at making sets with the variety of modern and antique furniture and ornaments that she and her partner have.

Should you just wish to get that indoor studio vibe then they have a number of backdrops and lights that can be used.

Both of them are incredibly friendly supportive and helpful.

Oh and did I mention that they also host visiting models on a regular basis nd they also hire out the studio.

I can definitely recommend this studio as somewhere to work.

Rik

HansM

Sapphire Studio has been created as a studio-for-rent fairly recently, consisting of two rooms in a house full of character. Think wooden parquet floors and high ceilings with ornaments. Because of the large windows you will have plenty of daylight to work with. And when the sun is absent, the powerful continuous light will help you out. The recent addition of a large 120cm Octabox for the LED light allows you to do some real nice low-key images.

There are sets with pieces of antique furniture and "objets d'arts". And if you prefer a more neutral setting, large backdrop(s) will help you create that real studio feeling.

The owner of the studio regularly has a visiting model coming over. And in that case it will be a no-brainer to shoot that particular model in Sapphire Studio.

Highly recommended.

Erik te Nijenhuis

Wonderful newly opened daylight studio with spacious rooms and awesome high ceilings, wooden floors and stylish elements like a fireplace and huge sliding doors. But also a variety of nice plain backgrounds and furniture elements to choose. The light coming in thru the windows are a total photographers delight, and when the light is dim in Winter or later on during the day, there’s high quality continuous light available. The studio owners, Zoi and partner, are super friendly, supportive and helpful with clear communications.

Great is that on a regular basis visiting models are “in residence” with the possibility to shoot in the studio and especially awesome under the current situation set up remote tethered shoots. The facilities available for this are highly professional, with perfect internet connection, which makes working easy, having hardly any lag. Logistics and assistance provided are also fabulous.

I’ve used the studio now several times for remote shoots, and can’t hardly wait till better times so that I can jump in my car to work in person in this gorgeous place! Highly recommended!

Riona Neve

Amazing daylight studio space with endless possibilities. I had the opportunity to do a full day of remote shooting at the studio and we did not even manage to use all of it's possibilities. I will definitely return here in the future. Helpful and friendly owners, wide variety of temporary sets. Highly recommended.

Fanny

It’s a huge and beautiful studio with great natural lighting! Not just for normal photo shoots but also great opportunity for remote shoots with professional technique and assistant.

The furnitures are beautiful and the style of the studio is amazing. More different and stylish enterieor, also normal paper backgrounds and my favorites are the big doors!

We couldn’t use all of them during my photo shoot but I’m sure I’ll go back again!

M I S C H K A H

A huge space, stylish and full of beautiful original Dutch architectural features. I loved working here on my recent visit to the Netherlands. Three windows offer natural light shooting options (large glass double doors being one of those!), photographically speaking, the white voiles which were hung at the windows were useful for diffusing light and disguising the outside view. Blackout curtains in another room give controlled natural light options. Parquet floors throughout, double sliding doors in the centre, original fireplace and extremely high ceilings make this studio a special space to work in. Zoi has a few really nice pieces of furniture, but otherwise the space is completely uncluttered, clean and minimal with a lot of shooting opportunities. It also is large enough for two models and two photographers to work quite comfortably in without getting in the way of each other. We also made use of a continuous light which was available for use. Highly recommended can’t wait to go back!

Paul Cooley

This was my second shoot with SapphireStudio and with the new setup it was even better than the first. Excellent communications, and is very tech savy. She is an extremely easy person to work with. Loved the images we got and will definitely work with her again. I can highly recommend SapphireStudio