Lumen journal

A shot list turns a brief into a day's work. What goes on it, who signs it off, and how it keeps a shoot on schedule.

Where the sun sits at each hour of the day decides more about your photographs than any lens. Here is how we build a timeline around it.

Who owns the photographs, what a licence covers, and the four questions we ask before writing one into an estimate.

What to wear, when to book, what to bring, and why the first twenty minutes of a sitting rarely make the gallery.