Leipzig is cotton mills turned into studios, canals in Plagwitz, books, music and coffee houses. We photograph and film artists, makers, publishers and musicians, from a studio on Karl-Heine-Straße. All work
Artwork stills, studio portraits and a short film for a gallery in the old cotton mill.
Paintings were shot under north light with a colour target in every frame.
Artists were photographed in their own studios in the same building.
Cover stills, spread shots and a bindery film for an independent publisher.
Every book was shot flat on the copy stand and standing on the cove.
The film follows one book from printed sheet to bound copy.
The city has some of the best old industrial halls in Germany. We know which ones have north light, which ones echo and which ones are cold in January. The studio page
Two rooms in a former cotton mill at Karl-Heine-Straße 82 with tall north windows, a 10-metre cove, a copy stand for print and a grading suite.
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Yes, when the plot allows. We design light that holds for a locked hero still and for coverage. If the still needs a modifier that will not travel into motion, we split the day rather than fake it.
The studio and finishing suite are at Karl-Heine-Straße 82, Leipzig 04229, Germany. We travel with a core crew in Europe and hire locally when the story needs it.
HDR masters, Rec.709, and platform cutdowns are part of finishing. We need the media plan early so aspect ratios are shot, not cropped as an afterthought.
Copyright stays with the studio until invoices are paid, then usage follows the contract (territory, term, media). Raw camera files are working material unless a raw license is bought.
Four to six weeks is comfortable for a campaign with casting and locations. A stills-only studio day can be held faster if the diary is open.
From the last frame on set to files in your inbox. Dates are written into the estimate, so Leipzig holidays and reshoots are counted in.
Most of our clients are in and around Leipzig. Some come back every season, some once for a launch.
Rooms, restaurants and the people who run them, shot across one or two quiet days so guests are not disturbed.
Buildings and rooms shot for the architect and for the press, with corrected verticals and honest daylight.
Places, seasons and the people who live there, for tourist boards, guides and the agencies who brief them.
Lookbooks, campaign stills and short films, cast and fitted with the brand, not from a stock list.
Workshops, machines and the hands on them, shot without stopping the line any longer than needed.
Exhibitions, festivals and performances, with a fast edit for the next morning and a slower one for the archive.
Finlime is a photo and video studio on Karl-Heine-Straße, in Plagwitz by the canal. We work for galleries, publishers, orchestras, small manufacturers and the agencies who represent them.
The city has some of the best old industrial halls in Germany. We know which ones have north light, which ones echo and which ones are cold in January.
Leipzig still prints and binds books, and we photograph a lot of paper: covers, spreads, posters and the machines that make them.
Stills and film come from one crew and one colour plan, so the catalogue, the poster and the concert film all look like the same institution.
Tell us what you need photographed or filmed, where and by when. We reply within a day with a plan and a price.