San Segal Studios

San Segal Studios

by | Jul 28, 2020 | Uncategorized

San Segal Studios now taking bookings for film productions and photography shoots

Here are some important facts about our new studio

* Location is next to Epping Forest so a lot of nearby opportunities in the forest

* Free parking space. As you can see from the photos the property can accommodate over ten vehicles in its own parking space behind the gate. Perfect for big events such as fashion shows and auditions.

* Unique garden which offers a lot of photography options including a secret garden and a small summer house.

* Fully equipped kitchen also for unique photo background.

* Huge patio for meetings and model events

* A large living room decorated in modern style and lots of lighting and a big fireplace

* Two bedrooms each will be decorated uniquely for boudoir and glamour photography

* Bathroom for shoots in shower and bath

* A large size studio with light equipment and enough backdrops. Currently, I have 3 x 500 Bowes Light Kit in the studio with 3 color backdrops

* 4 x Godox SK 400 II

* Lastolite Hilite Background 2.5 x 2.15m – ‘High Key’ photography on location and in restrictive spaces. By rear lighting the white background itself there is no longer a need to use a background light behind the subject.

* Reflectors 3-4

* Various props to be used in your shoots.

* Any many more to be added to our unique set up as days pass with successful photoshoots.

 

We invite models and photographers to use our space for their workshops and studio days. Minimum two hours booking and extra half hour for preparation time. Please contact me for special introductory rates as low as £25/hour

For a limited time we offer full access to the property facilities and studio including indoors and outdoors with your booking. This way you can experience the studio fully. 

Our normal studio hire rate is £50/hour with minimum two hours booking. 

Prices below are for up to 6 people. Please contact me for special booking requirements. 

We offer discounted rates for full day/half day bookings.

Half day 4 hours £160

Full Day 8 hours £250

For a limited time we will be offering package deals that will give you use of our studios as low as £25/hour

30 hours time slots £750
20 hours time slots £600

* payment required at least two weeks before the first booking. Minimum 4 hour bookings 





What is it truly like to be a model?

What is it truly like to be a model?

by | Jun 1, 2020 | Uncategorized

For decades, modeling was a silent profession, where women were supposed to be seen and never heard.

But in February, just as Paris Fashion Week began, a group of high-profile models — Jourdan Dunn, Edie Campbell, Leomie Anderson, Candice Swanepoel and Joan Smalls — voiced their support for James Scully, a casting director, who had taken to Instagram to condemn two colleagues, Maida Gregori Boina and Rami Fernandes, for keeping models in an unlit stairwell for several hours.

“Thank you James, speak that TRUTH!!!” Ms. Dunn wrote.

A month later, models.com published results from a survey in which more than two dozen models discussed unprofessional working conditions, nonpayment and abuse in the industry. And in May, an Instagram post by the model Ulrikke Hayer in which she accused a casting director for a Louis Vuitton cruise show of telling her to consume nothing but water for 24 hours went viral. (The day after the water edict, she was informed that she would not walk in the show.)

“Now models have social media platforms, so even if they’re not incredibly well known, they can still have a relatively big following and articulate their views in a way they weren’t able to do before,” said Francesca Granata, director of the master’s program in fashion studies at Parsons.