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Notes from the golden hour.
Essays, behind-the-scenes and hard-won lessons from the studio — on brands, websites and the light that makes them glow.
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Brand
6 min read
Light is a brand asset. Treat it like one.
Why we brief photographers on the hour, not just the shot — and how one consistent light turns a scattered brand into a recognisable one.

Brand
5 min read
The one-page strategy: how we brief a brand in an afternoon
Forty-page decks don’t get read. Here’s the single page we write with every client before a pixel gets pushed.

Web
7 min read
Websites that move like film
Our five motion rules for the web: one hero per page, transforms only, and never make anyone wait for a headline.

Motion
8 min read
Shooting a brand film in forty minutes of light
Behind the scenes of the Fable Coffee film: one location, one golden hour, a crew of five and a shot list ruthless enough to fit.

Brand
5 min read
Type that holds up from favicon to billboard
How we test a typeface before we fall in love with it: sixteen pixels, forty-eight sheets and one very honest street wall.

Web
6 min read
What rebuilding Horizon Hotels taught us about booking flows
Twelve hotels, one website and a 3.1× jump in direct bookings. The three changes that mattered most were surprisingly small.

Booking Q1 2027
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