The point of view
Anyone can capture a moment. We build the one frame that makes the other thousand feel unnecessary.
Aperture is a small crew with a long lens. Founded on the belief that a photograph is an argument about where the eye should rest, we work slowly, light first, in weather most people wait out indoors.
From editorial covers to feature stills, we've shot in fourteen countries and one abandoned observatory. Every commission ships as a graded, print-ready archive — and a story you can tell at a dinner table.
Selected frames
Recent
Recent
exposures
Four we'd hang on a wall. Hover to open each frame; the archive holds three hundred more.
How we stop down
Every stop
Every stop
is a decision
The aperture is the studio's namesake for a reason: it's the one dial that decides not just how much light gets in, but how much of the world stays in focus. Here's how we choose.
- ƒ/1.4Isolate the subjectBackgrounds dissolve to color. For faces that carry the whole frame.
- ƒ/2.8Keep the story softEnough depth to read a room, enough blur to keep it a mood.
- ƒ/5.6Balance the tradeThe lens's sharpest window — most editorial work lives here.
- ƒ/11Hold the horizonForeground to infinity, everything crisp. Landscapes, always.
- ƒ/22Chase the starburstPoint light into rays. We reserve it for one shot a shoot.
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CommissionsDelivered since the first roll of film in 2014.
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CountriesAnd one abandoned observatory in the Atacama.
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ArchivedEvery frame graded, catalogued, and kept.
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PeopleA crew small enough to move at the speed of light.
In their words
“They waited three days for the fog to break. The client wanted the mountain — Aperture gave them the moment the mountain appeared.”
Mara Ellison — Creative Director, FIELD Magazine
Open the
frame
Tell us what you want the eye to rest on. We'll tell you what weather to book, and when the light is on your side.
Start a commission