Rachel Green is a longstanding friend of the studio and great lover of our kitchen, she’s kindly written up some Summer Recipes for us to enjoy in this lovely weather – a trio of pea tapas dishes: Summer Recipes Pork & Pea Meatballs Pea, Ham and Egg Empanadillas Spanish Potatoes with Chorizo and Peas Take(…)
Guest Post: Pixi Pixel meets First Option Those spots are contagious you know, In fact a fresh case has cropped up in Perserverance Works, Shoreditch at First Option Studio. The guys and Girls at First Option have been working so hard that they are now seeing spots before their eyes, lots of them and in(…)
Fashion Shoots at our London Studio Here at First Option we’ve had a wealth of photographers, directors, set designers, stylists, home economists, models, celebrities and everything in between over the years. Often clients come to us for our beautifully crafted kitchen and decide not to use the 1,000 sq ft daylight studio next door as(…)
An Interview with Photographer and First Option Founder It is such a wonderful thing to be able to share our fantastic space with so many talented people! Since First Option Studio opened its doors as a hire location circa 2001, we’ve been fortunate to have been able to welcome a diverse array of creative enterprises.(…)
An Interview with Hoxton Mini Press Hoxton Mini Press are a independent publisher based just around the corner, they produce limited books with local artists focusing on the people, places and things in the surrounding areas. Having been longterm resident of East London ourselves we were drawn in by their first book – “I Have(…)
Photographing in wet and rainy weather As we gear up for summer, dusting off flip flops and shorts, polishing Ray Bans and digging the sun cream out of the medicine cabinet, one thing is for certain, indeed, inevitable- rain. Big splashy summery downpours; fine, soaking grey sleet, and a June filled with damp bbqs and(…)
Behind the Scenes We here at the studio, unsurprisingly enough, enjoy films. It’s often weird seeing films after working on them and knowing different tricks of the trade, what goes into producing a certain shot, just how long it can take to film a single shot, and how many different people’s hard work go into(…)
Famous Film Locations in East London’s Shoreditch Our studio has hosted many clients and productions ranging from celebrity chefs, TV adverts, live broadcasts and pop videos through to feature length films – the most recent being scenes from ‘I Give It A Year’. However Shoreditch and the surrounding areas have always been a hotbed for film and(…)
Disappearing Dining club Back in 2010, Stuart Langley had an idea. What if you could get an eclectic group of people into a vacant space and cook them dinner? What if one sprung up once a month and gave visitors a completely unique experience in a completely unique location? This is how Disappearing Dining Club(…)
5 Tips for Assisting in a Photography Studio Having just started working here at First Option, the thought occurred to me ‘the differences between working as a photographer’s assistant and as a studio assistant are often few and far between.’ However this is not to say there aren’t any. Some things are common sense, making(…)