REC · Tethered · Studio 2
Campaign studio
41 Rue de Saintonge 75003 Paris France
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Beauty
Fashion
Fragrance
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Move the light · click to shoot

OUR CLIENTS

Brands that never settled for a nice picture.
MAISON ARVELFashion
oreadeSkincare
SALTENSwim
RougelineBeauty
TESSA & WRENHaircare
NuitéeFragrance
CORVINTailoring
aster/Activewear
LUMA CLINICWellness
Vesper EyewearAccessories
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From skincare to tailoring. Ten sectors, one standard of light.
What we make
Studio 2 · Rue de Saintonge
Every brief gets its own lighting plan.
01Beauty campaigns
02Fashion stills
03Hair and movement
04Fragrance and still life
05Film and motion
06Content systems
Skin that still reads as skin at billboard size.
Deliverables
+Hero key visual
+12 crops per product
+Retail light-box files
Close beauty portrait with bronze eye make-up
Frame 01 / 06 · 100 mm
Beauty
campaigns
BACKDROPKEYV-FLATRIM LRIM RCAMERA · 100 MM
PLAN · 1:50
Key22 in beauty dish, 30° above lens
FillWhite V-flat under the chin
RimTwo 1×6 ft strips at 135°
GroundGrey seamless, lit to 18%
Lens100 mm macro · f/8 · 1/200
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Recognition
Trust follows
The frames did the talking.
We never chased
the awards.
The frames
did that for us.
We take on fewer shoots.
Each one gets the whole studio.

Fewer shoots means the same people light, shoot and grade your campaign from the first call to the last file. We book a fixed number of campaign days each month to keep it that way.

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Campaigns shot

Since 2014, for 64 brands in beauty, fashion and lifestyle. Most of them came back for a second.

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Clients who come back

We keep the roster small on purpose. Repeat work is the only review that counts.

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Shoot to first grade

Selected frames arrive graded two days after the shoot, ready for sign-off.

People, one studio

Photography, production, hair and make-up, retouch and grade under one roof.

Campaign still from the Halven reel
HALVEN
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Frame 01 / 12
(2025–2026)
A year of campaigns, one frame per shoot.
Process
From thinking to light
Five steps, the same every time.
We don't start
with a moodboard.
We start with
the light.
Brief call
/01
Day 1 · 20 min

Product, date, markets, and what did not work last time.

+We ask where the images will run
+We ask what you have tried before
+You get a yes or no the same day
Treatment and lighting plan
/02
Days 2–4

A one-page treatment, a lighting plan for each set, and a fixed quote.

+References we will actually shoot
+A top-down plan for every set
+Quote with usage included
Recce and test
/03
Week 2

We scout, cast and test the light on a stand-in before anyone is booked.

+Location or studio recce
+Casting from our own shortlist
+A test frame for sign-off
Shoot day
/04
Week 3–4

Tethered on a calibrated screen. You choose selects on set, as we go.

+Call 07:30, wrap 19:00
+Selects tagged live
+No surprises in the edit
Grade and delivery
/05
+48 hours

Selected frames graded, cropped and exported for every placement.

+One grade, every output
+Print proofs on the real paper
+Files named the way you asked
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Studio
Design with intent
What you get when you book us.
Every frame
deserves
the light it
was planned for
From the founder

"I started Halven because I was tired of fixing light in post. Every campaign here is planned on paper before a single strobe is switched on, and I am on set for every one of them."

Inès Varo, founder and photographer
Inès Varo
Founder · Photographer
HALVEN · STUDIO 2
12 yrs
Campaign practice

Beauty, fashion and lifestyle, lit the same careful way since 2014.

Tethered, always

Every frame lands on a calibrated screen two seconds after it is shot.

Day rates, not mystery quotes

Half day, full day or a whole campaign. Usage is written into every quote.

See day rates →
Clients who come back

Work that holds up leads to more work. Most of our year is repeat bookings.

96%

WHAT CLIENTS SAY

From the brands on the call sheet
Halven lit our serum launch so the skin looked like skin. It was the first campaign our dermatologists did not ask us to retouch less.
Clara Ondine
Brand director · Oreade Skin
Clara Ondine, Brand director, Oreade Skin
Oreade Skin
Client story
Oreade Skin · Second Skin
The light did the retouching.
The light is right.
The numbers follow.
OREADE
Second Skin

A serum launch shot with a beauty dish, a V-flat and two rim strips, then retouched for dust and colour only. Drag across the frame to compare the raw file with the delivered grade.

2.4×
Click-through vs. old key visual
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Frames retouched with blur
14
Crops per product
Raw file, before grading
Delivered grade
Raw · ISO 100Delivered grade
Day rates
Value, defined clearly
Usage is written into every quote.
The right budget
buys
the right day,
and the right light.
Half day
€2,400
4 hours · 1 set · Content and e-commerce
✓Photographer and first assistant
✓One lit set, tethered
✓Up to 15 graded frames
✓Usage: 12 months, online
Book a half day
Hair, make-up, styling and casting quoted at cost.
Full day
Most booked
€4,200
10 hours · 2 sets
✓Photographer, two assistants, producer
✓Two lit sets, tethered
✓25–40 graded frames
✓Usage: 12 months, online and retail
Book a full day
Hair, make-up, styling and casting quoted at cost.
Campaign
from€12,000
2–4 days · from treatment to delivery · For launches
✓Treatment, lighting plans and recce
✓Casting and crew booking
✓Full grade and print proofs
✓Usage: 24 months, all media
Plan a campaign
Hair, make-up, styling and casting quoted at cost.
No pitch deck. A conversation.
Every shoot starts with a twenty-minute call about the product, the date and the light.
Theo Bran, Producer
HALVEN
Theo Bran
Producer · replies within a day
The crew
Eleven people, one studio
Behind the camera.
The people
behind the light
are the ones
doing the work
The Halven crew on set in Studio 2
Studio 2 · shoot day · 11:40
Photography, production, hair, make-up, retouch and grade under one roof. The same people from first call to final file.
Inès Varo, Founder · Photographer
Swears by
A 22 in beauty dish, 30° up
Inès Varo
Founder · Photographer

Twelve years lighting faces. Still carries a light meter, still uses it.

Theo Bran, Producer
Swears by
Call 07:30, wrap 19:00
Theo Bran
Producer

Runs the call sheet, the budget and the clock. Nothing ships late on his watch.

Aya Lind, Hair and make-up lead
Swears by
Cream products only
Aya Lind
Hair and make-up lead

Makes skin look rested under hard light, without a trace of powder on camera.

Juno Saar, Retouch and grade
Swears by
Skin is the reference
Juno Saar
Retouch and grade

Retouches dust, not people. Proofs every print on the paper it will run on.

FAQ
Questions, answered
Clear answers.
Before
we light
anything
Make-up artist preparing a model before a shoot
Planning a shoot?
Start here.

The questions brands and agencies ask us most, before the first call.

With a twenty-minute call. We ask about the product, the date, where the images will run and what has not worked before. If it fits, you get a one-page treatment and a quote within two working days.

Both. About half our work comes through agencies. We slot into their production schedule, and we are happy to work to their art direction and lighting references.

The photographer, a first assistant, the studio, our lighting kit, tethering, a producer and a first-pass grade on selected frames. Hair, make-up, styling, casting and locations are quoted separately at cost.

As many as the brief needs. A full studio day typically yields 25 to 40 finished images. Every frame is shot tethered, so you choose your selects on set.

You receive a licence for the uses, markets and period in your brief, usually 12 or 24 months. Extensions are a single line on an invoice, and we never charge for internal or archival use.

Yes. We light once for both and alternate takes, which usually costs about 40% more than a stills day and saves a second shoot.

Four to six weeks for a campaign. Content days can often be booked two weeks out. Rush work is possible; ask.

Call sheetStudio 2 · 41 Rue de SaintongeCall 07:30Wrap 19:00Nearest pharmacy 120 m● Booking autumn 2026
Every frame lit on purpose since 2014
Lighting notes
One email a month: a lighting plan, a shoot we loved, no news.
Halven is a campaign studio for beauty, fashion and lifestyle brands, in Paris.
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