Studio Westlake begins and ends with family. We are a family run operation. We believe in it, and we celebrate it. We think this gives us a unique insight in how we serve our clients.
Based in the South West of England, nestled into the rolling green Devonshire hills, you will find us squirrelling away in an old shed (now newly converted studio). Here we balance creative enterprise with something we feel very passionate about: a healthy work/life balance. Since the growth of automation and immediate gratification we choose to prioritise considered agency.
We are a collective of creative individuals, earnestly seeking to refine our craft. We eagerly pursue creative expression both professionally and recreationally. We are writers, musicians and dreamers, as well as eager annual camera club subscribers.
Many organisations like to suggest that they operate like a ‘dysfunctional family’. Well, we’re the real deal. We are genuinely dysfunctional. We argue, we laugh, we cry. We probably spend more time than is healthy together. And yet, we would like to suggest this makes us effective.
Like a well oiled machine we often know what the other is thinking. Sometimes just a look will suffice. What makes Studio Westlake unique within the industry is that it operates as one unit. There is no need to outsource, we dovetail all our operations into one seamless creative organisation.
It’s A Family Thing…
Uniquely crafted and uniquely inspired. We are not interested in painting by numbers. Good portraiture is about more than just flattering angles and beautiful backdrops. We fundamentally believe, in order to capture someone’s true likeness, it begins with understanding them, who they are and what makes them tick. Every nuance is important.
From there, we begin to explore how we can creatively embellish and extract that which has played out in-front of our lens. The thing you’ll notice very early on about the work of Studio Westlake is that we are entirely occupied with the concept of narrative and the uniqueness of a moment.
The power of cinema is its ability to capture a snapshot in time that can never be truely re-created, thus the importance of every shot being unique and full of drama. This plays a significant role through our entire creative process, particularly in the way we edit and process our footage.
Our chief aim is that every photo and video we publish evokes within its audience a feeling, emotion and story.
