01 / 07 Studio · Auckland
Photographing the hours
after the sun goes down.
...and the ones just before.
U&Me Studio — a husband-and-wife studio in Tāmaki Makaurau. We make portraits that feel like a frame held one second too long.
fig. 01 — Untitled (after dark), 2025
03 / 07 Films
Index
A small selection from the last two years. The full archive is shared on request.
fig. 02 — Night portrait
fig. 03 — City night
fig. 05 — Sodium-vapour
fig. 04 — Reception
fig. 06 — Candle
04 / 07 Us
Founded 2018
Leah & Hex
Auckland, Aotearoa
“We shoot what the room looks like when it quiets — the second version of you that no-one else stays long enough to see.”
We met at a wedding in 2018 and haven't stopped photographing since. We work on a small number of commissions each year — never more than thirty — so that we can give each one the time it asks for.
Our work leans into a single idea: that light changes how a face looks. We shoot on medium-format digital and a single film body. Everything is finished in our own studio in Lynnfield.
05 / 07 Frames
What we shoot
Three rooms of one house. Maternity, commercial, and food — by request, when the year allows.
Night Portrait the signature
One warm source on the person. One cool shadow behind. One frame held one second too long.
Daylight Portrait
Studio or on-location. People, products, a slow afternoon.
Events & Weddings
Weddings, parties, brand launches, dinners. We arrive early, leave late, keep our mouths shut in between.
We also shoot: commercial product, menu and food, interiors, and personal projects.
06 / 07 Rhythm
How we work
Four steps. We do not bounce. We do not upsell.
01 — Listen
You send us a song, a film still, a feeling. That tells us more than a brief.
02 — Scout
We walk the location twice — once by day, once after blue hour. We look for where the light will land.
03 — Shoot
Same calm, day or night. One lens, one body. We move slowly, talk quietly, ask you to forget the camera.
04 — Cut
Hand-edited, color-graded to a film LUT, delivered as a private gallery within four weeks.
07 / 07 Last frame
Write to
us.
We read every letter. Replies usually take two days. Located in Lynnfield — by appointment only.