ABOUT

ABOUT

ABOUT

ABOUT

THE STUDIO

THE STUDIO

THE STUDIO

THE STUDIO

PHOTOGRAPHY • VIDEO EDITOR
• PICTURE RETOUCH
NIGER STATE, NIGERIA

(01) OUR STORY

IT STARTED WITH ONE BORROWED CAMERA AND A LOT OF CURIOSITY.

IT STARTED WITH ONE BORROWED CAMERA AND A LOT OF CURIOSITY.

IT STARTED WITH ONE BORROWED CAMERA AND A LOT OF CURIOSITY.

IT STARTED WITH ONE BORROWED CAMERA AND A LOT OF CURIOSITY.

Cognito Studio began in 2020 as a one-person portrait practice in Minna. Friends asked for headshots, then their parents asked for anniversary photos, then a couple asked us to shoot their wedding. We said yes to all of it.

Cognito Studio began in 2020 as a one-person portrait practice in Minna. Friends asked for headshots, then their parents asked for anniversary photos, then a couple asked us to shoot their wedding. We said yes to all of it.

Cognito Studio began in 2020 as a one-person portrait practice in Minna. Friends asked for headshots, then their parents asked for anniversary photos, then a couple asked us to shoot their wedding. We said yes to all of it.

Cognito Studio began in 2020 as a one-person portrait practice in Minna. Friends asked for headshots, then their parents asked for anniversary photos, then a couple asked us to shoot their wedding. We said yes to all of it.

Today we are a small team of photographers and editors. We still work the same way: listen first, keep the setup simple, and give people room to be themselves in front of the lens.

Today we are a small team of photographers and editors. We still work the same way: listen first, keep the setup simple, and give people room to be themselves in front of the lens.

Today we are a small team of photographers and editors. We still work the same way: listen first, keep the setup simple, and give people room to be themselves in front of the lens.

Today we are a small team of photographers and editors. We still work the same way: listen first, keep the setup simple, and give people room to be themselves in front of the lens.

Every image that leaves the studio is edited by hand. No presets dumped on a whole gallery, no plastic skin. Just careful, honest work you will want to print.

Every image that leaves the studio is edited by hand. No presets dumped on a whole gallery, no plastic skin. Just careful, honest work you will want to print.

Every image that leaves the studio is edited by hand. No presets dumped on a whole gallery, no plastic skin. Just careful, honest work you will want to print.

Every image that leaves the studio is edited by hand. No presets dumped on a whole gallery, no plastic skin. Just careful, honest work you will want to print.

Imran Hossain

FOUNDER & LEAD PHOTOGRAPHER

(02) WHAT WE BELIEVE

OUR

OUR

OUR

OUR

VALUES

VALUES

VALUES

VALUES

01

HONEST LIGHT

We work with the light that is there and shape it gently. Nothing harsh, nothing fake.

02

REAL EMOTION

The best frames happen between poses. We wait for them and we catch them.

03

TIMELESS FINISH

Edits that will still look right in twenty years, on a screen or on your wall.

(03) IN THE BAG

TOOLS WE TRUST

TOOLS WE TRUST

TOOLS WE TRUST

TOOLS WE TRUST

CAMERA

SONY A7 IV / CANON R6

LENSES

35MM F1.4 / 85MM F1.8 / 24-70MM F2.8

LIGHT

PROFOTO B10 / GODOX AD200

VIDEO

DJI RS 3 / RODE WIRELESS GO

EDIT

LIGHTROOM / PHOTOSHOP / PREMIERE

(04) LET’S TALK

LET’S CREATE SOMETHING TIMELESS.

LET’S CREATE SOMETHING TIMELESS.

LET’S CREATE SOMETHING TIMELESS.

LET’S CREATE SOMETHING TIMELESS.

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