Why one studio wasn't enough
Meridian Studios started as a single daylight room and a lot of borrowed lighting gear. Every job that came in wanted something a little different, whether that was a couple after soft, natural portraits, or a brand after a hard edged, controlled product shots; a director wanting a set that simply didn't exist yet. Trying to make one room do all three never quite worked.
So rather than compromise, we built three rooms. The Solarium is for daylight work, the Blackbox gives you full control of the lighting, and the Backlot is there for anything that has to be built from scratch. One address, three completely different studios.
Standard sessions, and the ones nobody's built before
Most days we're shooting portraits, weddings and commercial work across the three rooms exactly as they stand. But the Backlot exists specifically for the requests that don't fit a standard session, whether that is a themed set, a particular commercial look, or a build nobody else has been willing to quote for. That work is never priced off a rate card; it's scoped properly, every time.
Whichever space you book, the same crew handles the lighting, the styling and the shoot itself, so a custom build in the Backlot gets the same attention as a portrait sitting in the Solarium.
Right space, right shoot
We'll tell you honestly which room suits your brief best, even when that means talking you out of the one you asked for.
Quotes, not guesswork
Custom builds are scoped properly before you commit to anything, so the cost on shoot day is the cost you agreed.
One crew, start to finish
The people who scope your build are the same people lighting and shooting it, so nothing gets lost along the way.