Studio

Musta & Valkoinen (Finnish for “Black & White”) is a downtown Helsinki rental photography and videography studio, built and operated by audiovisual professionals. The studio is open by appointment from Monday to Sunday.

Studio rental full day 750€ + VAT, service hours* 9:00-17:00
Half day 375€ + VAT, service hours* 9:00-13:00 or 13:00-17:00

The cyclorama studio’s rental price includes grip and lighting (see listing below for details). We are your choice for an easy and central location – use our grip & light or bring your own familiar equipment.

Left: Samuli Karala photographing Aaron Sirainen
Right: Anselme Nsango by Samuli Karala for Known and Published

The L-shaped studio space is 85 square meters (about 900 sq feet), and features a 4.5×4.5m cyclorama wall with a rounded corner, floor and ceiling. Your widest perspective is 6.5m (diagonal) with disappearing background (walls, floor, ceiling; see references below). Max shooting distance from wall to cyclorama is 13m (about 42 ft). The rounded ceiling and corner makes the cyclorama wall a perfect background for lighting still- and video shoots, and outstanding for a ready to publish -look for behind the scenes smartphone reels!

Left: Laura Ogannesian by Samuli Karala for Known and Published
Right: BTS by Samuli Karala with Pyry Itkonen of Long Story Short. Ceiling height is 3.35m, or infinity as shown in photos

Cloud back-up your work as it progresses with our premium internet connection. Your clients can attend the shoot from their home or office thanks to Capture Pilot and other cloud services.
Average tested network speed Screengrab courtesy of SpeedTest.net

Using the same light modifiers for stills (strobe light) and video (LED lights) gives you an identical cross-platform look for easy color-grading in hybrid productions.

Rental studio is located in downtown Helsinki

Address and contact information
Studio Musta & Valkoinen, Johanneksentie 8, FI-00120 Helsinki, Finland
Tel. (studio manager direct) +358 50 540 9609 or enquire via email

Loading and offloading
Direct access via street level entrance, just park in front of the door for easy logistics. Four electric car charging points in front of the studio door and Helsinki street parking (Zone 1).

Local services
Dozens of restaurants, cafés and bars in the neighborhood. The nearest taxi station is 30m from our studio door.

Smart studio accessories
Interior lights are smart LEDs, individually or group adjustable to desired color temperature. In addition to interior lights, the studio possesses a wide range of strobe and daylight/RGB LEDs for photo and videography use.

Every single grip in our inventory is **black** – no more unwanted chrome reflections in high res still photography. *Behind the scenes photos by Vilhelm Sjöström*: **Samuli Karala photographing Martina Aitolehti**

Broncolor LED F160, Move 1200, MobiLED 1600, Siros L800 WiFi, Pulso G 3200, Ringflash 3200, Scoro 3200S, Scoro 1600S, Para 133, Para 88… plus every single Broncolor softbox and reflector in production. Please inform us of your grip/lighting needs and we will provide more information!

Crew needs
Make-up and hair professionals are treated with a dedicated mirror corner with a comfortable and height adjustable chair, workdesks to spread out cosmetics and precision working light adjustable from tungsten to daylight temperature. Style has a steamer for perfecting clothes as well as 7 meters of clothing racks and plenty of coat hangers. Dressing room and washroom provide privacy for changing clothes. Mini-kitchen is equipped with basic requirements (mid-sized refridgerator, coffee maker (fresh roasted beans are on the house), water cooker, micro-wave oven and dish-washing machine). Nearest food store is around the corner. There’s an electric dining table that can comfortably fit a 6 person crew for lunch (or act as a workspace for your shoot).

HiFi and WiFi
Bring your own music and stream it to our B&O multiroom speaker system. Work efficiently using our fast WiFi network, included in the price.

Optional services (please notify of your needs when booking)
Mint (as in fresh paint, never walked) white infinity floor and wall: paint dry on arrival 82 EUR + VAT
PhaseONE IQ4 system rental 490€ +VAT
PhaseONE IQ160 system rental 260€ +VAT
Nikon F D850 system rental 200€ + VAT
Studio assistant 350€ + VAT
Assisting photographer/digital and lighting operator (8h) 480€ + VAT
Questions? Give us a WhatsApp call on +358 50 540 9609 Helsinki UTC +2h

Late cancellation fee (24h) = 50% invoiced
No show fee = 100% invoiced
Bookings confirmed minimum 48h in advance

Payment: Credit card on location (charged including VAT 25.5%) or invoiced to EU VAT registered company (EU intra-sales directive VAT 0%). Payment is settled before or at the start of the production date with payment terms 14 days net.