The start
A camera and a curiosity
It began as a habit, not a business — shooting friends, cars and nights out around Leeds, learning the frame by getting it wrong a few hundred times.
The studio
How Aera began.
First clients
People started asking
Events, motorsport and nights that needed covering properly. The first invoices, the first deadlines — and the realisation this could be more than a hobby.
Design
Not just the photo
Brands wanted the whole thing — posters, campaign design, a feed that looked considered. Photography became one part of a bigger craft.
The studio
A name for the standard
Aera was built around one belief: great media shouldn't be reserved for brands with agency budgets. A studio identity, a way of working, a bar to clear.
Now
Leeds, and further out
Founder-led from Leeds, working across Yorkshire with friends joining from further afield. Still small, still personal — and only getting sharper.
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