Cog Creative Space

Cog Creative Space Cog Creative is a co-working photography studio available for hire, with on-site parking

Presenting...this week's colours! We have Chestnut, Orchid and the always popular Scarlet set up in the Daylight Studio....
09/09/2025

Presenting...this week's colours! We have Chestnut, Orchid and the always popular Scarlet set up in the Daylight Studio. We have showcased these colours with a fun shoot with the amazing Trinity Hunt from The Models. We set up our extra large 2m softbox on a 300W LED as a large fill, and a gridded Octabox as a short key from the rear, across from a stripbox rim on the opposite side. This shoot was done in a little over an hour exclusively with LED lights from Godox and Aputure. Trinity was brilliant - professional, versatile and willing to explore a range of ideas throughout the shoot.

Model: Stills by Sam Oster
BTS Video and assistance by Shaun Li
Model: Trinity Hunt
Agency: The Models

Colours Of The Week! For the start of Spring we have Tangelo (for a promise of warmth to come), Baby Blue (for the colou...
01/09/2025

Colours Of The Week! For the start of Spring we have Tangelo (for a promise of warmth to come), Baby Blue (for the colour of the skies we hope to see soon!) and Deep Green (for the colour of the luscious grass after all the rain lately). Our model is the fabulous Brice who came in for his headshots and was gracious enough to have a play in the Daylight studio with these colours after his official shoot! Brice is amazing to work with and we had a lot of fun practicing our French with him! These colours are set up for any daylight Studio hires this week...:)

This week's COLOURS OF THE WEEK (free with any Daylight Studio hire) are: Cocoa, Coral and Apple - our Liquorice Allsort...
25/08/2025

This week's COLOURS OF THE WEEK (free with any Daylight Studio hire) are: Cocoa, Coral and Apple - our Liquorice Allsort Range! Here are some images shot using this week's colours with the lovely Accalia from . We had a lot of fun playing with these colours and seeing what we could explore using the backgrounds as a basis for creating visual ideas. Accalia was amazing and we can't wait to work with her again!

CREATIVE TEAM
MODEL: ACCALIA OLIVER
PHOTOGRAPHER: SAM OSTER
STUDIO: COG CREATIVE Cog Creative Space
AGENCY: THE MODELS
ASSISTANT & VIDEOGRAPHER: SHAUN LI (Capture The Present)

We had a great time playing with cameras in the studio for our recent workshop exploring dance in the studio! The idea...
18/08/2025

We had a great time playing with cameras in the studio for our recent workshop exploring dance in the studio! The idea for this session was to take a camera that is known primarily as a street photographer’s go-to, but to take it into the studio and push it to capture challenging subject-matter in a demanding situation.

Our dancer .synnott was great to work with – very open to impromptu changes with constant ideas thrown in by participants throughout the shoot.

We were keen to explore the Fujifilm XT-5’s intelligent hybrid AF system with subject detection with a dancer in the studio, and assess the camera’s capability as a quick responder to action and face / eye detection for portrait and action work. We also had a go at using ‘continuous high’ for burst mode shooting with movement.

For this shoot we paired the Fuji with our lighting equipment, and played around with colour gels and our Optical Spot with gobos for some extra fun. Technically the Fuji was amazing to work with in the studio. When we tried the continuous high burst mode we had to increase our ISO to 800 to lower the power enough for the lights to cope with the high speed shooting. This did introduce some noise which is honestly barely noticeable, but we could have managed this by choosing to use higher-powered lights instead. The quality of the ISO 200 shots is unbelievable – extremely detailed with gorgeous colours and tones!

This was a great opportunity to play with Fujifilm’s range of crop-sensor cameras in the studio to get a feeling for taking them off the streets!

Thanks so much to Matt from for coming to Adelaide to share these beautiful cameras with us. We are looking forward to our next Fujifilm workshop working with the GFX in the studio under even more challenging conditions! Thanks also to all the participants – you all got involved and offered amazing suggestions as we worked together to explore dance, movement, composition, form and colour in the Pro Studio.

Credits
Shoot Photographer:
BTS Photographer:
Dancer: .synnott
SPONSORS: &
Lighting:

Announcing our Colours of the Week for this weekend and next week! We have the gorgeous and popular Scarlet, along with ...
15/08/2025

Announcing our Colours of the Week for this weekend and next week! We have the gorgeous and popular Scarlet, along with a sweet baby blue and our BRAND NEW Deep Purple! So much fun to be had with this week's colours of the week. Free with any Daylight Studio booking.

As part of our Colour Gel workshops we have been doing 1:1 colour gel sessions with local photographers in our Pro Studi...
04/08/2025

As part of our Colour Gel workshops we have been doing 1:1 colour gel sessions with local photographers in our Pro Studio. We had so much fun with Lindsay Rainey exploring colour gel setups using our lighting supplied by - and our favourite hand-painted backdrop by . Our beautiful colour gels by Jake Hicks and Lee Filters gave us so much range to choose from when selecting our colour palettes. Our INCREDIBLE model Ashlee was perfect and so effortless to work with. Lindsay is an amazing local photographer and it was great to collaborate with him to craft this shoot. Check out results from this shoot on our website (see link) - and check out Lindsay's amazing portfolio on his Instagram.

https://cogcreativespace.com/colour-gel-11-session-with-lindsay-rainey/
https://www.instagram.com/raineylindz

Here are this week's Colours of the Week - set up for you in the Daylight Studio (and free with any Daylight Studio Hire...
04/08/2025

Here are this week's Colours of the Week - set up for you in the Daylight Studio (and free with any Daylight Studio Hire); Canary Yellow, Pink & Spruce. You can see here how you can change the tone of the background by changing how you light it. We love the yellow slightly overexposed, the pink 'perfectly' exposed, and the Spruce looks amazing whatever you do with it! Ultimately it's up to you how you use the colours and they are set up & ready for you to explore...

Thanks to our very patient model & actor Eliana from for helping us capture our amazing colour range!

This week's COLOURS OF THE WEEK! We have Scarlet, Purple and Cocoa set up in the Daylight Studio - free with any Day...
22/07/2025

This week's COLOURS OF THE WEEK! We have Scarlet, Purple and Cocoa set up in the Daylight Studio - free with any Daylight Studio hire. Check out how versatile these colours can look with some simple lighting adjustments on the backdrop. These backdrops are lit with 2 simple barn-doors from the top in these examples, but you can light them in soooo many ways. Thanks to Eliana from for being our model for this showcase shoot!

Upcoming Studio Office Vacancies!At Cog Creative Space (Norwood) we're offering residencies for freelance creatives, in ...
17/07/2025

Upcoming Studio Office Vacancies!

At Cog Creative Space (Norwood) we're offering residencies for freelance creatives, in a choice of one of two private offices. We've juggled things around to accommodate more freelancers at the studio yay! Available soon! 🙂

Rent in a co-working studio with other freelancers from just $175 per week (+ GST) INCLUDING monitored security, high-speed internet, cleaning, electricity etc - plus PERKS! Unfurnished but we do have desks available if needed. No lock-in lease - we just want the right people who will suit our relaxed and friendly vibe. You'll be sharing with photographers and filmmakers in a really fun and friendly space

Perfect for photographers // videographers // production company // makeup artists // casting agent // graphic designer // editor // freelance creative
Contact Sam at [email protected] for more details!


❄️ Locational shoots are fun...but not in bad weather.. Don't get us wrong - we LOVE location shoots but clients apprec...
04/07/2025

❄️ Locational shoots are fun...but not in bad weather..

Don't get us wrong - we LOVE location shoots but clients appreciate coming in to the studio to experience a comfortable and relaxed shoot with predictable and controlled results...all without getting rained on!

📷This is your chance to learn all the basics of studio lighting with hands-on access to high-end lighting in a professional studio under the guidance of professional photographers.

👉4 x workshops. Every Wednesday starting July 23rd
Learn to light portraits like a pro, and become an expert on;
✅Inverse Square Law
✅Lighting Styles
✅Light Quality
✅Flash Exposure
✅Tethering
and lots more!!

Book Now - small group only! Link in bio 👩‍🏫 (supported by )
Images by Sam Oster

✨ Ready to grow your confidence with studio lighting? ✨We know lighting can feel intimidating when you’re just starting ...
02/07/2025

✨ Ready to grow your confidence with studio lighting? ✨
We know lighting can feel intimidating when you’re just starting out. That’s why we’ve created a small group 4-week Studio Lighting Workshop Series just for you!

Held on Wednesday nights at Cog Creative Space, this workshop is designed to support photographers in Adelaide who want to learn the how and why behind lighting setups, build hands-on experience, and questions in a relaxed, supportive and professional environment. ** The workshop series is starting in just 3 weeks **

Whether you’ve never utilised a studio strobe and modifier or you’ve dabbled and want to go deeper, you’ll walk away with practical skills, new connections, and hands-on experience that will leave you with confidence in the studio.

📸 Small group sessions. Supportive teaching. Real growth.
Spots are limited. Head to the link in bio to book your place!

You'll be working with professional lighting equipment by supplied by Diamonds Camera, trained by experienced professional photographer Sam Oster in a working professional studio.

BYO Camera & lenses, notebook & pen and plenty of curiosity!

Our 'Beyond the Lens - Building a Sustainable Photography Business' event, powered by Aftershoot, was an epic success. W...
27/06/2025

Our 'Beyond the Lens - Building a Sustainable Photography Business' event, powered by Aftershoot, was an epic success. We had a full house in the Pro Studio, with both emerging and established creators listening intently to the wisdom of our incredible panel of speakers. We covered all the nitty gritty stuff about finances, business structures, tax and accounting, streamlining your work, scaling your business, and all the sexy stuff about IP, copyright, contracts and legal stuff. There was a lot crammed in to the session, so we had pizza and refreshment breaks, with plenty of opportunities to network. Our Q&A panel offered practical tips and answered specific questions that added to our insight across the fields of accounting, law and 'businessing' in the creative sector.

Thanks very much to our panel of speakers - Lauren , Paul from Wallmans Lawyers, and Jason from , and to our sponsor Aftershoot - we couldn't have made the session so productive and successful without them as our amazing event partner. Thanks to everyone who attended! We look forward to seeing you all at the next event!

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20 Boskenna Avenue
Adelaide, SA
5067

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