BASEL BOUTIQUE PHOTOGRAPHY
Fine art portraiture
for international families in Basel
For families who want their family's story, crafted into heirloom artwork they will live with for generations.
Your phone has thousands of photos of your children. Yet only a handful may ever be printed.
You take wonderful pictures of your family. Then they move from your phone to the cloud, ultimately buried in digital clutter, waiting for the day you finally sort through them.
What you’re missing are not pictures of your family. It is portraits that are designed and created to be finished and hung, one your family passes every morning and lives with for years.
The Oak Studio exists for international families who call Basel their home and have meant to get proper portraits, and haven’t quite got to it yet.
THE PORTRAIT EXPERIENCE
From the first conversation to the artwork in your home.
Your Creative Commission Fee covers the complete portrait experience. We plan the session around your family and the rooms where your artwork will hang. You see your portraits for the first time at a private viewing appointment, and there we design your collection together.
From your first appointment until the artwork is hand-delivered, every detail is taken care of.
THE ARTWORK
Every piece that leaves The Oak Studio is made to the standard of fine art. Printed on archival materials, hand-finished, and built to last generations.
The wall art, albums, and folio boxes we create are designed to be displayed proudly, lived with, and passed down, not stored away.
Your portrait journey.
In four simple steps.
01. The Consultation
We start with a conversation about your family, your home, and this season of life. We discuss where your portraits will live, and what to expect. This is where we design your session to tell your story.
02. The Session
Whether in our studio or at a Basel location that means something to your family, your session is unhurried and fully guided. You get wardrobe styling guidance. Full hair and make-up for mum is included.
03. The Viewing
Two weeks later, you return for a private viewing. This is the first time you see your family as portraits. We present them on a large screen, and together we choose the pieces that will become artwork in your home.
04. The Artwork
Your portraits are printed on museum-grade fine art paper. Albums and folio boxes are hand-made by artisans. Every piece comes ready to display and crafted to last decades.
It all starts with a complimentary and no-obligation Discovery Call where we have a short conversation about your family and what you would like to see on your walls. By the end of it, you will know whether we are the right fit for each other..
I understand this chapter
I moved to Basel from New Zealand with my own family, so the years you are in are familiar to me. They pass more quickly than they feel while you are living inside them.
I have photographed families for many years, and for most of that time I did what nearly every photographer does. I made images I was proud of, handed over the files, and trusted that people would do something with them. They almost never did. The pictures moved from a phone to the cloud, and the years they lived went unseen.
The families I worked with wanted to remember exactly how everyone was in that season of life. The Oak Studio exists to make portraiture that is printed, framed, and designed for your home. It is meant to be lived with for decades, and made to that standard.
These years deserve to become something you can hold, and most families never quite manage it. I would like to help you make sure yours does.
ABOUT ME
YOUR STORY. YOUR PORTRAITS.
This is the moment.
Most families mean to do this. What holds them back is usually “we don't look our best this year”, or “we'll do it next year, when there's more headspace”. Meanwhile your children keep changing, a little every season, and your family will not look quite like this again.
The perfect year for portraits is the one you are in.
It begins with a short no-obligation Discovery Call where we talk about your family, and whether we are the right studio for you.