Best Photography Studios in Amsterdam (2026)

Introduction

Amsterdam has a compact, studio-based photography scene, and the eight studios and production companies below cover most of what a brand needs: still life and product work, food and drink, a hire studio with daylight, and producers who handle crews, locations and permits.

Much of the commercial work in the city is shot in small owner-led studios rather than large photo houses. Several of the photographers here run their own sets in Amsterdam-Noord, the Food Center in Amsterdam-West or converted buildings across the city, and bring in stylists, set builders and retouchers per job. Clients range from Philips, the Rijksmuseum and adidas to Kraft Heinz and Dutch food brands, and a lot of the work now includes short motion pieces alongside stills.

Every firm on this list showed an active Amsterdam studio or office in 2026, checked against its own site or a 2025 or 2026 trade profile. It is a shorter list than for some cities because we included only studios we could verify. The order carries no ranking.

The best photography studios in Amsterdam

1. Bake a Picture

Independent · Amsterdam-West · bakeapicture.nl

Bake a Picture is a food photography studio founded by Vita Devies, based at the Centrale Groothandelsmarkt (the Food Center) in Amsterdam-West. It treats each job as a full visual concept, covering recipe development, styling, production and photography, and works with freelance food stylists, recipe developers and producers. Production Paradise featured it in its food and drink spotlights in July and September 2026.

Clients include Albert Heijn, Van Tol Convenience, BioToday, Farm Frites, Hak and Fastned. The BioToday project ran to more than forty recipes, which gives a sense of the content libraries the studio takes on for retail and packaged food brands.

2. Butterfly Studio

Independent · Amsterdam · butterflystudio.nl

Butterfly Studio is a food and product photography and video studio founded by Kristine Trofimova. Sets, props and backdrops are built in-house, and the studio produces recipe videos, product demos and packshots alongside campaign stills. It appeared in Production Paradise’s Benelux showcase in June 2026.

Named clients include Kraft Heinz (table sauces), Jean Bâton, Van Stapele and Marfar Sauce. For Jean Bâton it worked with the creative team at Howdy Amsterdam, a useful reference for brands that want a studio able to slot into an agency process.

3. Thomas van Schaik Photography

Independent · Noord · thomasvanschaik.com

Thomas van Schaik runs a still life and product studio on the Grasweg in Amsterdam-Noord, with interior and occasional food work as well. Most retouching is done in-house. He was featured in Production Paradise’s still life spotlight in October 2026, and his personal projects have been recognised at the Dutch photography awards.

Recent work includes images for the Rijksmuseum, Philips, JBL, Vivo and STOX Energy Socks, plus Christmas images for Manchester City produced through Stitchd. Projects often bring in paper artists and set stylists, so ask who will be on set for yours.

4. Hugo Onink

Independent · Amsterdam · hugoonink.photography

Hugo Onink is a commercial photographer and creative director who works mainly from his own Amsterdam studio in a converted school building. He shoots bold, colourful product, food and lifestyle work, and his still life sets often extend into stop motion and video. He appeared in Production Paradise’s Benelux showcase in June 2026.

The studio serves international brands in sports, lifestyle, tech and everyday products. Onink has a background in production and art direction, which suits briefs where the concept is still being shaped when the photographer is booked.

5. Kyla Elaine

Independent · Amsterdam · kylaelaine.com

Kyla Elaine is a Canadian-born still life, product and lifestyle photographer who has worked in Amsterdam for 17 years. She runs shoots from her own studio and handles the full process from concept to retouching, and she has started adding motion and AI-animated work. Production Paradise featured her several times between October 2025 and March 2026, including its Women in Photo & Film 2026 issue.

Her client list includes adidas, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Rituals, Zalando, JBL, VanMoof and Daily Paper. Her personal work has won awards from the International Photography Awards, One Eyeland and PX3.

6. Studio 13 Amsterdam

Independent · Centrum · studio13amsterdam.nl

Studio 13 is a hire studio on the Utrechtsedwarsstraat in the city centre, with a daylight studio under a sawtooth roof and an industrial loft, plus wet and limbo set-ups. Lights, flashes and furniture can be rented on site, and an in-house team supports shoots. Day rates are published on the site (€600 for a full day in 2026, excluding VAT).

Brands and publishers that have shot there include Heineken, Tommy Hilfiger, Hunkemöller, Puma, New Balance, Gymshark and DPG Media. It suits fashion, portrait and commercial shoots that need a central location and daylight.

7. C Productions

Independent · Amsterdam · cproductions.nl

C Productions is an Amsterdam photo and film production company that handles crew, location scouting, permits, equipment and logistics, and works as a fixer for international teams shooting in the Netherlands. It appeared in Production Paradise’s Benelux showcase in June 2026.

Its showcase includes work for Intersport, Decathlon, Skoda, Duravit, Petit Bateau, Yamaha and Canon. It is a practical option for foreign photographers or agencies that need a local producer rather than a studio.

8. Jan Ruinard Productions

Independent · Amsterdam · janruinard.nl

Jan Ruinard is a creative producer for international photo and film shoots, working from Amsterdam and also covering Rotterdam and The Hague. The company provides full production and logistics management and keeps its own database of locations, from industrial sites and daylight lofts to beach clubs. It was featured in Production Paradise’s Benelux showcase in June 2026.

Clients have included Volkswagen (ID.3 and IQ Drive), Citroën, Cirque du Soleil, American Vintage and Sherri Hill. Fashion, automotive and advertising shoots make up most of the work.

What to look for in an Amsterdam photography studio

Start with the set-up you need. Many Amsterdam studios are run by one lead photographer who builds a team per job, while others are hire spaces or producers with no photographer of their own. Decide whether you are booking a photographer with a studio, a studio to bring your own photographer into, or a producer to run the whole shoot.

Check the specialism closely. Food, still life and fashion need different sets, stylists and lighting, and the strongest Amsterdam studios tend to focus on one or two of these. Ask for recent work in your category, and who styled, built and retouched it.

Agree usage and deliverables before the shoot. Dutch studios usually quote creative fees and image rights separately, and the price changes a good deal between a web-only licence and a pan-European campaign. If you need motion as well as stills, say so at the start, since several studios here now shoot both on the same set.

Finally, plan for the files. A single still life day can produce hundreds of RAW files, selects and retouched versions. Studios that deliver through one shared gallery, with clear selects and a single round of comments, save both sides a lot of time in the approval stage.

How Fabric helps photography studio teams

Fabric gives a photography studio one workspace for shoot files, client feedback and reference material, with AI search across all of it. The setup for photographers is built around large image libraries and client delivery.

RAW files and retouched exports sit in Fabric’s cloud drive, which streams files on demand so they take no local disk space, and opens heavy files without a full download. Search works by meaning across images, PDFs and documents, and colour search finds shots by shade. Similar search surfaces images with a related composition, colour or subject, which helps when a client asks for “more like this one” from an old shoot.

For delivery, a folder of selects can be published as a web page with password protection, which works as a client gallery. Link analytics shows when each named recipient opened the link and how long they spent on it. Clients and art directors can leave threaded comments through a shared link without signing up. Clients can also draw on any image and add a comment to the drawing.

Before the shoot, moodboards and references can live on one board, as set out in the guide to moodboards in Fabric. There is a wider comparison in the best cloud storage for photographers.

Password protection and link analytics are included on Pro and Team plans. See plans for teams.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best photography studio in Amsterdam?

It depends on the brief. For food, Bake a Picture and Butterfly Studio both run dedicated food sets. For still life and product work, Thomas van Schaik, Hugo Onink and Kyla Elaine have each worked for international brands from their own Amsterdam studios.

Can I hire a photo studio in Amsterdam without a photographer?

Yes. Studio 13 in the city centre rents its daylight and loft studios by the half or full day, with lights and furniture available on site.

Who can produce a photo shoot in Amsterdam for an international team?

C Productions and Jan Ruinard Productions both handle crew, locations, permits and logistics for visiting photographers and agencies, and Jan Ruinard keeps a database of Dutch locations.

Do Amsterdam photography studios also shoot video?

Many do. Butterfly Studio makes recipe and product videos, and Hugo Onink and Kyla Elaine add stop motion and motion work to still life shoots. For larger film work, see the list of video production companies in Amsterdam.

How much does a product photography day cost in Amsterdam?

Studios rarely publish full rates, as fees depend on styling, retouching and image usage. Studio hire alone starts at around €600 a day excluding VAT at Studio 13, before the photographer’s fee and rights.

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