Best Photography Studios in Copenhagen (2026)

Introduction

Copenhagen’s photography market splits into three kinds of studio, and the seven below cover all of them: rental facilities that productions hire by the day, e-commerce operations that shoot at volume, and commercial photographers who work from their own premises.

Demand comes largely from Danish furniture, fashion and food brands, and the studios reflect that. The Lab has hosted shoots for HAY, Bolia and Rains, while KAM Photographers lists Arla, Louis Poulsen and Velux among its portfolio examples. Two recent changes stand out. The Lab has grown to ten studios across two floors, after saying it would add two in 2026, and Trendshots now sells AI-generated campaign images built from its own packshots and model shots.

Every studio here has a Greater Copenhagen address and a live website as of November 2026. We kept the list to firms we could verify, which is why it is shorter than some others in this series. It runs in no fixed order of merit, since the right choice depends on whether you need a room, a production line or a photographer.

The best photography studios in Copenhagen

1. The Lab

Independent · Østerbro · thelab.dk

The Lab is a rental facility and full-service production house, founded in 1996 in an industrial building on Vermundsgade. It has ten studios across two floors, from 71 to 350 m², with large windows and high ceilings for daylight. Soundstages, equipment rental, set building and an analogue photo lab sit in the same building, along with The Lab Kitchen, which feeds crews and caters external shoots.

Its case studies include Nike, Vogue Scandinavia, Rains, Marimekko, Bolia and Financial Times, plus service production for Pandora with Malling Creative. A March 2025 feature in Production Paradise also credited a HAY shoot and an Airbnb film. Location scouting, casting and permits can be handled in-house, which suits international teams shooting in Denmark for the first time.

2. Trendshots

Partner-led · Nørrebro · trendshots.dk

Trendshots is an e-commerce photo studio on Nannasgade, working since 2012. It shoots packshots, product images, model images and campaign images for fashion, jewellery, interiors, beauty and retail, across seven or more purpose-built studios. The firm says it produces more than 50,000 images a year and cites seven consecutive Børsen Gazelle awards.

Orders go through an online booking form with no minimum order or setup fee, and delivery times run from 6 hours to 7 working days. AI campaign images start from DKK 99 each and are always based on Trendshots’ own packshots or model shots. Some images on its site are AI-generated and the site says so, which is worth checking against your own brand rules. Its site names no clients in text, so ask for references in your category.

3. Studio 36

Independent · Nordhavn · studio36.dk

Studio 36 is a single-room rental studio on Skudehavnsvej in the Nordhavn port area, aimed at small and medium-sized productions. The room is around 170 m² with ceilings of up to six metres and natural daylight through large windows, and it has a fully equipped kitchen and a professional photo kitchen.

Props and photo equipment can be hired on site, and location scouting is available. A raised terrace and a small dock give a second setting on the same booking, and there is free parking outside for loading. The studio publishes a 2026 price list on its site. It names no clients, so a site visit is the best way to judge it.

4. CoHo

Operated by The Content House · Nordvest · coho.dk

CoHo runs three studios totalling 400 m² at Rentemestervej 80, including a large cyclorama, a daylight studio and a broadcast-ready podcast room. The business is a content membership for B2B, SaaS and corporate brands: one flat annual fee covers a crew of photographers, videographers, editors and strategists, and there is a 3-month trial.

Clients named on its site include Visma, Cerivo and GetWhy, with logos for Pleo, TDC and GoMore. The membership model suits companies that need portraits, product images and video all year, and it is less suited to a single campaign shoot. A cyclorama studio of 210 m² at the same address is listed for hire on Venuu, so ask CoHo about studio-only terms if that is all you need.

5. KAM Photographers

Photographer-led · Nordvest and Ballerup · kam.dk

KAM Photographers is an advertising photography studio led by photographers Peter Kam and Helena Priem, with a Copenhagen address on Thoravej and a second on Borupvang in Ballerup. Its work covers advertising, food, design, lifestyle, pharma and portraits, and the two photographers draw on a network of food and interior stylists and hair and make-up artists.

Portfolio examples include Arla, Coop, Matas, Bolia, Louis Poulsen, Velux, Roche and McDonald’s. The mix of food, packaged goods and interiors makes it a practical option for retail and catalogue work. Its site gives slightly different details about its locations from page to page, so confirm which studio your shoot would use.

6. Mikkel Jul Hvilshøj

Independent photographer · Frederiksberg · hvilshoj.com

Mikkel Jul Hvilshøj is a still life photographer who has worked with advertising and editorial clients since 2005, shooting from his own studio on Bernhard Bangs Allé. His work has been included regularly in Lürzer’s Archive’s list of the 200 best advertising photographers since 2016. The style is clean and graphic, with strong colour.

Clients include Carlsberg, Kronenbourg 1664, Schweppes, Burger King and Domino’s Pizza. Project titles on his site include Nike, Bodum, Eva Solo and Fender. He suits drinks, food, fragrance and product briefs where one object has to carry the image, and he also takes location work abroad.

7. Tuala Hjarnø

Independent photographer · Valby · tuala.com

Tuala Hjarnø is a Copenhagen photographer working on lifestyle, editorial and commercial projects from a studio at Carl Jacobsens Vej in Valby. The work is calm and graphic, shaped by architecture, movement and a background in skateboarding culture, and the site’s copyright notice runs from 2002 to 2026.

Image labels on the site reference Satair, Genmab, DFDS, Dorte Mandrup and Aarsleff, which suggests corporate and architecture-related work. The site does not present these as a client list, so ask for relevant examples when you brief.

What to look for in a Copenhagen photography studio

Decide first whether you are hiring a room, a production service or a photographer. The Lab and Studio 36 sell space and support, so you bring the creative team. Trendshots and CoHo run their own crews, and KAM, Mikkel Jul Hvilshøj and Tuala Hjarnø sell their eye as well as their premises.

Check the daylight and the size of the room against the shoot. Furniture and interiors need depth, ceiling height and a way to get large pieces in, and The Lab’s largest studio, at 350 m², is built for that. Copenhagen’s low winter light also matters: north-west windows that work well in June give a much shorter shooting day in December, so ask about artificial daylight or a cyclorama for winter dates.

For e-commerce, compare the whole flow as well as the price per image. Ask how samples travel to the studio and back, what colour correction is included, and how quickly a reshoot can be turned round. If you are considering AI-generated campaign images, agree in advance how they will be labelled and whether the usage terms cover them.

Agree usage rights and delivery before the shoot. Ask for a written licence covering territory, duration and media, and be clear about who receives the RAW files. Then settle how selects and retouch notes will be handled, because a campaign with several hundred frames can lose days to comments spread across email and PDF markups.

How Fabric helps photography studio teams

Fabric gives a studio one workspace for its image library, client feedback and job history, and the setup for photographers is built around that pattern. A shared team folder per client keeps RAW files, selects, retouched finals, briefs and call sheets together, with the latest versions in one place.

Large RAW libraries sit in Fabric’s cloud drive, which streams files on demand so they take no local disk space. Retouchers can open heavy files without waiting for a full download. Search works by meaning across images and documents, and colour search finds visual assets by shade, which helps when a client asks for last season’s shots in a particular tone. Similar search takes one image and finds others close to it in composition, colour and subject, a quick way to find alternates from a long shoot.

Client feedback goes through sharing. Share a folder of selects with the client as a commenter, and they can open it through a shared link without signing up. On any image they can draw directly on the picture and attach a comment to the drawing, which is useful for retouch notes such as a stray reflection on a product. Video and audio take timestamped comments, and video comments can include a drawing on the frame. The team marks each comment completed as the retouch is done, so the feedback works as a checklist.

Finished work can then be published as a web page, which is view-only with optional download and suits final galleries and lookbooks. Add password protection for images that are still under embargo before a launch or a Copenhagen Fashion Week show.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best photography studio in Copenhagen?

There is no single answer, as it depends on the job. The Lab is the largest rental facility on this list, Trendshots is built for e-commerce volume, and Mikkel Jul Hvilshøj specialises in still life, with regular Lürzer’s Archive inclusion since 2016.

Can I hire a photo studio in Copenhagen without booking a photographer?

Yes. The Lab and Studio 36 are rental studios that productions hire with their own team. Both offer photo equipment for hire, and The Lab can also supply set building and location management.

Which Copenhagen studios handle e-commerce photography?

Trendshots is the specialist here. It takes orders through an online form with no minimum order, and delivery runs from 6 hours to 7 working days depending on what you choose. KAM Photographers also shoots product and catalogue work, on a more bespoke basis.

Can the same studio shoot stills and video?

Several can. The Lab has soundstages for motion as well as daylight studios, and CoHo’s membership covers photographers and videographers together. For film-led work, see our list of video production companies in Copenhagen.

Do Copenhagen photography studios use AI-generated images?

Some do. Trendshots sells AI campaign images from DKK 99 each, always based on its own packshots and model shots, and states that some images on its site are AI-generated. Ask any studio directly whether AI is used in a job and how that affects rights and labelling.

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