Candid Studios

Our Candid Studios Retrobooth got the party started on Friday eve at The Lonely Girls Club halloween party 🩷 It’s giving ice breaker, moment maker, memory you’ll have forever, event elevator and the cutest lil branded keepsake downloaded + printed on the spot. We’re taking this baby with us on the road quite a lot for events in Q4 - but she does have some space in her busy schedj for now! Email me at aimee@candidstudios.co.uk - let’s do fun things together!!! 📸🫶🎞️

Candid in the wild 🐆

We had a party for our bursary students and here’s how it went 👀… For the attendees, I think it was great! Rachel Harris did a great job of getting the most wholesome people together in a room with such inspiring talks from Eriona, Caitlin, and last years bursary recipient, Stacey. I think everyone had fun, it’s always hard to tell 🤭 From my perspective, things could’ve gone better! When you’re organising the event, you always feel the ‘chaoticness’ of it all and see the things that go wrong. But with each event we host, I remember, that everything that goes wrong is something learnt, that will go right next time! I’ve not been in the industry long, so I’m so grateful that Rachel trusts me to take a lot off her hands when planning these events- even if I make some mistakes! And after each event I’m reminded that we’re a dream team, and I have the most fun job in the world! P.S thank you so much to the amazing Candid Studios team for the incredible pics and making the day extra special ✨ And a final big thank you to the lovely FreeAgent for making the day possible 💙

What an inspiring and empowering day! 💖

“It ain’t real until you Candid Studios it” - Ellie Middleton posted this when she announced her second book ‘How To Be You’ with her press photos from our studio 🥹😭🫶 Quotes like this really bring it home for us. As a brand, we want to grow up with people, we want people to snap their “candids” to mark their moments throughout their life - not just the one time. So, being able to capture Ellie’s first book launch ‘Unmasked’ and then having the pleasure to pop-up our Candid Studios Retro Booth at Ellie Middleton’s second book launch was such a moment for us 💖 We are such a big supporter of Ellie’s work and the community she’s built is nothing short of wonderful. Get in touch if you want to find out more about our event pop-ups ✨

Candid in the wild 🐆

At Lipsy London, we hosted a 4-day self-portrait event that increased employee’s feeling of self-empowerment by 40%. In a world where people are struggling with their self-esteem, Wellbeing shouldn’t be a corporate tick -box exercise. It should genuinely give people opportunities to feel empowered, supported, and cared for. We are still taking bookings for Q3.. and Q4 is starting to fill up fast! Email hello@candidstudios.co.uk to request our corporate deck + prices 🚀

We loved meeting you Lauren Mahon (Lozza) 🩷 we have a full interview over on our instagram - https://lnkd.in/e-PqBkNR

My journey to CEO at Candid Studios hasn't been the most linear of paths... 🤭 I actually graduated from musical theatre college at 19 years old as a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed actress ready to take on the world 🚀 I sometimes question where I got the resilience and perseverance to become a founder of a start-up, and reader, ten years in the acting world will do it. Weekly, sometimes daily rejections, rounds of auditions and no feedback, last-minute holiday cancellations, missing important events, wondering if I'll make rent on the equity minimum in theatre, the standard Christmas table conversations "What about Eastenders?" "Why don't you just show up at the film studios and ask for a role?"... the list could go on with how difficult it was to pursue the career I loved so much. This is why, during those ten years I was passionate about building a multi-hyphen work life as a freelancer alongside auditioning and my acting gigs, so I could hone my skillset of community building, event hosting and marketing. I loved working for a plethora of incredible companies, running immersive activations with Smith & Sinclair (where I met the iconic Grace Bryan who's one of my favourite brains to watch at work!) and building London's Bumble Inc. with community IRL events such as singles supper clubs and insightful panel talks (where I met one of my most special mentors and friends Nicole Marguerite Gray - it feels like a different life!?) So when the "lightbulb" moment for Candid came in October 2022, as an actress with no degree or business experience, I was so very grateful that I'd decided to build on my other skills too. Empowering people and their stories has always been my focus, through acting first, then events and marketing and now at Candid.

FOUR WEEKS TODAY 👀 Until my second book-baby is out in the world! I'm so, so excited for you all to get your hands on my proudest piece of work to date, How To Be You 💖 Learn to work WITH your brain rather than against it, while understanding the way our societal systems have influenced the way we've been we "should" behave, function, and be. 📔 Pre-order now: https://amzn.to/4cnUiRu 🎟️ And grab tickets for the launch event here: https://lnkd.in/eumuPgZ3 - 📸 Candid Studios