GOLDSMIth partners with founders and brands to craft story into visual identity.
We bring you the gold.
At Goldsmith Studio, we believe every founder deserves to look like the business they’re building.
Most founders have built something real. A company, a reputation, a following.
But somewhere along the way, how they show up visually got left behind.
Goldsmith Studio exists to close that gap.
OUR WORK
Lydia Kirkland - Founder of Gimme
Andrea Pfeffer - Founder of Salon C. Stellar
Jo Sampson - Founder of Jo Sampson Studio
Lorna Jane Clarkson - Founder of Lorna Jane for Bumble
Kristin Fisher - Founder of Kristin Fisher Eyebrows for Bumble
Lydia Kirkland - Founder of Gimme
Peter Brennan, Andy Miller & Ben Holdstock - Founders of Heaps Normal
Andy Miller, Ben Holdstock & Peter Brennan - Founders of Heaps Normal
Heaps Normal
Peter Brennan - Co-founder of Heaps Normal
Alexander Volkanovski - Founder of Engage for Uber Eats
Alexander Volkanovski - Founder of Engage for Uber Eats
Alexander Volkanovski - Founder of Engage for Uber Eats
Alexander Volkanovski - Founder of Engage for Uber Eats
Andrea Pfeffer - Founder of Salon C. Stellar
Jo Sampson - Founder of Jo Sampson Studio
Jo Sampson - Founder of Jo Sampson Studio
Olia Burtaev - Founder of The Modern Body
Olia Burtaev - Founder of The Modern Body
Olia Burtaev - Founder of The Modern Body
Olia Burtaev - Founder of The Modern Body
Jet Axel - Personal Branding
Jet Axel - Personal Branding
AMEX x Qantas
Max Harkness - Co-founder of Co-Partnership
Max Harkness & Zoe Green - Founders of Co-Partnership
Max Harkness & Zoe Green - Founders of Co-Partnership
AMEX x Qantas
AMEX x Qantas
AMEX x Qantas
AMEX x Qantas
AMEX x Qantas
Alana Nipperess - Personal Branding
Alana Nipperess - Personal Branding
Alana Nipperess - Personal Branding
Alana Nipperess - Personal Branding
Chloe Molloy for Red Bull
Chloe Molloy for Red Bull
Charlie Gosselin & Alex Carlton - Founders of Pig & Pilgrim
Mike Stewart - Founder of Mike Stewart Inc.
Mike Stewart - Founder of Mike Stewart Inc.
Pig & Pilgrim
Charlie Gosselin - Co-Founder of Pig & Pilgrim
Charlie Gosselin - Co-Founder of Pig & Pilgrim
Pig & Pilgrim
Charlie Gosselin & Alex Carlton - Founders of Pig & Pilgrim
Lisa Truscott for Archie Rose
Pig & Pilgrim
Pig & Pilgrim
Lisa Truscott for Archie Rose
Lisa Truscott for Archie Rose
Lisa Truscott for Archie Rose
Kmart
Karin Park - Founder of Karin Park Music
Karin Park - Founder of Karin Park Music
Kmart
Kmart
Kmart
Seedlip
Seedlip
Kmart
Seedlip
Seedlip
Seedlip
Seedlip
A Good Day
A Good Day
A Good Day
A Good Day
A Good Day
A Good Day
A Good Day
A Good Day
A Good Day
Kmart
Kmart
Kmart
Kmart
Kmart
SERVICES
Personal brand shoots
Brand story shoots
Social + website shoots
Quarterly refresh content packages
STILLS & VIDEO CONTENT PACKAGES
Your visual identity starts here. Goldsmith Studio engagement begins with a free 30-minute creative consultation. We learn your business, your goals, and which package is the right fit before anything is booked. Packages starting from $2,500 +GST
DISCOVERY CALL
Book a free 30 min creative consultation call to find out if we’re the right fit for you.
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Pre-shoot creative consultation and brief
Mood board and shot list prepared by our team
Half day shoot (up to 4 hours)
1x location or studio scenario
Up to 20 colour-graded images
Professional studio lighting
Post-production colour grading and editing
Delivered social-ready for phone, tablet and desktop
The right starting point. You walk away with a content library that looks nothing like a headshot and everything like the business you're building.
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Full day shoot (up to 8 hours)
2x locations or scenarios (studio, on-location, or both)
Up to 50 colour-graded images
2x short-form video reels (15 sec, social-ready)
Styling direction and wardrobe consultation
Extended post-production with 3 rounds of video edits
A complete content system built around your brand. Enough imagery to show up consistently across LinkedIn, your website, pitch decks, and every platform your business lives on.
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Four full shoots per year, delivered quarterly. Everything in Tier 2 at every shoot, plus:
Annual creative strategy session with Grant and Alana
8x scenarios across the year (studio, location, or both)
Unlimited colour-graded images annually
8x short-form video reels per year
Ongoing creative direction between shoots
Brand design support from Alana: colour, typography, content frameworks
Priority scheduling and dedicated account management
This is the model built for founders who want their visual identity to evolve as their business does. Not one great shoot that goes stale but a living content system, refreshed every quarter, always current. Priced annually. Contact us for investment details.
ADDITIONAL SERVICES - Available across all tiers
Hair & Makeup: Professional styling on shoot day, coordinated by our team.
Extended Retouching: Detailed retouching beyond standard colour grading for images used in press, editorial, or high-visibility campaigns.
Brand Identity & Logo Design: A complete visual identity built by Alana: logo, colour palette, typography, and brand guidelines. Available as a standalone service or bundled with any package.
Additional Scenarios: Need more locations or looks than your package includes? Additional scenarios can be added to any tier.
Studio Hire: Access to Sydney or Gold Coast studio spaces for your own shoots, events, or brand activations.
Brand Campaigns: Full-scale campaign production for product launches, company milestones, or any moment your business needs to make a statement. Scoped and priced individually, contact us to discuss.
GOLDSMITH Studio specialises in founder led brand content.
We shape visual identity, tone of voice and content that works together as a complete brand system. Every element is considered. Every asset has a purpose. With a flexible in-house team of top tier stills and motion crew we scale our team quickly to deliver high-end stills, video & design for startup founders through to global brand campaigns.
Led by Grant Smith and Alana Nipperess they are both renowned for distilling founder visions and shaping distinctive brand identities.
GRANT SMITH — Photography & Creative Direction
The eye behind the work.
Grant has spent two decades behind the lens at the highest level of commercial photography. That background gave him something most photographers never develop: the ability to walk into any environment, read the light, direct a subject, and produce images that feel both intentional and completely natural.
That eye is now entirely focused on founders.
What clients notice first is how calm the shoot feels. There's no awkwardness, no guessing, no performing. Grant has directed everyone from professional athletes to first-time founders, and the experience is the same: you show up, you trust the process, and the images take care of themselves.
What clients notice after is how the work holds up. Across every context, a LinkedIn post, a speaking bio, a pitch deck, a media feature, the images look exactly right. That's not luck. That's craft.
ALANA NIPPERESS — Brand Identity & Design
The strategy behind the aesthetic.
Alana works at the intersection of brand identity and visual design, shaping the creative brief, the styling direction, and the design system that surrounds and amplifies Grant's photography.
Where most studios stop at the shoot, Alana extends the work into every visual touchpoint. Logos, colour systems, brand typography, content frameworks. The elements that make a founder's presence feel coherent, considered, and unmistakably theirs.
Her approach is built on a simple belief: great photography deserves a brand system worthy of it. When the images, the design, and the identity are working together, a founder's visual presence stops being something they manage and becomes something that works for them.
With studios in Sydney and the Gold Coast, GOLDSMITH partners with founders & brands across Australia, operating worldwide.
Founders and brands we’ve created gold with:
REDBULL | ALEXANDER VOLKANOVSKI | UBER EATS | CO-PARTNERSHIP | SEAFARER SUPPLY | KMART | JO SAMPSON STUDIO | AMEX | MIKE STEWART INC. | QANTAS | BUMBLE | SEEDLIP | OLIA BURTAEV | NEW BALANCE | BUNNINGS | NETFLIX | GIMME | KRISTIN FISHER EYEBROWS | LORNA JANE | HEAPS NORMAL | MAYDE | CHLOE MOLLOY |
REDBULL | ALEXANDER VOLKANOVSKI | UBER EATS | CO-PARTNERSHIP | SEAFARER SUPPLY | KMART | JO SAMPSON STUDIO | AMEX | MIKE STEWART INC. | QANTAS | BUMBLE | SEEDLIP | OLIA BURTAEV | NEW BALANCE | BUNNINGS | NETFLIX | GIMME | KRISTIN FISHER EYEBROWS | LORNA JANE | HEAPS NORMAL | MAYDE | CHLOE MOLLOY |
How can we help create your story?
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