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Kai Render.

Lisbon, PT — shooting worldwide

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Booking 2026

Portrait, editorial and commercial photography. Pictures made with the layout, the crop and the shelf in mind — so they survive whatever happens to them after the edit.

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01 — Selected

Recentwork

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Editorial Series 01 cover frame
01

Editorial

Editorial Series 01

A sixteen-page fashion story shot across two nights in a disused transit hall, lit almost entirely with practicals.

Lumen Coffee Co. product photography
02

Commercial

Lumen Coffee Co.

Launch campaign photography for a specialty roaster moving from a single café into national wholesale.

Urban Portraits, street-cast sitter
03

Portrait

Urban Portraits

An open-ended series of street-cast portraits, one roll per person, no second sitting.

Wanderlust campaign frames
04

Commercial

Wanderlust

Three countries, eleven days, one campaign about actually switching off.

Salt & Static campaign frame
05

Commercial

Salt & Static

A swimwear campaign shot over four tidal windows on an Atlantic beach, entirely in available light.

North Shore maker portrait
06

Portrait

North Shore Makers

Eleven independent makers, eleven studios, one week — every portrait under the same single light.

02 — Practice

A photograph is finished twice — once in camera, once in layout. I shoot with the second finish already in mind.

Twelve years of portrait, editorial and campaign commissions — for magazines, roasters, swim labels and one very patient bank.

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Selected frames

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Single frames pulled from across the book — one per project, no sequence.

Editorial Series 01 cover frame
Editorial Series 01Editorial
01Lumen Coffee Co. product photography
Lumen Coffee Co.Commercial
02Urban Portraits, street-cast sitter
Urban PortraitsPortrait
03Wanderlust campaign frames
WanderlustCommercial
04Salt & Static campaign frame
Salt & StaticCommercial
05Atlas annual report photography
AtlasCommercial
06After Hours restaurant frame
After HoursEditorial
07Foundry Press author portrait
Foundry PressPortrait
08All
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04 — Commissions

Ways towork together

Three ways in. Every commission includes the edit, the grade and a usage licence agreed in writing before anyone picks up a camera.

05 — Word of mouth

Kai shot our entire wholesale launch in two days, and the retail buyers assumed we'd hired an agency.

Mara OkonjoFounder, Lumen Coffee Co.
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06 — Trusted by

NOCTIS
MARÉE
LUMEN
ATLAS
FOUNDRY
WANDERLUST
HABITAT
FENNEL & ASH
NOCTIS
MARÉE
LUMEN
ATLAS
FOUNDRY
WANDERLUST
HABITAT
FENNEL & ASH

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