03About
IRIS OKOYE
I photograph people the way they’d like to be remembered, and things the way they actually look.
03AStory
Twelve years, one camera
I started on my father’s Yashica, shooting family weekends in Lagos and learning that the best frame is rarely the posed one. Twelve years later I still work the same way: one camera, mostly window light, and a lot of waiting for people to forget I’m there.
The studio is on Victoria Island, and most months I travel across West Africa for weddings, editorial commissions and personal series like Elmina. Clients have included Vogue Africa, Kiln & Co., Irin Hotels and Lagos Fashion Week.
“She was invisible until the pictures came back.”
Femi A., Abeokuta, June 2026
03BApproach
How a shoot works
01 One camera, mostly window light
Fewer tools means more attention on you. I work with daylight wherever I can, and bring a small kit when I can’t.
02 Waiting is the job
The picture usually arrives after people forget I’m there. I leave room in every session for the quiet minutes.
03 Marked up by hand
Every roll goes onto a contact sheet. We circle the frames that feel like you, and only those are retouched.
03CServices
What I shoot, and from what
Portraits
₦450,000 per sitting
A two-hour sitting in the studio, or somewhere that matters to you.
2 hours · 20 retouched frames · ready in 10 days
See portraits workWeddings
₦3,200,000 full day
The whole day, from getting ready to the last dance, with two photographers.
12 hours · 2 photographers · 400+ frames
See weddings workEditorial
₦1,100,000 day rate
Magazine stories, campaigns and lookbooks, with your team or mine.
10-hour day · shot list · selects in 48 hours
See editorial workStill life
₦150,000 per frame, six minimum
Products and food, shot slowly in daylight, for small makers.
Styling for 12 products · web and print licence
See still life work
Rates are starting points. Travel outside Lagos and extra frames are quoted with your enquiry.
03DHow to book
Four steps to a date
- 01
Send an enquiry
Use the enquiry form on the home page: the kind of shoot, a date or a rough month, and a line or two about it.
- 02
Hear back within two working days
Iris replies herself, usually with a couple of questions and a written quote.
- 03
Confirm the date
Once the quote and terms are agreed in writing, your date is held and you receive a short planning guide.
- 04
Shoot, select, deliver
After the shoot you circle your favourites in a private client gallery, and the retouched frames follow within the time quoted.
03ENow booking November 2026 to spring 2027
LET’S MAKE
SOMETHING
Tell me what you have in mind. I reply to every enquiry myself.