creative studio
A moment caught, a story told,
In dust and dawn, in light and gold.
Through the lens, through the hand,
Through the whisper of earth, sea, and sand.
Not just captured, not just made,
But carved from shadow, light, and shade.
A story is not just seen, but felt,
Not just given, but deeply held.
From roads untraveled, from lands untamed,
We craft the echoes, we frame the flame.
Not just work—this is the way,
A tale in motion, a life conveyed.
In dust and dawn, in light and gold.
Through the lens, through the hand,
Through the whisper of earth, sea, and sand.
Not just captured, not just made,
But carved from shadow, light, and shade.
A story is not just seen, but felt,
Not just given, but deeply held.
From roads untraveled, from lands untamed,
We craft the echoes, we frame the flame.
Not just work—this is the way,
A tale in motion, a life conveyed.
Where Stories Are Forged
We are photographers, filmmakers, designers, and builders - but more than that, we are storytellers. We capture not just what something looks like, but what it feels like. A well-worn truck, waiting to chase the horizon. A brand, raw and unshaped, needing hands to carve its presence into the world. A moment, fleeting but unforgettable, held forever in the frame.
Leaden Hearts Studio was not built within four walls. It was built on the road, on the red-dirt tracks of the outback, beneath the canopy of old-growth forests, beside fires that burned long into the night. It was built on the edge of the known world, where the land still speaks, where stories are written not in ink but in light, shadow, and time.
Somewhere along a forgotten track, where the dust rises in slow spirals behind an old truck, where the ocean carves salt into rock, where the fire crackles beneath a sky wide enough to hold a thousand stories – that’s where this all began.
Leaden Hearts Studio was not born in a boardroom. It was built in the back of a Land Rover, with the smell of engine grease on our hands and the weight of a camera slung across our shoulders. It was written in the morning light that broke over campgrounds and ghost towns, in the stories shared over tin cups of whiskey, in the way we saw the world – not just as it is, but as it could be remembered.
We tell stories. Not the kind that fade, not the kind that get lost in the noise of a million meaningless images, but the kind that last. The kind that sink into the bones of a brand, the kind that etch themselves into memory, the kind that carry weight.
Because some things deserve to be seen the way they were meant to be – real, raw, unfiltered by anything but light and shadow.
We chase the moments most people overlook. The way dust settles on well-worn leather, the way an old whiskey bottle glows amber in the firelight, the way a machine tells its own story in the lines of rust and history along its frame.
We create in the places where things have meaning. Photographs that feel like they were found, not staged. Films that echo like a well-told tale. Brands that aren’t just brands but identities -rooted in something deeper than just commerce, connected to something older than the digital age.
Not just content. Not just imagery. We create legacies - stories captured, built, and brought to life with authenticity, depth, and soul.
images that endure
photography
Not just pictures, but artifacts. A photograph should feel like it was found, not staged—an object that carries weight, time, and truth. From rugged landscapes to hands worn with work, from products that belong in the wild to portraits that reveal the depth of their subject—we capture what’s real.
stories that echo
film
Moving images, moving stories. A great film is more than just visuals—it’s a feeling, a history, a story unfolding like smoke from a campfire. Whether it’s documentary storytelling, cinematic brand films, or content that speaks to something deeper, we make films that last beyond the final frame.
share your story
content creation
For brands with weight, products with purpose. We don’t do generic. We craft stories that connect. Whether it’s capturing the raw beauty of a handcrafted product, creating immersive brand narratives, or producing content that feels like an experience, we work with brands that mean something—and we make sure they’re seen the way they should be.
A Name That Feels Like It’s Always Been
brand development
Not just a brand. A legacy. A good brand isn’t designed—it’s unearthed. We don’t create from trends; we create from stories. We build identities that feel like they’ve always existed, like they belong to the land, like they could be stamped into steel or carved into wood.
get on the road
vehicle hire
Some stories need the right tools to be told. We build expedition vehicles that aren’t just transport, but time machines—rigs built to take you where the real stories wait. Whether it’s for film, photography, or the adventure of a lifetime, our builds are more than machines—they’re companions for the ones who seek the long way around.
A Legacy Written in Dust, Light, and Time.
Somewhere out there, beyond the grid and the glow of city lights, there’s a place where stories live. Not just in books, not just in words, but in the land itself. It’s in the old track lines carved into red dirt, in the shifting shadows of a wind-bent ghost gum, in the low hum of an engine that has carried generations across this ancient country.
This land doesn’t just hold history – it breathes it. It carries the echoes of those who came before, the ones who walked, built, worked, and fought to carve out a life in the vastness. And we carry those echoes too, in the things we make, in the way we tell stories, in the way we honor what’s real.
Leaden Hearts was born from that. From a need to capture, to preserve, to pass on. From the understanding that some things deserve to last—that the work of our hands, the stories of our people, the machines that carried us, the spirits that warmed us, the journeys that shaped us—these are not things to be forgotten.
Because Some Stories Need to Be Told
We live in a world that moves fast. A world of disposability, of fleeting trends, of stories that vanish as soon as they’re told. But that’s not the world we belong to.
We belong to the old ways. The ways of slow craftsmanship, of timeworn steel, of maps unfolded across the hood of a truck beneath a sky so vast it makes you feel small. We belong to the land, to the road, to the fire, to the hands that built something not just to be sold, but to be passed on.
That’s why we do this.
Because a photograph should be more than a picture. It should be a window—into a moment, into a story, into a life lived with meaning.
Because a brand should be more than a business. It should be an identity, a mark that carries weight, something that feels like it was always meant to exist.
Because a machine should be more than just transport. It should be a companion. A vessel for adventure. A piece of living history that still has stories left to tell.
Because a bottle of whiskey should be more than just a drink. It should be a lesson in time, in patience, in the alchemy of fire, wood, and grain. It should taste like the past, like the hands that crafted it, like the places it has been.
For Those Who Carry the Past and Walk Into the Unknown
We do this because our stories are not just our own. They belong to the ones who came before us, and to the ones who will come after.
We do this because this land is old, because its stories are deep, because we owe it more than just taking.
We do this because some things should be remembered, some things should be honored, and some things—well, some things should never be forgotten.
This is for the ones who seek more. For the ones who listen to the land.
For the ones who know that a road is more than just a way forward—it’s a thread in the great story, stretching back and winding on.
For those who build, those who roam, those who craft with their hands and carve their place in the world.
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands where our stories were born, where our ancestors walked, and where our spirits find home. We honour the people whose lands hold the tools of our trade, where steel meets hand, where the work we do carries forward.
But it does not stop there.
Our work, our journeys, and our lives stretch across many Countries, guided by the wisdom of the land and the knowledge of those who have cared for it since time immemorial. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, to the knowledge keepers, the storytellers, and the custodians of culture.
Leaden Hearts is built on the belief that the past is not gone – it walks with us. Every road we take, every bottle we pour, every machine we restore is tied to the deep songlines of this Country. We walk gently, listen deeply, and give back where we can—because to live and work here is to carry a responsibility, one that stretches beyond us.
We acknowledge the sacred connection between people, land, and story, and we commit to honouring that connection in all that we do.