Leijona Catering

Two shoots behind the guard post on a military island. The third was a gala in Tampere. The account keeps growing.

INDUSTRY

Catering, Defence

SERVICES

Photography, Video Production

LOCATION

Santahamina, Helsinki + Tampere

PERIOD

October 2025 – April 2026

PROJECT

FROM ONE SHOOT TO THREE.

Leijona Catering produces food services for the Finnish Defence Forces. In autumn 2025 we reached out on Instagram and proposed a collaboration. The first shoot was in Santahamina in October: documentation of military cook training.

Since then we’ve shot their Leijonalaisten päivä staff gala in Tampere and returned to Santahamina for a full-day field-food shoot with conscript models. The material goes to their marketing communications, social and training materials. The account has grown from one shoot to three in six months.

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Production

Three shoots, six months.

A military site under tight access control, an evening gala and a full day in the field. Each shoot on its own schedule, and it didn't wait.

Training

Santahamina, military cook training.

01

A military site under tight access control, a two-person crew on a pre-approved permit, content reviewed by the Defence Forces before publication. The schedule was the Defence Forces', not ours. We shot the field-kitchen use and key work phases as they happened, and edited both for presentation use and a social version.

Gala

Leijonalaisten päivä, Tampere.

02

An indoor evening event, chaotic lighting, a fixed awards schedule that didn't wait. The award-winners' photos at the photo wall had to be taken in order, on the event's schedule. Event photography is mostly preparation: know the schedule, know the light, be there before the moments happen.

Field

A full day, real field food.

03

A full day of outdoor shooting on a military island, coordinating with conscript models on a fixed schedule. Real field food in real outdoor conditions doesn't stay still: the light changes, the food changes, the models follow a military day's schedule. Everything was planned before arrival.

KUVAT KUVAUKSISTA

Keittiöstä maastoon.

Tiimi & kulissien takaa

Roolit & nimet.

PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO
VALTTERI NIKKANEN / FRAYMFUL
CAMERA (OCTOBER 2025)
KONSTA LÄHDE / FRAYMFUL
Behind the scenes

Three shoots in six months, pre-approved access to a Defence Forces site. A two-person crew on the training day, conscript models on the field day. Fast work on a schedule that wasn't ours.