See You Soon

See You Soon is a daylight photo and video studio with a production kitchen inside the Kimball Arts Center at 1757 North Kimball Avenue, overlooking The 606 between Logan Square and Humboldt Park in Chicago. Photographer Clayton Hauck opened the studio in 2022. It operates primarily as a photo and video studio for productions small to large, with a focus on food and beverage work, and it also hosts events, screenings and workshops. According to See You Soon, those have included events for APA, ASMP, AIGA Chicago and CreativeMornings.

Studio

• More than 3,000 square feet with 12-foot ceilings and large north- and east-facing windows with blackout shades.
• A dedicated client area with a private office, coffee station, a 55-inch Frame monitor with HDMI input and a Sonos sound system.
• An in-unit bathroom and changing room, a secured storage room, HEPA air filtration and dedicated HVAC.

Kitchen

The kitchen, designed by Range, is both a set and a food-prep space, with double Viking ovens, a six-burner Viking gas stovetop with hood, a large separate fridge and freezer, a dishwasher and a backstage prep area.

Grip and lighting

Rentals can include access to the studio’s grip list: C-stands, roller stands, boom arms, an 8-by-8 silk frame, V-flats, apple boxes, sandbags, a Road Rags kit and Profoto and Elinchrom modifiers. Profoto strobes and white, gray and colored seamless are available for an added fee.

Load-in and parking

Productions load in by freight elevator or through an alley garage door. Kimball Arts Center has a small off-street lot, free street parking is plentiful nearby, and one reserved space is available on request.