- A photographic studio (also known as a photography studio or photo studio) is both a workspace and a corporate body. As a workspace it is much like an artist's studio, but providing space to take, develop, print and duplicate photographs.
- A photographic studio is a workshop for professional photographers. It is often used as a place for customers to have their portraits taken professionally, often with an available selection of backgrounds, props, and costuming. It can also be a place for developing, altering, printing, and duplicating photographic works, whether on film or in digital media.
Studio lighting can be broken down into two categories, continuous and flash. While continuous lighting has two main advantages there are many disadvantages.
The good points of continuous light:
The good points of continuous light:
- It's inexpensive, and makes a good starting point for anyone on a small budget.
- You can see what the light is doing and where the shadows and highlights are.
- It generally produces more heat than light, very uncomfortable!
- The light that it produces is not balanced to daylight.