Features

• Photo studios are usually divided into several spaces. The photo studio may contain a lobby, where clients may gather prior to their photo shoot, or wait for their appointment. An office area where the business end of the photography business is conducted will also be at a photo studio. This may also be the area where you place your portrait orders and pay for your services. Finally, there is the studio. This is where the photographer will actually conduct your portrait session. The studio will be outfitted with backdrops, lighting equipment and props.
  
  

Benefits

• There are many benefits of going to a portrait studio, rather than being photographed outside. Being photographed indoors in a photo studio is a controlled environment. Clients don't have to deal with bugs, other people walking into their scene, inclement weather or distractions such as loud trucks on a nearby road. Clients at a photo studio have access to restrooms, dressing rooms and sometimes refreshments.
  
  

Evolution

• Photo studios evolve as technology makes advances. In the early days of photo studios, clients would be photographed on film. It could take weeks for the client to see their few negatives. As film became more popular, clients received more images to choose from. As digital photography began to filter into the portrait business, viewing proofs also changed. Photo studios now offer digital photo sessions, complete with photo previews on a computer screen. Many photo studios offer manipulation to the digital images. They can change the backgrounds, edit out unwanted objects in the pictures or even remove blemishes.
  
  

Function

• Photo studios are available to get professional portraits to document people, events and special moments. Many people go to a photo studio near the holidays to update family portraits to use for holiday greeting cards. Other popular times to visit a photo studio include anniversaries, engagements, the birth of a new baby or to document growing children. Preserving memories with a visual record is important to documenting family history.
  
  

Type

• There are several types of photo studios. Some are located in homes. Larger businesses house their photo studios in a commercial location. Photo studios can also be found within larger superstores, as an added shopping feature for their customers. There are also different types of lighting used at photo studios. Some use all-natural lighting from the sun, windows and skylights. The majority, however, use professional lighting kits to give their portraits even, consistent results.