A Guide for Booking the Studio
Interior design meets five-star service and all the features found in traditional studios — revolutionize your client’s experience in a space that makes it easy to capture stunning imagery backed by a team that is fully focused on helping creatives succeed.
Our studio provides two options for photographers.
Designed to bring a wealth of resources to photographers who have a passion for capturing stunning imagery, our studio is thoughtfully arranged to provide two distinct client experiences. The first is our curated installed sets, intricate environments assembled by our team together with a featured set designer to make it effortless for photographers to walk in and begin shooting without the hassle of setup. The second is our flexible inventory system paired with a full cyclorama wall and/or seamless paper station, which together give photographers complete control to create custom sets using any items from our extensive inventory or props they bring themselves.
Understanding the Difference
Installed Curated Sets
Intricate Sets that Stay Installed in the Studio
If you’ve been watching our social media, chances are you’ve seen these sets dozens of times. Carefully crafted to be intricate—often with more than 50 individual pieces installed—these designs deliver a strong wow factor and regularly serve as a major draw for photographers looking to increase how often clients book studio sessions.
Because these sets are complex and can easily lose pieces or be damaged, every item within curated sets must remain in place and nothing may be removed or repurposed elsewhere in the studio.
Click here to view the current curated sets.
Inventory System & Quick Sets
Simple Sets & Items Setup Right Before Your Rental
Don’t love the rigid nature of being stuck with a set just like it is? That’s exactly why our inventory system and quick sets exist — to give you flexibility and creative control. With over 700 items ready and rotating, our platform supplies the props, furniture, and accessories you need to build a set that truly reflects your vision. Just remember to place your reservation early so the pieces you want are waiting in the studio when you arrive.
Why do we use an inventory system? To keep the workspace uncluttered: by storing the bulk of our inventory off site, we free up studio space and let you plan sessions confidently with clients, knowing the items you need will be available.
The key is to plan ahead! Most items will require an advance notice of 24 hours or more, so planning out what you would like to have well ahead of time will help ensure you have everything you need and reduce last‑minute stress on the day.
When do I need to use the inventory system? For any session that will include anything beyond the use of our curated sets or the blank cyclorama wall.
Can I share the inventory link with my clients? Absolutely! In fact, we encourage it. If a reservation comes in from your client, we’ll always send you an email to let you know.
I want to use seamless paper. Do I need to submit it through the inventory system? Yes! This ensures that the colors you select are pre-hung and available for you when you arrive.
Planning Ahead is Key
Quick Sets
Quick Sets are curated arrangements that use a limited number of items to make it easier for you and your clients to visualize the creative possibilities. Designed for flexibility and efficiency, Quick Sets let you add or remove pieces and make adjustments as often as needed, giving you freedom to refine the look and flow of your shoot with minimal effort.
Our Inventory System
Packed with over 700 cataloged items, our inventory platform gives photographers expanded creative control without the added expense. Built to declutter the studio by enabling off-site storage, it also provides fast, shareable access so you and your clients can coordinate and craft the perfect session.
Always kept current, our inventory system tracks items even when they’re in use within curated sets, giving you the clarity to know precisely what’s available and when it will be ready.
Can I share the inventory system link with clients?
Absolutely! Orders placed by clients are shared with photographers who are listed on the photographer box when booking.
Can I bring my own items into the studio?
Absolutely!
Why do some things have an additional charge?
Items that have an additional charge are typically higher-value or costly, often fragile and easily damaged, single-use items, white or light-colored that have a limited shelf life, or heavy-lift items that require additional staffing and handling.
How does invoicing work for items with a charge?
We’ll send a separate invoice to the person placing the inventory reservation; it will be due one day before your rental date. Just make sure to pay this invoice on time so the reserved items are ready and available in the studio before you arrive.
Making Things Easier
Did you know? Your clients can book the studio.
Skip the pass-through and keep it easy. Your clients are always welcome to book the studio on their own.
As long as we have your information on file—either from a previous rental or from attending one of our events—and your client lists your name in the photographer box when booking, you’ll automatically be added to their calendar invite, which will give you access to view their contract, questionnaire, and related booking documents.
Arriving to the Studio for Your First Rental
For your first rental, there’s so much to share and we’re excited to welcome you! If you haven’t toured with us before, please arrive about 15 minutes early so we have time to go over the basics and get you comfortable with the space.
Want to be fully prepared before you arrive? Feel free to schedule a studio tour with us ahead of your rental — it’s a great way to familiarize yourself with the space and equipment.
The Ins-and-Outs of What it’s Like to Rent from Us
Exclusive Use of the Entire Studio
All of our rentals are exclusive, and you will have the full use of the studio space during your rental timeslot. While we do not rent to more than one photographer at a time, we do allow for photographers to share a rental timeslot, if they want to make a reservation together.
Entering the Studio
Our studio is always fully staffed, and you and your clients are warmly greeted upon arrival so you immediately feel welcome, comfortable, and genuinely appreciated. This helps ensure that even if your clients arrive before you, they will be met with open doors, personally welcomed by our attentive staff, offered refreshments, and shown a comfortable place to relax while they wait.
Sticky Mats & White Floors
Almost all of the flooring within the studio is white — and not just any white. This flat white paint is specifically formulated for photography, with a light reflectance value in the mid-80% range to reduce reflective glare and produce seamless white backgrounds. The downside? That pristine surface readily shows dirt. To keep sessions comfortable for your clients without banning shoes, we use sticky mats at the entry to capture debris before you reach the white floor. A few light presses until dirt no longer appears, and you’re ready to go.
Call Buttons
Customer service is our top priority, and our staff is availble to provide support whenever you need it. While your session is in progress our staff is nearby in the breakroom or the office, ready to assist. Need our help? Three convenient call buttons are installed within the studio to make it quick and easy to reach us.
Fabric, Polypaper & Seamless Paper Backdrops
For inventory requests made for fabric and polypaper backdrops, our staff will preset, steam, and hang up to two backdrops for you to ensure they’re shoot-ready. For seamless paper, our team will hang the color selections you place through our inventory system at the seamless paper station and prepare up to one color in advance of your arrival. Have a preference for which color you’d like to use first? Send us an email to let us know!
Lighting in the Studio
Steady lights are always prepped and ready before you arrive and available to use at no extra cost while you’re here. If you need higher-powered lights or off-camera flash (OCF), we also offer those options for an additional fee, and they can be reserved through our inventory system at any time.
Leaving the Studio
Skip the clean up — our staff will take care of everything after you depart. Just be sure to press the call button to let us know you're leaving so we can say goodbye and see you off.
Sanitation
Cleanliness is important to us! Between each rental, all hard touch surfaces are thoroughly wiped down with Lysol wipes and fabric surfaces are sprayed with Lysol spray. We also keep hand sanitizer readily available at the front of the studio for your convenience.
Memberships (Credit Packs)
Looking for additional savings? Unlike traditional monthly memberships, our studio offers a different alternative through flexible credit packs. Designed to free you from an ongoing obligation, credit packs provide the freedom to scale your bookings, save on sessions, and avoid long-term commitment while still getting reliable access to our studio space.
Cyclorama Wall Care
We know, it’s the star of the show! With a graceful two‑foot curve, a generous width of 22 feet and 30 feet of pristine white floor stretching out in front, it makes a bold, unforgettable statement all on its own. Just remember: it’s delicate, so please handle with care.
We have a wide curve — it’s one of the things that makes captures look so beautiful, but stepping on the curve will damage the seams and require mudding, patching, and repainting of the wall. If patching is required, a $100 + tax fee applies, so please communicate this with your clients before you arrive so they know and are prepared.
We know that little ones LOVE to jump on the curve because it’s fun, but it causes soooo much damage! Looking for ways to distract energetic kiddos and keep them off the wall? Press that call button — we’ve got you covered! We always have bubbles, coloring books, and a variety of toys on hand to keep little hands and feet busy while you’re here.
Tips for Cyc Wall Success
(With a slightly fun twist)
Avoid stepping on the curve, or you risk sinking toward the center of the earth. It’s delicate and may require patching (and a fee) if pressure is applied.
Outside shoes are gross, and every pair wiped clean on the sticky mat gives a photographer one less worry and a bit more peace of mind. We don’t want any photographer to face the tedious, time-consuming task of painstakingly editing footprints and grime out of their images. Keep your footwear clean for cleaner sets and smoother post-production.
Ask for help when moving items! While it might make for an amusing blooper reel, we don’t want anyone slipping, tripping, or falling while you’re here — so please get assistance when lifting or carrying heavier pieces.
Glitter is fun, but the wall doesn’t want to sparkle. Glitter and confetti are for use in the seamless paper area and cannot be used on the cyclorama wall.
Boudoir Rentals
Looking for a place for a light and airy vibe, preset with backdrops perfect for boudoir sessions?
You’ve come to the right place — but, we’re not a perfect fit for every type of boudoir!
We are a perfect fit for boudoir sessions where your clients will be wearing lingerie with safe and standard posing.
We are not a fit for boudoir sessions that contain full nudity, contain sexual or dangerous acts, underage persons (this 100% should go without saying), or for boudoir sessions taking place outdoors. These are strictly prohibited in our studio.
Visbility: The studio is equipped with white curtains to cover the doors, blocking visibility from the parking lot, while allowing some natural light to come in.
Staffing: Our studio is always staffed and will greet you upon arrival. Our studio contains two areas for staff — the breakroom and admin office — which are used by our staff for administrative tasks during rentals. For boudoir sessions, our staff remains in theses areas, unless someone uses one of the call buttons to ask for help.
Cameras: Our studio uses a total of three security cameras in the main area of the studio that use a green light to indicate when they are on. Security cameras are turned off during boudoir rentals and no security cameras are located in any areas where a door can be closed to create a private room (i.e. bathroom, breakroom or admin office).
Rentals with Newborns
Skip the costs of buying expensive newborn items and use a space the provides all of the things you need. Our studio is fully-equipped with a posing table, a full selection of props, outfits, and backdrops, and window light perfect for newborn sessions.
Newborn Safety & Under 6 Week Restriction
Newborn safety is incredibly important to us and in an effort to ensure a safe environment for both clients and photographers, we do have one restruction related to newborn rentals in the studio.
Newborns are fragile and those sweet images you see of perfect positioning in baskets require a photographer who is not only experienced, but also trained in newborn safety. This is why our studio requires any photographer who will be handling newborns under 6 weeks of age to be insured and we require a COI to be on file for any photographer who will be handling newborns under the age of 6 weeks. Where this doesn’t apply is for rentals that are lifestyle, where only the parents will be handling their little one.
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Rescheduling/Cancellation. We understand that flexibility is key.
Rental Fees Paid. To provide consideration for the time pulled from our calendar, rental fees paid will not be refunded, regardless of circumstance, but we do allow for flexible rescheduling or cancellation with issuance of a gift card when advance notice is provided.
Options. If you need to reschedule or cancel, you have the option to:
Reschedule. To reschedule, you can use the rescheduling link at the bottom of your confirmation or reminder email.
Cancel & Have a Gift Card Issued. To cancel and have a gift card issued, simply respond to your email confirmation/reminder.
These options are available as long as you are within the timeframes available for changes below.
Timeframe Available for Changes. The timeframe available for changes (rescheduling or cancelling with issuance of a gift card) varies based on the amount of time that has been blocked out of our calendar to hold your date and time.
30-Minute, 1 Hour & 2 Hour Rentals. Can be rescheduled/canceled with issuance of gift card up to 2 hours in advance.
3-Hour & 4-Hour Rentals. Can be rescheduled/canceled with issuance of gift card up to one day in advance.
5-Hour & 6-Hour Rentals. Can be rescheduled/canceled with issuance of gift card up to two days in advance.
7-Hour & 8-Hour Rentals. Can be rescheduled/canceled with issuance of gift carde up to one week in advance.
Event & Bridal Suite Rentals. Please refer to your contract details for exact rescheduling/cancellation options.
Timeframe When Rentals are Locked in Place. As there is very little chance of reopening dates for booking once the timeframes below have been reached, rentals are ineligible for changes to date or time at the timeframes listed below. This means that the rental timeslot will remain reserved and available for you to use, and no gift card will be issued even if you do not use the space.
30-Minute, 1 Hour & 2 Hour Rentals. 2 hours before your rental start time.
3-Hour & 4-Hour Rentals. 24 hours before your rental start time.
5-Hour & 6-Hour Rentals. 48 hours before your rental start time.
7-Hour & 8-Hour Rentals. One week before your rental start time.
Event & Bridal Suite Rentals. Please refer to your contract details for exact rescheduling/cancellation options.
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To prevent being charged for the 30 minute gap between each rental slot, you can add time to a current rental using our online booking platform.
To add time, visit Book a Rental and select the option for the amount of time you would like to add. (If you currently have a 30 minute rental and would like to extend it to a 60 minute rental, select the 30 minute rental option.) Once selected, at the bottom of the calendar, selection the ‘Submit a Request’ link beside the ‘Need a different time?’
If that time slot is available, our office will approve your request and send you an invoice for the difference.
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Absolutely! In fact, a lot of times it can be easier for you and save a little extra time and money on your end. Anytime a rental comes in with the name of the photographer listed, please know we will also make sure to include you on the calendar invite for the rental. This calendar invite will include a link to access their booking information, along with the links to cancel or reschedule, if needed.
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Absolutely! When items are submitted, we add it to our Google Calendar which will sync information with your calendar to ensure you always know which items have been selected.
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To ensure a quick and easy flow for cancellation and rescheduling requests, please always use the rescheduling and cancel links that are available on your rental confirmation and reminder emails. Can’t find the email? This information is also available within your calendar invite for the rental, making it easy to make adjustments on your own.
We do not accept rescheduling/cancellation requests via messaging platforms or email as it can be very easy for things to get missed.
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Absolutely! Beginning on January 4th, 2026, the studio will be outfitted with white curtains for the doors that allow for light to still filter in while maintaining a lack of visibility outside.
With boudoir sessions, we only have two restrictions:
If you are doing a boudoir session that contains full nudity, a COI is required. Don’t know how to get a COI? It’s a simple request from your insurance carrier. Don’t have insurance? Insurance is a great way to protect yourself and the art you love. If you need help finding a carrier, please don’t hesitate to let us know!
We don’t allow dangerous practices/techniques that can cause harm as we understand how crucial it is to have experts who are experienced with these techniques. As vetting renters for experience is outside of our control, we do limit these practices to ensure a safe environment for everyone in the studio.
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Absolutely! When we receive inspo pics or renderings, we’ll review what we have in the studio and let you know if — and to what extent — your design is achievable. In most cases, if your concept can be created with resources already available in the studio, we can have all or most of your set prepared and ready for you before you arrive.
An additional fee may apply for more intricate sets.