Photo Studio

The following equipment is fixed equipment in the Photo Studio and can be accessed on booking.

• Black, white, grey and green photo rolls
• Continuous soft-box studio lighting
• Wireless flash kits
• Product table
• Vertical product copy stand
• Manual turntables

You may bring your own camera into the Photography Studio to use, please note not all flash units and accessories may work with your system. The UNH147 Photo Studio is designed to primarily work with Canon systems.

Additional cameras can be booked to work within the Photo Studio, please see:

Once your inductions have been completed and access is approved (this may take a couple of days) you will be able to book equipment and rooms using the Booking Point system.

Once booked, please see technical staff for the rooms to be unlocked.

It can be split into two rooms at peak usage times:

• Door End – Backdrop Photo Roll
• Window End – Curtains able to be drawn to use natural light

Pre-Requisites

You must complete two inductions to be able to access the Photo Studio. The Level 1 General Induction and the Level 2 Photography Induction. These can be found via the Induction Catalogue:

Induction Catalogue

Book a timeslot to secure studio usage:

Set Up

Step 1 – Identify Your Connection Type

The most common connector ports on your camera are likely be one of the three most common, these are:

Take note of what the port type on your camera is and let technical staff know when you enter the room. Dedicated studio cables are provided for these three types, we may not be able to provide a cable for other connection types.

Step 2 – Sign in

Sign into the computer using your student credentials

Step 3 – Choose your tethering program

Each has its own advantages and disadvantages, discuss with your tutor or technical staff for more information.

Lightroom Classic

Recommended
For Lightroom Classic users:

1. Open Lightroom Classic and sign in to your Adobe account using your student credentials
2. Go the Lightroom menu File > Tethered Capture > Start Tethered Capture
3. Select save location, press ok and wait for Lightroom to detect your camera
4. Begin shooting, using Lightroom to review your files

Canon EOS Utility

Does not work with non-canon cameras
For Canon EOS Utility users:

1. Open Canon EOS Utility
2. Select Live View Shoot, adjust settings and save location
3. Begin shooting, using Preview to review your files

Dragonframe

For advanced users only. Please seek technical staff for assistance if you have not used this software before in animation electives.

Further Reading

Photo Print Submission

Wide Format Print Submission