Studio Facilities

Work­ing Space:

The stu­dio space is 6.6m x 6.5m (22′ x 21.7′) — double-height space — 42.9m² (476.7ft²) (the premises are sig­ni­fic­antly larger).

The inside looked like this (before we added the vinyl rolls on the wall to the right):

Pavilion Photographic Studio - interior and equipment

stu­dio interior and equipment

Stu­dio flash:

Light­ing is four Bowens Gem­ini 500Pro mono­lights. Two air cush­ioned stands and the boom stand are fit­ted with dol­lies. One of the mono­lights is fit­ted with the Octo 90 (which will only be dis­mantled under excep­tional circumstances).

Mod­i­fi­ers:

  • one 48″ octabox
  • one Bowens Octo 90
  • one 40″ x 40″ softbox
  • one 32″ x 48″ grid­ded softbox
  • one 16″ beauty disk (with hon­ey­comb grid and diffuser)
  • one 24″ x 24″ softbox
  • three 8″ spill dishes (and one hon­ey­comb grid)
  • two 12″ x 48″ grid­ded strip softboxes
  • one snoot

Trig­gers:

The Bowens Pulsar radio trig­gers are com­pat­ible with stand­ard hot­shoes — we have an adapter for Sony/Minolta gear. PC sync cables are also avail­able (and the flash heads also have photo slave triggers).

Con­tinu­ous Lighting

We have a pair of Arri Junior Fres­nel lights with barn doors (one 150W and one 300W).

Nat­ural Light:

Nat­ural light is avail­able from east­wards facing french doors and lots of win­dows … sub­ject to avail­able day­light in Scotland.

Back­grounds:

2.7m seam­less roll paper is gen­er­ally avail­able in white, char­coal and black. There is no infin­ity curve — that style of por­trait­ure isn’t part of our busi­ness model. The min­imum drop (cur­rently hung with white paper) is approx­im­ately 2.5m.

3m white and grey vinyl rolls are hung on a second wall with a min­imum of a 3m drop.

Reflect­ors and flags:

There are two 3m tall self-standing black/white bookends and an assort­ment of fold-out reflectors.

Gen­eral:

  • If you want to use the fold-out bed, bring your own bed linen.
  • You are wel­come to help your­self to tea and cof­fee in the down­stairs kit­chen area (we can show you how to work the Nespresso machine). You are expec­ted to wash your own dishes afterwards.
  • The stu­dio is suit­able for wheel­chair access (with a fully equipped dis­abled toilet).
  • A shower is avail­able in the upstairs upstairs toi­let (bring your own towels).
  • Wifi access is also avail­able (though the avail­able band­width is pretty poor).
  • It comes as a sur­prise to some, but it’s our work that hangs on the walls.

Assist­ance and tuition:

A mem­ber of staff is always on hand to give min­imal assist­ance and answer ques­tions (we would rather give you some assist­ance than risk that you dam­age the equip­ment or injure your­self). If you want a work­ing assist­ant for your shoot or some tuition we can offer that too.