Photo studio rental by the hour — spaces for photo shoots and filming
Photographers rent photo studios, and so do people who shoot on their own: portraits on a cyclorama, a family shoot in an interior set, products or social media videos. Describe the shoot in an order, and studio owners will respond. Or pick a space yourself by photos, prices and client reviews.
Photo studios
How much it costs to rent a photo studio
What affects the price
Hours and minimum booking
Spaces are rented by the hour, often with a minimum booking time, and if you book half a day or a full day, an hour may cost less.
The space and its size
A large cyclorama, a room with a high ceiling and an interior set with props are priced differently, even within one studio.
Lighting and equipment
Strobe and continuous lights, paper backdrops, a green screen or a smoke machine may be included in the rental or rented separately.
Weekdays, weekends and evenings
On weekends, before holidays and outside working hours, studios often charge more than on a weekday.
People in the room
Some studios set a space's price for a certain number of people, and the photographer, models and makeup artist count toward it too.
Prices come from specialists' profiles on Nexperity and update automatically. You agree the final price with the specialist directly.
How to find a photo studio
Two ways — pick the one that suits you
Pick a specialist yourself
- 1Open specialists' profiles and their work
- 2Send a request that describes the task
- 3Once accepted — contact the specialist directly
Post an order
- 1Describe the task, payment and the timing you want
- 2Receive responses from specialists
- 3Pick the best specialist and agree directly
- Free for clients
- Orders can be posted anonymously
- Your contacts open only after acceptance
- No commission on the deal
How to choose a photo studio
- 1
Shots taken in the space
Look not only at photos of the space but also at shots taken in it: they show its real size, how clean the cyclorama is, and the light.
- 2
Floor area and ceiling height
For a full-length portrait, a group photo or a shoot with movement, check the floor area, the cyclorama width and the ceiling height: in a cramped room the photographer cannot step back far enough.
- 3
Daylight or studio lights
If you shoot in daylight, ask which way the windows face and when the room is brightest; for studio lights, ask whether there are blackout curtains.
- 4
Open during power outages
Check whether the studio stays open during power outages and whether the backup power is enough for the studio lights, not just for the room lighting.
- 5
Booking terms
Ask whether the deposit is returned if you reschedule, how lateness is counted, whether setup and cleanup are part of your hours, and whether there is an extra charge for shooting with confetti or paint.
What to put in the order
What you are shooting: portraits, a family photo shoot, products, video or a podcast
How many people will be in the room — including the photographer, makeup artist and models
What kind of space you need: a cyclorama, an interior set, daylight or a green screen
What equipment should be on site: strobe or continuous lights, backdrops, stands
Preferred date, start time and how many hours you need the space
Which district you are looking in and whether you need a dressing room or parking
Questions about Nexperity
How Nexperity works — separately for clients and for specialists
For clients
Nothing. Searching for specialists, sending requests, posting orders and receiving responses are free.
No. You agree the price and the payment method with the specialist and pay them directly. Nexperity does not take payments and is not a party to your deal.
A request goes to one specialist — from their profile. An order is posted for everyone: specialists send you responses, and you choose which one to accept.
How the specialist will do the task, a price — fixed, a range, hourly or “on request” — and, optionally, an estimated timeline.
30 days from publication: all that time it is visible in the feed and specialists can send responses. The exact end date and time are shown on the order in your account. From that moment the order is closed and a response can no longer be accepted. You can cancel it earlier, and if no specialist turned up, post a new one.
Yes: you can hide your name and photo in an order. The anonymity lasts until acceptance — the specialist whose response you accept sees your name and photo. The task description is public: anyone visiting the site can read it.
Only after acceptance — when you accept their response or they accept your request. And only the contacts you chose to show.
After acceptance you see the contacts the specialist chose to show, and they see the ones you chose. You can also message on Nexperity when the chat is on: on an order you decide that, on a direct request the specialist does.
Once the work is done, mark the order or the collaboration completed in your account — then you can say whether you recommend the specialist. A review can only be left for a collaboration that happened through Nexperity: one per specialist, which you can change or delete at any time.
For specialists
Nothing for now: this is the free period, and no subscription is needed yet. Nexperity takes no commission on deals — you settle with the client directly.
Sign up, fill in your specialist profile and add your services — each with a category, a description and a price. Once the profile is complete, it appears in search and on the category pages.
Two ways: clients send you requests from your profile, which you can accept or decline; and you see public orders in your categories in your account and can respond to them.
You describe how you will do the task and give a price and, optionally, a timeline. The client compares responses and accepts one.
Contacts set to “Public” are visible to everyone on your profile. A client sees contacts set to “After connection” once you accept their request or they accept your response. “Hidden” ones are not revealed in new connections: a contact already revealed to a client stays visible to them.
Each service has a fixed price, a range, an hourly rate or “on request”. Prices show on your profile and in search results, and you agree the final price with the client.
Through search and the category pages of your services. The order depends on your clients' reviews — how many of them recommend you — and in search also on how well your services match the query.
A photo, a description, your region and way of working — online or in person — your contacts and a portfolio: photos of your work, each with a short caption if you like.
A client leaves a review after completed work, and only for a collaboration through Nexperity: they say whether they recommend you and may add a few words. Each client counts once, however many times you work together.
Related categories
Portrait and family photography
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Photo editing and retouchingVideography
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- Commercial product photography
- Newborn photography
- Event reportage photography
- Love story photography
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- Interior photography
- Boudoir photography
- VFX and post-production
- Live streaming
- Photo booth
- Digitization and restoration
- 360° and VR shooting
Do you rent out a photo studio?
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