Rating of the best photo studios in Nizhny Novgorod in 2020

Even 5 years ago it was difficult to imagine how firmly photographic studios will enter modern life. If earlier the word photo studio was associated only with the advertising business, today people turn to the studio simply to take beautiful photographs, to capture some moment from their lives in good quality. Demand creates supply, so it is not surprising that more and more photo studios are opening in Nizhny Novgorod. Let's try to figure out how to choose a really worthwhile place from this variety, so as not to regret the time and money spent.

About photography and photo studio

The main mistake that most people encounter when choosing a photo studio is to be guided by customer reviews, forgetting that each photo session is individual and the result directly depends on the purpose and type of shooting. After all, a studio suitable for an advertising project is most likely not suitable for a family photo session due to the different set of requirements for shooting.

All types of photo sessions can be conditionally divided into 2 large groups: work shooting and shooting for personal archives. Shooting for personal archives includes: individual, wedding, children, family, erotic, nude (nude style). When choosing a studio for this type of shooting, the following things come to the fore: interior appearance, convenient location and parking.

Working shooting (advertising, catalog, subject, interior, as well as culinary menu shooting, model shooting for portfolios, business portraits) require a different approach - the main selection criteria are the technical characteristics of the studio, the availability of special equipment (a hall with a cyclorama, chroma key, generators , smoke machine, aquazone).

How to choose a photo studio?

Regardless of what type of shooting is planned, there are general points that you should pay attention to when choosing a photo studio.

1. Location of the studio, working hours, availability of parking spaces. This is especially true for wedding or family photography with children and animals, because spending a lot of time on the road in such a situation will not work (most likely, children and animals will quickly get tired), and the result of the work will be blurry.
2. Hall area and ceiling height. It should be remembered that for a high-quality photo shoot you need at least 50 sq. m of usable hall area and ceiling heights from 3 meters. A smaller area can complicate the work of a photographer, because in addition to the model itself and the props, there are also lighting sources in the hall.
3. Interior decoration of the hall. Almost every studio has at least 2 rooms (dark and light), made in different styles and colors.The choice depends only on the taste of the client and the main idea of ​​the photo shoot.
4. The presence of a chromakey - a special photo background, mainly green, which allows you to combine 2 or more images in one frame.
5. The presence of a hall with a cyclorama, a variety of photophones. Cyclorama is a monochromatic transition from ceiling to floor (most often white), which creates the illusion of endless space. Cyclorama is essential for filming clothing catalogs.
6. Availability of additional features (smoke machine, aquazone, soap bubble generator, make-up artist, the ability to shoot cars, shoot with a pole, with animals, costume rental, make-up artist, costume rental).
7. The presence of a dressing room, shower and recreation area in the studio.
8. Availability of professional studio light. There are a few basic points to consider when choosing lighting:

• type of lighting (pulsed light for advertising filming from ProFoto, RayLab, Hensel and constant light for creative filming);
• power of lighting devices (not less than 500 J), power of modeling light (not less than 300 W);
• the presence of attachments (the main of which are a portrait dish, octobox, softbox, stripbox, parabolic umbrella);
• number of lighting sources (at least 4 sources per hall).

Top-10 photo studios in Nizhny Novgorod

Based on these rules, we will make a rating of photographic studios in Nizhny Novgorod, depending on their functionality.

10th place photo studio - "STALINKA"

Address: st. Chernigovskaya, 17 A, operating hours from 09.00 to 21.00, studio rental cost: from 900 rubles for 55 minutes.

The photo studio consists of 2 halls with an area of ​​60 sq. m each: Gold and Loft.

The "Gold" room with a fireplace, a baroque sofa and an abundance of mirrors is the most suitable for shooting in daylight, the main colors in the interior are brown and gold.

Hall "Loft", executed in gray tones, is the complete opposite of Hall Gold, it captivates with its gloomy mystery, which allows you to create unique photographs.

• professional studio light;
• interesting locations;
• price;
• the presence of photophones.

• lack of additional services (make-up artist, hairdresser, costume rental).

9th place - photo studio "Milastaff"

Address: st. Bolshaya Pecherskaya, 26, photo session cost: from 4000 rubles.

The photo studio consists of 2 rooms:

1. White hall "Pastila", which is conceived as an imitation of a bedroom, with a large bed and a cozy fireplace. Rooms of this type are ideal for a pregnant photo shoot.
2. Hall "Rojok" is distinguished by an abundance of metal structures, monoblocks, ideal for stylistic "aggressive" photographs.

• interesting locations;
• professional studio light;
• additional opportunities (development of the idea of ​​a photo shoot, services of a make-up artist, hairdresser).

• a small number of rooms;
• a small selection of photo backgrounds.

8th place - photo studio "Mansarda"

Address: st. Bolshaya Chernigovskaya, 17, working hours from 09.00 to 21.00, studio rental cost: from 900 rubles for 55 minutes.

The name of the photo studio "Attic" was not chosen by chance, because the studio is actually located in the attic, the windows of which overlook the Oka River. It has 2 halls: Cherdak (decorated in dark colors) and Ballet (in light colors). This combination of rooms allows you to create both delicate wedding photographs and dark gothic works.

• the photo studio is located in the attic in one of the most beautiful places in the city;
• professional studio light;
• interesting locations;
• price;
• additional opportunities (shooting with animals, nude photo session).

• a small number of rooms.

7th place - Photo studio "Cinnamon"

Address: st. Bolshaya Chernigovskaya, 17, working hours: from 09.00 to 21.00, studio rent: from 900 rubles for 55 minutes.

One of the oldest photographic studios in Nizhny Novgorod, whose windows overlook the Oka embankment, which gives a special flavor to the photographs taken in the studio. The studio has 3 rooms:

1. "Manhattan" - designed in the style of minimalism and consists of 2 zones: a bedroom with a hanging wooden bed and a living room with a cozy sofa;
2. Little is a cozy chamber hall with an area of ​​30 sq. m, made in the loft style;
3. "Baby Room" - a room for filming children and newborns.

• the lightest studio in the whole city due to its location, ideal for family filming and love story;
• interesting locations;
• professional studio light;
• price.

• lack of additional services (makeup artist, costume rental).

6th place photo studio 100% Art

Address: st. Studenaya, 68 A, working hours: Monday - Friday from 09.00 to 18.00, weekends by agreement.

Cost: rent from 1500 rubles per hour, photo session from 5000 rubles per hour.

One of the largest photo studios in Nizhny Novgorod, performing all types of work: personal, wedding, children, family, outdoor, advertising, catalog, product, interior photography, as well as culinary photography of menus, model tests and business portraits. A feature of the photo studio is the services - the development of the idea of ​​a photo session, video filming.

• the presence of a hall with a cyclorama;
• professional studio light, light cube for subject photography;
• a wide range of types of filming, including shooting menus, interior, video filming;
• the presence of a chroma key, reflectors, synchronizers;
• a large selection of paper and fabric photographic backgrounds of various colors;
• dressing room, wi-fi.

• a small selection of interesting locations.

5th place photo studio - "2.8 photostudio"

Address: st. Maxim Gorky, 151, rental price: from 1000 rubles per hour.

Modern photography studio, consisting of 4 interior rooms:

1. "Royal" - a large bright room with an abundance of decor and gilding, ideal for wedding and family photo sessions;
2. "Fireplace Hall" - a cozy room with a fireplace and candles, decorated in blue and white colors;
3. "Loft" - a hall with brick walls and a gloomy interior;
4. "Room" - a hall that is an imitation of an apartment, decorated in a minimalist style, with each wall made of its own material - wood, brick, tiles.

• professional studio light (11 impulse illuminators from Recam, RayLab, 2 constant light sources, portrait dishes, octobox, softboxes, reflectors, zoom reflector);
• the presence of a chroma key, reflectors, synchronizers;
• a large selection of photographic backgrounds of various colors;
• interesting locations, the possibility of filming.

• lack of additional services (makeup artist, costume rental).

4th place Photo studio "On the Roof"

Address: st. Chaadaeva 5d, works daily from 08.00 to 22.00, cost: rent from 650 rubles per hour, photo session from 1200 rubles.

This is a small studio for individual, family and children's photo sessions with an area of ​​78 sq. m, divided into 4 photo zones:

1. Light location - imitation of a bedroom in bed colors;
2. Dark location (or as the studio creators themselves call it - grandfather's room) - an office styled in the 1950s;
3. Village location - imitation of a street, a corner of a garden with vines;
4. Textured wall in the loft style.

• professional studio light: 6 sources of constant and pulsed light (power 600 J), octobox, portrait dish, softbox, slut, curtains with honeycombs and color filters, as well as reflectors and a light cube for subject photography;
• panoramic window 4 * 6 m, which allows you to work with natural light;
• interesting locations;
• the presence of photophones;
• the presence of a makeup artist, hairdresser.

• small studio area.

3rd place Photo studio Rain

Address: Lenin Ave., 30, cost: rent from 1500 rubles

The only photographic studio in Nizhny Novgorod that allows for aqua filming.

• Availability of constant and pulsed light sources from RayLab, soft-boxes, reflector, portrait dish;
• Large selection of paper and rag backdrops in various colors;
• Aquazone 3 m wide, 5 m long, swimming pool 3 * 2 m;
• Chroma key, car smoke;
• Dressing room, wi-fi.

• A small selection of interesting locations.

2nd place - Leona Stage Photo Studio

Address: Fedorovskogo embankment, 7, working hours: from 09.00 to 23.00, cost: rent from 1500 rubles per hour, photo session from 5500 rubles.

1. Availability of professional lighting devices (ProFoto firm);
2. Large selection of photo backgrounds;
3. Additional services (make-up artist, hairdresser);
4. Four halls made in different styles:

• "Library" is a spacious, bright room with an area of ​​70 sq. m with high ceilings, consisting of 2 separated areas: a classic library area with a burning fireplace, wooden furniture and bookcases, and a sleeping area with a bed, a canopy and a huge amount of fresh flowers.
• "Baby" is an ideal room for a children's photo shoot, designed in the form of a children's playground with slides, which has the necessary props for photographing newborns, including an antibacterial lamp for disinfecting the premises.
• "Royal" - a hall created for "fashion", wedding and stylized photo sessions, decorated with gold stucco, stained glass mosaics on windows more than 2 meters high, and a marble podium.
• "Love" is a cozy room with a Gothic-style fireplace and an abundance of accessories (suitcases for retro photography, wooden hanging swing).

• price.

1st place - photo studio FullFramefoto

Address: st. Kozhevennaya, 1 A, works around the clock, cost: rent from 1500 rubles per hour.

This is a 105 sqm studio that allows you to bring any creative idea to life, be it a romantic or family photo session or a nude photo session on motorcycles.

• Professional studio light from Hensel: 20 sources of pulsed light with a capacity of 1800 J, 20 sources of constant light, a projection unit, soft boxes, strip boxes, portrait plates, reflectors;
• A large selection of paper and cloth photographic backgrounds of various colors;
• The presence of a green chroma key;
• Availability of unique additional equipment (smoke machine, professional fan, snow generator, soap bubble generator);
• 5 interior locations made in different styles (classic, grunge, stylization like a hayloft with rustic utensils, a hall with motorcycles, romantic);
• Availability of props (Thompson machine gun, piano, musical instruments, crossbow, antique suitcases);
• Dressing room and wi-fi.

Summary table of photo studios in Nizhny Novgorod

Rating	Studio name	Rent price	Number of halls	Additional features
10	"STALINKA", address: Chernigovskaya st., 17 A	studio rental from 900 rubles for 55 minutes	2 halls (light and dark)	professional light, large selection of photo backgrounds
9	"Milastaff", address: Bolshaya Pecherskaya st., 26	photo session from 4000 rubles	2 halls (1 - an imitation of a bedroom, with a large bed and a cozy fireplace, 2 - an abundance of metal structures, monoblocks)	professional lighting, make-up artist, hairdresser, development of a photo shoot idea
8	"Mansarda", address: Chernigovskaya st., 17 A	studio rental from 900 rubles for 55 minutes	2 halls (light and dark)	professional lighting, the possibility of shooting with animals, photo sessions in the "nude" style
7	"Cinnamon", address: Chernigovskaya st., 17 A	studio rental from 900 rubles for 55 minutes	3 halls (1 - a bedroom with a suspended wooden bed and a living room with a cozy sofa; 2 - a hall with an area of ​​30 sq. M in the loft style; 3 - a hall for shooting children and newborns	the lightest studio in the whole city due to its location, professional lighting
6	100% Art, address: Studenaya st., 68 A	studio rental from 1500 rubles per hour, photo session from 5000 rubles per hour	hall with cyclorama	professional light, a wide range of types of filming, including shooting menus, interior, video filming, chromakey, photophones, wi-fi.
5	2.8 photostudio, address: M. Gorky st., 151	studio rental from 1000 rubles per hour	4 halls (1-light with gilding, 2- with a fireplace and candles, 3- brick walls and a gloomy interior, 4- imitation of an apartment, textured walls)	professional light, a large selection of types of filming, chroma key, photo backgrounds, wi-fi.
4	"On the Roof", address: Chaadaeva st., 5 d	studio rental from 650 rubles per hour, photo session from 1200 rubles	4 photo zones (1 - an imitation of a bedroom in light colors, 2 - an office styled in the 1950s, 3 - an imitation of a street, a corner of a garden with vines, 4 - a textured wall in a loft style	professional light, a large selection of photo backgrounds, additional services (make-up artist, hairdresser), panoramic window 4 * 6 m
3	"Rain", address: Lenin Ave., 30	studio rental from 1500 rubles	aquazone 3 m wide, 5 m long, swimming pool 3 * 2 meters	professional light, aquazone, chromakey, smoke machine, photophones, wi-fi.
2	"Leona Stage", address: Fedorovskogo embankment, 7	studio rental from 1500 rubles per hour, photo session from 5500 rubles	4 halls (1 is a classic library zone, as well as a sleeping area, 2 - for a children's photo shoot, designed in the form of a children's town with slides, 3 - a hall for fashion, wedding photo sessions, decorated with golden stucco, 4 - a hall with a fireplace and abundance of accessories	professional light, a large selection of photo backgrounds, additional services (makeup artist, hairdresser)
1	"FullFramefoto", address: st. Kozhevennaya, 1 A	studio rental from 1500 rubles per hour	5 halls in different styles (classic, grunge, stylized hayloft with rustic utensils, hall with motorcycles, romantic)	professional light, a large selection of additional equipment (smoke machine, professional fan, snow generator, soap bubble generator), photo backgrounds, chromakey

Nizhny Novgorod has a large number of photo studios that offer all possible types of filming, from specific advertising, to family-New Year photo sessions. At the same time, the design and technical characteristics of the studios are at a high level.