Arctic white 01
Fog grey 07
Pale sky 22
Lilac 31
Mustard 54
Moss 63
Deep teal 68
Black 90
Chestnut 46
Photo and art studios to hire by the hour
Three rooms at Kiln Yard, Springfield (sample): a white cyc, a daylight room and an art room under the roof. Book two hours or a whole week; paper and kit by the metre and by the day.
Studio A, the cyc
from $45 an hour
Studio B, daylight
from $35 an hour
The Loft, art room
from $25 an hour
On the floor today: Chestnut 46, pulled for a Studio A booking (sample). Example prices.
Three rooms, three kinds of light
Every room comes with house lights, stands and a changing room. The paper drops show how wide each backdrop is.

Studio A, the cyc
A three-wall white cyclorama for fashion, product, video and group shots. Full blackout, overhead rails and a drive-in door.
Floor
120 m²
Cyc
8.2 m wide, 6 m deep
Ceiling
5.5 m to the rails
Light
Full blackout
2.72 m
2.72 m
2.72 m
Cyc 8.2 m wide: three drops of 2.72 m paper side by side.
From $45 an hour

Studio B, the daylight room
Three tall north-facing windows give soft light all day. Portraits, interiors, food and small product shoots.
Floor
70 m²
Paper wall
5.4 m wide
Ceiling
4.2 m
Light
North windows, blinds

The Loft, art room
A top-floor room with roof lights, twelve easels, two deep sinks and a model stage. For painters, drawing groups and classes.
Floor
85 m²
Easels
12, with donkey benches
Ceiling
3.6 m, roof lights
Water
Two deep sinks
How a hire works
1
Request a date
Pick the room, the day and the hours. We reply with a quote, usually the same working day.
2
Choose paper and kit
Tell us the colours and lights you need, so they are rigged before you arrive.
3
Load in
Drive into the yard and unload at the roller door. The lift takes a full trolley.
4
Leave it as you found it
Roll the paper back, stack the stands, sweep the floor. We check the room with you.
Backdrop paper on the rack
Nine seamless colours, in 2.72 m and 1.35 m widths. You pay for the metres you tear off; we pull and rig the roll before you arrive.
Arctic white 01
2.72 m
$6 a metre
Fog grey 07
2.72 m
$8 a metre
Pale sky 22
1.35 m
$5 a metre
Lilac 31
1.35 m
$5 a metre
Mustard 54
2.72 m
$9 a metre
Moss 63
2.72 m
$9 a metre
Deep teal 68
2.72 m
$9 a metre
Black 90
2.72 m
$8 a metre
Chestnut 46
2.72 m
$9 a metre
Arctic white in Studio A
First 3 m free
Any other colour
Per metre used
Damaged paper from the sweep
Torn off and charged
Rolls running low hang short on the rack: ask before you plan a shoot on them. Example prices; stock (sample).
Kit hire
Add lights, grip and art kit to any booking. It is tested, rigged and waiting in the room.

Lighting
Flash head with stand
$15
Daylight LED panel
$12
Softbox 90 cm or strip box
$6
Beauty dish with grid
$6
Grip and art kit
C-stand with arm
$4
Boom arm and sandbags
$8
Easels and donkey benches in the Loft
Included
A1 drawing boards
$2
Example prices, per booking.
A room for painters and drawing groups
The Loft has north roof lights, so the light stays even from morning to late afternoon. Easels, benches, boards and a heated model stage are there when you arrive.
- Life drawing groups of up to 14 people
- Painting days with space to leave work drying overnight
- Workshops and classes with sinks for clean-up

Rate card
Prices are for the room, with the house lights, stands, sandbags and the changing room. Paper and kit are extra and charged as you use them.
Room
1 hour
4 hours
9 hours
Studio A, the cyc
$45
$160
$320
Studio B, the daylight room
$35
$120
$240
The Loft, art room
$25
$85
$170
Example prices. Two hours minimum. After 18:00 and at weekends add $5 an hour.
Made in these rooms
A food shoot in Studio A and a portrait set on a pink backdrop, lit with one umbrella.

Food and product set, Studio A, half day (sample).

Portrait set on pink paper, Studio B, one flash head and an umbrella (sample).
Studio notes
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How we charge for backdrop paper
- Details
- October 11, 2026
You pay for the metres you tear off, and Studio A includes the first 3 m of white (sample).
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Load-in at Kiln Yard: door, lift and parking
- Details
- October 6, 2026
Drive into the yard, unload at the roller door and take the goods lift to any floor (sample).
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The two-light setup you can borrow on the day
- Details
- October 1, 2026
A key light in a 90 cm softbox, a strip box behind, and where we put them (sample).
Getting to Kiln Yard
Kiln Yard Studios
4 Kiln Yard, Springfield (sample)
- Roller door 2.4 m wide and 3 m high, straight onto the yard
- Goods lift to every floor: 1.4 by 2.2 m, 1,000 kg
- Two loading bays, plus street parking on Potters Lane
- Open 07:00 to 22:00 every day, by booking (sample)