Come explore Seattle Studio Collective, a rent-by-the-hour studio serving the professional and amateur photography and videography community, and others upon request. Attend our gathering on 9/30/10 at 6 PM to learn more. NOTE NEW MEETING DATE!

Join our community studio-rental collective in this converted storefront location atop popular Phinney Ridge. Seattle Studio Collective provides access to 800 sqft of space on an hourly, daily, weekly or annual basis. Use Seattle Studio Collective for:
1. meeting prospective-clients
2. producing video or photo sessions
3. sales and design sessions
4. professional and amateur enthusiasts meetings
5. gallery display in a storefront location
6. uses as yet undiscovered.

Quarter Share Partners
Share the studio with 3 or 4 Partner photographers and/or videographers, and A-La-Carte renters on a space-available basis.
Benefit your business with full time storefront presence by using signage, sandwich boards, and 24 hour portfolio display on our 46" video monitor. Front and back door, ground-level access is great for handicap accommodation and gear load/unload.
Cost for Partners
With an annual commitment, quarter-share monthly dues are $380 for 20 hours of pre-reserved time, + 1/5 utilities (for peace of mind, utils are capped at $100).
Members earn extra, non-expiring, flex* hours by
1. Monitoring** a la carte rental by non-members. Value 1:1
2. Providing 2 or more hours of pre-determined build-out services, value 1:1.
3. Full-time sharing of software, hardware or gear with all SSC partners, upon approval.
Cost for A La Carte Member Hourly Rental
$75 registration, credit and background check
$35/hour
$275/10 hour day
With so many generous, sharing people in our profession and our cousins, the committed non-pros, I feel confident we can further build our already wonderful community!
If you are interested in 1/4 share or A La Carte rental, or know someone who may be, a tour and more details will be the objective at the meeting held:
Thursday Sept 30, 2010
6-7:30 PM (food is welcome, but bring utensils too please)
Location: Please RSVP for the meeting address.

RSVP to Noel at: SeattleStudioCollective@janetklinger.com or (206) 622-7478.

*Flex hour redemption is available up to 14 days in advance
**Monitoring includes giving non-member renters tours, access into the space, and full checkout upon rental completion.

We have a sitting area with love seat, chair, coffee table, and a larger oak table. There is storage on-site for the quarter partners, and while renting for those renting consecutive days. We also share about 25 feet of gallery space along each of the South and North walls. Evening and weekend hours are especially flexible.

The 8×8 north light window give gorgeous portrait lighting! We may get rid of this table but up until now I push the table to the West (left) wall just under the west window to open up a 12×15 shooting area. There a sheer curtains and black out curtains on all 3 8×8 windows (2 face west) to used additive or subtractive natural lighting. The white sheers allow for privacy when photographing nudes or part-nudes, shy people, nursing mothers, etc, where we want gorgeous light but no gawkers, thank you very much.”

The length easily allows for groups up to 12, and full height fashion sessions. Included is the use of background auto poles and for an additional fee of $1/foot, a choice of 3 seamless colors on a wall-mounted pulley-changer. Tall ceilings allow shooting from a variety of perspectives. The back door allows for open, airy atmosphere.

This photo give a sense of the width, best used for 3/4 lengths and tighter. I often have backgrounds set up against this North wall with the 3-seamless exchanger, and to the right is a set of auto poles for a second setup, the third being up front where the natural light (or not, using the black out brown velvet curtains) area is.

I still have a few available things for sale. The big items include:
Wacom Tablet, Intuos 3, 6×8, usb, Never used. $249
iMAC, original blue $25 Works great, but older operating system.

Antique Armoire $599 obo

The intenship was awarded to Jonah Rondon who is an artist in her own right. Check out her 3 webites http://www.jonahrondon.com

http://www.maluhia.biz

http://www.aworldaway.etsy.com

I’m so happy to have Jonah with us for at least the next two months.

Purchase a photo session with Janet Klinger Photography by October 25, 2008 and receive either 8 wallets or an 8×10 photograph. Pre-purchase a 20 image Coffee Table Book and 10% of the book cost goes to the Seattle Public School of your choice.

For more details including pricing click here.

Book your session now!

Photo Technician Wanted, Phinney Ridge/ Green Lake, Seattle

Jane has been promoted. Can YOU fill her huge shoes? (more…)

Janet needs a nurturing assistant who really CARES that the client gets fabulous coverage. The ideal person is on the lookout for ways to help the photography go smoothly and the client to feel calm and confident. A multi-tasker needed to help shoot, set up lighting, handhold supplemental lighting, track request lists, handle gear and be VERY strong to carry heavy bags for hours at a time. Mostly weekends with occasional weekday/evening.

1+ years event and/or portrait shooting experience required. Please note that while there is some shooting involved, all images and their copyright remain with Janet Klinger Photography and are unavailable for use in your collection of images.

Please provide resume, cover letter and link to online portfolio in an email to info@janetklinger.com

Associate Photographer (and intrepid Production Manager) Jane P. is celebrating Pride Month by offering 20% off portrait sessions with LGBT/alternative families & individuals in the month of June! You can check out her portfolio under “Associates & Design” on the main website. Weekend sessions are available, except the day of the Seattle Pride parade (but if you find her there, I’m sure she’ll have a camera handy!). Portraits are in-studio and immediate environs only.

Call the studio at 206-622-7478 to take advantage of this special event!

I get to see photographs of SO MANY CUTE KIDS! For those who don’t notice the little author tags, this is Jane the Production Manager talking, and today I want to talk about yet another reason why I love my job. Yes, the hours are great, Janet is a fabulous mentor and boss, and there is sheer joy of getting to work with photography as my “day job,” but the high adorableness quotient is one of my favorite perks. This is also the reason why, when you are in the studio for a portrait or design session, you may hear giggles erupting from the back of the room — tons of cute, adorable kids!

Here are a few gems from recent portrait sessions:

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For the first time in over 20 years, Janet Klinger Photography will not be open on Memorial Day.

Now lets all hope it will be good picnic weather for our (and your!) family outings, perhaps a day like this one: