Imagine if you could walk into in a 3200 square foot state of the art portrait studio, choose your props, pose your kids   and pick up a camera and start shooting. Only in Bozeman is that more than just a fantasy. “Do it yourself “ professional studio portraits have come to Bozeman!
youStudio is a new concept where parents can bring their kids to a 3200 square foot professional portrait studio, use the studio lighting equipment, props and camera to get great professional portraits and take all the photos home with them.

The creator of youStudio, photographer Robin Hickman, believes it is a completely new and unique concept. “I searched online for hours” he says, “looking for someone else who had already done this. I couldn’t find a single one.”

Robin believed that he could create a lighting system easy enough for anyone to use and get great lighting. “It takes less than 10 minutes to show a complete beginner how to use the lights and camera to get professional photos.”

youStudio is currently available for sessions with babies and   children. “Lighting a family session is much more complex than a baby or children’s session.” Robin explains. “So we don’t offer youStudio sessions for anything other than babies and kids at this point. But so far we’ve had clients do sessions for ages from newborn up to high school all with great results.”

Robin says his favorite thing about the youStudio sessions is seeing what parents come up with. “There are some amazingly creative people that come in for these sessions. Many times they take my props and do something   that I would have never thought of that turns out really great.”

The ability to experiment and try anything you can imagine is one of the advantages of youStudio. There’s no limits on how many images you can take and when the session is over, you own all of them. That means you can print or publish them anywhere you want without infringing on the studios copyright. “The photographer always owns the copyright unless a contract specifies something different” Robin explains. “In a youStudio session, the client is the photographer, so they own 100% of the rights to all the photos they take.”

Clients love the freedom and the great experience. Andrea Crowder talked about her session with her three girls. “Robin Hickman’s youStudio was an awesome experience! With the lighting set up, we didn’t have to think about much at all, except what to pose with. There were so many options for each picture with a room full of props. My kids were able to pick different things they wanted to try, and that was fun for them. I was able to catch some pictures of great expressions from my kids. Then the best part was getting the disk of all the pictures. We ended up with over 100! It was fun to sort through and pick our favorites. I would highly recommend this experience to any family.” Andrea has already booked another session.

If you decide that you do want professional lab printing, retouching, framing and other services those are available through Robin Hickman Photography, at deeply discounted prices.
A youStudio session is $139 for one hour. That includes all the professional help you need to get what you want, access to all the props, the studio camera to use (or you can bring your own DSLR) and all the images when you are done.

Right now Robin is offering a limited number of sessions for $99. You can sign up for one of these at www.robinhickmanphotography.com/youstudio. They will sell out quickly at that price so you will want to act right away to get one. You can also call 406-585-7338
to ask questions or book your youStudio session.