I’m curious how other people see the future of physical studios. Do you think many studios will downsize as more work can be done with help of digital/hybrid workflows? Or will studios shift more toward video, social media content, podcasts, livestreams, and becoming general content production spaces? Personally I shoot mainly products and see our need for a big studio size is going down.

Do you think the overall number of photo studios will shrink? And for B2B studios, does it make sense to rent out the space when it’s not being used, or is that usually more hassle than it’s worth?

Interested to hear from people who run, rent, or regularly work in studios.

Located in Germany, but I would be happy about advice from anywhere. We alle know product photography is in a huge change right now and I the situation feels a bit overwhelming. I'm the junior photographer thinking about taking over the studio.

Feel free to send me a pm!