Toronto Photo Studio Rental
THAT TORONTO STUDIO
Rent Fully-Equipped, Natural Light, Photo & Content Creation Studio
Hours: 24/7
Phone: +1 416-277-6355
Capacity: Up to 20 people. Need more? Tap Here
Who can rent? All creatives, or anyone who needs an hourly space rental!
Why Rent That Toronto Studio?
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After nearly a decade of operations, the Consumer’s Choice Awards recognized THAT TORONTO STUDIO as the best photography studio in Toronto.
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Our Toronto photo studio rental has 3 massive South-facing windows for great morning and afternoon sun. Don’t want direct sunlight? Block it out with our blackout drapes.
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Check out the event space arm of our business: Toronto Event Space Rentals!
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Fully-Equipped Studio Lighting Features
Pro-grade continuous & strobe lighting
The studio includes professional photo and video lighting—perfect for portraits, fashion, branding, or interviews that need full control.
Natural + artificial light flexibility
Switch effortlessly between daylight and blackout-mode using sheer curtains and blackout drapes, then light your scene with strobes or softboxes.
Constant lighting for video shoots
Continuous lights are available for content creators shooting YouTube videos, interviews, product demos, or social content with consistent exposure.
Creative mood lighting options
Warm string lights and Edison bulbs offer cozy, ambient light for lifestyle shoots, couples sessions, or editorial content.
V-Flats and reflectors included
Shape light with 4x8’ white and black V-Flats, plus silver reflective panels—great for bounce fill, negative fill, or creative light control.
Ceiling-mounted backdrop system
Backdrops are mounted high and stay out of your lighting setup—making it easier to light full-body portraits or product shots cleanly.
Ready to shoot on arrival
All lighting is pre-set and easy to adjust, saving you setup time. Just walk in, dial in your settings, and start shooting.
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Our Toronto photography studio rental is thoughtfully designed for lifestyle content creation, brand shoots, and client sessions, blending comfort with visual appeal. The space features boho-chic, feminine accents like floral wall decor, hanging plants, lush ferns, and a signature pleated blue velvet couch—perfect for cozy portraits and editorial shoots. These soft elements contrast beautifully with masculine, rustic textures such as our pecan-stained distressed wood bar top, industrial stainless steel supports, and matching stools. With natural light streaming through large windows and customizable studio lighting available, our space is ideal for photographers, content creators, and brands seeking a versatile studio with curated furniture and distinct character.
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Our Toronto photography studio loft is 100% wheelchair accessible and conveniently located right at the building’s entrance—making it easy to find and even easier to access for all guests. Whether you’re booking a lifestyle shoot, content session, or client meeting, accessibility is one less thing to worry about. If you have any special requests for your studio rental, we’re more than happy to accommodate to the best of our ability, ensuring a smooth and comfortable experience.
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Getting to our Toronto photography studio is easy and convenient—whether you’re arriving by subway (Pape or Queen Station), bus (Carlaw Ave), or streetcar (Queen St.) If you’re driving, you’ll love that our studio is located in a low-traffic area, offering a calmer alternative to the hustle of downtown Toronto. Situated in a safe, upscale neighbourhood, our studio loft is perfect for clients and creatives alike who value both accessibility and peace of mind. Need directions? Just scroll down to our website footer to view the map or tap on That Toronto Studio.
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Our versatile Toronto photo studio rental is designed for all types of creative professionals. Whether you’re a content creator, photographer, videographer, cinematographer, or digital artist, our studio offers the perfect space to bring your vision to life. With flexible layouts, natural light, professional studio lighting, and thoughtfully curated furniture, this is one of the most adaptable and inspiring studio spaces in Toronto for creatives of every kind.
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Longer bookings save money. Our hourly rate gets discounted for longer bookings in our Toronto photo studio. Discounts off of our base rate of $130 per hour, are automatically applied in the pricing you see listed on BOOK NOW.
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We have reliable, instant-phone support for any troubleshooting and help you may need. We go above and beyond to accommodate our clients, which is why we’re the #1 most-reviewed studio in Canada. Contact us anytime.
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📸 Photo Studio Rental Fully Equipped with Lighting
Finding the right photo studio in Toronto can be a game-changer for your creative process. Whether you’re shooting portraits, commercials, editorials, or product photos, one of the biggest challenges is having reliable, high-quality lighting ready to go. That’s why Photo Studio Rental Fully Equipped with Lighting offers the ultimate solution for photographers and creators looking for convenience, quality, and flexibility—all in one space.
Why Lighting Matters More Than You Think
Lighting is more than just a technical necessity—it’s the secret ingredient to bringing your creative vision to life. The wrong lighting setup can leave your photos flat, uninspired, or full of unwanted shadows. On the other hand, the right setup elevates your entire shoot, saving you hours in post-production and giving you a polished result straight out of the camera.
At ThatTorontoStudio, we understand the importance of lighting in photography and video work. That’s why our studio rental includes professional-grade lighting gear, so you don’t have to bring your own or scramble to rent it separately.
What Lighting Gear is Available?
Our fully equipped studio includes:
Adjustable softboxes for soft, even illumination
Continuous LED lighting—ideal for both photo and video
Reflectors and diffusers for fine-tuning your setup
Light stands and modifiers for creative control
Optional backdrops and blackout options for total control
Whether you’re shooting portraits, product photography, or creative headshots, you’ll have the tools you need to work like a pro.
Convenience That Speeds Up Your Workflow
When you rent our photo studio fully equipped with lighting, you’re not just saving time—you’re unlocking more creative freedom. Without the stress of setting up gear from scratch or troubleshooting faulty lights, you can dive straight into creating.Our space is designed for plug-and-play creativity, with lighting gear already set up and ready for use. Just bring your camera, your vision, and your talent.
The Studio Vibe: Aesthetic Meets Function
Located in a safe, upscale neighborhood in Toronto, ThatTorontoStudio offers a warm and inviting environment where creative ideas can thrive. Our studio blends masculine, rustic textures—like distressed wood and stainless steel—with soft, boho-chic elements like floral decor, velvet furniture, and hanging plants. It’s the perfect mix of editorial-ready and Instagram-worthy.
The space is:
Fully wheelchair accessible
Easily accessible by public transit
Located in a low-traffic area for easy driving and parking
Ideal for solo creators, teams, and client work
Who Is This Studio Perfect For?
This studio setup is ideal for:
Professional photographers who need consistent lighting
Content creators working with brand clients
Filmmakers and videographers who require clean, continuous lighting
Business owners shooting product imagery or promotional materials
Book Your Fully Equipped Photo Studio Today
If you’re looking for a photo studio rental fully equipped with lighting in Toronto, look no further than That Toronto Studio. Our space is ready when you are—with professional lighting and a creative atmosphere that makes every shoot a success.
👉 Book now or contact us to learn more about availability and custom requests.
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Free Included Lights & Gear (Swipe Left to View All)
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Video Lights with Adjustable Colour Temps
Two panels each contain 660 LED Video Lights each, and can be adjusted in colour temp from warm to cool (3200-5600K).
Mount them to any available stand in our studio, and control the two brightness dials.
Two dials control both warm and cool LEDs. Combine both dials together for maximum brightness and a warm white of 4600. Control the light orientation with a swivelling head and barn-doors on each unit. Primarily suggested for video use.
Available to all Production renters.
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![Pro photo strobe lighting Paul C Buff DigiBee800]()
3 Professional Photo Flash Strobes
Three Paul C Buff, DigiBee800 photo strobe/flash lights come pre-mounted (with receivers) on C-Stands, and are always ready to go for Productions. Specs:
High-output (320Ws) flash strobe lights (5600K white), with
Bright white LED modeling lamps for constant light
Can swap modifiers quickly with all Alienbee speed ring mounts
Wireless universal camera trigger slides into any hot shoe
Used for photography, and video. Slight fan noise.
Available to all Production renters.
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Massive HD Portrait Proofing Screen, Included
This 46” Samsung screen is mounted on a swivelling wall mount, in portrait / vertical orientation (note, you cannot switch orientation to landscape).
Proof all of your images from wherever you’re shooting with the almost 360 degrees of swivel and a super long HDMI cable that extends to all corners of our photo studio.
Just plug your camera into the HDMI, HDMI mini, or HDMI micro adaptors we provide.
Available to all Production renters.
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Universal Wireless Trigger
Super easy to use, mounts to and works with any brand of camera hot-shoe.
Available to all Production renters.
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35" Octabox (with Grids)
Always accessible and ready to use! Usually already pre-mounted to one of our lights and is always ready to go for renters of all experience levels!
Available to all Production renters.
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40" x 32" Softbox (with Grids)
and is always ready to go for renters of all experience levels!
Available to all Production renters.
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36" x 10" Stripbox + Grids
This stripbox adds a soft rim light and tightens the beam spread to 40º with the grids.
Available to all Production renters.
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Multiple Reflector Cones
1 x Long-Throw Spotlight
1 x Standard Reflector
1 x Wide-Umbrella Reflector
1 x reflector cone with attached barn doors flag.
Available to all Production renters.
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High-Output White Beauty Dish
22” diameter White High-Output Beauty Dish with optional Diffusion Sock and optional 15° grid & 30° grid. Grids must be requested upon making your booking.
Available to all Production renters.
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Large Shoot-Thru Umbrella
Available to all Production renters.
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Snoot with Grid
Narrows light into a small spot focused 20° beam spread. It reduces light output by 3.5 f-stops.
Available to all Production renters.
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Barn Doors
Want to gobo or flag your lights? Use barn doors. This usually comes pre-mounted to one of our lights and is always ready to go for renters of all experience levels!
Available to all Production renters.
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5 in 1 Circular Reflector
Soften your light with our translucent, uncovered surface. Use silver to add a pop of light, or gold for a warm pop. Use black for deadening the light, or white for a nice fill!
Available to all Production renters.
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Large 6' x 4' Diffusion Scrim
Soften your light with this large translucent diffusion panel by Lastolite.
Available to all Production renters.
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2 Sets of 4'x8' V-Cards
We have 1 all-black, and 1 all-white v-card (commonly known as v-flats) available.
Use as a GoBo / flag, or bounce / reflector to create natural-looking lighting conditions.
Available to all Production renters.
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Sandbags
Weigh down your light stands with one of our many sandbags to keep them from tipping over.
Available to all Production renters.
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Rolling, Extendable Metal Clothes Rack
Roll this around wherever is most convenient for you! As a bonus, we’ve attached our pro-grade steamer to it to be accessible wherever the clothes are at all times!
Available to ALL renters.
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Professional Wardrobe Steamer
Attached to our clothes rack, this steamer is high-quality and can roll around wherever our clothes rack goes.
Available to all Production renters.
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Ladders & Step-Stools
Want to shoot from above? Use our ladders (at your own risk).
Available to ALL renters.
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Bluetooth Speakers
Play your music or favourite podcast via our Bluetooth speakers! Please keep your music at a respectable volume for our neighbours.
Connect to ORAIOLO LOUDER bluetooth system to play your tunes—no louder than 40% volume on your phone please!
Available to ALL renters.
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Mood Lights and Neons
All guests booking through this website can use our complimentary mood lights, which are voice-controlled!
Available for ALL renters at no extra charge.
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Direct Sunlight
The sun shines in directly during the mornings and afternoons. In the summer, during the late afternoon and evenings, we get a reflected soft, warm bounce light from the building opposite us.
Available to ALL renters.
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Industrial T8-style LED Bulbs
We also have the following lights on switches for flooding the space with white light. Not recommended for photogenic captures, but great for seeing what you’re doing during set-up and tear-down.
Available to ALL renters.
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PROS: Clamshell Warm Reflector
For professional photographers who are well-seasoned in using professional lighting equipment.
This is available upon written request, and is NOT available to novice renters.
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PROS: 72" Parabolic Reflector
Available with optional diffusion sock, for professionals who know how to use professional-grade photography lighting.
This is available upon written request, and is NOT available to novice renters.
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PRO PREMIUM: 60" Octabox (with Grids)
For professionals who are well-seasoned in using pro photography lighting, since it is in a difficult to access location.
This is available upon written request, and is NOT available to novice renters.
Available upon written approval, for professional photographers only.
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PRO PREMIUM: Suspended Track Lighting
Hanging lights are ONLY FOR PROS.
Always hanging from our ceiling mounts, these typically have modifiers pre-mounted to them: 60” Octabox with Grids, and two 36” x 10” Stripboxes with Grids.
Available ONLY to very experienced professionals whom are familiar with ceiling scissor-mounting arms (with ratcheting-brake extension pulley system) on rolling-rail ceiling tracks. Written request needed.
Extra Add-Ons for Your Rental
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9' Seamless Rolls (extra)
We have multiple colours of 107” x 36’ seamless available. Both White, as well as Green rolls are always guaranteed in stock. The rolls are mounted at a height of 9’ from the floor.
Our background paper of various colours can be used for free, provided that the renter meets all 3 of these conditions:
(1) the renter does not roll the paper out onto the floor, (2) doesn’t damage or scuff the roll, and (3) puts back the roll where the rolls are stored.
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HD Projector Combo (extra)
We have an HD projector that you can connect to via ChromeCast or HDMI cable (provided). The projector connects to our speakers for a high quality audio-visual experience.
The projector is a paid feature, available upon request, and must be reserved in advance.
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Collapsible Tables & Chairs (extra)
Bigger production, or event? We have auxiliary furniture for rent:
4 white, large 6’ folding tables
30 folding chairs.
This paid feature is available upon request and must be paid in advance.
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Massive 6' Tall Whiteboard (extra)
Our 6’ x 4’ whiteboard is ideal for any brainstorming sessions, recording presentations, or off-site corporate meetings.
This paid feature is available upon request and must be paid in advance.
How Do Your Peers Like That Toronto Studio?
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“Charming Leslieville Studio”
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We won the 2024 Consumer Choice Award for the Toronto district!
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“THAT Toronto Studio is amazing and clean! And despite this being primarily a rental studio for photos, after seeing the beautifully abundant natural light, I decided to rent dozens of sessions at THAT Toronto Studio to film my TV show! Best of all it’s easily accessable, and in a convenient area located just close enough to downtown Toronto without all the traffic. Thank you, I highly recommend your photography studio to anyone looking to rent an amazing loft-style studio space!”
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“THAT Toronto Studio offered us a professional, flawless, and convenient experience. The studio was clean and well equipped; the owner made the directives on how to use the equipment clear and provided us maximum flexibility to encounter our needs.”
12 Reasons Clients Love Us
Just a few reasons to love renting our studio.
Our Past Clients
Just a handful of our many studio clients.
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Email Us or text +1 416-277-6355
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Check Live Availability, Instantly!
Open our Instant-Book form to check live availability by tapping on BOOK NOW. Select the duration of package you’d like to book to view all available start times for that length of package.
99.9% Response Rate
We strive to answer all calls, but occasionally miss one. We always return all communications sent to us. For optimal response times, we always suggest contacting us in more than 1 way… just in case your message is filtered as spam!
Flexible Rescheduling
As long as you provide more than 72 hours notice, you can reschedule your rental to another work day (M-F) for FREE. To reschedule to a weekend day, just 30% of your full booking value will apply. See booking policy at checkout for details.
Absurdly Fast WiFi
No WiFi should be this fast, but ours is. We don’t believe in waiting, and that includes online—so our 200mbps Rogers internet supports the most heavy of uses! Expect to be able to zoom call, while downloading key client files, streaming Netflix on your phone, while doing an Instagram Live for your followers, all at the same time, and without any issues!
Natural Light Studio
You don’t need to bring or rent any lights to shoot in our studio. We have massive, New-York-Loft style windows which let in abundant lighting. We also have sheer diffusion curtains and black-out drapes to flag the light.
We Take Your Privacy Seriously
You will never have to share our studio with any other renters. It’ll always be just you and your team, with the studio all to yourself!
Soundproof & Insulated Walls
If audio capture is important to you, then you’ll want to shoot it in our studio. Multiple production companies captured audio in our studio with great success. This helps all content creators ensure that their audio is as clean as possible when filming inside our Toronto content creator studio rental.
Instant-Book in Under a Minute
Our clients benefit from having one of the fastest automated booking systems of any Toronto photography studio rental services. Save your details on file and next time you’ll be able to book in just half a minute! Tap on BOOK NOW to schedule your shoot or to check pricing and available times in our schedule.
You Can Also Use Our Pro Lighting!
Need lights for your photoshoot? Why not use ours? We don’t require insurance to use our lights and they’re included for free with all Production rentals!
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Q: What Services do You Offer / Provide?
A: Primarily, we rent photo studio space to content creators, photographers, and videographers for short-term rentals (think hourly or daily basis). You can see our rooms here. If needed, we also offer headshots & portraits, or commercial and e-commerce photography.
Q: Will We Have Access to the Furniture In Your Pictures?
A: Yes! You’ll be able to use the furniture and any décor which you see in our pictures.
Q: Are Professional Lights Included with My Rental?
A: Yes, both photography flashes and videography constant lights, as well as practical mood lights are included.
Q: Do You Have a Private Washroom or Change Room Inside Your Studio?
A: Yes! We have our own private change room & washroom right inside our studio!
Q: Do We Have to Clean Up After Ourselves?
A: Yes please! To avoid being charged a cleaning fee, we request all of our guests to leave the space nice and tidy upon departure.
Q: Can We Use Fog / Haze / Smoke / Vape in Your Studio?
A: No. We do not allow any fog/haze/smoke/or vapes.
Q: Will We Have the Studio To Ourselves During Our Rental?
A: Yes! You’ll have full privacy during your rental.
Q: Do You Have Blackout Blinds?
A: Yes! We have opaque black velvet blackout curtains, as well as white sheer translucent diffusing curtains.
Q: Do You Accept VISA/Debit Hybrid Cards?
A: Yes! We take VISA, VISA/Debit, and MasterCard!