The Photography & Media Area is located on the second floor of the Art Building on the main campus of The University of Texas at Austin. It features a color-managed computer lab, wet darkroom lab with 4×5 enlargers, a finishing area, lighting studio, and seminar room. Available equipment includes film and digital SLRs, medium- and large-format cameras, and studio lighting kits. All undergraduate students enrolled in Photography courses, as well as Photography graduate students, are welcome to use the lab during open hours.
Lab Manager
Melissa Nuñez
melissanunez@austin.utexas.edu
Computer Lab
- Calibrated iMac computers running the latest OS with Adobe Creative Suite software
- 2 Flextight scanners
- 2 Epson V700 flatbed scanners
- 3 Epson P800 desktop printers
- Epson 10000 and Epson 9000 44-inch large-format printers
Darkroom
- 15 stations equipped with Omega ProLab 4×5 enlargers
- 2 film changing rooms
- Supplies for sheet and roll film development, print washers, and trays for developing from 8×10 to 30×40 prints
- Ventilation throughout
Equipment for Checkout
Students currently enrolled in Photography courses can check out equipment for up to 7 days through their class TA. Each student must sign a Conditions of Checkout Agreement and abide by the Late Return Policy.
Links below open User Manuals
Digital Cameras
35mm Cameras
Medium-Format Cameras
Large-Format Cameras
Lighting Gear
- Dracast 1000 LED lighting kit
- Profoto Acute2 1200 lighting kit
- Nanlite PavoTube 15C LED tube light
- Westcott FJ200 strobe kit
- Bolt VB–11 bare-bulb flashes
- Profoto B10X OCF flash duo kits
- Westcott FJ80 II speedlight
- Nikon SB–700 speedlights
- Nikon SB–24 speedlights
- 24-inch and 36-inch soft boxes for Profoto and Westcott speedlights
Miscellaneous
- Sekonic L–758DR light meter
- Sekonic L–508S light meter
- Sekonic L–558R light meter
- Sekonic L–308S light meter
- Sennheiser MKE 600 shotgun mic with boom pole, bag, and shock mount
- Calumet pinhole camera
- ProMaster tabletop Light Cube kit
- Autopole with backdrops
- Portable 5-foot backdrop with stand
- Reflectors
- Manfrotto 055, Bogen 3001, and Bogen 3011 tripods
- UV light boxes
- UV exposure units
Campus Resources
Students have access to research and informational resources including the Fine Arts Library, Briscoe Center for American History, Benson Latin American Collection, Blanton Museum of Art, and Harry Ransom Center.