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Here are the self-photo studios in Singapore that let you bring your dog, what each one is like, and six tips for getting a good photo. Four of the studios we list allow pets.
The difficulty with a dog in a photo studio is that the camera goes off on a timer, and a dog won’t sit still for a countdown. That can be fixed, and the tips at the end cover how.
The four that allow pets
🐕 BLANK BOX — Mandai
Mandai Connection · 24 hours · $
The studio most set up for pets. It is a room rather than a booth, with four coloured backgrounds, space to move and changing rooms. A fifteen-minute session covers up to five, animals included, and you get every digital photo from the session instead of choosing a few, which helps a lot with a dog. It is in an industrial building in Mandai and open 24 hours.
🐩 One Click Studio — Haji Lane
Level 2, shophouse · Bugis MRT · $
The camera is high up and looks down on the whole room with a wide lens, so a dog on the floor and the people around it all fit in one photo without anyone crouching at the edge. There are pet headbands and bibs to borrow, and you can go at your dog’s pace. It is up a flight of stairs, which matters with a nervous or elderly dog.
🦴 Solace Studios — Haji Lane
73 Haji Lane · Bugis MRT · $
Solace’s flagship, and the only Solace branch that allows pets, so don’t take a dog to the mall branches. There are nine booths over two floors, including fisheye and low-angle rooms the mall branches don’t have, and props kept for pets. Digital copies come with the prints, but scan the QR code before you leave, because Solace’s download link only lasts 72 hours. It is also up a flight of stairs.
🐾 Standard Photo Studio — MacPherson
565 MacPherson Road, level 3 · Tai Seng MRT · $$
A long-running photo business with a vintage-themed studio and classic and antique backgrounds, known for printing extra-large photo strips. It has a package made for photographing pets, called Paws & Play. It closes earlier than the mall studios — 5.15pm from Sunday to Thursday and 7.15pm on Fridays and Saturdays.
Six tips for a good photo
- Walk your dog first. A dog with energy to burn will spend the session sniffing the corners. Twenty minutes’ walk beforehand makes a big difference.
- Bring a squeaky toy as well as treats. A treat makes a dog look at your hand. A squeak makes its ears go up and its eyes go to the camera for a second or two, and that is when you get the shot.
- Take someone with you. One person works the remote or screen, and the other stands behind the camera keeping the dog’s attention.
- Bring a mat or towel. Studio floors are smooth, and a dog slipping on them looks tense in photos.
- Choose more photos over prints. With a dog, most shots won’t work, so a session that gives you every photo is better than one that gives you four on a strip.
- Go on a weekday morning. It is quieter and calmer for your dog than a busy weekend afternoon, and it costs the same.
Pet policies and prices change — confirm with the studio before you go. If something on one of our listings is out of date, there’s a form at the bottom of every one.
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