Still Photo Lab Profile

Still Photo Lab, Inc. was incorporated in 1957, and is a California Corporation. We currently employ over 30 employees, and are an equal opportunity employer and are ethnically diverse. Our primary services include Full Service Photographic and Digital Imaging, including Black and White processing and printing, Type C, Type R and E-6 processing and printing, digital prints and negatives, and digital retouching. The Company is located in Hollywood and has two facilities, 1210 N. La Brea and 1222 N. La Brea, encompassing 8000 square feet. All services are provided on our own premises and equipment, and are done in house.

Our Mission

Still Photo Lab's mission continues to be maintaining high quality results regardless of quantities, large and small, along with providing quick turn around time at competitive prices.

How are we different?

Still Photo Lab has always maintained High Quality, the ability to produce Large Quantities, Quick Turn Around times and Extremely Competitive Prices. Other labs concentrate on one or two aspects, we pride ourselves on maintaining all four.

We have No Hidden Rush Charges.  We are small enough to give individualized service, yet large enough to turn around quantity orders faster than our competitors.

We are able to maintain Low Pricing due to the fact that we are not overwhelmed by Union Obligations.

Finally, Still Photo Lab continues our close working relationships with our clients so as to be attuned to their changing needs and to make our clients jobs simpler, so they can do what they do best.

Strategic Alliances

Still Photo Lab is the Third Largest Purchaser of Black and White Materials in all of California. This has allowed us to maintain the same pricing for 12 years, thereby benefitting our clients. Our suppliers are eager to help and to listen to our needs. Due to our strong purchasing power we are often given the opportunity to test new products and services before they hit the market.

Client Base

90% of Still Photo Lab's client base are Film and Major Motion Picture Companies and tend to be Large Volume Purchasers, including both Domestic and International Divisions. These clients concentrate on Press Kits (Domestic and International), Large Volume Duping, Digital Retouching, Processing for Unit Photography, Storage and Cataloging of Clients' Original Photographic Media.

Still Photo Lab has contractual agreements with clients to archive and catalogue Original Photographic Media, thereby streamlining and expediting the ordering process for our clients.

Other clients include Individual Photographers who appreciate our high quality, quick turnaround times and individualized customer service.

The Future

Over the next three to five years it is clear that the industry will continue to move further into Digital Imaging, with lower cost Digital Input and Output Devices at Higher Resolution. Digital Cameras will play a greater role as their quality continues to improve. We are already well positioned for these changes, and will continue to address these changes by keeping up with the industry via PMA, Seybold and one-on-one discussions with our imaging vendors as well as continuing Employee Training of latest technologies, equipment, and techniques. Higher Speed and More Cost Effective Internet Connectivity also presents a new opportunity for us to better serve our clients by offering low resolution comps via e-mail and on our web site.

We will continue keeping our client base abreast with our Annual Open Houses, Hands On Demonstrations of newly acquired state of the art analog and digital imaging equipment, as well as leveraging our Web Site.

As Still Photo Lab, Inc. continues into the new millenium, our goals include:

Expanding our Digital Imaging Facilities.

As Digital Costs decrease, to move towards Faster and More Resolute digital input and output for ease of processing, speed and accuracy.

Installing a Digital Image server and Maintain Photo Libraries for all of our Major Clients.

Leveraging DSL or other High Speed Internet Transports in order to maintain our own server online dedicated to Client Imaging and Business Information Transfer.