Miranda Studios

What Miranda Studios does

Miranda Studios is a privately held photography studio based in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, that specializes in graduation photography services for Trent University graduate students. The studio operates with a headcount of approximately five employees and runs a direct-to-consumer business in which customers self-serve the entire transaction lifecycle — from appointment booking through photo delivery to product purchase — entirely online.

The studio's technology stack is composed of a standard e-commerce storefront hosted at mirandastudios.ca, integrated with Acuity Scheduling for self-serve appointment booking via a dedicated Trent booking subdomain (mirandastudios.acuityscheduling.com). Core product features include scheduled photo sessions, password-protected private galleries for delivered photos, account creation and login, and an online shopping cart/checkout for purchasing photo products. The website is operated by Niteowl Creative Inc. and offers email newsletter signups for promotions.

Miranda Studios monetizes through one-time transactions for photography sessions and photo products sold via its e-commerce platform. Its go-to-market is direct web traffic combined with email marketing, and its customer base is narrowly concentrated on a single institutional segment: Trent University graduate students in the Peterborough, Ontario area. There is no public pricing disclosure, no funding history, no M&A activity, and no management team information available in the source material.

Name

Miranda Studios

Legal name

Miranda Studios

Website

https://mirandastudios.ca

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Miranda Studios is a five-employee photography studio in Peterborough, Ontario that provides graduation photography services and photo products directly to Trent University graduate students via an integrated online booking and e-commerce platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Photography Services

NAICS

Photography Studios, Portrait (541921), Photographic Services (54192)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAFAIAF

Photography & Photo Production

Business & Public Services/Marketing, Advertising & PR Services/Content Marketing & Production (Copy, Video, Design)

Keywords

• Graduation photography services
• Portrait studio
• Photo gallery access
• Online appointment booking
• Photo product sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Peterborough

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Photography Services and Photo Products: Miranda Studios provides photography sessions (graduation photos) and sells photo products through their e-commerce platform. Customers book appointments online and purchase photo packages digitally. Revenue is generated through one-time transactions for photo products and services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Miranda Studios is a photography studio based in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada that specializes in graduation photography services for Trent University graduate students. Customers book photo sessions online through Acuity Scheduling, attend studio sessions, and then access their photos through password-protected online galleries. The studio also sells photo products through an integrated e-commerce shopping cart and checkout system on its own website.

Product overview

Miranda Studios is a photography studio that provides graduation photography services for Trent University students. The company operates through a unified platform combining appointment scheduling (via Acuity Scheduling), password-protected photo galleries, and an e-commerce shopping cart system for purchasing photos. Clients can book appointments online, access their private photos through secured galleries, and purchase products through the integrated shopping cart.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Trent Graduation Photography Services Professional photography sessions for Trent University graduate students, including scheduled photo appointments, in-studio graduation photo sessions, and access to private galleries for viewing and purchasing photos.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Acuity SchedulingcoreTechnology or IntegrationAcuity Scheduling is used as the appointment booking platform for Miranda Studios. Trent University graduate students book their photography appointments through the Acuity Scheduling link provided on the Miranda Studios website (mirandastudios.acuityscheduling.com). This integration enables self-service appointment scheduling for customers.

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• The Grad Photo: The Grad Photo specializes in graduation portrait photography for university students, with online booking and digital gallery delivery. It is a direct niche peer to Miranda Studios, offering essentially the same service to the same customer occasion.
• Flash Photography Studios: Flash Photography Studios is a Canadian photography business focused on graduation, portrait, and event sessions at universities and colleges. It competes with Miranda Studios for the same Canadian university graduation customer, with similar booking and gallery workflows.
• Treehouse Photography: Treehouse Photography is a Canadian portrait and graduation photography studio serving university students in multiple provinces. It is comparable because it sells the same core product (graduation portrait sessions + digital gallery delivery) to an overlapping persona (Canadian university students).
• GradImages: GradImages is the largest North American specialist in graduation ceremony and portrait photography, serving hundreds of universities. It is the most directly comparable operator to Miranda Studios because both monetize the same graduation-photo occasion through contracted/appointment-based sessions and digital galleries.
• Hatched Photo: Hatched Photo is a Canadian graduation photography studio that captures grad photos on and around university campuses, delivering images via online galleries. It overlaps directly with Miranda Studios' service (graduation sessions), geography (Canada), and distribution model (online gallery + e-commerce).

Broad incumbents

• Lifetouch (Shutterfly Schools): Lifetouch, now part of Shutterfly Schools, is the dominant incumbent in K-12 and post-secondary campus photography across North America. It competes with Miranda Studios for the same graduation portrait wallet but at vastly larger scale and as part of a broader school photography portfolio.

Others

• Pic-Time: Pic-Time is a SaaS platform that photographers use to deliver private online galleries, sell digital downloads and prints, and manage client accounts. It is an enabling/ecosystem peer to Miranda Studios, whose current gallery and e-commerce stack plays a similar role for its customers.

Emerging players

• Bella Baby Photography: Bella Baby Photography operates hospital-based newborn portrait studios with online galleries and digital purchase flows. It is comparable in business model (institutional/segmented portrait photography, gallery + e-commerce) but serves a different occasion and life-stage than Miranda Studios.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/miranda-studios

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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