GIT Commercial Photography
The GIT Commercial Photography Studio at ASU is located in the Applied Arts Pavilion on the Polytechnic campus. The studio is designed as a complete working professional photographic studio outfitted with professional quality digital cameras and lighting equipment.
The imaging focus area is one of the 4 main focus areas of the Graphic Information Technology degree, located on the Polytechnic Campus at Arizona State University.
From beginning commercial photography to advanced, from technical imaging to creative open lab, students learn problem solving with commercial grade equipment and lean to produce a photograph according to client parameters. Students learn to see photographically and create elegantly designed images, understand how to work with photographers, plan for advertising campaigns and deliver assets with appropriate copyright and digital rights management in mind.
The studio is available for hire for commercial shoots internally at ASU and for nonprofits within the community. All shoots are student led.
Updates
Welcome to Spring 2025! Don’t forget to join the ASU Poly Photo Club and the GIT Club.
Meet our faculty
Penny Dolin
Professor of Practice
Graphic Information Technology, The Polytechnic School
Dolin is the founder of the GIT Commercial Photography Studio at the Polytechnic campus, and director of the Technical Imaging Lab, which explores high speed imaging, stroboscopic and thermal photography.
Chad Westover
Associate Teaching Professor
Graphic Information Technology, The Polytechnic School
Westover’s specialties are in the areas of commercial and technical photography, image editing and manipulation, virtual reality and immersive photo and video, high speed video and photography.
Where technology and design combine!
The graphic information technology program lives at the intersections of creativity, visual design and technology, preparing students to create visual content for multi-channel distribution – print, web, photo, video, animation.