LightPro Studio Lighting: Built for Australian Studios

LightPro is the studio lighting system Dragon Image has developed, refined, and stood behind for over 15 years of professional studio builds across Australia. It is not a consumer brand available in every camera store — it is a purpose-built system designed specifically for the demands of permanent, high-use studio environments.

When Dragon Studio Solutions specifies lighting for a cyclorama studio, a broadcast facility, a school media space, or a corporate video studio, LightPro is the first recommendation in almost every case. Here is why.

What LightPro is

LightPro is Dragon Image's own-brand professional studio lighting range, supplied and supported exclusively through Dragon Image's showrooms in Sydney (Artarmon), Melbourne (Collingwood), and Brisbane (Bowen Hills). The range was developed to address a specific gap in the Australian market: studio lighting products designed for permanent installation rather than portable or location use.

Most lighting brands are designed for photographers and videographers who set up, shoot, and pack down. LightPro is designed for studios that run day after day, week after week — school media rooms, broadcast studios, ecommerce production spaces — where the lights need to work identically every session, withstand constant use, and be maintained by people who are not specialist lighting technicians.

The LightPro range

SlimLine Tracklights

The LightPro SlimLine tracklight is the system most commonly installed in office-to-studio conversions and low-ceiling environments. At a few centimetres deep, it mounts flush to the ceiling surface and delivers even, consistent, broadcast-quality light without reducing working headroom. Every light connects to a single switch or DMX controller, producing a studio that is operational the moment someone walks in.

The BBC Sydney studio runs on a LightPro SlimLine ceiling-mounted system connected to a single switch. Presenters walk in, flip the switch, the studio is broadcast-ready. No technician required, no setup time, no variation between sessions.

Overhead Softbox Systems

For larger cyclorama studios, fashion studios, and automotive builds, LightPro overhead softboxes are ceiling-mounted on fixed rigs, producing very soft, even light from directly above. The Chasing Cars automotive studio uses a 6m x 8m LightPro overhead softbox — large enough to illuminate a full-size vehicle without visible hot spots or shadow lines.

Pantograph Ceiling Track Systems

For school studios and multi-use spaces where lighting needs to be repositioned between sessions, LightPro pantograph systems mount permanently to the ceiling and allow lights to be raised, lowered, and moved along the track without floor stands. Students and teachers can adjust positions without risking a stand being knocked over. All cables remain ceiling-anchored.

Motorised Background Systems

LightPro's motorised background system supports up to 10 canvas or paper backgrounds on a remote-controlled motorised roller, with auto position memory. Used extensively in ecommerce and fashion studios where rapid switching between background colours is required. Each roll lowers to a preset position and returns to stored height, eliminating the manual adjustment time that accumulates across high-volume shoot sessions.

Cyclorama Paint

LightPro supplies purpose-formulated ultra-flat cyclorama paint engineered for studio lighting environments. Standard wall paint — even bright white — has a slight sheen that creates specular reflections under studio light, producing tonal variation that reads as uneven tone or shadow on camera. LightPro cyclorama paint eliminates this. It is specified as standard on every Dragon Studio Solutions cyclorama build.

Why LightPro for permanent studio builds

Factor	LightPro	Consumer/portable brands
Design intent	Permanent installation, daily high-use	Portable, set up and pack down
Ceiling systems	SlimLine tracklights, pantograph, overhead softbox — all ceiling-designed	Stand-mounted, requires floor space
Australian support	Stocked, serviced, and supported through Dragon Image Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane	International brands with variable local support
Integration	Designed to work with Dragon Studio Solutions cyclorama and background systems	Generic — not purpose-designed for studio integration
Durability	Built for daily use in high-traffic school, broadcast, and commercial environments	Rated for intermittent use

LightPro in Dragon Studio Solutions builds

LightPro is specified in the majority of Dragon Studio Solutions studio builds across Australia — including broadcast studios for the BBC, Triple J, ABC Radio, and SBS; school studios at William Clarke College, Knox Grammar, Newington College, John Monash Science School, and many others; ecommerce studios for Forcast, Glassons, Bondi Sands, and Chemist Warehouse; and automotive studios for Chasing Cars.

After 15 years and 80+ builds, the performance record of LightPro in Australian studio environments is the strongest argument for the system. It works in low ceilings, high ceilings, humid coastal environments, and heavy-use school settings without requiring specialist maintenance.

Where to see and buy LightPro

The full LightPro range is available through Dragon Image at dragonimage.com.au/pages/lightpro. Dragon Image showrooms in Sydney (Artarmon), Melbourne (Collingwood), and Brisbane (Bowen Hills) stock the full range and can demonstrate systems in a working studio environment. Contact Dragon Image to discuss your studio lighting requirements.