Photo Services
Our on-staff professional photographers excel at capturing UW life in action through both staged and candid moments. Primarily, our team is focused on curating visuals that support UW’s brand & mission, as well as efforts specific to student recruitment and retention. This service is available free of charge to UW departments and programs in support of their marketing efforts. If you have a program, class, service, research project, or student activity that you would like to highlight, you are welcome to submit a project request for consideration.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Photo and video requests are only accepted under very specific guidelines – including but not limited to relevancy of content and staff availability.
Professional Studio Portrait sessions for full-time UW faculty and staff are regularly
available. If you are in need of a Studio Portrait, feel free to select an appointment
sign up through our booking link!
Photos taken by UW Photo Services are for official UW business only. Exception requests
for personal or commercial use may be submitted to creative@uwyo.edu for review.
Video Services
Video production services are available free of charge to UW Personnel for the purposes of student recruitment and retention marketing. Please keep in mind that high-quality video production can take several weeks to complete, so you will want to submit your project accordingly. Once you submit a project request for consideration, a team member will be sure to give it a thorough review and follow up as needed.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Photo and video requests are only accepted under very specific guidelines
– including but not limited to relevancy of content and staff availability.
Branding elements for UW videos are to be used in accordance with UW Brand Book. Requests for stock footage and branding elements can be sent to creative@uwyo.edu.
Canto
UW's Photo & Video Database
Institutional Marketing's Creative Services Team is excited to offer you an enhanced user experience when accessing our vast library of photos and completed video productions. Canto is a powerful cloud-based platform that has provided numerous institutions like ours with an efficient way to distribute branded digital assets. This resource offers user-friendly tools that will help you access and utilize our wealth of high-quality images and videos. Features include optimized search functions, an intuitive process for downloading assets (including cropping, resizing, and compressing images before downloading), individual user access, the ability to create your own "Collection" albums, brand resources, and many other helpful features. If you are a UW employee and have a WyoWeb login, you already have access to this resource:
- Navigate to uwyoming.canto.com/v/creative and select "Login using SSO."
- You will be presented with a WyoWeb portal in which you can enter your WyoWeb credentials to establish/access your account.
- Before diving in, we recommend reviewing our WyoLearn Course: Introduction to Canto. This self-paced, online training will guide you step by step through navigating the new platform. The course includes information on how to access our curated library of assets, refine your search criteria, download and edit photos on demand, compile your own personal collections, and more!
We hope that you find Canto to be a useful resource and continue to enjoy access to our growing collection of curated photos!
If you are not a UW employee or if you have any issues accessing Canto using SSO, please contact the Creative Services Team at creative@uwyo.edu for support.
Model releases
In order to ensure that photography can legally be used in marketing materials, any personal photography (photography not provided by UW Photo Services) must have a valid UW Model Release filed with both UW Institutional Marketing and your unit. Individuals posing as subjects of Institutional Photo and Video Service projects must also complete the UW Model Release form.
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