Studio Times Limited is a professional photographic studio. Its business focus is advertising and commercial photography and the provision of a quality printing service to the amateur and professional photographer. Two of its unofficial aims, however, are the development and promotion of photography as an art form and the creation of an awareness and appreciation of Sri Lanka's heritage - that is, its natural, archaeological and cultural wealth.

In pursuing the latter objectives, Studio Times maintains an extensive library of photographs (both in colour and black and white), has held several exhibitions and published a few books. Weekly columns were run in the press. These included a photo-feature titled The Island (in The Island) every Saturday, two features The Islet and Our Heritage with colour photographs and quotations from acclaimed authors on Sri Lanka (Sunday Island) and two features comprising of a photograph and a essay in the Wide Wild World page (Daily News) and the other on the Environment (Sunday Times). In the late sixties, Studio Times ran a Gallery which was the only permanent venue at that time at which artists and sculptors could exhibit and sell their work. The exhibits included the work of Richard Gabriel, Ivor Baptist, the posthumously celebrated Fareed Uduman and the much renowned Tissa Ranasinghe. It is the only photographic establishment in Sri Lanka which has long been associated with such activities. All its exhibitions, publications, etc., have been undertaken on its own initiative without any sponsorship from the state or any other organisations.

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