What the light finds, we keep.
Portraits shot slow, on film, in available darkness. Nothing here is visible until light touches it. That is also how we work.
A portrait is a negotiation with darkness.
We shoot slow, on film, in available light.
Nothing is retouched. Everything is developed.
Six prints, still in the tray.
Pass your light across a frame to expose it. It will hold the glow for a moment, the way paper holds an image before the fix. Open any print for its record.
Three ways to sit for us.
The Portrait Sitting
Ninety unhurried minutes, one roll of black and white, six hand-finished prints. For faces that have earned a record.
The Editorial Sitting
Half a day with art direction, three looks, film and digital capture, and usage rights for press or portfolio.
The Film Sitting
A full day on medium format, hand printed in our own darkroom, delivered framed as a numbered edition of ten.
Kept under the safelight.
Fixed the safelight. The prints stopped fogging; the room lost a little of its religion.
A bride asked for her unretouched proofs. We kept the tears in. Best set of the year.
Note to self: Portra at dusk forgives everyone. Tri-X forgives no one. Book accordingly.
Bring us a face worth keeping.
One conversation, one date, one roll of film. Tell us whose portrait we are making, and we will hold the darkness ready.
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