Your Choice of Colour / Monochrome.
Reveal Your True Self,
Capture Your Essence.
Analogue portraiture is an exercise in observation and restraint. Based in Melbourne, Thomas specialises in exclusively film-based photography, utilising the texture of 35mm and medium format to document unscripted reality. Stripped of digital manipulation, the focus remains entirely on capturing your authentic presence within the natural environment.
Designed for models, actors, artists, and professionals requiring a distinctive aesthetic, these sessions transcend conventional photography. Whether for an editorial portfolio or a concise personal record, the objective is straightforward: to strip away the artificial and deliver a cinematic, honest narrative of the subject.
Service Details
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Key Features:
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🎞️ Exclusively Analogue: Shot entirely on film, ensuring a tangible, textured visual narrative free from artificial digital manipulation.
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🤝 Inclusive Space: A respectful and safe environment welcoming all genders, ethnicities, and backgrounds. Proudly LGBTQIA+ friendly.
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👁️🗨️ Editorial & Professional Focus: Tailored specifically for models, actors, artists, and corporate clients requiring a cinematic and highly distinctive aesthetic.
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📐 Format Flexibility: Comprehensive options across 35mm and medium format cameras. Choose from multiple aspect ratios (6x4.5, 6x6, 6x7) or alter the narrative pacing with a half-frame configuration.
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🎛️ Curated Film Stocks: An extensive selection of colour (C-41), monochrome, motion picture (ECN-2), and slide film (E-6), chosen to align with your specific creative direction.
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🎚️ Technical Refinement: Includes foundational Adobe Lightroom colour correction and light balancing, carefully applied to preserve the inherent character of the selected film stock.
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🗄️ Complete Gallery Delivery: Uncensored access to the visual process. You receive the complete gallery of high-resolution scans from the session, embracing both the deliberate compositions and the candid, transitional moments.
Basic
AUD $259
A focused introduction to analogue portraiture. This session utilises a single roll of 35mm film to capture your presence with precision and intention. Ideal for professional headshots or a concise conceptual shoot.
Session Duration: Up to 2 hours
Plan Features:
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Format: 1 roll of 36-exposure 35mm film.
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Film Stock: Choice of colour (C-41) or monochrome, selected to match the visual narrative.
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Execution: A distilled, deliberate process focusing on raw presence rather than volume.
Premium
AUD $379
Introducing the depth of medium format. This plan combines the cinematic spontaneity of 35mm with the unparalleled detail and spatial rendering of medium format film, offering a comprehensive visual study of the subject.
Session Duration: Up to 2.5 hours
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Formats: 1 roll of 35mm and 1 roll of medium format film.
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Visual Contrast: Experience the distinct aesthetic shift between standard and larger negative sizes.
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Film Selection: Curated colour and/or monochrome stocks tailored to the specific lighting and mood.
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Ultimate
AUD $549
An extensive photographic exploration designed for complex concepts and multiple locations. With four rolls of film across two formats, this session allows for rigorous experimentation with light, framing, and movement.
Session Duration: Up to 3.5 hours
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Formats: 2 rolls of 35mm and 2 rolls of medium format film.
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Multiple Aspect Ratios Available: Choose up to TWO Aspect Ratios between 6x4.5/6x6/6x7
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Film Variety: Access to standard C-41, monochrome, motion picture (ECN-2), and slide film (E-6) depending on availability and creative direction.
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Half-Frame Option: Available upon request to alter the narrative pacing, doubling exposures per roll for a sequential, documentary aesthetic.
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Build Your Own
From AUD $199
A modular framework for specific technical requirements. You dictate the film formats, aspect ratios, and total volume. This plan covers the technical execution and direction, while all film, development, and scanning costs are billed directly at cost.
Session Duration: AUD $199 for the first 2 hours, AUD $80 per hour thereafter.
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Modular Structure: Total flexibility over the number of rolls and formats used.
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Transparent Logistics: Film stock and lab fees are separate, allowing you to source your own materials or use my inventory at cost.
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Technical Direction: Focused entirely on lighting, composition, and interaction without package constraints.
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A collaborative commitment to authenticity.
We bypass the immediacy of digital photography to focus on intentional observation and raw presence. This service is tailored for those who value the texture, depth, and unscripted nature of the analogue medium.
Whether for editorial publication, professional casting, or personal archiving, the approach remains consistent: objective, cinematic, and true to the subject.
By proceeding with your booking, you are commissioning a bespoke analogue process. Please review the Terms and Conditions carefully to understand the workflow, deliverables, and mutual agreements prior to confirming your session.
Analogue Medium Acknowledgement:
Film photography inherently involves physical and chemical processes. While rigorous professional care is taken, unpredictable variables such as minor light leaks, emulsion inconsistencies, or mechanical anomalies can occasionally occur. These are characteristic of the medium. In the rare instance of a catastrophic technical failure, remediation (such as a reshoot or partial refund) will be determined collaboratively to ensure a fair resolution.
