Lumen & Grain
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Sessions

A sitting with an ending.

Every booking on this page finishes as a contact sheet and, if you want it, a print. There is no second shooter and no digital package.

A woman by a tall window checking a small compact mirror, lit by the daylight
Window light, late afternoon.Library photograph

  1. Portrait sitting

    One person or two, in the studio or a room you already love. Twelve finished frames.

    Two hoursPortra 400, 120
    €640Request

  2. Editorial commission

    For houses, magazines, and brands that still want a contact sheet, not a drive of similars.

    Half dayPortra 160 or HP5
    €1,400Request

  3. Still life

    Tables, objects, cloth. Shot on the Alfama set with one window and whatever lamp the picture needs.

    A studio dayEktar 100
    €980Request

  4. Small wedding

    Up to forty guests. No second shooter. Film only, proofed in three weeks, printed if you want the day to last.

    One day35mm and 120
    from €3,200Request

  5. Print consult

    Paper, size, frame. The fee comes off the print if you order one in the room.

    Forty minutesYour negatives or ours
    €80Request

How a job moves

Four steps, one room.

A heap of 35mm film canisters in many colours
A contact sheet, not a gallery of almosts.Library photograph
  1. 01

    Expose

    We choose a room, a stock, and a length of time. I meter for the face, not the wall.

  2. 02

    Proof

    A contact sheet, not a gallery of almosts. You mark the frames that still feel like the day.

  3. 03

    Edit

    I print work prints small. We sit with them upstairs, in white light, and throw out the polite ones.

  4. 04

    Print

    The edition is made here. Signed, numbered, and wrapped in glassine. The file is a spare, not the work.

Book

Tell her the month.

If the month is open she holds it for a week.

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