The Contact Sheet

The Whole Portfolio

Weddings, portraits, families and darkroom prints, each shot on real film and finished by hand. Choose a style, then hold a date or ask us anything.

Lace, Veils & Grain

Wedding Stories

4 in the portfolio
Veiled bride embracing her groom beside a weathered wooden fence on a sunny day

Wedding · 123 this street, TR 12345

Golden Hour Wedding

FilmKodak Portra 400CameraHasselblad 500C/MFormat120 Medium FormatCoverage8 Hours

The glow of a thousand love letters. Getting-ready light to the last dance on Portra, for warm skin and creamy sunset highlights.

FROM$2,850Book a Session
Bride and groom sitting on the edge of a wooden footbridge in tall grass

Elopement · 123 this street, TR 12345

Route 66 Elopement

FilmKodak Portra 160CameraLeica M6Format35mmCoverage4 Hours

Just the two of you and the open desert: vows beneath a neon motel sign, a stroll down the old highway and portraits as the sun sets.

FROM$1,950Book a Session
120 roll film unrolled to show its exposure table

Wedding · 123 this street, TR 12345

Chapel Ceremony Classic

FilmIlford HP5 PlusCameraRolleiflex 2.8FFormat120 Medium FormatCoverage6 Hours

Black-and-white wedding coverage in the spirit of the old chapel albums, with lace, candlelight and grain that looks fifty years old.

FROM$2,400Book a Session
Developed colour frames on a 35mm film strip

Reception · 123 this street, TR 12345

Reception Dance Floor

FilmCineStill 800TCameraCanon AE-1Format35mmCoverage2 Hours

Warm lamps, a full floor and the last song of the night, shot on tungsten film so the room keeps the light it really had.

Faces on Film

Portraits & Families

5 in the portfolio
Historic portrait studio with painted backdrops, a white bench and a wooden plate camera

Portrait · 123 this street, TR 12345

Classic Studio Portrait

FilmIlford FP4 PlusCameraMamiya RB67Format6x7 Medium FormatCoverage90 Minutes

The portrait your grandparents would recognise: a painted backdrop, one soft light and a big negative, retouched gently so you still look like you.

Wooden field cameras with bellows set up in the studio

Portrait · 123 this street, TR 12345

Tintype Heirloom Portrait

ProcessWet-Plate CollodionCameraWooden Field CameraFormat4x5 TintypeCoverage3 Hours

A one-of-a-kind image poured, exposed and developed on metal while you watch — the 1860s process, made to outlast every hard drive.

FROM$1,200Book a Session
Colour negative strip held up to the light

Family · 123 this street, TR 12345

Family Film Session

FilmKodak Portra 400CameraPentax 67Format6x7 Medium FormatCoverage2 Hours

Grandparents, children and the family dog in one frame. An unhurried session at the studio or out on the mesa, in warm film colour.

A boxful of empty 35mm film canisters

Headshots · 123 this street, TR 12345

Desert Headshot Session

FilmKodak Tri-X 400CameraNikon F3Format35mmCoverage1 Hour

Headshots with character: crisp black-and-white Tri-X against red rock and open sky, for actors, authors and the camera-shy.

Developing tank with its film reels beside it

Portrait · 123 this street, TR 12345

Souvenir Studio Portrait

FilmIlford HP5 PlusCameraHasselblad 503CWFormat120 Medium FormatCoverage2 Hours

Painted backdrops, borrowed props and a keepsake print. A black-and-white sitting styled from our own wardrobe and make-up table.

Silver Gelatin

Darkroom Prints

1 in the portfolio
Enlarger and hanging negatives in the darkroom

Prints · 123 this street, TR 12345

Darkroom Print Collection

PaperFibre-Based Silver GelatinEnlargerBeseler 23CSize11x14 InchesTurnaround3 Weeks

Your favourite frames printed by hand the old way — dodged, burned and selenium-toned on fibre paper, then archival-matted to hang.

Dates Already Taken

Recently Booked

2 booked
Darkroom sink with developing trays and chemistryBOOKED

Portrait · 123 this street, TR 12345

Heirloom Wedding Portrait

FilmIlford Delta 100CameraGraflex Speed GraphicFormat4x5 Large FormatCoverage2 Hours

The whole wedding party on the chapel steps, made on a golden-age press camera for big-negative detail and a classic silver print.

Stainless developing tank and spiral film reelsBOOKED

Portrait · 123 this street, TR 12345

Family Reunion Film Session

FilmIlford FP4 PlusCameraOlympus OM-1Format35mmCoverage1 Hour

Every branch of the family in one frame. A relaxed reunion session on film that looks straight out of a 1970s album.

Booking & Delivery

From Shutter to Album

Sessions & services →
01

Pick Your Session

Choose a session or tell us what you're dreaming of — a wedding, a sitting, a family afternoon — and we'll suggest the film to suit.

02

Hold Your Date

A 30% retainer holds your date, with the balance due on the day. We'll talk through locations, wardrobe and the light we'll chase.

03

Shoot & Develop

We shoot on real film, then develop every roll by hand in our Flagstaff darkroom — no filters, no presets.

04

Pick Up or Ship

Collect your prints and album at the Flagstaff studio, or we ship them archival-boxed and insured to any of the 48 states.

Plan a Session with a Photographer

The Darkroom Dispatch

Open Dates, First

One short email when new session dates open up — before they go up on the studio calendar. No spam, unsubscribe any time.

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