THE REAL REASON YOU’RE HERE

You’ve probably been following along for a while. Watching other women’s photos turn up in your feed and thinking, quietly, I’d love that, but it wouldn’t work for me.

I want to tell you the truth about that: almost every woman who books a session thinks the same thing before she arrives. That she’s not photogenic. That she’s left it too late. That the women in the photos must just be more confident, or more something, than she is.

They weren’t. They just showed up and let me do the rest.

You don’t need to bring confidence, or experience, or a plan. You bring yourself. I bring twenty years behind a camera, a shoot I’ve thought carefully about, and the job of making sure you feel looked after the whole way through.

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WHAT THIS ACTUALLY IS

I’m Tony. By day I run a family photography business here in Hamilton. This, Inkytones, is the work I do for the love of it.

A while back I photographed a woman for a boudoir session. Months later she was still talking about how it had made her feel. Not the photos, the feeling. That’s when it clicked for me: the pictures aren’t really the point. They’re the souvenir. The thing you actually walk away with is a different sense of yourself.

So that’s what I make now. An hour that feels like stepping out of your ordinary week and into something just for you, and a set of images to remember it by.

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WHAT I SHOOT

Portraits – Everything I do lives in the same emotional register: quiet, intimate, a little moody. Light and shadow doing the work. Not bright, not loud, beautiful in a stiller way.

Boudoir – Intimate in the quiet sense. More suggestion than display, the kind of image that feels like a held breath rather than a statement. As covered or as bold as you want to be.

Vintage – Old Hollywood, film-noir, a siren in a black gown. Themed portraits with real atmosphere and mood, not bright pin-up. If you’ve ever wanted to step into another era for an hour, this is it.

Fitness – You’ve put the work in. This captures it as form, sculpted by light and shadow, in the studio or somewhere with atmosphere. Strength, shot beautifully.

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WHAT IT’S LIKE

Before — We’ll talk first. What you’re drawn to, what you’d like to wear, what you’re nervous about. By the time you arrive, none of it is a surprise.

During — You don’t need to know how to pose or what to do with your hands. I’ll guide you through all of it, frame by frame. Most people are surprised how quickly they relax, and how much fun it turns out to be.

After — You get all the good images from the session, edited. And if it goes the way it usually does, at least one photo where you think: I can’t believe that’s me.

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GALLERY

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PRICING

$150 – a one hour session.

That includes the shoot (studio or on location), a chat beforehand to plan it, and all the good images from the day, fully edited.

That price is my way of saying thank you for letting me share a few of the images in my portfolio and on social media. If you’d prefer your session stay completely private, nothing shared, anywhere, it’s $350, and that’s the end of it. No pressure either way; plenty of people choose privacy for all sorts of reasons, and that’s exactly what that option is for.

Prints, framing and albums are available too, if you’d like something for the wall.

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STILL NOT SURE?

That’s completely normal, most people sit with the idea for a while before they reach out. You don’t have to commit to anything to ask a question. Send me a message, tell me what’s on your mind, and we’ll go from there. Also…. have a read of this article I wrote for people considering a shoot.