IS THIS FOR ME?

You’ve been looking at these images for a while. You think they’re beautiful. And somewhere in the same thought, quietly, you’ve decided they’re for other people. Not you.

I wrote this for you specifically. The one who keeps looking, and keeps deciding it isn’t for her.

“I’M NOT INTERESTING ENOUGH FOR THIS”

This is usually the first thing, even if you’d never say it out loud. You look at the people in these photos and assume they’ve got something you haven’t. More confidence. More of a “look.” Something that makes them worth photographing, that you don’t have.

Here’s the truth from my side of the camera: most of the people in these images felt exactly the same way before we started. They weren’t models. They didn’t arrive sure of themselves. They just turned up and let us make something together.

You don’t have to be interesting in the way you’re imagining. You just have to be up for it.

“BUT I DON’T HAVE AN IDEA”

You don’t need one.

Some people come to me with a clear vision of what they want to make. Plenty don’t. They just know they’re drawn to this kind of image and want to be in one. That’s a perfectly good place to start, and honestly it’s where most people start.

If you don’t have an idea, we find one together. Before the shoot we’ll have a chat and land on a rough direction, where it’s shot, what you might wear, the kind of feel we’re going for. Sometimes that means starting somewhere familiar, like a portrait or a vintage look, and shaping it from there. You don’t arrive with a plan. You arrive, and we make the plan together.

“WHAT IF I FREEZE UP ON THE DAY?”

This is the fear underneath the rest. You picture yourself standing there, not knowing how to pose, what to do with your hands, how to hold your face. Feeling watched. Feeling like you’re doing it wrong.

That’s not how it goes, for two reasons.

First, I direct the whole thing. I’ll tell you where to look, how to sit, what to do with your hands, frame by frame. You’re never left guessing, because working that out is my job, not yours.

Second, we figure it out as we go. I’m not holding you to a fixed plan. A lot of the session is discovery, seeing what feels right for you, where your comfort is, how you naturally are, and shaping the images around that. So it ends up looking like you, not like a pose you were forced into. It’s completely okay to walk in not knowing exactly how it’ll go. That’s the point.

“WILL IT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE THE PHOTOS I’VE SEEN?”

That’s the one thing I can promise you. The images will look and feel like the work you’ve been drawn to, that’s the whole reason you’re here, and it’s what I do.

Have a proper look through the work. That’s the most honest answer to “is this for me.” If you keep coming back to these images, if they make you feel something, that feeling is the best guide you’ve got. The photos I’d make with you would live in the same world.

HOW IT WORKS, BRIEFLY

There’s no cost. This isn’t a business, it’s something I do because I love making this kind of work. We make it together, you get all the edited images to keep.

The one thing to know up front: I show the work. There are no private sessions. I give my time and craft to make something, and in return I get images I can share. If you’d need it kept completely private, this isn’t the right fit, and that’s okay.

SO, IS IT FOR YOU?

If you’ve read this far, the idea probably hasn’t let go of you. That’s usually worth paying attention to.

You don’t need to be a certain kind of person. You don’t need an idea, or experience, or a plan. You just need to be drawn to the work and up for making something.

If that’s you, send me a message. Tell me you’ve been thinking about it, even if that’s all you’ve got. We’ll take it from there.

— Tony