Portraiture

I charge $250 for a sitting at my studio space, located near Dupont & Dovercourt in Toronto. Usually a shoot takes 60-90 minutes, with some time set aside for discussion and rests. Shooting days are Saturday and Tuesday (I share the space), daylight hours only (which varies by season of course). I use only natural light, so the process is very methodical and unhurried, and most people seem to find it fairly relaxing, even meditative.

On average during that timespan I'll shoot about 150-200 images, and then choose about 10% of them to finish processing and pass on to you, at a size or sizes that will suit your intended use. I don't give out entire shoots or raw-format files unless we've made special arrangements. I put the files on a server for you to download, so don't worry about size limits on email attachments, or physical media. You are free to use these images, unaltered, for any personal non-commercial use. For example, it's fine to use these images for your personal profile online, but not in advertising.

If you want to use the images commercially, we will need to negotiate a written agreement allowing you the rights to publish and outlining the specific circumstances of use. There may be an additional fee involved.

Who do I shoot? Anyone, as long as they are able to give consent to being photographed. For adults, nude/erotic is fine but I absolutely will not shoot commercial porn, so don't ask. A limited amount of retouching is no problem but I'm not your best bet if you want to look 20 years younger and 20 kg lighter. The studio is wheelchair-accessible from the street and there are level-access washrooms down the hall on the same floor.

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Editorial

I'm happy to work with the needs of any publication; pricing will depend on the nature of the work required.

Events

Meaning fairs, festivals, meetings, conferences, and weddings: not my strong suit. If I can help out friends or nonprofits, sure, but depending on your needs I can recommend other people who are better equipped to handle this kind of work.