A portrait of the woman you are now.

A private, individually designed portrait experience for women in Edinburgh and East Lothian—created with time, direction and intention.

Portrait of a woman with blonde hair, wearing a black lace top, blue jeans, and jewelry, sitting against a dark green background.
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Portrait commissions begin at £795.

You do not need a conventional occasion to be photographed.

Sometimes there is a clear reason: a significant birthday, a new chapter, a personal achievement, a change in how you see yourself, or the wish to create something your family will one day value.

Sometimes the reason is quieter. You realise that years have passed without a photograph in which you feel fully present. You are ready to stop waiting until you are younger, slimmer, more confident or somehow more prepared.

This is not a makeover or a performance of confidence. It is a collaboration in which we create portraits that feel considered, truthful and unmistakably yours.

A middle-aged woman with long, blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing a black lace top and blue jeans, sitting on a wooden stool with one leg crossed over the other, barefoot, against a dark green background.
A young woman with curly hair and light skin posing against a black background, wearing a black lace dress and patterned tights.
Double bass in green
An elderly woman with gray hair and glasses, wearing a black top with shiny silver pattern, sitting against a black background, clasping her hands.
A woman with long red hair wearing a dark green dress sitting against a dark background.
Violinist in gold
A smiling middle-aged woman with short brown hair wearing red glasses, a white collared shirt, and a black jacket, posing with her hand resting on her face and her left arm on her knee, against a dark green background.
A woman with wavy brown hair holding a large white flower with hints of pink near her face against a dark background.
Woman in black suit and red fedora
A smiling woman with blonde wavy hair, wearing a brown satin dress, silver necklace, and rings, sitting with her arms crossed against a gold backdrop.
Woman with long dark hair and blue eyes wearing a pink sheer dress, smiling with arms crossed, against a gray background.
Cellist in green
elegant woman wearing sequined dusty rose dress photographed against black backdrop and looking into camera

Different dimensions of the same woman

Your experience may move from a simple, direct portrait into something softer, more expressive or more creative. We may work with structure and stillness, movement and fabric, colour, black and white, or a more intimate visual direction.

These are not arbitrary outfit changes. Each chapter is designed to reveal a different quality while the complete collection remains connected.

“I am not photogenic”
 is not a problem you are expected
To solve

Women marking a significant birthday or decade. Women who have changed — in appearance, in life stage, or in confidence — and want photographs that reflect who they are now.

Women who have never had a portrait taken properly and have decided it's time.

What every portrait commission includes

  • A private discovery conversation
    on Zoom

  • Individual portrait design and wardrobe guidance

  • A private, unhurried
    portrait experience

  • Up to three connected
    visual directions

  • Full posing and expression
    guidance throughout

  • A same-day first glimpse of
    selected frames

  • A separate curated reveal appointment

  • Professional retouching of
    the portraits you select

  • Finished portraits as both matted prints and corresponding digital files

Read how the complete experience works

The Portrait Experience

£795

The complete experience with five fully finished portraits, five matching high-resolution digital files and five beautifully matted 10 × 8 prints.

The Portrait Story

£1,295

The complete experience with ten fully finished portraits, ten matching digital files and ten matted 10 × 8 prints presented as a handcrafted folio collection.

You may commission the Portrait Experience first and decide at your reveal whether you would like to move into the ten-portrait Portrait Story by paying the £500 difference.

Statement wall portraits and bespoke portrait films may also be commissioned separately. These are discussed only when they are appropriate to the work we are creating.

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