Portfolio Sessions

Welcome to Tide Productions Melbourne - a creative studio for natural, cinematic portraiture and portfolio imagery.
Whether you’re building your first model portfolio, refreshing your personal brand, or creating content for your website or socials, our sessions are designed to feel relaxed, expressive, and collaborative - so your images feel like you.

Why Creatives Choose Tide

Industry-Informed Direction

Your photographer (hi - that’s me, Carolyn!) works closely with performers, production teams, and creative clients, so every session is shaped with real-world outcomes in mind.
Whether you’re building a modelling portfolio, creating content for your brand, or needing images for your website, we tailor each session to suit your goals, aesthetic, and audience.

Relaxed, Supportive Guidance

You don’t need to know how to pose (or what to wear).
I’ll guide you through expression, posture, eyeline, and subtle shifts that bring out your strongest presence on camera - without forcing anything that doesn’t feel natural to you.

Natural Retouching

While our editing approach is clean, natural, and cinematic - these sessions are designed for you. If you’re after a specific style (or have a mood board), we will discuss this prior to your session time. While we enjoy creating images that reflect how you’d appear in editorial work, we are passionate about creating something you are excited about, that matches your aesthetic, and that is clearly yours when seen by your audience.

Session Includes

• Professional portrait and portfolio photography.

• Creative content images for web and social media.

• Direction on posing, expression, and movement.

• Light retouching and optional premium retouching.

• Optional private cyclorama studio.

• Access to a variety of textured spaces within the studio.

This Is Perfect For:

• Creatives or performers building or refreshing a personal portfolio.

• Models creating imagery to submit to agencies.

• Artists wanting strong visuals for websites or socials.

• Anyone wanting elevated, intentional portrait content.

This Is Not Ideal For:

• Actors specifically needing casting-ready headshots
  (If you’re after actor headshots, please head to our Headshots page.)

Studio Location - South Melbourne

Our Melbourne studio is located at 101 Moray Street, South Melbourne, with access to paper roll backdrops, a wellness lounge, a whiskey lounge with pool table, an outdoor patio, and an indoor basketball court - offering a variety of looks in one location.

Planning your session:
If you’d like a more private, controlled environment (such as the cyclorama studio or indoor basketball court), we recommend booking weekday sessions (Monday-Friday), as these spaces will be reserved exclusively for your shoot.
If you’re hoping to use the lounges or outdoor patio, weekend sessions are ideal, as these shared spaces are typically quieter and less populated on weekends, allowing for a calmer, more private shoot.

Parking tip:
The easiest (and free for 90 minutes) parking is the underground Coles car park at 229 Coventry Street, South Melbourne. Paid street parking is available around 101 Moray Street, though limited - we recommend the Coles car park to keep things stress-free. Free coffee on us while you’re here ☕️

Rather Shoot Outdoors?

Say less.
Email carolyn@tideproductions.com and we’ll chat about location options and pricing.
Outdoor sessions start from $330 for 45 minutes, including 6 edited images.