Huddersfield portrait specialist Chris Chinnock creates honest, relaxed studio portraits and professional headshots. Working in analogue film, he shoots, develops and darkroom-prints each image.
Chris Chinnock is a Huddersfield-based portrait specialist whose practice is rooted in analogue craft and a quietly observant approach to people. Under the banner Adventures on Film he focuses on studio portraiture and professional headshots that feel natural, honest and distinctly personal. His work isn’t about posing to a trend — it’s about listening, finding character and making it visible on film. What sets Chris apart is the end-to-end analogue process. From the initial conversation to the shoot, he chooses film stocks, lighting and framing to suit each sitter; then he personally shoots, develops and darkroom-prints the final images. That shoot-develop-print workflow gives portraits a tactile, timeless quality you don’t get from digital-only work. Clients who want a considered, artful portrait — whether for business profiles or personal commissions — value the depth and nuance that come from real film and hand-printed results. Chris’s approach is calm and collaborative. Sessions are guided by conversation and light direction rather than rigid formulas: he creates a relaxed atmosphere so even camera-shy clients settle into natural expressions. For professional headshots and LinkedIn portraits he balances approachability with presence, using studio lighting, film choice and careful composition to convey competence and personality in a single frame. Beyond technique, Chris brings a storyteller’s eye. He frames faces and gestures with patience, paying attention to the small details that reveal someone’s character. The darkroom printing stage is part of that storytelling: choices in paper, contrast and finish are used to emphasise mood and texture, producing portraits that stand up in print as well as on screens. Choosing Chris Chinnock means working with a true portrait specialist who values craft, atmosphere and authenticity. If you want a portrait made with intention — anchored in analogue film and finished by hand — Chris offers a thoughtful, professional experience tailored to bring out the best in every sitter.