Stranahan Media Co.

Analog Studio

A tiny analog studio using vintage film and tape cameras — and select modern digital — to create one-of-a-kind portraits, social media content, and home-movie style stories. Book a single session — or retain Stranahan Media for recurring visual work.

Chattanooga, Tennessee

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Services

The Disposable

A fun, pressure-free way to experience analog. Pick a disposable camera, pick a location, and shoot the whole roll. We develop, digitize, and edit — you keep the memories.

$100 1-hour session · choice of disposable camera · full roll developed & digitized · 15–20 edited images delivered digitally

Portraits

Timeless analog portraits shot on vintage film cameras. Real grain, real warmth, real you.

Starting at $225 1-hour session · 15–20 edited analog scans delivered digitally

Social Media Content

Stand out from the digital crowd with authentic analog content that feels genuine and lived-in.

Starting at $350 2-hour session · 25–35 edited images optimized for social

Home Movie Stories

Personal films captured on vintage tape cameras. The way memories were meant to feel.

Starting at $450 Half-day shoot · 3–5 min edited video delivered digitally

Add-ons: B&W disposable upgrade +$10 · Premium film stock +$35 · Multi-format session +$50 · Rush delivery +$50

Ongoing Partnerships

For clients who need more than a one-time shoot, Stranahan Media Co. offers monthly and quarterly retainer options. These plans are built for artists, brands, small businesses, and models who want consistent imagery, recurring creative support, and priority access to future bookings.

Best for brands and small businesses building a consistent visual identity, artists releasing work, and models building their book.

Monthly Retainer

Ongoing monthly creative support for clients who need fresh imagery on a regular basis.

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  • 1 scheduled shoot window per month
  • Defined set of edited deliverables
  • Pre-shoot planning & content alignment
  • Priority calendar access
  • Optional short-form BTS or motion add-on

Instead of booking separate shoots over and over, you reserve recurring time each month and receive a predictable set of polished deliverables — analog-forward, every cycle.

Quarterly Retainer

A lower-frequency partnership for clients who want consistent content without a monthly production schedule.

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  • 1 shoot per quarter (or batched across the cycle)
  • Defined edited image set per cycle
  • Planning call before each shoot
  • Priority scheduling within your cycle
  • Optional add-ons for extra edits, film, or motion

A strong fit for brands and small businesses planning around launches or seasons, artists releasing work in cycles, and models who want an ongoing relationship without a monthly production schedule.

Custom Content Partnership

Built for brands, venues, agencies, and larger creative campaigns that need a tailored mix of photography, hybrid media, and recurring production support.

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  • Recurring photography and/or hybrid media production
  • Custom shoot cadence
  • Deliverables built around campaign goals
  • Planning support & production coordination
  • Priority turnaround options

For businesses and creative teams that need a dedicated visual partner, custom partnerships are scoped around your actual content needs rather than a fixed menu.

Retainer clients aren't just booking sessions — they're reserving ongoing access to a distinctive analog-forward creative process.

Retainer plans are billed on a monthly or quarterly cycle and structured around an agreed shoot cadence, deliverable count, and turnaround window. Final details are confirmed in a custom agreement before scheduling begins. Unused sessions or deliverables do not automatically roll over unless stated in your agreement.

How It Works

Retainer clients reserve recurring creative capacity with Stranahan Media Co. on a monthly or quarterly basis. Most plans include a set shoot cadence, a defined number of edited deliverables, planning before each session, and priority access to the calendar.

  1. Choose a monthly, quarterly, or custom plan.
  2. We align on goals, references, and deliverables.
  3. Shoots are scheduled within your retained cycle.
  4. Final imagery is delivered according to your plan.
  5. Additional coverage, rush edits, film costs, or expanded usage can be quoted separately.

A signed agreement and initial payment are required before scheduling begins.

Not Your Typical Session

This is not your typical photo session.

Most photographers hand you a Lightroom preset and call it edited. We don't do that.

Every session at Stranahan Media Co. starts with something you can't replicate digitally — a vintage film or tape camera that captures light, grain, and color the way the original engineers intended. Cameras that haven't been manufactured in decades. Film stocks and tapes that took real effort to track down.

Then the work begins. Your images aren't "tweaked" — they're edited at the pixel and data level. Custom processing, frame-by-frame decisions, techniques borrowed from glitch art, data manipulation, and analog archival work. The result is something genuinely one-of-a-kind. Not a filter. Not a preset. Not something you could achieve with any app on your phone.

You'll walk away with images that look like they were made by someone who genuinely cares how each individual pixel sits — because they were.

For clients who need cleaner, higher-resolution results, a selection of modern digital cameras are now part of the arsenal — available on request, and processed with the same level of care as everything else that comes out of this studio.

About

Vintage camera collection

Stranahan Media Co. is a one-person analog studio based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Named after a favorite fictional character who valued authenticity over convenience, this studio exists to create something real in a world of endless digital perfection.

Every portrait, every piece of content, every home movie starts with something intentional — vintage film and tape cameras that capture light, grain, and color the way the original engineers intended. The grain is real. The light leaks are real. The moments are real.

Modern digital cameras have recently joined the studio's arsenal for clients who need cleaner imagery or higher-resolution output. Same process, same standard — just a different tool when the work calls for it.

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