Fine-art iris Portraits - Wilmington, NC
No two eyes on earth are alike. Let’s frame yours.
A quick macro portrait session turns the hidden galaxy of your iris into a striking, high-resolution work of art — printed, mounted, or ready to share
Chin-Rest Macro Capture
Hand-Edited by a fine-art photographer
Paper • Metal • Acrylic • Digital
HOW IT WORKS
Three Simple Steps to your masterpiece
1. The Capture
You rest on a comfortable chin rest and look into our specialized macro lens under low powered studio strobe lighting. Zero contact — just a quick, comfortable session.
2. The Enhancement
In the digital darkroom we isolate your iris, remove natural reflections, and enhance its colors and texture to reveal its hidden depth.
3. YOUR ARTWORK
Choose how to showcase it — a frameless acrylic block, gallery-wrapped canvas, ChromaLuxe metal, or a high-resolution fine-art print.
Irises, reimagined as art
Signature Designs
Beyond a stunning photo of your eye, we craft one-of-a-kind compositions
— yin-yang pairs, hearts, and ethereal space scenes.
Standard Edit
Supernova
Dragon Fire
Cosmic Collision
Two Eyes, One Heart
Family Mosaic
See it in your home
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The perfect office piece
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Your bathroom - elevated
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Above the sofa
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Above the bed
Print Your Iris
Canvas Gallery Wrap — Printed on artist canvas, hand-stretched over a wooden frame. Arrives ready to hang, no frame needed.
Metal Print — Your iris infused into aluminum for sharp detail and vivid color, with a modern float mount that hangs off the wall.
Acrylic Print — Printed behind glass-like acrylic for depth, gloss, and a true gallery look.
Fine-Art Paper Print — An unframed archival print on gallery quality archival paper — frame it your way.
WHY MIDNIGHT NOON STUDIO?
The most detailed, most carefully finished iris portraits in the Wilmington area — full stop.
1. Fine-Art Resolution
We shoot on a professional 61MP full-frame body with a top-of-the-line macro lens — generating the kind of resolution that holds up printed 40 inches wide, not just on a phone screen. Other studios use point-and-shoot macro rigs that top out far below that.
2. Hand-Edited In-House
No batch presets, no outsourced retouching. A fine-art photographer edits every image by hand — isolating the iris, removing reflections, and pulling out color and texture your own eye can't see.
No batch presets, no outsourced retouching. A fine-art photographer edits every image by hand — isolating the iris, removing reflections, and pulling out color and texture your own eye can't see.
3. Gallery Grade Print Options
Fine-art paper, ChromaLuxe metal, gallery-wrapped canvas, or frameless acrylic — produced through the same world-class print labs trusted by museums and top galleries, not a corner print shop.
Pricing
Start with an iris portrait session, add art as you like.
One Iris
$60
Macro portrait session for your left or right eye, plus one hand-edited high-resolution digital image.
Two Irises
$100
One person’s eyes - or two people. Two hand-edited high-resolution digital images.
Add-Ons
Three - Four IrISES
$130
One person’s eyes - or two people. Two hand-edited high-resolution digital images.
Custom art edits
Yin-yang, hearts, and other ethereal compositions
from $20
Fine-art photo prints
Glossy fine-art paper - vivid color, deep blacks
from $30
ChromaLuxe metal prints
HD sharpness, 12” - 40”, brilliant color
from $100
Large-format prints
HD Canvas, acrylic & oversized metal
custom
Packages
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The Solo
Session for one iris
11x14 photographic print
$85 $95 Save $10
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The Pair
Session for two irises
12x18 ChromaLuxe metal print, both irises side by side
$200 $220 Save $20
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The Statement
MOST POPULAR
Session for two irises
16x24 ChromaLuxe metal print, both irises side by side
$255 $280 Save $25
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The Wall
Session for two irises
20x30 ChromaLuxe metal print, both irises side by side
$344 $377 Save $33
Premium Collection
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The Gallery
MOST POPULAR
Session for two irises
Couples custom edit, included
24x36 ChromaLuxe metal print of your finished design
$461 $542 Save $81
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The Heirloom
Session for three to four irises
Family custom edit, included
20x40 ChromaLuxe metal print of your finished design
$476 $560 Save $84
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The Masterpiece
Session for two irises
Couples custom edit, included
40x60 ChromaLuxe metal print of your finished design
$977 $1,150 Save $173
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Questions, answered
Still have questions? Take a look at some of our frequently asked questions or reach out anytime. If you’re feeling ready to book a session, go ahead and send us a message.
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Completely safe and non-contact. You rest on a chin rest and look into a macro lens under low-powered studio strobe lighting.
Nothing ever touches your eye.
If you have extreme light sensitivity, a history of medical eye conditions, or are prone to flashing-light induced migraines, please inform us before the session so we can adjust our lighting approach to ensure your absolute comfort.
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The capture itself takes just a few minutes. We’ll have you in and out comfortably.
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We are near Myrtle Grove just south of Wilmington, NC.
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A crystal-clear, hand-edited high-resolution digital file. You can add prints on fine-art paper, metal, acrylic, or a custom art composition.
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For the absolute best results and clarity, we recommend removing contact lenses before the session. While clear contacts are completely safe to leave in, the edge of the lens or minor surface dust can sometimes show up under extreme macro magnification. If you wear colored or prescription contacts that cannot be easily removed, just let us know ahead of time.