And why I Iove photographing weddings on both.
One question I often get asked by people is,
“Why do you always use film photography in weddings?”
And it’s actually a really good question. Over the last couple of years I’ve tried combine the use of digital and film photography throughout most of my shoots. I find that film photography captures light, colour and contrast in a smooth, organic, aesthetically pleasing way that digital camera and software filters just can’t truly replicate. It’s also taught me to slow down when shooting and become more intentional by composing each shot with purpose due to the 36 exposure limit. In an era of digital perfection and artificial intelligence, it’s such a refreshing thing to embrace the unapologetically analog imperfections and enjoying the anticipation of having to wait for your film to be developed, instead of the instant gratification we are so used to with digital cameras.
I also like to loosely match the digital images to the film in processing by using the film scan as a reference. I feel like this helps the gallery to feel effortlessly unified without trying to completely disguise each image as film.
Here is a couple of comparisons from one of my recent weddings;
