Film Photography At Weddings- My Personal Favourites

I shoot film as its so real, so tactile and unpredictably beautiful. I cannot help but think of shooting with film all the time never mind at weddings. Its really nice to give my couples some options in how to express themselves and their individual style.

I have a few different film cameras that have different looks. Instax wide, Instax Mini, Diana camera, Canon F90 35mm film camera (My grandad gave me this one), Polaroid 600, SX70. Each has their own fairly predictable style. In general, I look at the weather and take a few with me that I think will work with the lighting conditions and then take risks.

Nothing beats that feeling of having taken the photo with the film to see how it turned out – do you remember the disposable cameras when you were younger? Or just look at the photos from your parent's point and shoot cameras. They are totally imperfect snapshots, they hold so much memory and are just so interesting!

Here are a few my favourite film photographs from over the years, and I thought I would share the stories behind them to.

Starting off with Camilla and her bridal party (the image right at the top) from October 2016 at Pimhill Barn, Shrewsbury. This is taken with a Diana Camera F+ , it 120mm size film so its slightly bigger than standard 35 mm film. They are part of Lomography if you know them? I was second shooting for Leah Lombardi weddings and she had set up group photos. As soon as they had finished I dived in ready and said wait there so I could take a photo with film. I wanted a relaxed group shot and yea its not perfect but I still love it so much. I developed the roll and got goosebumps.It was so nice to see the wedding from a totally different perspective.

If you like these film photos you might like my page on film at weddings. Please get in touch if you like my work and can see me shooting some film at your wedding!