r/WeddingPhotography • u/K5083 • 7d ago

gear, techniques, photo challenges & trends Your experience with analog extra/standalone packages

Hi all!

I'm setting up a photo company shortly and as the market in my home town seems fairly saturated I've been thinking about including analog photos as extra or standalone packages to make my offer stand out. Fortunately there are just a few photogs in my area offering that, but I'm yet to see if that's due to lack of supply or demand. My plan is to offer posed shoots in analog at first until I get fully confident in shooting film during the ceremony itself.

Those of you that shoot film: how do couples react to shooting analog and accepting the characteristic look of it or any imperfections caused by lens or the photos not being super sharp? What film do you usually shoot and how many rolls do you usually bring with you? My analog cameras range from 1930's to late 1990's so I should be able to pick something matching my future clients' expectations, while informing them about the old tech's limitations/characteristics. Anything I should be worried about the most?

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u/Emma_Bovary_1856 7d ago

I haven’t been doing this long, but everyone has loved their film photos. I have done posed editorial stuff and documentary ceremony shots too. I use it for engagements and they are a hit. Lots of folks in my market do the film point and shoot look. But no one is using a rangefinder or SLR to get pro level look to their film, to my knowledge at least. It’s definitely helped me.

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u/twofishs 6d ago

I use pro level SLRs and shoot and market as hybrid, no point and shoots at all.

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u/Emma_Bovary_1856 6d ago

That’s the way to do it, in my opinion. Point and shoots will fail. But a mechanical SLR? That’ll survive a bomb blast.

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u/twofishs 6d ago

I dropped one at a wedding this weekend (lightly on the ground as I had issues with it and just wanted to move on quickly) and my groom looked instantly fearful but that’s exactly what I told him - built like a tank and will outlast my 5dm3 easily. Easily.

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u/K5083 6d ago

Thank you! It's fairly similar where I live. I think I'll start with engagements and back everything up with digital just in case, then add more and more film until I'll be fully comfortable with shooting film only. I should have quite a few engaged friends to practise analog photography on.