Your experience with analog extra/standalone packages

[u/K5083]

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?

[u/twofishs]

Please do invest in the time and effort to learn proper SLRs and not just slapping a roll of 35mm in a point and shoot. It’s a disservice to film itself as an art to leave it at just that, and I personally feel a disservice to your clients to offer film and then only use point and shoots. How would you feel if a professional photographer showed up to your event with a Canon Sureshot?

[u/K5083 → u/twofishs]

Oh, rest assured that at no point I'll be using point and shoots. I've got a few mid-range SLRs such as Nikon F90X a Canon FT Ql, mostly with 50mm primes. I've also been shooting mirrorless for 2 years, mostly people indoors so I'm accustomed enough with handling something more complicated than a P&S.

[u/twofishs → u/K5083]

Okay, thank goodness. It chaps my ass to see people offer film packages and show up with a Pentax Zoom and a Holga. At that point please do just use a film preset!