Film Wedding Photography at Joseph A. Floreano Riverside Convention Center in Rochester, NY

This year I finally started shooting film. I have been going back and forth about the idea for about two years. Then I picked up this sweet medium format camera made in the 1960s and fell in love with the idea of shooting it at a wedding. 

Sure, you get a lot of attention at weddings showing up with such an ancient film camera. It sort of contradicts the candid approach. But people get used to it quickly and you can still get those in the moment shots. Since I started I would always shoot a mix of medium format and 35mm if I had the chance to do so. 

The films I am using are pretty much the same as the ones I use for the film look of my digital photos. I am still amazed by the colors this type of film is capturing. 

Shooting film on a wedding day makes you think twice about clicking the shutter. It slows you down which is helpful to think longer about the right composition. Here are my favorites from the last wedding I shot. 

Wedding Photography at Joseph's Country Manor in Depew, NY

Amanda and Jordan are the first couple that found me on Instagram. They were pretty much what wedding photographers call "the ideal client". Before they even reached out to me, they had looked at everything on my website and had already decided they were going to book me. We had a very cool initial meeting at Tipico and they asked me quickly how they could actually reserve the date with me. 

At the engagement session they were fairly nervous, even though the photos didn't show that at all. I couldn't have asked for a more beautiful couple that was as easy to photography as these two. So cute together that I felt I barely didn't have to pose them at all. 

When it came to the couple shoot at the wedding day, it felt like they still knew exactly what to do. This is exactly why I always recommend doing the engagement photos since it helps a lot for make the couple shoot go smoothly. I always feel way more confidence in front of my camera if we have worked together with the camera before.