Analog Wedding Photography · Vancouver Island & the Gulf Islands
Wedding Film Photography on Vancouver Island
Real 35mm and 120mm film, developed and scanned by hand. Film asks you to choose each frame in the moment rather than pull one from a burst, so what you keep is a smaller, quieter set of pictures that hold the grain, light and feeling exactly as they happened.
Why film
Why choose film for your Vancouver Island wedding?
Vancouver Island wedding film photography captures your day on real 35mm and 120mm film, not a digital filter. The grain, soft colour and depth of true film give your gallery a timeless, romantic quality that a digital sensor simply cannot reproduce.
35mm is the reportage half of it: quick, close and full of movement. 120mm is medium format, a much larger negative that holds more detail and falls away more softly behind you, with only a handful of frames to a roll. Most galleries carry both.
The ways we shoot film
Who are our Vancouver Island wedding film photographers?
Sydney Woodward
Salt Spring Island · 35mm & 120mm film
Investments start at $2,000
Photographer, filmmaker and co-founder of Folklore Wedding Company. Alongside digital and the timeless craft of tintype, Sydney shoots 35mm and 120mm film, bringing the same eye for intimacy and atmosphere to imagery that feels lived-in, cinematic and deeply human ...
What is Vancouver Island wedding film photography? +
It's wedding coverage shot on real analog film, 35mm and 120mm, rather than a digital camera. We develop and scan every frame, so your gallery carries the grain, warmth and timeless character only true film can give.
What is the difference between 35mm and 120mm film? +
The size of the negative. 35mm is quick and mobile, and it carries the candid coverage: the walking, the laughing, the in-between. 120mm is medium format, a much larger negative that holds more detail and falls away more softly behind you, with only a handful of frames to a roll. It suits portraits and the slower parts of the day. Most couples end up with both.
Can we have both film and digital photos? +
Yes, and most couples do. The majority of our packages pair film with a full digital gallery, so you get the romance of analog woven through complete coverage. An all-film experience with no digital is also available by inquiry.
Do you travel beyond Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands? +
Absolutely. Our home base is Salt Spring Island and we cover all of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, but our film photographers travel across British Columbia and beyond for destination weddings. Send your location and dates for a custom travel quote.
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Book your Vancouver Island film photographer
Tell us your date, your place, and how you love. We'll match you with the film photographer whose eye fits your story.