I photograph 35mm film throughout the wedding day, capturing everything from quiet, intimate moments to portraits, details and the chaos of the dance floor.
Below is a small collection of some of my favourite 35mm film wedding photographs from weddings in London, across the UK and around the world. Real moments, real people and memories captured on film.
There’s something about film that just feels different.
Alongside my digital photography, I love photographing weddings on 35mm film. Not because it’s trendy or because I’m trying to recreate the past, but because film has a character and feeling that digital photography simply doesn’t replicate. The grain, the colours, the imperfections and even the unpredictability are all part of what makes it so special.
As a 35mm film wedding photographer in London, I use analogue photography as another way of telling the story of a wedding day. I’m not trying to photograph an entire wedding on film or make every frame perfect.
Instead, I shoot it instinctively throughout the day – moments, portraits, guests, details, movement and all the beautifully chaotic things happening around me.
My approach to shooting film is very similar to the way I photograph weddings digitally. I’m always looking for real moments rather than manufacturing them.
A glance between two people. Someone laughing at the back of the ceremony. Your parents on the dance floor. A quiet moment during the morning preparations. Friends causing absolute chaos later in the evening.
Those little fragments of a wedding day are often the photographs that become more important as the years pass.
The difference with 35mm film is that I have a limited number of frames on every roll. It naturally makes me slow down for a second, observe what’s happening and decide when something deserves that frame.
And then I press the shutter.
There’s no checking the back of the camera. No knowing exactly what I’ve got. The film gets wound on and the moment is gone.
I love that.
We live in a world where everything is instant, which is probably why I enjoy shooting film so much.
Once a wedding is over, I send my rolls away to be developed and genuinely feel like a big kid waiting to see what comes back. Sometimes I can remember exactly what I photographed. Other times I’ve completely forgotten about a frame until the scans arrive.
And occasionally there will be an image I could never have planned.
A bit of motion blur. Unexpected grain. A light leak. Colours that feel completely different to digital. Something slightly imperfect that somehow makes the photograph feel even more real.
That unpredictability is part of the magic.
I photograph weddings primarily on my digital cameras, with 35mm film running alongside them.
That means you don’t have to choose between digital and film wedding photography. You still get the reliability and complete storytelling of my documentary wedding photography, while film adds another layer to the story.
I might pick up my film camera during the morning preparations, use it for a few portraits, photograph guests during the drinks reception or take it onto the dance floor when everything starts getting a little wild.
There aren’t really rules.
If something feels like it should be photographed on film, I’ll photograph it on film.
So if you’re looking for a 35mm film wedding photographer in London who combines analogue photography with natural, documentary wedding photography, the photographs on this page are a little glimpse into how I see weddings on film.
And hopefully, one day, I’ll get to photograph some of your story on a roll too.
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