Vintage Super 8 film is back! Yes, film — like they used in olden days. Even with the wide availability of High Definition video today, brides are enjoying the softer more nostalgic look and feel of film included in their wedding packages. Film looks very different than the crisp digital video we are used to seeing. Images are grainy and colors look muted and rich. Somehow everything manages to look more romantic and ethereal.

I’ve been shooting film for the past nine years and the first time I picked up a Super 8 camera I was intrigued by the possibilities of these retro cameras. After I shot my first wedding I was hooked! I love that Super 8 film looks a little rough, jumpy and scratchy – much like our memory of events. There is something so authentic using vintage cameras to create modern wedding films, a style that video just can’t replicate.

One of our recent brides Manda talks about her wedding film that we created, “I absolutely love the Super 8 for several reasons – the first reason was so unexpected – the sound of the camera when you were actually filming. ‘Regular’ video cameras don’t make a sound, and since Super 8 does, it adds something to the moment. The camera was ‘present’ and I liked that. It really made Tom and I feel like film stars. Even the guests at the reception thought it was cool. Now for the look- fantastic! When my parents first saw the trailer, they couldn’t turn the sound on (they were at work). Their co-workers gathered around, thinking they were watching a classic black and white movie! Everyone was stunned and amazed that it was a wedding shot in 2009. In fact, with and without music it is two different movies, both great. Timeless is probably the best word to describe it.”