Last week I got a surprise box from FedEx.  I love surprises!  I grabbed my Black Swiss Army Climber Pocket Knife and carefully and quickly opened the little box.  Inside were some special Film wedding photos from some recent weddings.  These weren’t the usual wedding photos, but instead detail shots from my travels over the last few weeks.  

I love to shoot film – I love the smell of those chemicals when I first open the little can that contains a roll of 35mm, I love holding and shuffling through a stack of 4×6 photos with sloppy borders, and I love to organize and categorize all the scanned negatives.

Anyway, here are some of my favorite film shots from that box. Of course I encourage you to grab some of these shots to use on your blog, website, or inspiration board. If you do, let me know – I love to see where the photos are used.

Simple wedding bouquet with a blue sky background

3" heels on white wedding shoes in a window arch

White gold and Diamond wedding rings

Antique red rose wedding bouquet by Coby Neal in Austin

Capped sleeve wedding dress

4 Tiered round wedding cake with wrapping design of cherry blossom

Lately, a lot of people have been asking me if  the economy is affecting my business.  ”Not really” I answer, but more and more couples are taking longer to reserve my services than in the past.  Last year for instance, brides and grooms were putting down retainers and signing contracts 8-10 months before their wedding.  Most of my dates were filled up very quickly, very early in the year.

This year I’m booked already for most of the popular dates, but still have lots of weekends open. Since 100% of my clients come from referrals or finding me on the web, (I don’t advertise) the usual timeframes for reserving a wedding photographer don’t really apply to me. Sometimes I get calls to see if I am open this weekend, sometimes brides ask me for dates far in the future. Either way, you never know unless you try. Please don’t hesitate to ask if I have your date open. I’d love to talk to you, share my pricing and, show you some samples of complete weddings.

As far as pricing goes, I have hourly rates as well as complete packages with albums and engagement sessions, and all the wedding photography stuff. Just last week I got a call for a quick simple ceremony on a weekday afternoon – they only wanted a wedding photographer for 2-hours, and yep, I have a package for them, and it includes the CD of digital files. In fact, you can even get film wedding photography by the hour if you want. I keep tons of film in my fridge just waiting for you to call.

As usual, my film shots from the wedding are coming back faster than I can process all the digital shots. Here’s a sneak peak of some film wedding photos from my F5, and my assistants Hasselblad. Yes, there were two ceremonies – first a Catholic Nuptial Mass, then the traditional Hindu Ceremony.