Scottish Wedding Photographer specialising in film photography
Scottish Wedding Photographer specialising in film photography
What does a wedding photographed entirely on film look like?
An analogue-led approach to weddings has a little bit extra something over a wedding digitally captured. Some might call it special sauce, an emotive quality that shooting on older film cameras seasons into the images. It is authenticity. Familiarity. The feeling you get when reminiscing about your family memories on 35mm film from the 80's and the 90's. That's what a wedding photographed entirely on film would look like.
To view a wedding entirely on film, click here.
What I see on wedding days goes beyond the scheduled moments. I see hands reaching for one another, guests filling a room, quiet embraces between you and your partner, and often the energy shift when the evening begins, with the lights dimming and your guests arriving. Fast and fleeting gestures. Moments that deserve to be captured on film, a format that lends itself to the emotional subject.
I photograph from within the celebration and not on the outside looking in. My approach is not only achievable through my choice of cameras, but in the way I see the day through my own eyes. I stay attentive to the people, relationships and gestures that give the day its character. I will offer gentle direction when it is helpful, particularly during portraits, but I will never pull you away from your wedding for longer than necessary.
My respectful approach to capturing weddings allows you to remain present while I create photographs that feel intimate, colourful, tactile and true to what happened.
What does a wedding photographed entirely on film look like?
An analogue-led approach to weddings has a little bit extra something over a wedding digitally captured. Some might call it special sauce, an emotive quality that shooting on older film cameras seasons into the images. It is authenticity. Familiarity. The feeling you get when reminiscing about your family memories on 35mm film from the 80's and the 90's. That's what a wedding photographed entirely on film would look like.
To view a wedding entirely on film, click here.
What does a wedding photographed entirely on film, shot by Simon look like?
What I see on wedding days goes beyond the scheduled moments. I see hands reaching for one another, guests filling a room, quiet embraces between you and your partner, and often the energy shift when the evening begins, with the lights dimming and your guests arriving. Fast and fleeting gestures. Moments that deserve to be captured on film, a format that lends itself to the emotional subject.
I photograph from within the celebration and not on the outside looking in. My approach is not only achievable through my choice of cameras, but in the way I see the day through my own eyes. I stay attentive to the people, relationships and gestures that give the day its character. I will offer gentle direction when it is helpful, particularly during portraits, but I will never pull you away from your wedding for longer than necessary.
My respectful approach to capturing weddings allows you to remain present while I create photographs that feel intimate, colourful, tactile and true to what happened.
35mm and Medium Format Film Photography
Digital Photography
Super 8 Motion Picture Film
Destination Wedding Photography
35mm film carries movement, grain and the spontaneous energy of a celebration. Medium-format film creates slower, more detailed frames with extraordinary depth. Every moment I capture on wedding days is captured on film. On a typical all-day wedding, I will use anywhere between 15 and 25 rolls of film.
For my film processing and high-resolution scanning, this is handled by my good friends at Gulabi Photo. Your finished gallery is a collection of memories from your wedding day delivered to you in the form of a private online gallery. This will be a professionally curated mix of both analogue and digital images.
My digital work is carefully edited to sit naturally beside the analogue photographs. Rather than receiving two noticeably different styles, you receive one coherent story with the texture and character of film running throughout it.
My digital work is carefully edited to sit naturally beside the analogue photographs. Rather than receiving two noticeably different styles, you receive one coherent story with the texture and character of film running throughout it.
As a wedding photographer, I honour the uniqueness of every wedding day that I capture. Digital images are meticulously colour graded, scene by scene, to ensure continuity in every gallery I deliver. The light values and colours on wedding days are always different, even when I'm visiting a venue I've been to before. Every wedding deserves to be treated as a once-in-a-lifetime event, as it is.
Super 8 film is in a league of its own.
There’s something about Super 8 that feels like memory rather than video. The movement, grain, colour and little imperfections give it a warmth that’s difficult to recreate digitally — less like watching your wedding back, and more like remembering how it felt.
I shoot genuine Super 8 motion-picture film alongside your wedding photography, capturing short, unscripted moments throughout the day: movement, laughter, glances, dancing and all the bits in between. The film is professionally developed, scanned and edited into a short, nostalgic wedding film that feels completely at home alongside your film photographs.
My Super 8 films are intentionally simple and silent. There are no microphones, staged sequences or traditional wedding videography — just honest fragments of the day captured as they happen.
Super 8 can be added to wedding photography coverage for couples who want another piece of their day preserved on real analogue film.
Some celebrations take you a little further from home, both for you and for me.
As a Scottish Wedding Photographer, I have photographed couples on their own destination weddings here in Scotland, as well as photographing couples on their destination weddings in Italy.
From intimate weddings in the Italian countryside to weekends spent celebrating somewhere completely new, I photograph destination weddings with the same relaxed, analogue-led approach that I bring to weddings in Scotland.
Working with a mixture of 35mm film, medium format and digital, I document the atmosphere of the whole experience — not only the ceremony and the portraits, but the landscape, architecture, people and small details that give a place its character. My background in design has always made me particularly drawn to spaces, and destination weddings give me the opportunity to let the setting become part of the story too.
I’m based in Scotland and available for destination weddings throughout the UK, Italy, Europe and further afield. Travel can be built simply into your photography collection, so wherever you’re planning to celebrate, get in touch and tell me where you’re heading.
35mm and Medium Format Film Photography
35mm film carries movement, grain and the spontaneous energy of a celebration. Medium-format film creates slower, more detailed frames with extraordinary depth. Every moment I capture on wedding days is captured on film. On a typical all-day wedding, I will use anywhere between 15 and 25 rolls of film.
For my film processing and high-resolution scanning, this is handled by my good friends at Gulabi Photo. Your finished gallery is a collection of memories from your wedding day delivered to you in the form of a private online gallery. This will be a professionally curated mix of both analogue and digital images.
My digital work is carefully edited to sit naturally beside the analogue photographs. Rather than receiving two noticeably different styles, you receive one coherent story with the texture and character of film running throughout it.
Digital Photography
My digital work is carefully edited to sit naturally beside the analogue photographs. Rather than receiving two noticeably different styles, you receive one coherent story with the texture and character of film running throughout it.
As a wedding photographer, I honour the uniqueness of every wedding day that I capture. Digital images are meticulously colour graded, scene by scene, to ensure continuity in every gallery I deliver. The light values and colours on wedding days are always different, even when I'm visiting a venue I've been to before. Every wedding deserves to be treated as a once-in-a-lifetime event, as it is.
Super 8 Motion Picture Film
Super 8 film is in a league of its own.
There’s something about Super 8 that feels like memory rather than video. The movement, grain, colour and little imperfections give it a warmth that’s difficult to recreate digitally — less like watching your wedding back, and more like remembering how it felt.
I shoot genuine Super 8 motion-picture film alongside your wedding photography, capturing short, unscripted moments throughout the day: movement, laughter, glances, dancing and all the bits in between. The film is professionally developed, scanned and edited into a short, nostalgic wedding film that feels completely at home alongside your film photographs.
My Super 8 films are intentionally simple and silent. There are no microphones, staged sequences or traditional wedding videography — just honest fragments of the day captured as they happen.
Super 8 can be added to wedding photography coverage for couples who want another piece of their day preserved on real analogue film.
Destination Wedding Photography
Some celebrations take you a little further from home, both for you and for me.
As a Scottish Wedding Photographer, I have photographed couples on their own destination weddings here in Scotland, as well as photographing couples on their destination weddings in Italy.
From intimate weddings in the Italian countryside to weekends spent celebrating somewhere completely new, I photograph destination weddings with the same relaxed, analogue-led approach that I bring to weddings in Scotland.
Working with a mixture of 35mm film, medium format and digital, I document the atmosphere of the whole experience — not only the ceremony and the portraits, but the landscape, architecture, people and small details that give a place its character. My background in design has always made me particularly drawn to spaces, and destination weddings give me the opportunity to let the setting become part of the story too.
I’m based in Scotland and available for destination weddings throughout the UK, Italy, Europe and further afield. Travel can be built simply into your photography collection, so wherever you’re planning to celebrate, get in touch and tell me where you’re heading.
Featured Weddings
Featured Weddings
Emily & Cristiano
Emily & Cristiano
BAad Glasgow
BAad Glasgow
Charlie & Callum
Charlie & Callum
Mar Lodge Estate, Scotland
Mar Lodge Estate, Scotland
Vic & Evan
Vic & Evan
Mozzonne Masseria, Puglia Italy
Mozzonne Masseria, Puglia Italy
Half-day Wedding Photography — £2,300
For smaller celebrations, city weddings and days that simply don’t need morning-to-night coverage.
Up to five hours of photography, documented with the same film-led approach as my full-day weddings. I’ll photograph your day across 35mm film, medium format and digital, focusing on the people, atmosphere and moments that make it yours.
There’s no stripped-back approach to the photography just because the day is shorter — you’ll still receive the same mix of analogue character and considered digital imagery, just within a smaller window of the day.
Includes
Up to 5 hours of photography
35mm and medium-format film
Digital photography
Professional film development and scanning
A carefully edited online gallery
High-resolution downloads
Travel throughout mainland Scotland
Full Day Wedding Photography — £2,800
My signature full-day collection follows your wedding from the anticipation of the morning through to the energy of the evening. Film sits at the heart of the way I photograph, with 35mm and medium format used extensively throughout the day alongside digital photography.
Rather than separating the two, I use film and digital together — choosing the medium that feels right for the moment while creating one cohesive body of work. Expect grain, movement, colour, quiet moments, imperfect frames and everything happening around you while you’re busy getting married.
Includes
Full-day wedding photography
Extensive 35mm and medium-format film
Digital photography
Professional film development and scanning
A carefully edited online gallery
High-resolution downloads
Travel throughout mainland Scotland
Super 8 Motion Picture Film
Add Super 8 — £395
Add another layer of analogue nostalgia to your wedding with genuine Super 8 motion-picture film.
Shot quietly alongside your photography, Super 8 captures movement, laughter, dancing and fleeting pieces of the day in a way still photographs simply can’t. The film is professionally developed, scanned and edited into a short, silent wedding film — something that feels more like an old home movie than traditional wedding videography.
Super 8 can be added to either half-day or full-day photography coverage.
Add Super 8 — £395
The Analogue Collection
Entirely on Film Wedding Photography - From £3250
For couples who want to take the analogue approach all the way.
I offer a limited number of weddings photographed entirely on real photographic film, using a mixture of 35mm and medium format from beginning to end. No digital recreation of film and no analogue filter added afterwards — the photographs are created physically, one frame at a time.
An entirely-on-film wedding requires significantly more film than my standard coverage, often around 30–35 rolls across a full day. Every roll is professionally developed and scanned before being brought together into your final gallery.
It’s a slower, more intentional way of documenting a wedding and one that embraces everything I love about the medium: anticipation, unpredictability, grain, colour and those little imperfections that make film feel alive.
Every wedding is different, so entirely-on-film coverage is created as a bespoke collection based around your plans.
Bespoke full-day collections from £3,250.
What I Offer
What I offer
Every collection is built around honest documentary photography, an editorial awareness of place and the tangible character of analogue film. Choose the level of film coverage that feels most connected to how you want your wedding to be remembered.
Half-day Wedding Photography — £2,300
For smaller celebrations, city weddings and days that simply don’t need morning-to-night coverage.
Up to five hours of photography, documented with the same film-led approach as my full-day weddings. I’ll photograph your day across 35mm film, medium format and digital, focusing on the people, atmosphere and moments that make it yours.
There’s no stripped-back approach to the photography just because the day is shorter — you’ll still receive the same mix of analogue character and considered digital imagery, just within a smaller window of the day.
Includes
Up to 5 hours of photography
35mm and medium-format film
Digital photography
Professional film development and scanning
A carefully edited online gallery
High-resolution downloads
Travel throughout mainland Scotland
Full Day Wedding Photography — £2,800
My signature full-day collection follows your wedding from the anticipation of the morning through to the energy of the evening. Film sits at the heart of the way I photograph, with 35mm and medium format used extensively throughout the day alongside digital photography.
Rather than separating the two, I use film and digital together — choosing the medium that feels right for the moment while creating one cohesive body of work. Expect grain, movement, colour, quiet moments, imperfect frames and everything happening around you while you’re busy getting married.
Includes
Full-day wedding photography
Extensive 35mm and medium-format film
Digital photography
Professional film development and scanning
A carefully edited online gallery
High-resolution downloads
Travel throughout mainland Scotland
The Analogue Collection
Entirely on Film Wedding Photography - From £3250
For couples who want to take the analogue approach all the way.
I offer a limited number of weddings photographed entirely on real photographic film, using a mixture of 35mm and medium format from beginning to end. No digital recreation of film and no analogue filter added afterwards — the photographs are created physically, one frame at a time.
An entirely-on-film wedding requires significantly more film than my standard coverage, often around 30–35 rolls across a full day. Every roll is professionally developed and scanned before being brought together into your final gallery.
It’s a slower, more intentional way of documenting a wedding and one that embraces everything I love about the medium: anticipation, unpredictability, grain, colour and those little imperfections that make film feel alive.
Every wedding is different, so entirely-on-film coverage is created as a bespoke collection based around your plans.
Bespoke full-day collections from £3,250.
Super 8 Motion Picture Film
Add Super 8 — £395
Add another layer of analogue nostalgia to your wedding with genuine Super 8 motion-picture film.
Shot quietly alongside your photography, Super 8 captures movement, laughter, dancing and fleeting pieces of the day in a way still photographs simply can’t. The film is professionally developed, scanned and edited into a short, silent wedding film — something that feels more like an old home movie than traditional wedding videography.
Super 8 can be added to either half-day or full-day photography coverage.
Add Super 8 — £395
FAQs
Do you photograph weddings on real film?
Yes. Film isn’t an add-on or something I recreate with a digital preset — it’s at the heart of how I photograph weddings. I use a mixture of 35mm and medium-format film throughout the day, alongside digital photography where it makes sense. Every roll is professionally developed and scanned before becoming part of your final gallery.
Do you photograph weddings entirely on film?
Absolutely. For couples who want the full analogue experience, I offer bespoke wedding collections photographed entirely on 35mm and medium-format film.
Photographing a complete wedding this way requires considerably more film than my usual hybrid approach, so these collections are tailored around the length and plans for your day. Entirely-on-film wedding photography starts from £3,250.
How much film do you shoot at a wedding?
Quite a lot! Film is a fundamental part of my work rather than something I bring out for a handful of portraits. The amount varies from wedding to wedding, but on a typical full day I might photograph around 16 rolls across 35mm and medium format, alongside digital coverage.
For weddings photographed entirely on film, that number can be significantly higher.
Why do you shoot both film and digital?
Because I like what each does differently.
Film gives me the colour, grain, texture and unpredictability that originally made me fall in love with photography. Digital gives me another tool for moments and conditions where it makes sense to use it.
Rather than trying to make one imitate the other, I use both throughout the day to create a gallery that feels consistent while still retaining everything that makes real film special.
What is the difference between 35mm and medium-format film?
35mm is small, quick and wonderfully imperfect. It lends itself particularly well to spontaneous documentary photography, movement and the chaos of a wedding day.
Medium format uses a larger negative and has a different character — more detail, beautiful depth and a slower pace. I tend to use it more selectively for portraits, details and quieter moments.
You don't need to choose between them. I carry both and decide what feels right as the day unfolds.
What is Super 8?
Super 8 is genuine analogue motion-picture film. Think old family films rather than traditional wedding videography: grain, movement, colour and little fragments of the day captured as they happen.
My Super 8 films are intentionally silent and are shot alongside your photography before being professionally developed, scanned and edited into a short film. Super 8 can be added to my wedding photography collections for £395.
Will our digital photographs look different from our film photographs?
Your gallery is edited as one complete body of work, so your digital photographs sit naturally alongside your film scans.
I don't try to remove everything that makes film distinctive — that's exactly why I shoot it — but the colour and overall feeling of the digital work is carefully considered so moving between the two doesn't feel like you're looking at two different weddings.
How many photographs will we receive?
Every wedding is different, so I don't work towards an exact number of photographs. A busy full-day celebration will naturally create more photographs than a small, intimate wedding.
My priority is giving you a complete record of the day rather than reaching an arbitrary number — the people, atmosphere, portraits, details and all the unexpected moments happening in between.
Do you photograph weddings outside Scotland?
Yes. I'm based in Scotland and photograph weddings throughout the UK and internationally.
I'm particularly drawn to destination weddings where the landscape, architecture and atmosphere of a place can become part of the photographs. If you're planning a wedding in Italy, elsewhere in Europe or further afield, get in touch and tell me what you're planning.
How long does it take to receive our wedding photographs?
Because real film needs to be professionally developed and scanned before I can complete your gallery, the process takes a little longer than simply uploading photographs from a digital camera.
Your final delivery timeframe will be confirmed when you book, and your photographs are delivered together as a carefully edited online gallery once everything is ready.
Do we receive the film negatives?
Your film is professionally developed and scanned at high resolution for your final gallery. The physical negatives are retained rather than being included as part of the standard wedding collection, while your finished scans are delivered alongside your digital photographs.
If you'd like your negatives, I can send them to you in the post and suggest the best way to store and preserve them over the decades to come.
How do we book you?
Start by getting in touch with your wedding date, venue and a little about what you're planning. I'll confirm my availability and send over everything you need to choose the right coverage.
Once the booking process is complete, the date is yours — and we can start talking about the good stuff.
FAQs
Do you photograph weddings on real film?
Yes. Film isn’t an add-on or something I recreate with a digital preset — it’s at the heart of how I photograph weddings. I use a mixture of 35mm and medium-format film throughout the day, alongside digital photography where it makes sense. Every roll is professionally developed and scanned before becoming part of your final gallery.
Do you photograph weddings entirely on film?
Absolutely. For couples who want the full analogue experience, I offer bespoke wedding collections photographed entirely on 35mm and medium-format film.
Photographing a complete wedding this way requires considerably more film than my usual hybrid approach, so these collections are tailored around the length and plans for your day. Entirely-on-film wedding photography starts from £3,250.
How much film do you shoot at a wedding?
Quite a lot! Film is a fundamental part of my work rather than something I bring out for a handful of portraits. The amount varies from wedding to wedding, but on a typical full day I might photograph around 16 rolls across 35mm and medium format, alongside digital coverage.
For weddings photographed entirely on film, that number can be significantly higher.
Why do you shoot both film and digital?
Because I like what each does differently.
Film gives me the colour, grain, texture and unpredictability that originally made me fall in love with photography. Digital gives me another tool for moments and conditions where it makes sense to use it.
Rather than trying to make one imitate the other, I use both throughout the day to create a gallery that feels consistent while still retaining everything that makes real film special.
What is the difference between 35mm and medium-format film?
35mm is small, quick and wonderfully imperfect. It lends itself particularly well to spontaneous documentary photography, movement and the chaos of a wedding day.
Medium format uses a larger negative and has a different character — more detail, beautiful depth and a slower pace. I tend to use it more selectively for portraits, details and quieter moments.
You don't need to choose between them. I carry both and decide what feels right as the day unfolds.
What is Super 8?
Super 8 is genuine analogue motion-picture film. Think old family films rather than traditional wedding videography: grain, movement, colour and little fragments of the day captured as they happen.
My Super 8 films are intentionally silent and are shot alongside your photography before being professionally developed, scanned and edited into a short film. Super 8 can be added to my wedding photography collections for £395.
Will our digital photographs look different from our film photographs?
Your gallery is edited as one complete body of work, so your digital photographs sit naturally alongside your film scans.
I don't try to remove everything that makes film distinctive — that's exactly why I shoot it — but the colour and overall feeling of the digital work is carefully considered so moving between the two doesn't feel like you're looking at two different weddings.
How many photographs will we receive?
Every wedding is different, so I don't work towards an exact number of photographs. A busy full-day celebration will naturally create more photographs than a small, intimate wedding.
My priority is giving you a complete record of the day rather than reaching an arbitrary number — the people, atmosphere, portraits, details and all the unexpected moments happening in between.
Do you photograph weddings outside Scotland?
Yes. I'm based in Scotland and photograph weddings throughout the UK and internationally.
I'm particularly drawn to destination weddings where the landscape, architecture and atmosphere of a place can become part of the photographs. If you're planning a wedding in Italy, elsewhere in Europe or further afield, get in touch and tell me what you're planning.
How long does it take to receive our wedding photographs?
Because real film needs to be professionally developed and scanned before I can complete your gallery, the process takes a little longer than simply uploading photographs from a digital camera.
Your final delivery timeframe will be confirmed when you book, and your photographs are delivered together as a carefully edited online gallery once everything is ready.
Do we receive the film negatives?
Your film is professionally developed and scanned at high resolution for your final gallery. The physical negatives are retained rather than being included as part of the standard wedding collection, while your finished scans are delivered alongside your digital photographs.
If you'd like your negatives, I can send them to you in the post and suggest the best way to store and preserve them over the decades to come.
How do we book you?
Start by getting in touch with your wedding date, venue and a little about what you're planning. I'll confirm my availability and send over everything you need to choose the right coverage.
Once the booking process is complete, the date is yours — and we can start talking about the good stuff.
Inquire Now
I am always excited to hear about your wedding plans, however big or small they might be. To check availability, fill in the contact form below, and I will make contact within 48 hours.
Inquire Now
Simon photographs weddings throughout Scotland as well as the rest of the UK. His craft takes him beyond the British Isles deep into Europe. Simon is always excited to hear about your wedding plans, however big or small they might be. To check availability, fill in the contact form below, and Simon will make contact within 48 hours.