Film Wedding Photography
35mm Film · Hybrid Film + Video
Here’s something I want you to know up front: film is a big part of how I tell your story.
35mm film is included in select collections, and it can be added to any other package. Medium format film is available as an add-on to every collection. Whether you’re eloping at sunrise, saying your vows at a courthouse with your closest people, or celebrating with a full wedding day, there’s a way to bring film into your day.
I shoot both film and digital, staying true to natural, honest color. The two work together beautifully. Digital captures every moment as it happens, and film gives your portraits and intimate scenes a warmth and depth that feels like memory.
How Film Fits Into Each Collection
Elopements: Select elopement packages include 35mm film, developed and delivered digitally. 35mm film can be added to other packages. Your film images are minimally edited, and your digital images are edited to match your film as closely as possible, so your gallery feels like one cohesive, beautiful body of work. ( I do not guarantee or promise a perfect matched edit)
Courthouse Weddings: 35mm film can be added to your courthouse wedding for real, romantic, timeless vibes, even for the most intimate ceremonies.
Weddings: When film is added your gallery will be a seamless blend of digital documentation and film, the moments you lived, captured on film.
Hybrid Photography + Video: Both Hybrid packages, The Film Story and The Film Day, include 35mm film and digital images, alongside your highlight film and Video Motion Book. One team, one timeline, one cohesive story told in stills and motion.
Film Add-Ons
35mm Film
1 roll (about 36 frames): $150
2 rolls (about 72 frames): $275
3 rolls (about 108 frames): $400
Includes Kodak Portra film stock, professional developing, scanning, and editing. 35mm keeps pace with the whole day, so it’s perfect for adding more film to your ceremony, family moments, and reception. Available with any collection.
Medium Format Film
1 roll (16 frames): $250
2 rolls (32 frames): $450
Includes Kodak Portra film stock, professional developing, scanning, and editing. I use medium format during the slower moments of your day, like couple portraits and quiet in-between moments. Two rolls is what I recommend for a fuller collection of heirloom film portraits. Available with any collection.
Prints
Prints aren’t included in any collection, but they’re available as an add-on if you’d love to hold your film photos in your hands. Pricing available upon request.
Why 35mm Film Wedding Photography
"The Cameras Behind Your Photos"
Why I Shoot Film
Depending on the collection and add-ons you choose, I bring a mix of digital and film cameras to your day. On the film side, I shoot with two cameras, the Nikon F5 and the Fuji GA645, because each one brings something a little different to your story.
35mm Film: The Nikon F5
The Nikon F5 is a 35mm camera widely considered one of the best professional film cameras ever made. It’s fast, reliable, and quick enough to keep up with the energy of a wedding day. Nikon stopped producing it in 2004, and honestly, they don’t make them like this anymore. It gives your images a beautiful tonal range, a gentle softness, and an organic character that feels different from digital.
Medium Format Film: The Fuji GA645 (Add-On)
Medium format film is available as an add-on to any collection. My medium format camera is the Fuji GA645, a 1990s film camera that shoots 120 film. It has a single fixed lens with a natural, true-to-life perspective, and it frames vertically by default, which makes it perfect for portraits of the two of you. Each roll holds just 16 frames, and this camera isn’t built for fast-moving moments. So I don’t use it for your processional or your dance floor. Instead, I bring it out during the slower, intentional pockets of your day, like couple portraits, quiet moments, and a few details, while my digital cameras cover everything else.
What you get in return is something special. The larger negative holds beautiful detail and rich, soft tones, giving you a small collection of heirloom film images that feel timeless and a little magical.
What Makes Film So Special
Film handles light in its own way, especially bright highlights like a white dress in the sun or a glowing sunset sky. Skin tones come through warm and natural. The grain is real and organic. And the final images have a softness and depth that feels more like a memory than a photograph.
Every Frame Is Intentional
With a limited number of frames on every roll, each shot is thoughtful and considered. That care shows up in the final images, and it’s a big part of why I love bringing film to your day.
Hybrid Film + Digital + Video
Hybrid + Photography + Film + Cinematic Video
Hybrid Photography + Film + Cinematic Video
Hybrid is my most elevated offering, and the most seamless way to document your wedding day. One calm, coordinated team (lead photographer + videographer), one timeline, and one cohesive story told across stills and motion.
Both Hybrid packages include 35mm film alongside your digital images, so your gallery captures the warmth of film and the completeness of digital coverage. Medium format film and prints are available as add-ons.
The Film Story: $6,000
6 hours · Lead Photographer + Videographer · Downloadable High-Res Gallery · 2 Rolls of 35mm Film (about 72 frames) + Digital Images · 3 to 5 min Wedding Highlight Film · Video Motion Book
The Film Day: $8,500
8 hours · Lead Photographer + Videographer · Downloadable High-Res Gallery · 3 Rolls of 35mm Film (about 108 frames) + Digital Images · 10 to 12 min Wedding Highlight Film · Video Motion Book
Every Hybrid package includes your lead photographer and videographer, a downloadable gallery, full-resolution files, printing rights, and video download links in your gallery. Film is developed, scanned, edited, and delivered in your online gallery alongside your digital images.
Why hire a Film Wedding Photographer?
There’s a reason film is having such a genuine moment in the wedding world, and it goes beyond aesthetics.
Warm, natural color and skin tones. Film renders color with a warmth and softness that’s hard to recreate with a preset.
Graceful highlight handling. Bright outdoor ceremonies, golden hour, and sunlit windows all look beautiful on film, which handles bright light in its own gentle way.
Images that age beautifully. Film photographs don’t feel tied to a trend. They feel like memory.
Real grain, real character. Film grain is subtle, organic, and authentic in a way a Lightroom preset never quite matches.
Intentional, considered photography. Every frame on a roll counts, and that care shows in the final images.
Let’s Talk Film
Whether you're planning an elopement in Joshua Tree, a courthouse ceremony in San Francisco, or a full wedding day in Southern California — film is already part of what I bring to your day.
I'd love to talk through which collection is the right fit for you.
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Mariela Campbell is a Southern California-based film and digital wedding photographer specializing in elopements, courthouse weddings, and intimate celebrations. Serving couples from Joshua Tree to Big Sur, San Diego to San Francisco, and destinations across the US.