Yesterday I went to Raleigh’s Tuesday’s Together’ for our monthly get together. It’s a meetup for our local @risingtidesociety/a community of local creatives. Many of the members are wedding vendors. Anyways @nikki_fancythis led the photographers through a conversation about time management. Before that though, she told me she used to look at my photos in @newsobserver. Before I was a full time wedding photographer I was a staff photojournalist at the newspaper. The conversation with Nikki was short and sweet but made me start wondering. Have I strayed from the foundations that started my career? Detail shots are pretty and fun but it’s about the people moments and I always want that to be my number one focus. I love shooting editorial style details but I’d like to challenge myself to stay creative about the people moments on wedding days—in addition to the detail shots. So I made a decision about an idea I have visited many times over the years. Film. I know it’s cheesy and sounds hipster but film is what first made me fall in love with this whole way of life. @mrjustinervin was my high school photography teacher and introduced me to the beauty of @richardavedon’s portraits. I spent afternoons in the darkroom with lovely people like @amyellisphoto and @hausofspangler. It was smelly and took a lot of patience but it was magical. So I did it. I ordered a Contax. In an effort the revisit my start and roots in photography. I hope it will challenge me to watch for those poignant moments. And to be more intentional with my frames. I’ll be integrating film (back) into my creative process and workflow this fall and will begin offering it as a professional service in January. My amazing second shooter and momma will continue to shoot digital as will I. It’s going to be a hybrid service. We’ll be rocking and delivering the same digital photos we have all along while adding some beautiful art style film frames to wedding collections. I CAN’T WAIT! Are you guys team film or no film?! 🎞