About this episode

The episode discusses the integration of film photography into wedding photography and its impact on digital editing, featuring insights from guest Geraint Roberts.

In this episode, I'm joined by Geraint Roberts, a fine art wedding photographer based near Cardiff with over a decade of experience shooting weddings across the UK and beyond. Geraint is known for blending film photography into his digital workflow and has a reputation for delivering beautifully curated wedding albums. Film Photography Geraint started incorporating film into his wedding work in 2021, inspired by photographer Jose Villa and his time studying photography at university where he had access to Mamiya and Hasselblad cameras. He shoots film as a complimentary addition to his digital coverage rather than a standalone offering, typically shooting one roll per wedding but sometimes as many as four. He shares how shooting film has actually improved his digital editing, using scans from his lab (Exposure Film Lab in Hereford) as colour reference images, particularly for skin tones. We cover the practical cost considerations of getting into film (film stock plus lab developing can run around £30 per roll), recommended entry-level cameras including the Olympus OM30, Pentax K1000, Nikon FM2 and the brand new Pentax 17, and the importance of testing equipment before taking it to…

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