Choose
Us For The Right Technology
Choose
Us For The Right Technology 
Make Weddings
offers both traditional film and digital photography for your wedding.
We feel that by combining the best aspects of the different media types
we can better create truly unique and special photographs of your wedding.
Few people are aware of the real differences between film and digital photography, many believe that one is better then the other or that one cannot be a master at both mediums. Both of these are fallacies. There are some subtle issues regarding how long the "negatives" will last on one media or another but in the end what really matters are the displayed portraits and albums which are identically output regardless of original media. The other differences are perceptual and simply a matter of taste.
We feel that film is still by far the best media to capture the very artistic looks of infrared, cross process, and grain. We feel that high resolution digital negatives captured as "raw" images give the best coverage and options for the majority of wedding coverage. All that said we are happy to adapt to special requests shooting exclusively in one format or another depending on your particular wishes (our base price may vary).
Two things that are important to understand when comparing photographers now days is camera quality and the photographer's technical knowledge. The minimum resolution for a high quality digital photograph is 8 megapixels. And equally important is that they use a professional digital SLR. Many consumer camera's now achieve 8 megapixels but don't have many of the other features that are neccessary for quality work. The other important thing to realize is that many photographers have taken up digital technologies without fully understanding the process and are learning on the job. They might be able to capture a great image on occaision, but not compared to someone who knows how to fully utilize the technology available to them.
As to the question of how long the "negatives" last. Film is known to last over 100 years and has been tested. However, unlike film, the most common storage medium for digital photography, CDR's, has a lifespan of 3-7 years before the image files can degrade or even become inaccessible. You'll need to re-burn your CD's every 3 years just to be safe. Also the perhaps larger question is of compatibility between formats. Meaning, how many years before A-tracks became extinct and were replaced by Tapes and now how long until tape players are extinct replaced by CD's which themselves are being replaced by MP3 players. Now compare that to your computer and how often operating systems, programs and the like have changed and you can see how easily digital files could be lost if you're not careful. That said, they're much safer if you are careful and convert them when technologies change.
Another common misconception is that film images cannot be modified or turned from color to black and white etc. In fact every image we take regardless of original media is digitized and once in digital form is treated identically. There is no difference in the effects that can be applied to one media or another. Every image is photographed in color and available to you in a wide range of options.
For some who aren't convinced that digital can be better, consider this example. Indoors in a low light situation film will appear yellowish without a flash and grainy. Tungsten film can be used but the film speed is very low. Digital can be used at very high speed and will automatically balance out the yellow from the lightbulbs and recreate things as we see them.
