Super 8 + Polaroids

February 10, 2025

So picking up the blog again this year to share some more work I’ve been doing. A lot to be honest! And it needs to be seen! Last summer, I shot a lovely little elopement in Chelsea, Manhattan with Charlotte and Paul who came down from Canada just for the occasion and I absolutely love their final elopement film!

I also shot a handful of Polaroids for them to memorialize the day with some tangible photos and they look amazing. This all was made even better because these two had style to match the retro analog mediums I was using. So chic! So mod! I was living for their vibe, and to top it off, we were in the iconic Hotel Chelsea.

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After getting ready in the room, we headed to the rooftop for a few photos and a glass of wine, then off to Madison Square Park for their small elopement, which is impossible in NYC because the whole city is your audience and so many people stopped to watch. It was all very cute and their elopement was very sweet.

Super 8 and Polaroids are so great for elopements since it’s a more casual and fun way to remember the day as it felt like. A bit of a dream… but a great dream!

Grace + Will - Wedding // Super 8 + Polaroids

March 6, 2024

It’s been a little while since I’ve shared a wedding on my blog but that’s not to say I haven’t been shooting them! Wanted to share a bit of a throwback favorite from 2021. COVID did obviously eliminate weddings for the NYC area for pretty much all of 2020 but I did end up shooting some lovely 2021 weddings including Grace and Will’s in Connecticut. You can see their wonderful little Super 8 highlight film below.

The weather was amazing. The house and barn were beautiful. The guests were hilarious. Grace and Will were looking stunning! Chairs were raised. It was a really good time and their wedding film really showcases that.

Their wedding was at a gorgeous family residence with a backyard where the ceremony and reception took place. I also took a few portraits and snapshots on some old Instax film with my custom camera that came out quite nicely!

A ton of love and huge congrats to these two lovely people.

Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) at the Cult Gaia opening on 8x10 Polaroid film

NYFW - Cult Gaia Store Opening // 8x10 Polaroids

January 31, 2024

Last February, I was hired to shoot some large format 8x10 Polaroids at a store opening party for the fashion brand, Cult Gaia, in SoHo. The event was packed and had some notable guests including Emily Ratajkowski.

I was shooting for Brooklyn Film Camera and had my buddy Sam Dole assist me. Sam previously did some assisting for the 1923 shoot I also assisted on and is well-versed in all things large format. We set up outside the store right next to their red carpet and after a test shot we were ready for action.

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I ended up shooting over 50 8x10 Polaroids that evening. A lot of cool fits and some familiar faces of the NYC Fashion world but the highlight was definitely Emily Ratajkowski stopping by to get a couple portraits of her and the owner of the store, Jasmin Larian. Given the chilly temps outside, they came out absolutely stunning and everyone loved seeing their Polaroid.

Hoping to do more 8x10 work this year. It’s quite the process but the results are next level, especially in person.

Jasmin Larian (@jasminlarian), owner of Cult Gaia, at the store opening on 8x10 Polaroid

NYFW Inherent show BTS // Large Format + 35mm + Polaroids

October 20, 2023

I love shooting NYFW. It’s fun. It’s exhausting. The outfits are insane. You meet cool people. The energy is fantastic. So when my friend, Burke, asked me to shoot some BTS alongside him at the Inherent fashion show at NYFW back in February and said “bring whatever cameras you want”, I was in.

So with that much flexibility... I’ll share a bit about the cameras I ended up bringing for those interested…

I’m always up for a challenge, so I brought my Graflex Super D large format SLR camera with some BW film pushed to 1600 since I figured NYFW isn’t often captured on large format these days and now is the time to make it happen. Then I had my Canon AE-1P with the Lomography 85mm Petzval lens with CineStill 800T and as a silly last thing, I brought a Polaroid Passport 2-lens camera and some very expired Polaroid 669 peelapart film for some diptychs.

Unfortunately, I could only stay for the setup as I had plans that evening but it was great just capturing the models and the show BTS in those moments.

I posted most of on my instagram already but with NYFW having just happened again at the beginning of September, figured I’d get these up on the blog.

Tori + Eric - Wedding // Super 8 + Polaroids

April 21, 2023

With a little bit of a wedding backlog, this one is from before the world went crazy. It’s Tori and Eric’s Hudson Valley wedding on Super 8 and Polaroids! They had a lovely little ceremony upstate in the Hudson Valley literally overlooking the Hudson River. It was stunning! Take a look below!

I also was shooting a bit of instant film that day and got some truly wonderful moments on the custom Instax camera I was using. The black and white instant film really just fits so well with weddings. So classic and chic!