Pekky Savan "Dear Lorin" // 16mm

It’s here! My first 16mm music video. And it’s for the rad, Pekky Savan, who I’ve worked with before on a Super 8 music video shot on Coney Island last year. This new video is for her newly released single “Dear Lorin”.

Cinematographer: Nick Collingwood

Director: Stephanie Haller

Art Direction: Halla Creative

PA: Tyler MacDonald

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My wife, directed the video and her brand, Halla Creative did all of the art direction for the video including styling, drawing the awesome overhead projection and all the other little touches that make the look complete. The film was shot using an old hand-crank, Russian Krasnogorsk-3 (K-3 for short) 16mm camera and expired Kodak Vision3 500T film both supplied to me via Mono No Aware.

Crown Graphic 4x5 | Kodak Tri-X 320 film (expired)

We also ended up shooting a few Instax shots with my Lomo Instant Square during the shoot and I just so happened to be borrowing a friends Crown Graphic 4x5 camera and some expired black and white film so I snapped a quick portrait of Pekky on set. So enjoy the video. Enjoy the instant shots. And I’ll toss in a few production stills and 16mm scans.

MODE EN COULEUR - Fashion Show // Super 8 + Polaroids + 35mm

A few months ago I had the opportunity to help out with a local fashion incubator based out of the Brooklyn Library called BKLYN Fashion Academy. It's part of BKLYN Incubator which offers a ton of services for locals like podcasting, robotics, and photography. They had an upcoming fashion show for their program and wanted it captured in a unique way.  Film and fashion are having a moment and I thought it would be a great fit.

The inspiration for the show was "the history and fashion of Les Sapeurs, a Congolese subculture dedicated to the cult of style and being walking works of art." Looking at images and stories of Les Sapeurs is truly some incredible stuff and stories of personal triumph over poverty.

I shot BTS backstage as the designers finalized their garments and shot some snippets of the models on the runway. I captured the night on a variety of formats including Super 8, instant film and 35mm. It was an extremely bright and fun show to shoot and backstage was madness as one expects with a fashion show.

But overall, the designers, models or organizers were fantastic and put on a brilliant show. Met some really great passionate people and that's always inspiring to be around.

Jessica & Jeremy Wedding // Super 8 + Polaroids

Jessica and Jeremy are a special one for me... mainly because they are related to me! Jessica is my sister-in-law and now Jeremy will be my brother-in-law. I was a guest at this wedding but as any photographer knows, it's hard to resist taking some photos and Jessica had actually reached out beforehand asking if I didn't mind taking a few. Uh... Yes!

This was a bit of a trip for me since this is only the second time I've ever been to the west coast! Last time I was out there was when I got engaged!

But anyways! The wedding took place in Camarillo about an hour north of LA, where they have been living, on a beautiful avocado/blueberry farm called Gerry Ranch. I must say farm weddings on the west coast are just about everything a film photographer could ask for. Great light. Great landscape. Obviously fantastic weather! I'm in.

Even so, I tried to not be that obnoxious guest with the big camera poking my way into the shots and had a great time shooting alongside Brittany of BKM Photography. She quickly fell in love with the Polaroids and Super 8 and was even shooting a bit of film herself. I was going around with my lovely Polaroid 110B with Instax Wide and expired Polaroid 689 film, my Polaroid SLR680 with Polaroid Originals color film and then Super 8 on my small Nizo 156 Macro and some glorious Fuji Provia shipped from Japan by Retro8. I don't travel light when it comes to cameras...

This time it's a mini wedding film as I was a seated guest doing my best to behave. Also it's actually an excerpt out of the 2 rolls of Super 8 I shot during the road trip my wife and I did while in the LA area. One day I'll get that up on the blog! You can see Jess's mini film below!

Overall, a really fun wedding with family and I was more than thrilled to capture a few moments of it on film.

Aileen & Philip Wedding // Super 8 + Polaroids

This is a wedding I had long been looking forward to shooting, Aileen and Philip! Aileen had contacted me over a year before her wedding raving about instant film and loving the Super 8 look for weddings so it was easy to be excited to shoot a wedding when the bride is so excited as well. You can watch their Super 8 wedding film below.

This wedding was a bit unique as well in that there were actually to be two weddings: a smaller family and bridal party wedding on Saturday (which is what I shot) and then a larger more traditional wedding on Sunday (shot by a friend and awesome photographer, Sophie Kwalek and featured on Style Me Pretty. Sophie and I both worked together on Patrick and Rachel's gorgeous Prospect Park Boathouse wedding). This was also unique in that I'd be the only photographer or cinematographer for the day, shooting everything on Instax and Super 8 film.

So we started the day at a beautiful cathedral in New Brunswick where the ceremony was held. A few guests and the families were the attendees for this more intimate ceremony. Aileen was wearing a stunning, fitted white dress and Philip was in a fantastic blue suit with red velvet accents. Very stylin’.

After the ceremony we strolled around the Rutgers campus where the couple met to take a few photos before headed over to the lunch held at one of their parent’s homes. There, they changed into outfits for a traditional tea ceremony held after weddings with close family. Then another quick outfit change into more comfy clothes for a veritable feast that awaited everyone in the backyard, cooked by the parents and included endless lobster, corn, meats, and veggies. 

A really lovely and laid back wedding day for two really great people. I had a lot of fun shooting with them and really love how their wedding film came out.

BoHo Styled Wedding Shoot // Super 8 + Polaroids

Recently I had the chance to capture a boho styled shoot organized by a group of amazing creatives here in NYC. It was out on Randall's Island on a pretty dang frigid day in January but ultimately it was worth it. I definitely needed some hand-warmers after this shoot was over! So check out the Super 8 I shot as well as the Instax Wide instant photos I took with my custom Polaroid 110B. It truly was a gorgeous shoot!

Styling/Coordination: @iloveloveevents
Photography: @alhyberry
Florals: @lavierosievert
Calligraphy: _megburrell
Flower Crown: @anemoicreations
hair and makeup: @perfectlypolishedfaces
cake: @cakecouturebymeghan
dress shop: @lovelybride
Gown: @theiacouture
Cape: @alexandragrecco
Earrings: @kerenwolf
Models: @coconutandvetiver
Cinematography/Polaroids: @nickcollingwoodvintage

Canon 814XL-S // Kodak Vision3 200T

Processing - CineLab // Scanning - Gamma Ray Digital