Film wedding photos
Film photography is back. But the delivery chain — lab scans to ZIP files to Google Drive links — destroys what makes film special. OurStoria preserves every grain.
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High-resolution TIFF scans from a professional lab run 50-100 MB each. A 15-roll wedding produces 540 frames at 27-54 GB of scan data. Generic cloud storage either compresses those files silently, wraps them in an ugly download link, or makes the experience painful on mobile.
OurStoria delivers the exact scan file through a branded, password-protected gallery — web-optimized previews for browsing, original-quality downloads for keeping. No compression, no ZIP files, no Google Drive links.
You invested in the stock, the lab processing, and the scan quality. The last mile of delivery should honour that same standard.
OurStoria stores the exact file you upload. A 70 MB Portra 400 TIFF arrives at your client as a 70 MB Portra 400 TIFF. No server-side re-encoding, no silent JPEG conversion, no quality degradation. The grain structure your clients fell in love with stays intact.
Your studio logo, your custom fonts, your color palette. Film photos deserve more than a WeTransfer link or a Google Drive folder named "Smith_Wedding_Finals_v3." OurStoria wraps your scans in a gallery experience that matches the analog craft behind them.
Clients browse web-optimized previews instantly on any device — no 50 MB images loading over cellular. When they want the originals, one click downloads the full-resolution scan. Preview and delivery live in the same branded URL, no separate download instructions needed.
The film wedding workflow has more steps than digital — lab processing, scanning, colour correction. OurStoria handles the final, critical mile.
Expose your rolls on the wedding day
C-41, E-6, or B&W development
Noritsu, Frontier, or drum scans as TIFF
Drag scans into OurStoria project
Your logo, fonts, password protection
Originals — zero compression
Different film stocks and scan resolutions produce vastly different file sizes. Here's what a professional lab typically delivers — and why generic cloud storage struggles.
| Film stock | Medium scan (~4000 DPI) | High-res scan (~5400+ DPI) |
|---|---|---|
| Kodak Portra 400 (colour negative) | ~20-30 MB TIFF per frame | ~60-100 MB TIFF per frame |
| Kodak Ektar 100 (colour negative) | ~18-28 MB TIFF per frame | ~55-90 MB TIFF per frame |
| Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (B&W) | ~12-18 MB TIFF per frame | ~35-60 MB TIFF per frame |
| Fuji Pro 400H (colour negative) | ~20-28 MB TIFF per frame | ~55-85 MB TIFF per frame |
| Kodak Tri-X 400 (B&W) | ~12-20 MB TIFF per frame | ~40-65 MB TIFF per frame |
| 120 Medium Format (Portra 400) | ~50-80 MB TIFF per frame | ~120-200 MB TIFF per frame |
Most film wedding photographers shoot 10-15 rolls of 35mm (36 exposures each) plus occasional medium format for portraits. That's 360-540 frames of 35mm plus 12-24 medium format shots.
400 frames × 25 MB average (medium-res TIFF) = 10 GB per wedding 400 frames × 70 MB average (high-res TIFF) = 28 GB per weddingAdd medium format portraits and you're looking at 12-35 GB per wedding depending on scan resolution. Google Drive's free tier is 15 GB. WeTransfer's free limit is 2 GB. Dropbox free is 2 GB.
Film wedding photography has experienced a dramatic resurgence over the past five years. What was once considered nostalgic or niche has become one of the most requested styles among couples planning their weddings in 2025 and 2026. The reasons are both aesthetic and emotional — film produces colours, grain, and tonal transitions that digital sensors still struggle to replicate organically.
Kodak Portra 400 has become the de facto wedding film stock for colour work: its skin tones are famously flattering, its latitude forgives mixed lighting, and its grain structure adds a tactile quality that couples describe as "timeless" and "real." Ilford HP5 and Kodak Tri-X dominate black-and-white wedding work, producing rich midtones and deep shadows that feel painterly rather than processed.
The resurgence isn't limited to stills. Super 8 wedding video has seen parallel growth, with couples commissioning short-form ceremony and portrait footage on Kodak Vision3 50D or 500T stock. The aesthetic of a Super 8 film wedding reel — soft focus, organic motion blur, warm halation — has become a distinct genre on Instagram and TikTok, driving even more demand for analog at weddings.
The creative advantages of film wedding photography are well documented. What's rarely discussed is the delivery problem that comes after the lab work. Digital photographers export JPEGs at 8-15 MB each — large, but manageable for any gallery platform. Film photographers receive TIFF scans from their lab at 20-100 MB each, depending on resolution and format.
This creates a fundamental mismatch with most delivery tools. Gallery platforms designed for digital photography often re-encode uploads to JPEG at a fixed quality setting — silently discarding the tonal information and grain structure that makes film scans distinctive. The client receives a file that looks "close enough" on screen but has lost the micro-detail that justified shooting film in the first place.
Generic cloud storage (Google Drive, Dropbox, WeTransfer) doesn't compress, but it also doesn't present. Clients receive a download link to a folder of hundreds of TIFFs with filenames like "000045670034.tif" — no branding, no curation, no visual experience. The presentation gap between the craft of shooting film and the delivery of a ZIP file is enormous.
The ideal delivery platform for film wedding photos needs to solve three problems simultaneously:
OurStoria handles all three: original files are stored untouched, web-optimized previews are generated for fast browsing, and the gallery is branded with your studio's logo, fonts, and colour palette. Clients browse on any device and download the exact scan you uploaded — whether it's a 70 MB Portra 400 TIFF or a 200 MB medium format drum scan.
If you're shooting Super 8 film at weddings alongside stills, the delivery challenge doubles. Telecine or digital transfer of Super 8 footage produces large, high-bitrate files — often ProRes or high-quality H.264 exports at 2-8 GB per reel. These files need the same no-compression delivery guarantee as your scans.
OurStoria galleries support both photo and video in a single branded project. Upload your film scans alongside your Super 8 transfer, and the couple receives one gallery link with everything — no separate video hosting, no split delivery, no Vimeo link taped onto a photo gallery from a different platform. The analog workflow, from stills to motion, lives under one branded roof.
Yes. OurStoria accepts high-resolution TIFF and JPEG scans from any film lab. Files are stored and delivered without compression — your clients download the exact scan you uploaded, preserving every grain and tonal detail of the original film stock.
OurStoria supports TIFF, JPEG, and PNG uploads. Most film labs deliver scans as 16-bit TIFF files at 50-100 MB each. You can upload these directly — no conversion or downsizing required.
No. OurStoria stores the original file you upload and delivers that exact file to your clients. There is no server-side recompression. A 70 MB Portra 400 TIFF scan arrives at the client as a 70 MB Portra 400 TIFF scan.
A typical film wedding shot on 10-15 rolls produces 360-540 frames. At medium-resolution lab scans (around 20 MB per TIFF), that is 7-11 GB per wedding. High-resolution scans at 50-100 MB each can reach 18-54 GB. OurStoria plans range from 10 GB (photos) on Starter to 200 GB on Studio.
Yes. Clients browse a branded, password-protected gallery with web-optimized previews for fast loading. When they download, they receive the original full-resolution scan — no quality loss from preview generation.
Yes — every account starts with a 7-day Free Pro Trial. Every Pro Plan feature is unlocked: branded galleries, custom URL slugs, password protection, custom fonts, Sidebar & Cinematic layouts, embed iframe, Live Moments, social links and original-quality streaming. 20 GB of video storage and 1 GB of photos are included, no credit card required.
7-day Free Pro Trial — every Pro Plan feature unlocked, 20 GB included, no credit card. Upload your film scans, brand your gallery, and let your clients download originals without compression.