Wedding photographed on 35mm film by Lulan Studio in Los Angeles

Los Angeles · Shot on Real Film

35mm & 120 FilmWedding Photography

Leica rangefinders and Hasselblad medium format, loaded with real emulsion — color, depth and skin tone no preset can imitate.

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Why Film

Some momentsdeserve grain.

Alongside our digital coverage, Lulan Studio photographs weddings on real 35mm and 120 film — the same tools behind the editorial images you fell in love with. Film slows us down in the best way: every frame is deliberate, metered by hand, and composed with intention.

Formats
35mm & 120
Cameras
Leica & Hasselblad
Stocks
Portra, Fuji, Ilford
Negatives
Yours to keep

The Cameras

Two bodies.Two kinds of memory.

Candid & documentary
Leica M Rangefinder
Format
35mm (135) film
Frame
36 × 24mm
Type
Coupled rangefinder
Exposures
36 per roll
Best for
Candid, documentary moments
Portraiture
Hasselblad 500 Series
Format
120 medium format
Frame
6 × 6cm (56 × 56mm)
Type
Waist-level SLR
Exposures
12 per roll
Best for
Portraits that feel like paintings

The Emulsion

Real stocks.Real lab.

We shoot professional stocks for color and black and white, then have every roll developed and scanned at a professional film lab. The negatives are yours to keep — a physical archive of your wedding day that will outlive any hard drive.

Kodak Portra 400Kodak Portra 800Fuji 400HIlfordKodak Tri-X

Frames

Shot on Leica.Finished on Hasselblad.

This page is about the cameras and the emulsion. If you want the full film gallery, how our hybrid film + digital coverage actually runs on a wedding day, a film-friendly timeline and what film adds to a budget, that all lives on our 35mm film wedding photography page.

Kodak Gold 200 35mm frame shot on a Leica rangefinder, couple by the water
Black and white film wedding frame with true grain character
First kiss captured on film, San Diego wedding
Monochrome film portrait with natural grain, Los Angeles wedding
Wedding party candid photographed on film, Los Angeles
Reception detail photographed on film, San Diego wedding

Questions

Before you addfilm coverage.

Do you shoot film instead of digital?

No — film runs alongside your digital coverage, never in place of it. You get the full digital gallery you would normally receive, plus a set of real film frames woven through it.

What is the difference between 35mm and 120?

35mm is the classic small format — a 36 × 24mm frame, 36 exposures a roll, shot on Leica rangefinders for fast candid work. 120 is medium format: a much larger 6 × 6cm square negative, only 12 frames a roll, shot on Hasselblad for portraits with noticeably more depth and tonal range.

Which film stocks do you use?

Kodak Portra 400 and 800 and Fuji 400H for color, plus Ilford and Kodak Tri-X for black and white. Stock choice is matched to your light and the look you are after.

Do we get the negatives?

Yes. Every roll is developed and scanned at a professional lab, and the negatives are yours to keep as a physical archive of the day.

Serving LA, OC, San Diego & Las Vegas

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