Mount Pleasant Magazine Jan/Feb 2020

78 www.MPMcalendar.com | www.BestOfMP.com | www.ILoveMountPleasant.com bridal F inding the right photographer to document your wedding can feel a bit like online dating. First, you’ll spend hours looking through website galleries to pinpoint your style. After narrowing the field, you’ll reach out to a handful of prospects to see if they’re available and get to know more about them. Finally, you reach the interview stage. Questions like “How long have you been photographing weddings?” and “Have you worked at our venue?” are commonplace, but it may come as a surprise that one of the most important questions you should be asking is “Are you shooting with a film or digital camera?” The digital camera was invented in 1975, but due to size and cost, it wasn’t until the early 2000s that the state-of- the-art technology took the wedding industry by storm. Digital cameras offered photographers so many advantages, from being able to take significantly more photos throughout the day to the ability to manipulate photos in an infinite number of ways post-wedding. It seemed obvious that digital technology was the superior choice. However, over the past few years, many experienced photographers have been BY LINDSAY C. BISHOP The Beauty of Film WhyWedding Photographers Are DitchingDigital Photos provided. With film, a photographer is intentional about snapping the perfect moment.