Digital photography
The reliable backbone: dual-slot capture, broad lighting flexibility, fast review, and the fullest still-photo record.
Coverage + production priorities
Build a story, not an internet photo list.
Use the breakdown to understand what each medium contributes. Then choose the people, relationships, traditions, sounds, and heirlooms that deserve special attention.
Planning, from behind the cameras
THE COMBS CREATIVE / FIELD GUIDEThe way it feelsBack to your open invitation Inside this chapter
Make an inspiration board.
Explore 48 posing ideas, favorite the photographs you love, and send us your notes for your session or photo list.
Explore poses + save favoritesChoose by memory
What do you want to remember?
The best coverage plan starts with the kind of memory you want to keep, then chooses the tool that can preserve it.
35mm + medium format
Intentional, limited frames with physical texture. Processing and scanning are part of the analog workflow.
Digital film
Movement, voices, pacing, reactions, and the full emotional soundscape of the celebration.
Super 8
Real motion-picture film with texture and unpredictability. It does not record synchronous sound unless audio is separately captured and integrated.
The Combs Creative field notes
A plan that leaves room for you.
Tell us where you are starting, what feels complicated, and which memories matter most. We will help you connect the right coverage to a day you can actually enjoy.
Talk with Jess + CoreyTell us what would be impossible to replace.
A grandparent’s voice, your friends together, an heirloom, or a quiet moment alone. Your priorities give us a useful direction without turning the day into a list of poses.
Share your photo + film priorities · Explore the FAQA closer look
Plan the moments happening at the same time.
A second team member is particularly useful when preparations happen in different places, when reactions matter as much as the main action, or when you want room details while guests arrive. Ask for a coverage plan that explains where each person will be.
Match a team to your timelineA note on Super 8
Real film. Clearly named.
A Super 8 wedding film begins with physical motion-picture film. Digital film-look footage and a Super 8 simulator can have a nostalgic feel, but they are digital formats. We name the difference so you know what you are watching.
| Story | Format |
|---|---|
| Pete Dye Mountain Course, La Quinta wedding film | Real Super 8 |
| Vow renewal on real Super 8 · 2025 vow renewal | Real Super 8 |
| Belle Isle Estate, Ireland wedding film | Super 8 simulator · digital footage |
| Castle Leslie Estate, Ireland destination wedding | Digital only |
| Digital film-look wedding film | Digital film-look |
Your next chapter
Let’s shape your celebration.
Share your date, location, and what you want to remember. We will connect the coverage, people, and details.
Build your proposal request Visit our main investment pageFROM THE STUDIO ARCHIVE
The close-up. The wider story.
Plan for portraits, the atmosphere around them, and the unscripted moments that connect it all.
A MOMENT IN MOTION
Leave room for the in-between.
A short Las Vegas elopement excerpt from the studio archive. A sense of place, personal style, and a moment that feels like you.
Explore the screening roomKEEP THE STORY GOING