Grainy, imperfect, exquisite
super 8 WEDDING FILMS Sydney
Nostalgic Wedding Films that feel like a wisp of memory.
Super 8 films hold a timeless allure thanks to their blend of nostalgic charm and imperfectly perfect grainy aesthetic.
Shot on genuine Super 8 film, creating the grain, movement and imperfection that make old home movies so heartfelt and unforgettable.
Adding Super 8 to the services that Breathing Light offers has amplified my creative instinct and brought me back to the enduring quality of honest storytelling.
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Super 8 is a moving memory, with its dreamy grain, gorgeous flicker, and cinematic warmth. Breathing Light offers Super 8 videos to preserve your day with a feeling that is intimate, timeless, and impossible to recreate
Taylah & DYLAN
A Sydney elopement captured on Super 8 at Luna Park
AMY & PAUL
A Sydney elopement captured on Super 8 from Oxford House in Paddington to Marrickville by Breathing Light Photography
Gabi & Morgan
A Sydney wedding shot Super 8 at QT Hotel and Pyrmont Wedding Registry Office
Quyen & James
A gorgeous Sydney Summer wedding shot on Super 8 in to amplify the love of these sweethearts
Nicole & Emmanuel
A beautiful elopement wedding in Dovecote Gerringong captured on Super 8
CECILIA & JOSEPH
A Summer wedding in Sydney shot on Super 8 at Burnt Orange Mosman
BAYLY & HARRY
An inner west wedding shot on Super 8
BE ALL IN, IN EVERY MOMENT
Super 8 film captured of Brooke, a beautiful Sydney-based yoga facilitator whose work reminds me that life is about the ‘Full Body Yes’, a concept very much embraced by Breathing Light. This concept extends to capturing the essence of people with a lens of joy for their process, in an authentic and raw way.
Breathing Light offers nostalgic super 8 wedding films for those who prefer the unpolished and raw over the impeccable.
The aesthetic is nostalgic 1970’s and absolutely stunning and timeless. Shot with imperfect perfection, the highlights and details are captured on an old camera before they are sent off to be processed in a lab.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Super 8 is a real motion-picture film format, the same one your parents' or grandparents' home movies were likely shot on. It’s known for its warm grain, soft focus and nostalgic, imperfect-perfect look. Super 8 footage is captured on physical film in a vintage camera, then sent to a lab for processing, which gives it a timeless, 1970s-inspired aesthetic that digital video simply can't replicate.
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Super 8 is for those who desire a wedding film that feels like a cherished memory rather than a polished production. I personally love it as it’s ‘snapshot’ of the day with the feeling at the forefront of experience. Because it's shot on real film with all its grain and movement, a Super 8 wedding film has a handmade, heartfelt quality that feels more like a rediscovered home movie than a highlight reel, which is exactly the atmosphere Breathing Light Photography is known for.
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Yes, Super 8 is available as an add-on to any Breathing Light wedding or elopement package. It sits alongside other analogue options like 120 and 35mm film photography and Polaroids shot on a 1970s SX-70 camera, so you can build a fully analogue day or simply add Super 8 as a highlight-reel companion to your photography. Super 8 add-on pricing starts at 1500 for half day coverage (up to portraits).
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My basic Super 8 package at $1500 covers you getting ready, the ceremony and portraits, with the option of adding the reception.
Think: getting-ready candids, the ceremony walk and vows, confetti or send-off moments, golden-hour portraits, and reception highlights like the first dance or speeches, which is part of what gives the final film its nostalgic, highlight-reel feel.
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Because Super 8 film is a limited and precious medium, it's used intentionally on a handful of key moments rather than continuous coverage, this highlight reel is approximately 3–5 minutes. This makes it ideal to re-watch over and over again!
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Yes, Breathing Light Photography is based in Sydney's Inner West and films Super 8 weddings and elopements throughout Sydney and greater NSW, including Byron Bay, the Hunter Valley and Mudgee, as well as interstate and destination weddings. A travel fee of $50 per hour applies outside the Sydney metropolitan area.
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Many couples choose to combine analogue photography and Super 8, since they complement rather than compete with one another — analogue (120/35mm film and Polaroids) captures still, timeless images with that same grainy, nostalgic warmth, while Super 8 adds movement, soul and atmosphere. Pairing both gives you the fullest picture of your day – the sharp moments on digital, and analogue and grain for a dreamy touch.