Film photographers shoot on actual 35mm or medium format stock, and the difference shows in the grain, the color, and the way the highlights fall away. On Oahu, a handful of established professionals still shoot film alongside digital, and a few add Super 8 motion. The photographers below all work in film, listed alphabetically.
CONorth Shore / islandwide
- editorial
- fine art
- film and digital
Carol Oliva started out photographing surfing and radical sports, and you can still feel it in her wedding work: she is comfortable letting real...
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- laidback luxury
- film and digital
- romantic
Kaila Key describes her work as laidback luxury for the romantics, and it is an unusually accurate self-description.
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Nicole Naone photographs weddings the way a good friend with an exceptional eye might: laidback, unforced, and focused on how the day actually felt.
View profile →SPHonolulu / islandwide
- film and digital
- romantic
- calm
Schyne is pronounced shine, and the name is about the only flashy thing in Amber Schoniwitz's operation.
View profile →SLislandwide
- editorial
- documentary
- film and digital
Sheyanne Lyn's work sits on a deliberate hinge: editorial posing when guidance helps, documentary honesty the rest of the time, and a practiced...
View profile →TWislandwide / Maui / Big Island
- luxury
- editorial
- film and digital
There is a certain kind of wedding photo where the dress falls exactly right, the light looks arranged rather than found, and the whole frame...
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