Introducing A Bryan Photo Homemade Films

We are so proud to introduce a revolutionary offering for the faithful followers of A Bryan Photo. We are constantly trying to find ways to make our products and services more readily available to those who aren't getting married but who still value remarkable documentation of important life events.

We made a big step in this direction last year when we announced our NYC Christmas sessions (this year's NYC Christmas session will be announced next week!). But those sessions still required our physical presence for the documentation of those moments.

Our desire is to create an offering that couples your personal documentation with our presentation and story telling capabilities. This has led us to create Homemade Films. Homemade Films allows anybody to rent a film kit which includes one Super 8 video camera, a LOMO, and a Holga. Also included would be the film (both Super 8 and photographic) and a video tutorial DVD on how to use all the cameras. Once the event is captured you then mail the kit and all exposed film back for us to process, edit and present to you in final form.

When would one rent said kit? For a family trip. For Thanksgiving weekend. For a Honeymoon. For the birth of your child. For anytime you want to document your family while keeping it just the family.

Homemade Films introductory pricing begins at $1500. You can email us at info[at]abryanphoto[dot]com for more details.

We recently had a bride and groom use this offering on their honeymoon. We sent them away from the wedding with our Homemade Films kit, and they sent it back a few weeks later for us to process, scan, and edit their images and film.

Here's their Super 8 film:


Here's their LOMO (and polaroid!) images:

Meredith and Will Exit

Shot on Leica M6 with Neopan 1600.

Me and My RZ

Cheers to Caleb for grabbing this photo of me recently before a ceremony in North Carolina, with my Mamiya RZ67.

Katharine & Kyle (High Speed Film)

I just received the film from Katharine and Kyle's wedding at Harvard. Here's a few high speed film shots I loved. So many more to come!

Caroline & Clark, Rehearsal Dinner

Caroline and Clark invited Chase and I to attend their rehearsal dinner as guests. It was such a great time for us to hear their stories and get to know their family and friends before the wedding. Of course, I brought a few rolls and documented some of the evening.

Natalie and Phil Super 8

Shot by Branden Lower
Song by Sally Seltmann, "Harmony to My Heartbeart"

Caroline and Clark, Nashville

I'd been excited about documenting Caroline and Clark's wedding ever since I met them this past November. They were passing through Birmingham at the time and they got to stop by the studio. It was intended to be a brief introduction yet it turned into an evening of connection and inspiration. They both were so excited to be part of the A Bryan Photo family and I spent hours with them both walking them through our whole process and what they could expect. I had the honor of hearing all about Caroline's passion for design and Clark's love of travel. Clark and his twin brother Campbell had spent their summers touring the world for their employer EF tours while Caroline had interned with Anthropologie in New York. I got to hear the incredible story of Clark flying Caroline to Italy to propose with a ring that he made in New Zealand (where he was working as a shepherd, no less).
The wedding took place at Wightman Chapel on the Vanderbilt campus with a reception following in Caroline's parents backyard. With so much grace, style and all-out energy this wedding was even more beautiful than I could've imagine. I'm proud to call these two friends and I look forward to many more adventures (and photoshoots!) throughout our lifetime.

View their slideshow HERE.