For the kids at our wedding, we put together these little fun bags. We included a scavenger hunt and a disposable camera. We thought it would give the kids fun thing to do and help us capture some moments during the reception. We never developed those film rolls until very recently.
None of the kids followed the scavenger hunt. When we got the rolls back, about half of the cameras were used. Once our wedding weekend wrapped and we were back from Martha’s Vineyard, we packed up all of our wedding decor including the cameras.
Every anniversary we thought about those cameras. When we were thinking about this year’s big milestone, those cameras came back to our conversation. I dug through our wedding bin to find them. At the same time, two thoughts came to mind: 1. can you still develop film rolls, and 2. are these film rolls expired? Yes is the answer to both.
Developing our wedding film rolls
I started using mpix (get $10 off your first order) ten years ago when we printed our wedding photos. I love the quality of their prints, upload interface, and ease of ordering. Since then, they have been our exclusive photo printing service for everything: every day prints, family photo shoots, Christmas cards, and photo albums. They were the first place I checked for our film rolls. And guess what? Their film processing service includes DIGITAL copies of the photos! I was sold.
I sent in the film rolls, waited, and one day got an email letting me know my digital photos were ready to be viewed. The scavenger hunt was not followed, but there were some gems, like this one of Hayden (poor Hayden being teased).
If I were planning my wedding today, I would absolutely leave disposable cameras for my guests (and I’d leave one on each table, not just for the kids). Chances are 99% of the photos will be crap, but you’ll get that one. I’d also develop those film rolls sooner than a decade after our wedding. For me, it was this photo of my Nana. She came to the reception and stayed right up until the dirty dancing started. Nana had the best laugh, as it always sounded so full of life. She passed in 2019. When I saw this photo, I saw and heard that laugh.
Another fun one…the coloring looks vintage, but probably due to the film being expired haha.
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