I'm not going to tell you how I spent my childhood in a darkroom developing film better than my father. Or how I bought my first cool camera after saving my pocket money for two years. Or how photography's been the biggest love of my life. It never happened. I've never won any big competitions, I've never been a second photographer to Bambi Cantrell or Jasmine Star (though I'd love to) and Bee's the love of my life. Until I was about 18 years old I've never actually thought about photography all that much. And I didn't get pocket money.

I am a wedding photographer. Young, and even younger in the business. I'm just starting, too - as of 2011, it's only been a year since I've been doing this with my girlfriend and second shooter, Bee. But, hopefully, we are well on our way. As I look back, we've learned a lot. There's a lot more to learn, yes, but we're getting there, slowly, on our own pace. Photography isn't the only thing we have and can do in life - given our age, it would be a pity. But it's a big part. We can do it. We can do it well. And we are doing it.

But that's work - as fun, inspiring and challenging it is, I couldn't work ALL the time. As it happens, my leisure time is also spent on photography, but on a different kind of it. As my personal projects I most enjoy street and portrait photography, at least I have for the last couple of years. Right now I can feel myself once again changing. What was fun and interesting - all the new cameras and lenses - has moved slightly lower in the list of the important things. I've moved to film photography. Now, I see how it can be hard to understand for some - my father, for example, who is a bird photographer, still can't see why I love film. He grew up using film, spending hours in the darkroom, with all the chemistry and negatives, seeking technical quality and never quite being satisfied with it. "It's slow and cumbersome", he says. And I see his point. He grew up with film.

I grew up with digital. That makes a world of difference in how we see film. My father needs technical image quality, at what digital excels - it's fast, clean and, well, almost perfect. I, on the other hand, for my personal work, seek not technical, but rather aesthetic image quality that digital can't always give me, though it does sometimes. Digital is fast and sometimes I want to slow down. It's clean and sterile, and sometimes I want mood, character digital can't give me, but film can and does. For that reason my personal projects always include my Kiev 4am and my wonderful Mamiya RZ67 pro, which I bought very recently (it's almost as if I don't care if there's food in the fridge, which may be a real problem soon, after all I am just a student on a very tight budget, as long as I can shoot with it!).

It doesn't mean I don't shoot or plan to stop shooting digital - by no means is that true. Digital is a huge part of my day, we have two camera bodies - the D700 and D300 - and some lenses used almost all the time. It's great for what it is. I am constantly following the latest news and am immensely interested in all kinds of new and old cameras and lenses. The only thing that changed is my broadened understanding of what is good for what. I'm glad and proud of saying I shoot both film and digital and will likely continue to do so for years to come.