While the (cursed) wedding photographers deliver a product that relies on no technology to access, except eyes. This is a fundamental difference in these services, which is why we will probably never see a wedding without a photographer.

Photographers are both celebrating and cursing the demise of the album with more and more couples opting for digital delivery on either disc or USB stick. So the photographers are actually moving towards needing the technology more and more.

People are also now very accustomed to viewing their proofs online too. This all saves cost for the photographer and speeds up the workflow.

For my corporate clients, I generally deliver everything online.

Even the last funeral I did they opted for download only, no physical media.

Contrast that with the school nativity plays and everything is pay-per-dvd.

Thanks Dave, that all sounds like good news.

Perhaps it is the way he shoots or the film look of 8mm film going through the sprockets of the projector with a few scratches and dust mites effect, I wonder. I imagine that look can be emulated in post, but hey, he's makin' the big bucks for 20 minutes of shooting. Hope he spends at least 4 days to edit that for the moola he's chargin'

A lot of super 8 goes through a video post production. The cheapest method is just to point a projector at a wall and use a video camera, but the highest quality work uses a telecine for the transfer. Being different enables you to charge more.