Swell Film

I’m Lukas, the founder and director of Swell Film. Swell Film is an Adelaide-based media, wedding, and event photo and video service. Swell Film is about capturing the unforced, natural moments of life. I am an avid surfer and am always taken by the spontaneity of the swell – that undulating, unpredictable movement which eventually reaches its crescendo as a wave. All of our work is done using film – it is a medium which we feel captures memories like nothing else. This includes traditional film photos as well as super8 videography. Digital edits can come close, but there is something magical about taking a picture or making a video on film. We are lovers of film, pure and simple. Whether it’s photos or videos, if there’s a way to capture it on film then we’re all about it. There’s an authenticity in using film – the blemishes, specs of dust, the imperfections and the unpredictability are what we think makes it the most real. When watching back super8 wedding videos it feels like we’re viewing a rerun of our own memories, immortalised in film. We love it and we love to bring that same feeling to others!