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the Cost of Wedding Photographers

Price 
Location 
Hours 
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Description
$ 3000
Dec 2007
ann arbor, mi
6
Wedding photographer and album  more... close row
$ 600
Jun 2006
Arlington, TX
5
Photographer did a really nice job  more... close row
$ 1250
Oct 2007
Orlando, FL
4
Getting rights to digital photos saves money  more... close row
$ 1295
Jun 2006
Bensalem, PA
8
Eight hours of service with two photographers  more... close row
$ 1200
Jul 2007
Michigan City, IN
8
Good photographer if a bit late  more... close row
$ 350
Aug 2006
Bedford, PA
7
Photographers came early and stayed late  more... close row
$ 400
Jul 2008
Culver City, CA
12
Best man helped find wedding photographer  more... close row
$ 1750
Apr 2007
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
5
Two person photography team took great pictures  more... close row
$ 2995
Sep 2007
Adrian, MI
8
Eight hours of wedding photography very pricey  more... close row
$ 800
Jun 2007
Amarillo, TX
6
Very dark photos with slow return and bad service  more... close row
$ 1500
Sep 2006
Columbus, Ohio
3
Wonderful wedding photographer exceeded expectations  more... close row
$ 1299
Jun 2006
Philadelphia, PA
8
Two photographers for eight hours  more... close row
$ 250
Aug 2007
Warrington, Pa
2
Digital photos available on CD  more... close row
$ 1600
Jan 2008
Belingham, WA
6
Wedding photos focused on reception  more... close row

Description of service

We paid a professional photographer to fully shoot our wedding and reception all the way to the late hours. We wanted to capture more than just the ceremony, we wanted to remember everyone having a great party, so that's what we focused him on. It cost $1600 total. $1100 of that was the wedding and then we paid him $100 and hour for 5 hours to just shoot for "Art/Action" type shots all through the reception and after party.


Review of Service

To be honest our ceremony shots weren't anything great. We had reviewed his previous work, but ours just didn't seem to sparkle. The additional photos we had him take did turn out exactly as we had hoped though. I guess in a way it was probably our expectation that made it work out like this. So our wedding album is really just a bunch of well shot party photos, full of life and energy. All in all, I think we are pretty happy.


Tips

Set your goals for what you want. We went a different route than traditional photography and we are happy with the results. Make sure you communicate what you want, don't leave it up to their artistic vision. We specifically didn't want black and white, which was an original point of contention. At the end of the day you want to look back and remember it as you wish so just make that vision clear to your photographer.


$ 200
Jun 2006
Lawndale, CA
4
Photographer charged per picture and quality was not great  more... close row