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So, the person we were inquiring about for wedding photogs...is this high priced or no?

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Jan 22 '10, 08:31

$3200, includes transportation, an online gallery, and a disc of the photos

if it's in line....*whimper*

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I was at a wedding show recently (dont ask why)....based upon prices I saw its a bit high but if you are getting the disk, not unreasonable..... - Walt_Disney Jan 22, 09:10
Sounds crazy high to me...but I got married 15 years ago. - Jim Jan 22, 09:06
Our photographer was about $700, I think -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 08:53
Ours was over $2,000 10 years ago, but it was shot in medium format - scorpion Jan 22, 08:52
That is insane. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 22, 08:48
Just fly your families to Vegas for that. -- nm - Beaker Jan 22, 08:44
FWIW, the photographer for my daughter's bat mitzvah was almost exactly $3200. -- nm - pmb Jan 22, 08:43
Spittake mushrooms! -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 08:43
One thing that we got from our pictures were the negatives. In this digital age, I'd be sure to ask for the RAW pictures from the camera, not just JPG -- nm - oblique Jan 22, 08:42
I'm gonna pay a toddler to draw stick figures for us. [nm] - Mel Profit Jan 22, 08:41
We've got a friend who's been shooting for years as a side-business. $1,200 plus hotel room and we own the shots. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 08:41
That's nuts, I know a guy who did all the wedding photos for 500. Professional, he got the dinner thrown in for it as well with his girlfriend, and he - Loyola Jan 22, 08:40 2
- I got that beat - the cute little photog at Pippy's wedding got drunk and gave my brother a lapdance. What a deal!! - Diva Jan 22, 08:44 1
  - Lol -- nm - Loyola Jan 22, 08:45
that is insane. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 22, 08:37
sweet Jesus...that seems way high. Any photography schools around? TFox's idea seems like gold. -- nm - Beaker Jan 22, 08:35
getting the disc of photos is huge. You can easily spend another grand on that. - Reagen Jan 22, 08:34 4
- I'm in the wrong damn business. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 22, 08:36 3
  - photographers have hyuuuuge overhead. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 08:37 2
    - people forget that they don't just work the day. they pre-meet, they have assistants, studios, and they spend HOURS AND HOURS - Andie Jan 22, 08:38 1
      - yup. - znufrii Jan 22, 08:41
sounds about right. (make sure the disc photos aren't watermarked.) -- nm - Andie Jan 22, 08:33 13
- *whimper* -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 22, 08:34 12
  - you can probably get cheaper though - is s/he local to where the ceremony is, or local to where you are now? - Andie Jan 22, 08:35 11
    - this is sort of what I did way back when. Photog did formal, we had a friend do reception video and we put disposable cameras on all the tables - decline Jan 22, 08:36
    - Well, we tried to get one of kelly's brothers to recommend people cheap and this is his suggestion - Will Hunting Jan 22, 08:36 9
      - i would google up photogs close to the ceremony and do some online research myself. without travel, i bet it goes down. - Andie Jan 22, 08:37 8
        
        might I also suggest that a great photographer is worth paying for. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 08:39 5
        
        Absolutely. We got lucky because we had the personal in, but otherwise, we would have spent bigger $$$, I'm sure. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 08:43 2
        
        my brother is considering getting into it, but he really isn't sure he wants to give up most of his weekends. -- nm - Andie Jan 22, 08:44 1
        
        Gen's trying to cut back for that reason. Never wanted to "go pro", but still did almost 20 weddings last year. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 08:46
        
        that's true - crappy wedding pics are just.... crappy. -- nm - Andie Jan 22, 08:40 1
        
        For my second wedding, we just had my sister take pictures and while she did fine, it's not nearly the same. - pmb Jan 22, 08:46
        
        country folk work cheap! -- nm - decline Jan 22, 08:38 1
        
        their overhead just costs less, so they can. -- nm - Andie Jan 22, 08:39
seems a bit high at first blush, does it include an assistant? -- nm - znufrii Jan 22, 08:33 4
- i think the travel bumps them up. -- nm - Andie Jan 22, 08:33 3
  - ah, yes that too. -- nm - znufrii Jan 22, 08:35
  - 100miles? - Will Hunting Jan 22, 08:34 1
    - additional 4 hours of time (and, again, if it's two people - you are paying for 8 work hours.) -- nm - Andie Jan 22, 08:35
fwiw, i found a budding photographer on CL willing to do it for free so he'd have pics for his portfolio. - TFox Jan 22, 08:33 1
- can also check with college photography programs for anyone willing to do it cheap or free -- nm - zork Jan 22, 08:34

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