Wedding Photography
So...this is what I'm thinking for wedding photography pricing. A coworker wanted a price quote.
$730 - Photography of the wedding, formal pictures before or after (your choice), and 2 hours of wedding prep. (I'd be happy to attend the reception as a guest and I might take photos while there, but I wouldn't be "on the clock"--no guarantees.) You'll get an 8x11 photo book with the best photos, a framed 8x10, and an online photo album that you or your family can order other prints from. After a year, you'll get the digital negatives on a CD. With your reserve-the-date down-payment ($100), you'd get a free engagement photo session.
It's on the low end for wedding photography, but a) I don't work with another photographer, b) I'm just figuring out the pricing and starting to set up an official photography website (that's another question--I'll need professional web-making help, I think, for allowing ordering online and photo albums and etc.), and c) well, if I get too many clients I'll raise my prices!
There are lots more options--all day for the wedding preparation, the groom's dinner, taking more photos and/or having a photo booth at the reception, trash the dress, parent/grandparent albums, and so on. And I'll put together a fairytale wedding package that has ridiculous perks. (No, really, some of these places go up to ridiculous levels--the $12,000 photo package includes things like them going along for the first day of your honeymoon to take pictures. I'd do it for less if they paid my travel costs...heck, I'd photograph destination weddings for free in exchange for hotel and airfare.)
Thoughts? Suggestions?
$730 - Photography of the wedding, formal pictures before or after (your choice), and 2 hours of wedding prep. (I'd be happy to attend the reception as a guest and I might take photos while there, but I wouldn't be "on the clock"--no guarantees.) You'll get an 8x11 photo book with the best photos, a framed 8x10, and an online photo album that you or your family can order other prints from. After a year, you'll get the digital negatives on a CD. With your reserve-the-date down-payment ($100), you'd get a free engagement photo session.
It's on the low end for wedding photography, but a) I don't work with another photographer, b) I'm just figuring out the pricing and starting to set up an official photography website (that's another question--I'll need professional web-making help, I think, for allowing ordering online and photo albums and etc.), and c) well, if I get too many clients I'll raise my prices!
There are lots more options--all day for the wedding preparation, the groom's dinner, taking more photos and/or having a photo booth at the reception, trash the dress, parent/grandparent albums, and so on. And I'll put together a fairytale wedding package that has ridiculous perks. (No, really, some of these places go up to ridiculous levels--the $12,000 photo package includes things like them going along for the first day of your honeymoon to take pictures. I'd do it for less if they paid my travel costs...heck, I'd photograph destination weddings for free in exchange for hotel and airfare.)
Thoughts? Suggestions?