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Why are wedding photographers so expensive?

byke said:
5 years later they will look at some pics and say "oh remember that guy?? he shit pants made out with granny!!!". Something they wouldn't have remembered without the visual trigger.
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video would provide a superior experience.

i'm not sure why people take pictures (except it's tradition which is a lame reason).
video is always more engaging.
 
frozenuts said:
In addition to looking at the portfolio, make sure you take time to meet the the photographer. I do a free engagement shoot. This allows me to see how the couple interacts, how easy going they are, and if our personalities gel. If we don't seem to be working out months or years before the ceremony I don't want that kind of stress the day of. If they don't want to do engagement photos, already had cousin Bobbi do them, I still insist that we do something. If they decline, I do not work with the couple. No money changes hands until they say they like the engagement photos.
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This is such the fantastic idea. :thumbup
 
mike23w said:
video would provide a superior experience.

i'm not sure why people take pictures (except it's tradition which is a lame reason).
video is always more engaging.
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They each have their own benefits. For example, it's not practical to hang a monitor on the wall just to display an image and you'd eventually get sick of a video loop running endlessly. You gotta do both.
 
wannabe said:
This is such the fantastic idea. :thumbup
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In the 50ish weddings I have done I have had ZERO conflicts with the bride or groom. I have turned down a couple and have been told a couple times that it did not seem like a good fit.

If the Bride is not happy the day of the wedding, NOBODY is happy. :laughing
 
So, staged like this?

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I was a groomsman in a wedding last weekend. It was a traditional catholic ceremony in SF and the reception was in St Helena :wtf

The photographer was a fucking saint. The level of tolerance she had for our shenanegans was amazing! Groomsmen and bridesmaids were all drunk halfway through the wedding party photos before the reception even got into full swing! :laughing I hope she was well compensated for putting up with that!
 
Price is high cause Wedding Photography is a combination of tradition and artistic style. Knowledge of traditional poses and the Style to make photos unique. Plus Weddings are an orgy of spending money :laughing

Paying for a work of Art :party

My experience with event photography. Photographing hundreds of people in candid shots and on a field Studio set up. I second camera'ed a few Weddings - Wedding Photogs have it easy :laughing But the bitch factor is astronomical. So they earn it for potential abuse factor alone. If a couple pictures were crap, they would not hear the end of it.
 
Fuck 'em - it's all overpriced bullshit. Have a friend take photos, and spend the cash on another motorcycle. Will guarantee you'll be happier in the end.
 
Not sure what my sister paid but it included a video and some killer shots. One guy followed us in the limo to BART and then the walk from Rockridge to the Claremont....good idea at first but bad idea during a hot October day.

Here's a pic...not telling which one is me :teeth

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kevin 714 said:
how many of you that are married actually go back and look at your wedding pics? how often? seriously
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Few times a year-often enough to justify what I paid the photographer, anyway.

kevin 714 said:
it just seems utterly ludicrous to spend this kine of $$ on fucking pictures. pictures! not an experience, not a house for the family, etc etc. just pictures
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If it makes 'em happy that's enough. I mean-your travel seems nutso to me-I've been away from home long enough. I don't want to go anywhere for a long while. Perspective and all that.
 
Dubbington said:
Not sure what my sister paid but it included a video and some killer shots. One guy followed us in the limo to BART and then the walk from Rockridge to the Claremont....good idea at first but bad idea during a hot October day.

Here's a pic...not telling which one is me :teeth
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Right side, one back from front. :p
 
MrIncredible said:
Few times a year-often enough to justify what I paid the photographer, anyway.



If it makes 'em happy that's enough. I mean-your travel seems nutso to me-I've been away from home long enough. I don't want to go anywhere for a long while. Perspective and all that.
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I guess thats why I asked. only because i cant imagine lookng at th epictures enough to justify the cost. im not judging anyone. people should do what they like. it just seems foreign to me is all
 
As a wedding planner, I've worked with a wide range of photographers both in skill level and price point.

Most professional wedding photographers I work with will run $4K for just digital prints. And YES, there is a difference. The reason everything costs more is that there is ONE shot at it. One change to get it right, no do-overs, no rescheduling, and the amount of craziness we deal with in the wedding industry is absurd, but I love what I do. lol :crazy

Most weddings I do range from $30-50K, but I've done weddings that start at $4K up to $250K weddings. And $3K ain't bad at all for a professional.

Congratulations on your wedding day!
 
Because that shit sucks. My freshman year of college I made a living doing photography. When I had my full kit I did 1 wedding for a family member and basically said never again. After that it was just events and sports coverage. Two years ago my mom asked her to shoot her wedding and I had slowly sold off most of my kit and I was very disappointed with the results. She was not but that's a different story. Shooting weddings is a huge pain in the ass, you spend ~10-20 hours doing post processing for a few hours of work that people see. With the cost of DSLR prosumer gear down, especially in a place like the Bay Area, everyone in their aunt thinks they are great photogs and can make great pictures. So people are constantly under cutting and bawking at the cost of a good photog.
 
kevin 714 said:
because they CAN be.

weddings are an orgy of spending, everything is more expensive for a wedding.
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^THIS^

Kestrel said:
Fuck 'em - it's all overpriced bullshit. Have a friend take photos, and spend the cash on another motorcycle. Will guarantee you'll be happier in the end.
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Purdie much ^THIS^
The monies chumps piss away on sum stupid wed'in, could go ta sumpin useful like bikes or a house. :dunno
Wed'inz are a total waste of dead prez, and the peeps I dun known who spent the most are usually the ones who get divorse'd 1st! How'd that werk out fer ya? :rofl
 
F4iChic said:
You pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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So much wisdom in a few words. I'm saving that one.

OP, you should consider the quality of the final product they desire, and work backward from there. If you (and your wife!) would be happy with snapshots (as opposed to professional portraits), then by all means shop by price.
 
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