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Going price for wedding photographer?
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:26 am
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:26 am
Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places but seems like everyone wants between $3500-$6000 for engagement and wedding photos.And then there are individual prices for pictures and other stuff.
I guess the market sets the prices on these things. Anyone got a recommendation for a good photographer?
I guess the market sets the prices on these things. Anyone got a recommendation for a good photographer?
This post was edited on 2/18/14 at 9:09 am
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:27 am to burgeman
That's a pretty close range
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:29 am to burgeman
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I guess the market sets the prices on these things, so I should just suck it up and pay
Unfortunately a lot of the real good photographers have increased their rates since everyone and their mom with an entry-level DSLR claim to be "professional photographers" now
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:29 am to yellowfin
Unfortunately I would like to be under that range
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:30 am to burgeman
For a good photographer? Not going to happen.
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:32 am to burgeman
find some hipster with a nice camera and pay him in Parliament cigarettes and PBR
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:32 am to Eighteen
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Unfortunately a lot of the real good photographers have increased their rates since everyone and their mom with an entry-level DSLR claim to be "professional photographers" now
this X 10000000
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:33 am to Wooly
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find some hipster with a nice camera and pay him in Parliament cigarettes and PBR
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:35 am to burgeman
Get your fiancee' to go to one of those bridal shows and find one of the cheap ones over there.
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:37 am to tzimme4
Maybe check into one of these photographers:
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:38 am to burgeman
Unfortunately you won't find a good person under that range
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:41 am to EarthwormJim
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Get your fiancee' to go to one of those bridal shows and find one of the cheap ones over there.
This is a good suggestion.
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:41 am to burgeman
1/2 of your assets
At least
At least
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:43 am to burgeman
I'll do it for a 12pk of the beer if my choice?
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:44 am to burgeman
Paid $4500 after tax for ultimate package from Rick King photography. Can't recommend him enough.
ETA: They have cheaper packages, but we didn't want to skimp on the pictures.
ETA: They have cheaper packages, but we didn't want to skimp on the pictures.
This post was edited on 2/18/14 at 8:46 am
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:44 am to burgeman
I have never been married, but I have constantly heard that a good photographer is the one thing that you do not want to go cheap on. Because you are going to be so busy that you won't remember anything.
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:45 am to Eighteen
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Unfortunately a lot of the real good photographers have increased their rates since everyone and their mom with an entry-level DSLR claim to be "professional photographers" now
See, I'm torn on this issue. As the price point of DSLRs and professional editing software has come down, its made photography accessible to people that never would've dreamed of it 20 years ago. Now, I've seen photos on Facebook from people that are "photographers" that look terrible, have no life. Its about more than just the camera.
I had family portraits done by a sorority sister of my wife's, and she is not a professional photographer, but our photos came out great. She did some nice retouching, caught great images out at City Park. One of the pictures of my daughter and I is sitting on my desk right now. And it cost me $200 for a 4 hour session, and we got to take as many pictures as we wanted.
Now, I could've paid Studio Tran or one of the bigger names in NOLA a grand to do photos, and I'm sure that the overall quality would be far superior to what I got. But I have no issue hanging the photos on my wall, they really turned out well.
Sometimes paying more doesn't always mean you're getting more value.
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:47 am to elprez00
Family portraits aren't really in the same league as wedding photos. Anyone can take posed pictures. It's all about how well you capture the candid stuff that separates a great event photographer from some scrub with a dslr.
Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:49 am to burgeman
Paid $5000 for my photographer. Got us engagement photos, bridal shoot and the wedding (7 hours on wedding day I believe) and did an excellent job on the engagement shots so far. Best part is he gives you a disk with all the quality photos he takes and releases the copyright so you can get prints done where ever you want. We got 112 for our engagement shoot. Jason Cohen he travels too. Anywhere between Houston and NOLA I believe.
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