Wedding Price (Pros Versus Amateurs)

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Wedding Price (Pros Versus Amateurs)

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aetas

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Bringing up a old thread because its inline with the question...

How many photos..."(average)" do you guys give to the bride and groom at a wedding. Do you have a set number you tell them and then give them more or the best photos of that number.

I will start things off. I always talk to the bride and groom before hand and see how many they would want to see if we are on the same page. I will make sure that I have that many to give them which never has seemed to be a problem. I always start at the best and work down. Get best first till you get around their number and then start working with what you want to add after that.

Long story short if they want 200 photos lets say, they will get the 200 best and then I will add what I think carry the event as a whole If I want to add more.

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Drab

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Isn't that a "how long is a piece of string" type question?

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aetas

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I mean for your average wedding, lets say 5-7 hours I would say the bride and groom could expect somewhere between 350-1000 for a more editorial style and 200-400 if they wanted a more "posed" shots.
If they wanted more or less then that would just change the way and what I was shooting.
That would be my answer=)
~Cheers

Posted 2 years ago #
nfiorito

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@Drab, it definitely is.

We usually give about 1000 fully-edited pictures when there are two shooters all day.
As we've become more experienced, we're finding that our percentage of keepers is getting higher and editing takes less time, so our delivered shot count goes up.
We used to promise a certain amount of images, but we were always way over, so we dropped that.
It's pretty dangerous to guarantee a set amount. I once had a ceremony that was literally 4 minutes long - you're not going to get as many pictures of one like that compared to a 2 hour Catholic Mass ceremony even if you're holding the shutter down for the full 4 minutes!

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aetas

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I dont give anyone a set number either, but despite that I have a pretty good idea of what im going to have based on time and the second shooter with me. Its interesting you say 1000. There have been times when people want alot less then that. Some clients just dont want to look through that many. On average I think im looking at about 500 a wedding. Even though like pointed out some weddings are going to be longer or shorter. Not even mentioning when you cant shoot in the church at all.
Thanks for the imput though.
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Posted 2 years ago #