Not all brides want the same thing when it comes to photography of their wedding (but you knew that). I think most just want pictures that make them look beautiful and happy and make everyone else look happy too. But there are other considerations. We photographers can offer a fairly large and complex set of products.
- Tracie and Greg at Landerhaven in Cleveland
The first is our time and how many of us you get. We sell our time in hours, packaged times like 4 hours, 6 hours, ect., and unlimited or even 3 days for Hindu weddings. We sell an assistant, a second shooter, or even a third.
We sell some of our files, all of our files, corrected files and retouched files. We sell prints, all sizes from wallets to pretty much as big as you want to go and canvas mounted prints. We sell engagment shoots and can send the files directly to any newspaper you want them printed in.
Michael and Cristen engagement shoot at Garfield memorial in Warren, Ohio.
And lastly, photographers offer everything you could want done with your files. You can get traditional albums, coffee table books, copy or redesigned coffee table books for parents, wedding party, and whomever you would like to give one to. The prices for a book can vary from $40 (or less) to $16,000 and more (Pictobook precious metals series), not including design fees. And the size for the album can vary from 4×6 inches (maybe smaller) to at least a 16×20 book.
So what are you buying. Here’s my advice. If money is no object, whatever you want. Otherwise, know yourself. If you are a scrapbooker or a graphic designer, you may only need files (spend more money on the best photographer you can afford). If you want a great album, ask your photographer for samples of albums and find the album manufacturer you want. Sometimes the album will look better than individual albums. I would still pick the photographer you like the best but 2nd best might be better if you like his albums better. Lastly, if photography is not that important to you, I would put the money into a videographer and use a friend. After all, it’s your wedding!
