How much is too much for a photographer?

[Hayley90]

:wave: hey ladies!

i have known for AGES who i want to take our wedding photographs, she is amazing.

her basic all-day wedding package, including all images edited etc, is £1000.

is this too much? i dont mind spending that on her, as i know she will be BRILLIANT, and for an extra £500 she brings another photographer to capture the bits she cant! But, i dont want to spend that if its ridiculously over priced iykwim?

Help

i fear i have expensive taste in everything, so dont trust my judgement

 

[lynne192]

if you are willing and have it then go for it, that would be 1/4th our budget so we wont be doin that but you'll hold those pictures for a lifetime so makes sense to spend, i really hope you find something perfect and suitable for you

 

[Arlandria]

Ive always said to my OH that the photographer and videographer are quite important to me so we've budgeted £2,000-£2,500 - if you like their work and you get what you want, its you who has to be happy with paying that really.

I would if I knew I always wanted them - i'd rather cut costs on my dress or elsewhere if needed but thats me

xx

 

[booflebump]

£1000 is pretty reasonable for an all day package, and for 1500 to have two photographers is great. Photos are such a important part of the whole wedding - and you need to be confident in your photographers ability to capture those special moments. Does she have a website so I can have a gander? I love looking at photographer websites! xxx

 

[polo_princess]

How much? OMG i could buy a car for that

That makes me sound like a right penny pincher doesnt it? I know and have worked with quite a lot of photographers so i get perks , But in knowing that i could hire a top professional photographer for a flat rate of £350 for the entire day i wouldnt consider paying anymore if i needed too

 

[Hayley90]

Holly if i could buy a decent car for £1k i'd have one by now... where on earth do you buy your cars

She is only "cheap" as she is my age - extremely talented and has just set up her business side of things. She used to just do events as favours, so shes pretty experienced for someone my age. She moved to america last year and lived with her boyfriend who was a pro photographer so he taught her shedloads aswell.

I will find a link

 

[RedRose19]

im not sure how much i'll be spending on the photographer but im sure it wont be that much but if its something you really want, at the end of the day its your wedding.. so you should have the things that make it special for you.. maybe save for that separately to the rest of the wedding so you have the money by the time you get married

 

[Vici]

It all boils down to your own budget really hun. Also have you negotiated with her? My photographers standard package for a Saturday starts at £1600 but after haggling for our Friday wedding i got her down to £450 with a CD of all pics x

 

[24/7]

My whole wedding wasn't much more than the two photographer package!!! We paid £375 for our photographer and she was brilliant. xxx

 

[booflebump]

This might help you https://www.rockmywedding.co.uk/how-to-choose-a-wedding-photographer/

Its such a personal thing - there is no right or wrong amount to spend on it xxx

 

[xxxjacxxx]

how much? OMG! Ant (my oh) is a wedding photographer and his basic package is £299 at the moment(for 2010-2011), this includes a disc with around 900 photographs on

If you look around you would get cheaper but if you like her style then I'd go with her.

 

[mrsraggle]

She is only "cheap" as she is my age - extremely talented and has just set up her business side of things. She used to just do events as favours, so shes pretty experienced for someone my age. She moved to america last year and lived with her boyfriend who was a pro photographer so he taught her shedloads aswell.

I will find a link

Rosie Hardy perchance??

 

[Hayley90]

She is only "cheap" as she is my age - extremely talented and has just set up her business side of things. She used to just do events as favours, so shes pretty experienced for someone my age. She moved to america last year and lived with her boyfriend who was a pro photographer so he taught her shedloads aswell.

I will find a link

Rosie Hardy perchance??

yes!!! i've been emailing her for months i love her!

 

[Hayley90]

ooh i found the link https://rosiehardyphotography.4ormat.com/1476-info-home

 

[booflebump]

She looks like she is very talented

 

[Hayley90]

im still deciding, as i want to be 100% and i like far too many people there is an amazing guy who lives near me, who might just be better than her, but he hasnt done any weddings in places other than churches... so all his shots are "samey" iykwim?

but she is wonderful, and quite flexible on her prices and things.

eeeek.

 

[booflebump]

im still deciding, as i want to be 100% and i like far too many people there is an amazing guy who lives near me, who might just be better than her, but he hasnt done any weddings in places other than churches... so all his shots are "samey" iykwim?

but she is wonderful, and quite flexible on her prices and things.

eeeek.

Whos that then hun? He has probably done weddings everywhere, but only chosen so many for his website. You should arrange meetings to go through their portfolios - its best if you can see a complete wedding album of one wedding, as opposed to just albums of their 'best' shots. If you see a wedding from start to finish, you get an idea if they are capable of capturing all the moments and details you want xxx

 

[Hayley90]

I'll try and find a link to his site too, he is a friend so i've seen some of his stuff pre-edit aswell... but it doesnt "wow" me... i dunno. I feel bad as he is a friend, and he has to start somewhere but

i dunno. cant put my finger on it. there's something about Rosie's work over his that makes me go "oooh" instead of just "thats nice" you know? Will hunt for his website...

 

[booflebump]

'Oooh' is what you want rather than 'mmm thats nice' for sure!

 

[hopeandpray]

just had a look at her website, wow! look around and see what else is on offer but they are amaaazing pictures