Photographer-how long?

[Hudson_Hawk]

On average, how long is a photographer needed for? I want some getting ready pics, ceremony pics, formals etc, and some reception pics. Our ceremony starts at 4 or 5 (TBD) and will be about 30 minutes and the reception will be 5 hours long.

TIA!

 

[bee*]

Our is arriving at around 11.30 on the morning of our wedding (ceremony starts at 1.30) and he''s staying until about 5. We have a videographer staying until 11pm that night so he can capture the dancing!

 

[anchor31]

Well, we''re using ours for 8 hours. 1 hour of getting ready pics with J, 1 hour with me, 1 hour for the ceremony, 1 hour of formal pics and 4 hours at the reception. HTH!

 

[lucy.lucy.80]

we have our photog for 8 hours, which includes, getting ready pics, ceremony, formals, reception.

 

[AceP]

we''re doing five hours - about an hour or an hour and a half before the ceremony for getting ready and some group shots, then half-hour ceremony, and then into the reception. wedding is at 6pm... the photog should be there until about 9:30. i''m not worried about missing dance floor "action" shots - those never turn out good anyway.

also, we don''t have a wedding party, so we don''t need lots of time for that photo genre.

 

[gtn]

I never thought about how long I should have the photographer. I guess I would want them for as long as I could get them. That makes me think I should move my ceremony back a little so I could get the photographer all day. The problem I have is that I have to make sure we are out of the church by 4:30 since Saturday Vigil starts at 5 and the choir practices 30 minutes before.

 

[musey]

We have ours for 7 hours, and she will do overtime (which we decide on the spot, thank goodness!) for, I think, $150/hour. At $3600 for the package, I think $150 per extra hour is very reasonable

So, our ceremony is at 6:30pm and the reception ends by 12am (cutoff per the venue''s rules). She''ll be there, likely, at 4pm for getting-ready pics and leave 1 hour before the reception is over (at 11pm). She said that "most of the fun stuff happens during the first half of the reception, by the end people are usually drunk enough that the pictures don''t turn out that well" haha!

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

The photographer I''m looking at is $220/hour (4 hour minimum) and the package I''m looking at includes a CD with high res image files as well as 200 4 x 6 prints and online viewing and sharing. Additional hours are $150 or you get an extra hour in exchange for a meal. The photographer is relatively new into the scene and I think she''s building her portfolio of weddings right now. So for 8 hours her fee would be $1480 which isn''t far off of the vendors where I am. I just wonder if 8 hours is overkill for a casual beach wedding.

 

[gtn]

HH, $1480 is a great deal if I you could afford it, I say go for it. It I remember reading past post where brides regret not getting the the shots of people leaving or the fun on the dance floor.

If you have picture of your entire wedding from beginning to end, you could put together a wedding book like https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/my-publisher-album-finished.78436/

 

[Gypsy]

Date: 2/11/2008 9:43:54 AM
Author: lucy.lucy.80
we have our photog for 8 hours, which includes, getting ready pics, ceremony, formals, reception.

Ous too. We're having having some private time with the photographer before the ceremony, then family and friends at the cocktail hour.

 

[goldenstar]

This is a good question. Our potential photog has different packages and we are considering either the 10 hour package or the full day/unlimited package. Based on everyone''s responses here, it looks like 10 hours is more than enough. I have to think about this a bit longer.

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

Hmmm maybe I should ask her for a full day quote then...