Most photographer’s charge about $450 to shoot a wedding. This does not include the proof’s, CD, or actual photo’s.
You could adjust this by interviewing several photography students at local colleges. Contact the instructors regarding this, and perhaps they can recommend someone or tell their students that they can gain experience by doing this. If you hire a student, figure on spending about $150 for this. Because they will have access to various expensive editing equipment as well as digital camera’s, it should not be ignored. Request that you see their portfolio so you can get an idea of their style.
It’s important that the student photographer supply you with a CD of the rough cut of photo’s taken as well as a CD of their finished edited product. If they will not be downloading to a laptop the day of your event to burn the rough cut CD, ask them to start emailing all the jpegs, OR ask one of your guests if they can bring a laptop to have it downloaded to, and a CD made on the spot as well.
After you have the final CD, you can then pick the photo’s you like, and upload to various websites. I suggest taking advantage of Walgreen’s Photo. You can create an account, upload jpegs, create a photo book for sale, and your guests can access this to have photo’s printed if they want at a Walgreen’s near them.
Here is a list of photo’s that should be taken:
1. Interior/Exterior of Church, reception location
2. Bride getting ready
3. Wedding Cake (before cutting and obviously during the cutting)
4. Guests arriving
5. Floral shots
6. Ceremony shots (inquire if flash is allowed, if not, then a digital camera with a large aperature opening is needed; about a f1.2 or so) These shots should include walking down the aisle, groom at altar, unity candle, ring exchange, kissing the bride.
7. After the ceremony BEFORE everyone leaves, the photographer should start with the large group of the wedding party and work their way down. Start with bride, groom, bridal party, parents, pastor. Then parents leave the shot, then bridal party leave the shot, then the pastor leaves the shot so it’s now just the bride and groom
8. Close ups (macro is needed) of rings, bible, candles.
9. Bride and Groom leaving the church for rice tossing
10. Vehicles
11. Arrival at reception
12. Receiving line
13. Announcement of Mr & Mrs and their entrance
14. Music
15. Food shots, candid guest shots at reception
16. First dance
17. Garder and boquete toss
18. Bride and Groom leaving for honeymoon
Don’t forget to mention on your invitations that if guests are going to be shooting with their cell phones, to please email photo’s to you.
You COULD also purchase for about $10 a piece, disposable camera’s for guests to use. Keep in mind the processing and developing of these could be between $10 - $20 MORE (so you can get the CD). If you can afford to take this costly risk, do so, and depend on whatever your guests take photo’s of.
You can also rent a photo booth that has different options for your reception. They charge roughly $600 and up for this.
Other photography and video suggestions can be found on my site: ChicagolandBrides.com/PHOTOGRAPHER
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