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Can you pay a little bit extra for extra time? That's what we did so we could make sure we'd get the getting ready photos and our sparkler sendoff photos. Is it important to you to have the photog there for your last dance, sendoff, etc.?
@bluebonnet: ohhh yeah... i want that Idk I already signed the contract and I wanna say itll be like 100/hr for extra time
Omg 295/hr:((( Uhhhh I didnt even think about allll this!!! It will be 4.5 hrs long and thats it.. wth was I thinking!!
Should I cut my loss in $100 deposit and hire someone else for longer???
I'd add extra time. The initial price you are paying is a steal!
We did 2 hours pre ceremony for family pictures (each side) - and then the ceremony (1 hour) and then 1.5 hours of just us pictures - and then reception pictures (4 hours). I really didn't care much for the reception pictures (other than our first dance, the parent dances, cake cutting). If you were to skimp anywhere, I'd say it's the reception time (after any pictures that are important to you - like cake cutting, first dance, etc).
Yeah it would probably be one extra hour... I will have to talk to FI. I want the send off and stuff too... Our total time at the venue is 6 hours so if I do one more hour I should be completely fine:)
He is realllly good and very fun to work with on our E pics.... they arent like 10000% awesome but I was impressed!! What do you think??
How good is your current photog? $500 is pretty cheap, even for shorter time, so if you only need an extra hour or two you might be better off with just sucking up the cost for those. Does your photog offer a larger package that might reduce the cost per hour? He'd probably be willing to change the package, especially if you're increasing it.
Do you have a tentative timeline? When will your couple pics be, at a first look and photo session or after the ceremony during cocktail hour? When you say 3.5 hour reception, is that dinner and the dance? How late will the dance go?
Yeah, definitely pay for the extra hours! 4 hours seems really short. I thought most photgs required you to book them for 8 hours.
@galloway111: Ok so my venue we have for 6 hours.... 1.5 hours for me to get ready. Which I am only having MU done there and getting dressed. Our ceremony is 1/2 hr,cocktail hour (half an hr for our small wedding) for pics then reception....So 3.5-4 hrs for recep. for dinner and dancing.. Uhhh its so confusing trying to think of how to work all this into maybe 5 hours if I pay an extra hour!!
@sooner365: That seems like a really short timeline in general, but if you want pics of you getting in the dress and the sendoff you'll probably need one more hour. You'd probably get into the dress maybe 1/2 hour before the ceremony, meaning the sendoff is 5 hours later, so not enough time. But your photog is cheap enough that I think adding an hour, even at that price, would be worht it.
@galloway111: I know:((( 6 hours for the venue all together... If we add time it would be $300/hr. Damn it I totally rushed all this last March when we originally planned to marry this March and now actually PLANNING it allll and realizing this, I screwed up!! MAYBE I can just do hair and MU here at my apt and then just do the dress thingy there and roll over the time?? Just hire my photog an extra hour or so.
Sounds like you're cutting it kinda short. We felt hurried for time and we had our venue almost 9 hours. We did our formal pictures before the ceremony, and actually were running super late so only had like 45 minutes to get all of those in. I'd reconsider getting extra time for your venue, as well as your photographer and cut costs somewhere else.
I'm only doing 4 hours. My reception is on a Sunday afternoon and there won't be dancing or anything, there's just a luncheon. But to hire her for more would be $300 an hour. As long as she gets us getting ready, the first look, the ceremony, family pics, and pics of the reception I don't care if they stay the whole time. I would rather have quality for 4 hours than something less for 6 or 8. If it's in your budget to add some time though, you should totally do it! You seem to really like this photog (and the price you're paying is a steal!) so maybe you should just add on an extra hour?
yeah I am thinking of just maybe switching... i can get 7 hours for 800 and a 2nd photog. Idk... he is a fashion wedding photog. and isnt traditional style.. i only put 100 down. So I am looking at other ones right now.... I feel like we rushed alot in the beginning from being so excited(well I did not FI).
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I have my phtog.booked and he was only $550 for 4 hours or 4.5 I dont remember off the top of my head. I have an hr and a half to get ready and dont care too much about those pics.. But maybe when I am getting my dress on and veil on... then ceremony(1/2 hr),after that(during cocktail hr) and then into the reception(3.5 hrs) ... is that gonna be enough time??? Like after all the important dances and some evening dancing and thats it I think....