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I got over a thousand images back from my wedding BUT we had two photographers for about nine hours and we had a ton of reception details. Honestly if they are just covering the ceremony then 200 would be plenty and the price seems about right to me unless they are not very good.
I don't know how many photos were taken at our wedding, I can only tell you what I received. For 7 hours of time, we received ~760 photos. We had 68 guests at the wedding. If you receive 200 really excellent photos, that's not such a bad thing, it all kinda hinges on the quality of the photographer.
Try looking around a bit to see if you can find a photographer with packages that better fit what you'd like.
Hmm... that's a tough one. Our photographer sent us over 1000 photos, edited. I have 350 as favorites (but they're all awesome, I just needed to make it more managable for albums and stuff). We asked about the other photos taken, and I guess the ones that weren't deleted totaled 25 gigabytes... and they're sending them all to us, because we asked.
We had 60 guests and a five hour package.
I would definitely want at least the 200 photos because, as you said, you can't get this day back. That said, that is pretty pricey for just 200 photos, in my opinion.
That is a bit rediculous. We only got about 300 from ours and I thought that was crazy low!
4,000 photos...and we got every single one of them on a disc.
i would be very concerned with that few photos... a lot of moments will be missed IMHO.
I have a single photographer but she said she averages about 100 pictures an hour
I got over 1000 images, but I had two photographers for 10 hours plus a bridal shoot... I went overboard on my photos!!
But out of all those photos, I could probably narrow it down to 100 of my favorites. 25 prewedding, 25 ceremony, 35 reception, 15 day after shoot
Photography was one of our biggest splurges. We paid around $3000 for 7 hours and 2 photographers with about 150 guests. We ended up with 730 edited hi-res photos on a disc which we have the print rights to so we can print as many as we like and create our own albums. I can only estimate that well over 1000 photos were taken, but the 700 we got were so amazing and captured pretty much every moment.
@Ms Hedgehog: Were you satisfied with that amount looking back??
Bees, thank you so much for your advice and help on this. I'm soooo worried about it but am feeling better about it by the minute. I'm thinking a solution may be to do a "first look" photo session with a different photographer before the ceremony... What do you bees think about that?
Also, I forgot to mention, there are only 12 guests thus far. I don't imagine it will be greater than 15 in the end. And we aren't doing a formal reception, we are just doing a dinner at a restaurant and my FSIL will probably be taking the pictures there. I'm really not all that worried about the "reception," anyway.. I just want a TON of pictures on that beach!!!
Oh okay well if you just want beach pictures, 30 would be okay. I feel like that's a normaly amount for a bridal shoot or engagement shoot. My day after shoot lasted 2 hours and of those, about 15-20 will make it to my album and they're INCREDIBLE photos. I wouldn't even want any more than that from just a shoot with DH and I.
We got 2500 photos from 10 hours of time and two photographers. Not sure how many they actually took though.
How many hours are you having them shoot for? Most brides have 6-9 hours, which is why there are so many photos, and why the cost is so much higher than what you are paying. It's hard to judge your package without that info.
There's no poll option for between 400-500 but that's what our contract states I think. Yep, just checked, 450. We have her booked for 8 hours (2 shooters) but might upgrade to 10 hours which will include an extra 100 pics.
I don't know how many were actually taken (because the photographers cull some of the images) but we got around 700 digital files from 2 shooters for ~8 ish hours of photography.
@Juliepants: Thank you for pointing that out. Fixed it =)
@PinkMagnolia: Okay, that is making me feel better too. It's like, how many pictures can we REALLY have of the two of us? But then again, I do really want a lot with my BM's and stuff.
@crayfish: It's not based on hours, it's just total # of photos, however long it takes. It's really atypical!! and frustrating because of that.
We recieved about 250 pictures back (although I'm sure she took more), from a single photographer.
I am very happy with the amount we recieved, because really, what are you going to do with 2.000 photos? I would rather have 100 REALLY high quality pictures, than 2,000 that were all "just okay"
@shambley: Yeah, I can agree with that! I just don't know the quality of work this guy does. I've seen the girl's work and love it, but not his work...
We are getting ~500 edited photos from 9 hours with two shooters. I honestly wouldn't want to have to go through many more than that!
We got about 350 pictures and I have no idea how many he actually took. I would have liked to get more but it is what it is and we're thrilled with what we got.
We got about 300 pictures on a disc, all edited and beautifully shot. We had two photographers so I am sure there were a lot more photos but I am perfectly happy with the ones we got. We had about 150 guests at our wedding and there are only a couple of minor things that I would like to have photos of but don't (we had requested table shots so we could get all the guests but some of the table shots didn't happen - not a huge deal).
I wouldn't have minded getting more photos, even if they were unedited, but I am pretty happy with what we have.
We got 129 edited photos on a disk. However, we had the photographer for only three hours (the end of getting ready, the ceremony, and formals afterward). The photographer's rates were very low and the photographs themselves were awesome, so we were quite content.
Industry standard (averages) vary from about 40 to 70 images per hour per photographer. However, I always tell people to focus on quality vs quantity. But....you do want enough to tell the story of your day and capture all the important moments. I think the key here is that you are paying under 1,000 dollars, in that price range, you can't really expect industry averages.
EDIT...I just read that you will only have 212 guests, I think that is more than enough images to capture everything (300ish).
Thank you all for your advice.... So do you guys think the upgrade to 200 photos is worth the $350?
Our photographer took about 2000 photos over the course of 12 hours. We had agreed to have something along the lines of 300 fully edited pictures but I get the feeling I might end up with a bunch more cause there are so many shots!!
About how many hours is your wedding & reception?
What is the quality of the photos? 200 amazing "magazine quality" photos is MUCH better many more "okay" quality photos (IMO).
Do you get a disc with the photos and print release too? Or just prints?
To go from 30 photos to 200 photos for a difference of $350, I'd definately go for it. The first 30 photos are $23 each (your $700 price) & the next 170 photos are $2 each ($350 price). Honestly, I'm sure if you upgraded to the middle package (get 50 out of 200), you're NOT going to have an easy time picking the 50 that you keep & the 150 that you'll "throw away".
It sounds like photos are important to you. I think the upgrade is a great one for what you're getting. I would probably look around for other photographers, see if you can get any more money for photography & "downgrade" in another area. Do you have to go with this specific photo company?
@serabell: I would say my ceremony will be less than an hour and the dinner (at a restaurant) will be less than three. The photographer will only be there for the ceremony. Thank you for breaking that down for me!! That may be just the ammo I need to talk FH into it.
Update: I have posted an ad on Craigslist for a photographer that is just beginning to contact me and talk about doing a wedding. After an OVERWHELMING amount of responses, I have carefully narrowed it down to four incredibly talented people. There is one in particular who is a photography student and has been working as a photographer for a Maui event place for about a year and she just seems totally relaxed and comfortable and really fun to work with. Of the four people, three of them (including my number 1 runner) have offered to do it free in exchange for using us in their advertising (and of course a generous tip from us). So I have decided to do a "First Look" shoot with them to get about 200-400 maybe amazing, maybe mediocre shots to ease my worries and to give the new photographers some experience. If they turn out awful, I'm sure it'll be fun doing it and we aren't out any money, plus the person got some experience. =) In addition to that, we are going to upgrade to the total number of images taken in the smaller package on a CD. So that way, I feel like we will have our ceremony captured to the best of our ability for the best price possible. And for the reception/dinner, I will just rely on my guests and myself to capture moments =) I feel better. Thanks BEES!!!!!!!
I would be interested to hear from some of the brides who received say 300-500 pics. If you felt it was low, did you feel it was because there was actual missing coverage, or rather you just wanted a higher quantity? I ask because i've always wondered this, I generally deliver like 700-1000, but mostly because my clients expect it. I think in a perfect world I'd love to deliver 100 awesome exhibition level photos of the entire day, but it would never be well received by the market.
Your thoughts?
@khodos3: We are going to be in the 0 - 200 range, so I'm not sure how well my answer fits with the group you are looking to poll, but here it is anyway. I'd be happier with 100 exhibition level photos than having to sort though 1000 general quality photos to find the ones I want, with one caveat - I would want coverage of everything. So, for example, if you just never got a great shot of my grandmother, I still want at least one photo of her - it doesn't have to be exhibition quality. The same would apply to events where you never got a great shot - the bouquet toss or whatever. So 100 great photos and, say 25 fillers would be awesome in my book, but you as the photographer would have to spend time looking through the fillers to see who is missing. You might be better off at that point handing a client all the photos and letting them do the work. My 2¢. :)
I had one photographer for 8 hours and ended up with 600-700 edited photos to choose from. I could tell he omitted any bad images because I remember him taking a lot more pictures of certain moments than what we ended up getting files of.
@khodos3: I will be better able to give you feedback when I have my wedding, but my initial reaction is very similar to Jinxstar. If I KNEW the quality of work from the photographers from this company was exhibition quality, which I doubt based off of the service I've gotten so far, I'd be very happy with fewer photos. So I'm not taking chances on missing a bunch of great photos by increasing the number of shots taken =)
@moderndaisy: Thanks for your feedback!!
We had two photogs. My contract stated that we would get between 200-300 edited photos, which was generous for the price they gave me, but I ended up getting somwhere around 700 edited photos on 2 discs. I would have been happy either way, but I was certainly pleased about getting more!
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Hi bees. I am really worried... I have always been a "picture taker" at all of the events. I have over 7,000 photos of friends and scenary over the last few years. I really like a lot of pictures. The company that we are going through for our small Maui wedding offers a package of thirty digital pictures that we pick from 70-100 photos taken included in the price of the total package ($700).
We can upgrade to the bigger package (pick 50 from 200 photos taken) for $100.
Or, we can upgrade to 200 photos taken and get them all for $350.
I'm really stressed out because I want the 200 photos but that just doesn't seem like very many photos for that price...I mean this is my wedding, I will never be able to recreate this moment in time....and we are on a budget. =( How many pictures did you have taken? And how many people were at your wedding? And any advice???
ETA: Were you satisfied with that amount or do you wish there was more?