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Mine stayed the whole time, but it was in the middle of the afternoon and from the time she showed up till when it was over was less than 6 hours, including getting ready time. If you want them to stay and take grand exit pictures or whatever it sounds like she would so I think it is up to you.
hmm.... it makes sense to me to not have her stay the whole the time, we are having an evening wedding and we are not having a grand exit, and we are taking all of our pics before the wedding and I would like pictures of us getting ready, I guess if they just left for the last hour or two of the wedding that would be okay. our wedding is at 4pm and it 6 hours long and we will probably need her for a min of 3 hours before the wedding starts, and I guess the last hour is just dancing
My photographer and his second shooter are both staying through the entire ceremony. During the reception they will both stay until after the first dance. After that, I will have one until the end of the whole night.
I've done some wedding photography and honestly past the important dances, unless you have other things going on later in the night I usually get a bunch of dancing and take off! Most of the time there is enough time before dinner/ after dinner and the begining of the dance to get a good amount of mingling and such. Unless your wedding is huge or you have a lot going on I feel like the dancing/ mingling pics just get repeditive.
I think it would depend on whatever your contract states. We have our photogs booked for 8 hours but we have the option to extend the coverage to 10 hours if need be. They have said they won't just leave and we can play it by ear, but I didn't get the impression that it would be a freebie!
We booked for only 6 hours. And honestly, we'll be able to get all the important things during that time. We're also setting out tons of disposable cameras for the guests so we can have even more pictures.
My photographer suggested only booking them until about 30 minutes after the guests start dancing. As she said, after 30 minutes of dancing pictures, you are really only going to have another couple HOURS of the same shots. Not worth the cash.
I think our photographers left after the first hour of dancing. DEfinately agree that while some of the dancing ones are really fun, it would get repetitive.
Mine was there the whole time, but we didn't get a lot of pictures from after the dancing.
I'm confused if you're saying that she is wanting to leave before the 8 hours you paid for, or your concerned that she'll be leaving before the wedding is over but after she's put in her 8 hours. If she's leaving before her allotted time I'd be annoyed. We never leave before our allotted time.
We have seen a trend where people are hiring us for shorter time periods, probably due to the economy, and we always suggest placing importance on the beginning rather than the end of the wedding.
Here's something to consider: once all of the formalities are over and the dance floor is open, unless you have a fancy exit planned most of the time all there is to photograph is dancing. Dancing can be a lot of fun to photograph, especially with a fun crowd. But how many dancing shots do you really need?
If you're paying for 8 hours, they should stay for 8 hours.
My photographers said they basically take photo's when the dancing starts, which is usually towars the end anyway and then they're off. So I'm having them come at 3 and working 7 hours.
No, but we knew we had paid her for only a certain number of hours. She still stayed beyond the point which we had paid her, and before she left she came up and checked to make sure there weren't any pictures we were missing.
Ours is 8 hours, allotted how we'd like. So we're starting at 12:30 with getting ready shots and ending at 8:30 after a half hour of dance photos.
If your photog is saying that she'd want to bail when the dance started, even if you had time left, then that's lame. But if she's simply telling you that most people don't pay for the extra time to get more dance pics or allot most of their time to the dance, then I see her point. You could always have her come right before the ceremony and stay through (like 4-midnight, for example), but really, after so long, dance pics get repetative and your guests are likely to snap anything extra awesome that happens later in the night.
We had ours only for photos before the wedding, the ceremony, and the first two hours of the reception. I think that was plenty, and it worked out just fine. I don't think any of our guests were sad that someone wasn't taking their picture after a few hours of sweaty, tipsy dancing.
In summary, I'm not cheap, just a good host. ;)
Your photographer should stay through the entire contracted time. The contracted time should cover what ever time frame you want it to cover to get the photographs that you are seeking from your day.
It's typical for them to leave after the big events are over, and typically this is shortly after the cake cutting or dessert hour.
As a photographer, I used to do unlimited and stay through the end of the reception. It was not needed at all, so now I do 9 hours, with up to three of those being at the reception (cocktail hour plus two hours of the reception). I highly recommend "front-loaded" coverage.
At the reception, you come in, do your first dance, have toasts, blessings, and dinner. Then after dinner, it's parent dances, cake cut, general dancing for a little, bouquet and garter, exit shot, and then I take off after checking to make sure you are covered. That usually takes 2 hours.
If you're having a send-off and want photos, I recommend earlier rather than later, since end of the night send-offs can sometimes have few tired guests left!
Mine was booked for 8 hours, which was not the entire wedding (they left around 9:30). If you book for a certain amount of hours, and they still leave earlier than that, that's not good, but if you can't afford/don't want to pay for extra time, definitely book strategically to cover the important stuff.
to be clear she she is not asking to leave before 8 hours, she was just suggesting to come earlier to get the getting ready shots, but then leave after a little bit of dancing after all the important stuff, but she WILL BE STAYING THE WHOLE 8 HOURS. Thanks all for the help!
My photog stayed for the alloted time we paid them, which ended up being until the last 20 mins. The dancing shots we got were AMAZING, so yes, that extra time was well worth the extra $$ for us. Half my album is cool shots of everyone having a fabulous time - love it!
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Did/are your photographers staying until the wedding is over? MY photographer just said they dont usualy stay the whole time, they stay for all the important things but once the night is just dancing they leave, I mean we have them for 8 hours and they wil be there for whatever times we want but she was saying this is what she normally does, is it the same for the rest of you?