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We paid the full balance before the wedding but we had already had good experience with him getting the pictures to us on time for our engagement shoot. Did you pay with a credit card? Because if so, you could dispute the charges now to see if you can get it back. I would also consider calling the BBB to see if they can help you with the situation.
The contract says we were required to pay 4 weeks before the wedding, so that's that. My photographer has very strict rules, though, imo. Does your contract say when the pictures would be ready after the wedding?
Ours gave us a very fair payment plan. We are paying in increments until our wedding, with our last payment due one month after the wedding. We're planning on paying in full before our wedding date though.
I'm not getting married yet but my brother's SO is a photographer, she's taken pictures of me before(i model) and I'm pretty sure she'd do my wedding as a gift( is shouldnt assume things though) but if that's the case i'd be really lucky!
our contract says we have to pay before the wedding, which i think makes sense. they are giving us a service and i'm sure for some people, they wouldn't pay if they already have the pictures. this way he wont have to worry about that.
We gave $500 as a retainer fee. The balance was due the day of the wedding. I looked over the contract w/ a fine comb. I specifically requested that contract states that the photographer will provide proof of insurance 1 year before the wedding date (our banquet hall required it), photo proofs and online ordering within 3 months after the wedding date, and will deliver the wedding album within 12 months after the wedding date. (I have friends who’ve been married 3 years and still don’t have their wedding album.) He was recommended to me by a friend who used him as her wedding photographer. I looked at his work online and in person. I also asked for his previous client’s contact info and contacted them for feedback on his work before we handed over the signed contract and retainer fee. Hope that helps.
I can't exactly remember, but I think we sent her a check a week before the wedding, per our contract.
Do you have another way to contact your photographer, other than email? Can you visit her in person or call to try to check on why your photos are taking so long?
Our contract has 3 payments - a deposit when we booked, a deposit 2 weeks before the date, and the final payment due 2 weeks after (or when I decide I want the pictures). I probably would've been hesitant to pay in full before the event; no actual services are rendered yet and that can create an iffy situation.
I'd call, it's too easy for people to ignore emails.
Our photographer (a friend to both my MOH sister and I) said he wants to be paid the day before or the day of the wedding. My sister thinks he is actually saying that because he plansto gift my FI and I the photography and editing as his wedding gift to us! Not sure if its true, and I'd be more then happy to pay him as he's an amazing photographer, but if its true- Sweeeeeet.
We require a retainer and full payment at least 2 weeks before the wedding. We would NEVER take payment on the wedding day-that is such an awkward situation, and who wants to pay bills on their wedding day? The only situation where we have accepted payment after the wedding was when our clients were unable to pay before-and we held the photos/did not work on them until the balance was paid in full.
We have three payment points in our contract - retainer, the majority of the $ two weeks before the wedding, and the final chunk before delivery of the photographs (which she says will be 2-3 months after the wedding). I'm much more comfortable with this than paying in full before the wedding.
Our photographer required a small "save-the-date" down payment and the rest of it on the wedding day.
Our total is $1400 and we gave him $300, paying $800 within the next 5 months, then $300 when we pick up the pics! FI doesnt want to pay him off until we actually receive our pics and its decent. What if the pics are horrible, you never know! We are not letting any photographer steal our money
I paid in three installments before the wedding... probably over a six month period.
Deposit when we signed and then rest within 10 days after the wedding.
Deposit was due when we signed the contract and the rest is 3 due 3 weeks before the wedding.
Mine is in 3 payments, but it will all be paid before the day!
i'm not married yet, but our photographer (just took e pics today) takes money after we receive the book=)
We paid 1/2 to secure the date ($500) and have it written in our contract to pay $500 when we receive our pictures.
haha all of the above! w e made a deposit, then paid them a little every month, more when we had it. then we will pay the rest eventually! The payment flexability was a huge factor in hiring our photographers- and we picked a much bigger package than we otherwise would have gone with!
Most photographers require payment before the day.
I do. But then again I would NEVER let anyone wait more then a month for their photos. This is our job so if we are slack in post processing then we are bad at our jobs.
We are paying for our pictures in 3 installments (retainer, once at the engagement shoot and the balance is due 10 days prior to the wedding). I think it depends on the photog, but ours gave us our engagement shoot pics the next day (we had two shoots and this happened both times) so we trust her. We really need to pay her before as 1) she's traveling from out of town so we need to cover her expenses and 2) I really don't want to deal with any money stuff at the wedding.
If you're uncomfortable, perhaps you should use a credit card. (That way you have someone to complain to if something goes wrong)
We paid $1,400 deposit three months before the wedding and we will pay the rest after the wedding..
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I know that most people gave a deposit to their photographer but I'm wondering when the full balance was paid.
I'm a little frustrated with our photographer at the moment b/c she hasn't posted the pictures from our wedding (which was almost 4 months ago!!!) but she has posted pictures from more recent weddings on her site. I've e-mailed her but she isn't responding and so now I'm wondering if I was stupid to pay in full on the day of the wedding.