(Closed) What should I offer to pay my photographer?

posted 5 years ago in Photos/Videos
Post # 1
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4 posts
Wannabee
  • Wedding: park

I am having a pretty small, casual wedding in a few months. I have asked a friend (a former co-worker) to be my photographer and she agreed. When I worked with her in the past, I knew she was interested in photography, but she never got any training or experience. I will only use her for the short ceremony, some basic family shots, and part of the reception. We are not big photo people and don’t need/want tons of photos, and I know all of our friends and family will take many photosthroughout the day anyways. I’m thinking I will ask her to be there for about 3 hours. We are getting together at the site in a few weeks to discuss everything. If she sets a price, I (or my fiance) am fine with bartering. But if she insists that we set a price, I don’t want it to be too low to insult her. Any thoughts?

Post # 2
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313 posts
Helper bee
  • Wedding: October 2014

 

Just three hours and she isn’t a trained professional, I would offer her $250 bucks for the digital files and photo release unedited. If she is going to be editing them and providing them to you with a photo release I would maybe offer her $400-450 or around there? Is there a large travel distance for her? Take that into account too… Just my thoughts!

Post # 3
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Buzzing bee
  • Wedding: May 2013

You’ll already know that you are taking a risk given her inexperience and lack of training so whatever you offer her has to reflect the likelihood of getting unpredictable and potentially poor results. I think $250 would be perfectly reasonable for 3 hours AND basic editing with all the pictures supplied as digital files. Obviously you’ll feed her and cover travel costs too. 

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