How much??!
Occasionally someone will ask me in person how much I charge. Usually at a wedding, or somebody I know. Pricing wise I consider myself mid range (maybe even on the low side as I include a second shooter too), but I can see the shock on their face each and every time! If you haven’t researched photography yet then why would you know how much it costs so I can’t blame them!
People often underestimate the cost of wedding photography, thinking it’s a days work. Even if you think it’s a day’s work and a week of editing. It’s so much more than that. It’s paying for all the necessary subscriptions, insurance, software, equipment, education, time spent shooting, culling, editing, admin, packaging (any wedding photographer will tell you they can’t have much of a personal life in the summer/autumn, but I wouldn’t change it for the world!). Basically we don’t get paid directly for most of the working week, so what you pay for your wedding photography has to pay our bills for everything and pay us a wage. You will always be able to get somebody cheaper, there will always be people starting out needing the experience who will only charge you £500 so it’s a good idea to think about your priorities and budget accordingly. We all have different priorities, I had a budget DIY wedding myself so we decided where our priorities were and spent decent chunks of money on photography, the band and booze for our guests. I made my own flowers (dried out dandelions!) so we didn’t have a florist (I hope there aren’t any florists reading this!) so that cost nothing and we didn’t have a wedding cake, so that saved us a few hundred quid.
Anyway, if you’ve researched photographers already hopefully you’ll have already got over the shock!
Here’s what I currently charge and what you get for your hard earned cash -
Remaining dates for 2023 - one simple package
Full day coverage
Two photographers on the day
Full set of images (600+) individually edited on USB
Online gallery with unlimited free downloads and option to purchase printed products/albums
30+ preview images within a few days of your wedding
Unlimited wedding chat - feel free to message me anytime
Travel anywhere in the UK (I’ll stay overnight the night before if it’s a trek - no extra cost to you)
2023 weddings - £1650 (includes two photographers)
2024 and beyond - please contact me for up to date pricing (it isn’t much more, I promise, but more location based)
Half day and smaller packages available on week days (all year round) and November - March (any day of the week or weekend)
Destination weddings
European off-peak (for weddings anywhere in Europe October-March)
Full day price plus £800 (includes travel and all expenses for two photographers)
European peak (for weddings anywhere in Europe April-September)
Full day price plus £1000 (includes travel and all expenses for two photographers)
Extras
Engagement session
Images of the two of you at a location of your choice
Digital images sent via download link (then added to your wedding USB after the wedding)
£300
Destination engagement session
Fancy a session abroad whilst you’re on holiday? I’ll come and join you for an evening to get some unforgettable images of you together
£400 plus travel
‘Til the end
Have me stay until the very end of the night to capture the whole party and shenanigans
£500
Two galleries - one colour, one black and white
I edit my galleries using a combination of colour and black and white edits. Typically you’d get roughly 85% of your gallery in colour and 15% black and white. This add on is for if you’d like the whole gallery in colour and also black and white (two galleries)
£450
Should you fancy an album or book you can now purchase these directly through your online gallery, rather than in advance of the wedding.