Wedding photography
Eight hours, from getting ready to the first dances, photographed by someone who has worked the venue before.
What’s included
- 600+ retouched photographs
- Eight hours of continuous coverage
- Pre-wedding venue walk-through and timeline planning
- Second photographer for ceremony and reception
- Private online gallery within 6 weeks
- Print release for personal use
Portfolio
Wedding photography portfolio
A selection of wedding photography shots to inspire your shoot.
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About this session
What eight hours actually covers
- $3,500
- 8 hours
- 600
- 6
Eight hours covers most single-venue weddings: the last hour of getting ready, the ceremony, portraits, cocktails, dinner and the first dances. Three things push a day past eight, and it is worth knowing which apply to you before choosing a package. A ceremony and reception more than thirty minutes apart. A first look before the ceremony. And the send-off, which is almost always the thing that turns an eight-hour wedding into a ten-hour one, because it happens at the end by definition.
The planning is where the photographs are actually decided. The venue is walked before the day so the light in each room at each hour is known rather than discovered, and a family-formals list is agreed by name — because nobody can improvise "grandmother side, minus the cousins" in a crowd of a hundred and fifty. Beyond that list, no shot list: a long sequence of saved images turns the day into a checklist and the photographs into somebody else’s wedding.
The getting-ready room is the most underestimated decision of the day. A suite with one large window and the overhead lights off produces the frames couples are most surprised by; a windowless hotel bathroom with fluorescent strip lighting produces the frames they quietly do not print. It costs nothing to ask which room has the window and to put the dress and the make-up chair next to it, and it is worth more to the first two hours of coverage than any equipment.
Six hundred or more retouched photographs within six weeks, with a preview set inside 72 hours so there is something to share while you are still away. Six weeks is honest for that volume in peak season; a photographer quoting two weeks in September is either not editing them or not shooting many weddings. A second photographer covers the ceremony and reception, which is what makes it possible to have both the aisle and the faces watching it. From $3,500.
Frequently asked questions about Wedding photography
How many hours of wedding coverage do we need?
Eight hours covers most single-venue weddings: the last hour of getting ready, the ceremony, portraits, cocktails, dinner and the first dances. Add hours if the ceremony and reception are more than 30 minutes apart, if there is a first look before the ceremony, or if you want the send-off — which is almost always the moment that pushes a wedding past eight.
When do we get our wedding photographs?
The full gallery within six weeks, and a preview set of 30 to 50 photographs within 72 hours so you have something to share while you are still away. Six weeks is honest for 600 edited images; a photographer quoting two weeks in peak season is either not editing them or not shooting many weddings.
Do you need a shot list?
A family-formals list, yes — names and groupings, because nobody can improvise "grandmother’s side, minus the cousins" in a crowd of 150. Beyond that, no. A long list of Pinterest frames turns the day into a checklist and the photographs into somebody else’s wedding.
What happens if it rains on our wedding day?
The covered option is established at the venue walk-through rather than decided on the day, including how it photographs at the hour of your ceremony and how long the room takes to reset. Light rain is worth photographing in rather than hiding from — saturated colour, umbrellas, nobody squinting — and those frames are frequently the ones couples choose.
Which room should we get ready in?
The one with the largest window, with the overhead lights switched off. It is the most underestimated decision of the day: a suite with real daylight produces the frames couples are most surprised by, and a windowless hotel bathroom with fluorescent strip lighting produces the ones they quietly do not print. It costs nothing to ask the venue which room has the window and to put the dress and the make-up chair beside it.