Photographer for Wedding

hcnyla

Hi

I have a question to ask. I am looking for a photographer, not necessarily a professional for approx. 1 hour at a wedding. All I want is for someone to take approx 20 pics and stick them on a CD for me. A few in church and a few across the road afterwards. I'll look after the printing etc myself.

I don't want the "whole" wedding package that apparently costs €2k or something like that?? Anyway, do you think anyone would do this for me, if they weren't booked that day of course!! What would I expect to pay for this, seeing as it's only an hours work.

We were going to get a member of family to do it originally but feel this would be better as the family member would be in a lot of the shots as it's a very small wedding.

What do you think? I would give the photographer the list of photos I wanted taken as well.

Anyone here interested in doing this by the way then PM me. It's in Dublin city centre and I'll PM you the date and see if you are available.

Any info or input would be greatly appreciated.

bren2002

Bear in mind it's not really an hours work. While I'd be interested (in principal) the person who does this should visit you at least once before the wedding to get details of who is in the family and who isn't. Who you want in the shots more than others.
In my experience the Mothers are never happy with the photos because someone is always missing from the individual shots or hidden in a group one. They only see what's missing not what's there.

Do you want B&W or colour.

There are a lot of variables that you need to consider.

Add travel time to and from and a charge for equipment and resources.

Time on site would work out as;
30-45mins prior. Shots of Groom & Best Man etc.
1 hour ceremony
1 hour post ceremony

hcnyla

Thanks for the feedback Bren2002.

However we really ony need a "few" shots. We're not really interested in th build up etc. just a few money shots in the church and after outside. To be honest, keeping the cost down is probably the major issue here as well.

What kind of money do you think we would be charged for this, in your experience and are you interested?

eas

hi there, congratulations.

I think what Bren is saying is that you're over simplifying things. Regardless of how many shots you want, the photographer will still need to put in a bit of time. I figure for what your asking there is 5-8 hours worth of work, maybe 10. A professional rate for a photographer can start at 50hour and go up from there.

Anyhow, not saying you wont get an offer from someone to do it for cheap(or even free), but just remember the saying "you get what you pay for" is true more times than not.

sheesh

Don't forget post processing !!

Roen

bren2002 wrote: »

Bear in mind it's not really an hours work. While I'd be interested (in principal) the person who does this should visit you at least once before the wedding to get details of who is in the family and who isn't. Who you want in the shots more than others.
In my experience the Mothers are never happy with the photos because someone is always missing from the individual shots or hidden in a group one. They only see what's missing not what's there.

Do you want B&W or colour.

There are a lot of variables that you need to consider.

Add travel time to and from and a charge for equipment and resources.

Time on site would work out as;
30-45mins prior. Shots of Groom & Best Man etc.
1 hour ceremony
1 hour post ceremony

Hi Bren,

I agree with 99% of what you said but I was just wondering about the charge for equipment and resources. Could you clarify?

WeekOldPencil

I'll do that.
Where are you based?

RoryW

what if he doesnt turn up....

mikeanywhere

WeekOldPencil wrote: »

Where are you based?

Please let people know this as it will help so much.

City-Exile

WeekOldPencil wrote: »

I'll do that.
Where are you based?

He already said the wedding is in Dublin City Centre.

Bren, you've made important points. Most people think it's just a matter of turning up with a camera.
There would certainly need to be some discussion, to agree what is expected. On top of that, he expects to take the images, allowing for unlimited prints. That's essentially buying the rights to the images. In theory, that would make things even more expensive.

mikeanywhere

City-Exile wrote: »

He already said the wedding is in Dublin City Centre.

Sorry, my bad!!

hcnyla

Thanks for the advice. I'm a novice at this so I didn't know what was really involved. I didn't know that I couldn't really take the images either!

Anyway, I've gotten a few PM's so I'll get back to ye all.

The wedding is in Dublin CIty Centre in September. I'll PM full details if you want them.

bren2002

What I meant by charge for equipment and resources is that I've spent X thousands on my equipment and anyone considering doing this has to factor in a charge for your use (effectively) of my equipment.

bren2002

City-Exile wrote: »

He already said the wedding is in Dublin City Centre.

Bren, you've made important points. Most people think it's just a matter of turning up with a camera.
There would certainly need to be some discussion, to agree what is expected. On top of that, he expects to take the images, allowing for unlimited prints. That's essentially buying the rights to the images. In theory, that would make things even more expensive.

Yup, handing over copyright has to also be factored.

Roen

Cheers Bren

mikeanywhere

bren2002 wrote: »

Yup, handing over copyright has to also be factored.

Copyright is never given to anyone even if you hand over a CD of images. Not unless they pay a small fortune for that right.

City-Exile

If you hand over the originals to someone, you have almost no control over what they do with them.