"What are my wedding package options?"

January 16, 2013 • Leave a Comment

"What types of wedding packages do photographers typically offer?"

The package(s) photographers offer vary greatly. Perhaps most common is a number of combinations of services and products that

varies from a base package including an abbreviated wedding coverage for a starting price. Sometimes, a disc of images is included, sometime it is available for an additional fee, as are supplementary sessions (Engagement, Bridal, Post-Bridal, Trash-the-Dress, etc) print bundles and of course a wide assortment of professionally designed and printed albums and other printed products. Sometimes, by booking a package that bundles more features, you can get a better overall price than if you picked items individually and customized a

package. Most often wedding albums will cost more if purchased "a la carte" after the wedding than if bundled with a package.

Another group of photographers hold to the ideal that "shoot & burn" is an unacceptable mistreatment of their art and craft and leaving it to the bride's volition and capability to preserve her memories in a tangible and long-lasting form is irresponsible to her and to themselves. These tend to shy away from offering a "base package" at which their services can be secured for a token fee and for the wedding day only. Their packages tend to be more expensive and always includes a credit towards an album, compelling the bride to follow through and have an album designed and produced, since she has already paid for one, or at least the bear's share of the cost of an upgraded album.

Photographers who adopt this idea may also have only a single package, which includes all-day wedding coverage, an engagement session and an album. The thinking there is that "If you're going to do this, do it right." Of course the limited flexibility in their pricing may get them crossed off the list of many brides looking to customize their package. Not being one of these photographers

myself, my speculation on the photographers reply would be "If you're not going to 'do it right' the way I think it should be done, then you and I are probably not a good fit as professional and client, and it's very important for me to work with people who are a good fit for the services I provide.”

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"What are my wedding package options?"

"What types of wedding packages do photographers typically offer?"

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