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lmstroh
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great photographers at reasonable price?
we have been scouting around for photographers for our wedding in cambridge next september, but are astounded at the prices! anyone have any great experiences with any photographers for their wedding? we are looking for someone that has an artistic eye that can do great poses, lighting, etc. if we just wanted digital pictures of everything, we would hire a friend. we dont want to compromise on quality, but dont want to spend 5,000 dollars either. thanks!
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Re: great photographers at reasonable price?
www.michaelbrookphotography.com
Melissa Robotti
Kevin Jacobus
Berry Photography
Lisa Rigby
k. Photographie
Also, if you search for "photographer" or "photography" in the search box below, you'll get a ton of old posts you can go through.
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Check out John LoConte. He's reasonably priced, professional, and amazing to work with! I love his photos and he has great reviews from knotties and on wedding wire. He'll be photographing my wedding next weekend.
Site: www.johnlophoto.com
Blog: http://www.johnlophoto.blogspot.com/
PP have suggested some other great photographers too. Good luck!
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David Bibeault. We have only used him for engagement photos so far but I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him to anyone. He's amazing, his prices are great and his pictures are fabulous! Love, love, love him!
If you research, you can definitely find some great deals. Don't get sucked in by the "you have to spend thousands for a good photographer" mentality. You don't!
But, I hope you have a good experience. Please let us know when you receive your photos!
lmstroh, we used Melissa Robotti and highly recommend her. I'd also look into Lisa Rigby, Rachel Kate, Joshua Behan, Leah Haydock, and also go through past photography threads. There are so ,so many photographers out there, you'll find the perfect one for you.
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You should check out Kevin Trimmer, Mandy Mayberry and Sweet Jane Photography. They are under 2500 and include full day coverage and than some.
Also check out Visual-Obsession.
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[QUOTE]Angrytomato, I'm glad you found a deal, but a great photographer is worth their weight in gold. I don't know how someone can charge so little to photograph a wedding and turn a profit. Photographers don't charge thousands of dollars to be a pain, they charge it because they put anywhere from 20-40 hours into a wedding (not just the hours shooting), plus equipment and software upgrades to stay current, plus they have to pay taxes, possibly pay rent for a studio, travel fees and business expenses, if they have an assistant or second photographer, website maintanance, membership to online galleries...And that's without even considering the value of your wedding photographs. These aren't your everyday Facebook snapshots. But, I hope you have a good experience. Please let us know when you receive your photos!
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We got a husband and wife team that are just starting out their business, and wanted to market themselves.While my ad did say I wanted a professional, I was just fine with a freelance photographer also :) No storefront overhead, large staff, or other expenses of that natures cuts costs down as well.
FI is a photographer, so he told them he doesn't need them to do all the extensive photoshopping and editing - he would take care of that himself. He said he only wanted basic cropping and color correction. That knocked the price down too I'm sure. :)
Their website is in FI's email, if I can get him to forward it to me I will post it here for anyone interested :D
http://www.metzgerstudios.com
If you're looking to spend less, a friend of mine just started doing weddings (has had 2 or 3 as 1st photographer this fall) and she does a great job. I don't know if she's added the wedding pics to her website yet, but I'm sure she'd send you links if you asked. Here's her website:
http://kellyswieckphotography.com/
We're married!
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[QUOTE]That's a good deal then! I got worried because I have seen some really low quality togs advertise on Craigslist, and people start going for low cost over quality and then are disappointed down the road. But if you have control over post-processing, I guess that's good for you. Make sure it's in your contract that that is allowed!
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Oh yes, they are making two sets of discs for us (one unedited and one with light editing) and including every raw image. It worked out well for us! :D
And yeah, you are right about low quality! Some of the portfolios looked really tacky. I was glad to have FI's eye to pick one out.
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[QUOTE]^ Wow I never heard of photographers giving the right to edit their work to another photographer not associated with them. Does the photographers retain the copy right of the raw images than?
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Weeeellll it's not that we are taking our photos to another photographer and paying him to edit them. We are editing them ourselves.
Yes, the photographer retains copyrights of the raw images.
Our contract states that once they are paid, we are granted limited copyright ownership of the negatives. Meaning we can edit, reproduce, and distribute to friends and relatives. If we or our relatives wish to sell our photos for profit, we have to get written consent from the photographer.
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