How much to pay for a photographer and videoagrapher?

Re: How much to pay for a photographer and videoagrapher?

• atomicphoto member

  

  November 2012

  This completely varies from area to area and also depends on what level of quality you are seeking. For a legally legitimate professional photographer expect to pay anywhere from $2000 to $10,000. Since you are in a major city, I would expect it to be on the higher end..... but I'll let people from your area chime in on that one.

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• [Deleted User]

  

  November 2012 edited November 2012

  well, this really depends. you can go anywhere from 1,000-10k for a photographer depending on reputation, quality, style, overhead...you just have to know where to look. you should also know exactly what you are looking for. do you want albums? books? prints? etc.

  
  

  as far as videography goes. i have seen some videographers offer packages for 750 all the way up to 6,000 or more. the lower amount is just a single individual documenting the day usually. the more expensive ones are doing a cinematography style of video and usually shoot digital slr.

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• fallbride1109 member

  

  November 2012

  You might try the local board for your area to see what the going rate is there.  For photography, the pricing will reflect whether it is someone just starting out (around $1k or below) to mid range ($1500-$2500), to higher end ($3K and up).  I went with a high end photographer in 2009 and spent $4K.  If you're looking for an hourly rate, probably $300/hr (or $2400 for just an 8-hr wedding) would be the average.

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• tonyadombrowski

  

  November 2012

  I Agree with above, check your local board and maybe someone can help and find someone who they reccommend. Some ppl do both photography and videography all in one. I have 2 seperate ppl, just to give you a rough estimate of mine, my photographer was 1350 and my videographer was 2500

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• LnL60810

  

  November 2012

  I had an epiphany with this (not too long ago). To make a long story short my sister is in high school and that made me think of the advanced photography class that her high school offers. I've seen some of their photography and its absolutely amazing. Call a local high school set up a few students, (I chose 3), and pay them something, we did twenty bucks, and then whomever takes the best pics and has the best initiative will get our wedding. The student that did ours yesterday is going to college for photo journalism and is going to use our pics for her portfolio. I hope this helps.

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