How long did you hire your photographer for?

sunshine9779 · June 2012

We signed a contract for six hours with our photographer and her assistant. We have the option to upgrade to 8 hours for $200 more, but I'm not sure if we will need her that long.

Here's a brief day-of timeline:
6am -Getting ready at my parent's cottage which is 1/2 an hour away from ceremony site. (not that the photographer will be there that early)
11am -ceremony
11:45 -WP photos
reception is 20 minutes away from ceremony
cocktails/appetizers
1pm -lunch served

It's at a private residence so we have the barn as long as we''d like. Thoughts?

meggles114 · June 2012

We have ours for 8 hours- 1 photog + an assistant

honeybear072012 · June 2012

What time are you planning on being done? Do you want the photographer there till the end? If you do I'd say go for the 8 hours.

My photographer is with us for as long as we want. She's coming to my parents house at 11am and going to see the groom before the ceremony as well, ceremony at 2pm, reception starting at 5pm ending at 10pm.

knjorgensen · June 2012

Mine's for 9 hours, that's her standard; her + 1 assistant

littlemoments324 · June 2012

She is ours for up to 10 hours...so we're having her from 12:30 to 9:30ish...we have an assistant from 3 to 7...

syddy88 · June 2012

Ours is unlimited. He will pretty much be with me from the time I leave my house in the morning until the time I leave the reception.

AllyG303 · June 2012

we have 2 for as long as we want them. We'll probably do the end of getting ready to the end of the reception

Melissa.hylton · June 2012

we did 8 hours no assistance. I didnt want any pictures of me getting ready. I think its just silly. I rather have pictures of the wedding and reception over me getting dressed.

MeaganR12 · June 2012

We have ours for 10 hours.

sunshine9779 · June 2012

Schatzi, that's a good idea. I will ask her what her standard timeline is and then tweak that. Thanks ladies!

dramaqueen91087 · June 2012

We have 8 hours, with no assistant. Thats his standard package. He also told me "I don't have anything else that day so if you go over a little its no big deal". Not that I plan on using him for much longer but its nice to know. He is a friend of a friend though so that may have something to do with it.

michelle11988 · June 2012

We have ours and his assistant for 8 hours. We will probably have him from 3:30ish to 11:30 when the reception ends or maybe a bit more at the beginning but the ceremony doesn't start until 5:30.

bridetobe71412 · June 2012

We have ours + assistant for 10 hours.

I think "getting ready" photos, photos before ceremony, etc. are very important - lots of emotional candid shots, detail shots (your shoes, your rings, programs, invitations, etc.) can get done during this time, rather than when she's trying to capture the ceremony and/or reception - so I insisted on it being longer than 8 hours, which is her standard time.

She's coming to our suite at the hotel at 1230 (where all the girls are getting hair and makeup) and then leaving at 1030, although she's very good friends with my planner, so I think she'll probably hang out for a bit longer if needed. (Our ceremony is at 3pm, our formal photos and couple photos will be post-ceremony from 4-6, and our reception is 6p-12a). Our "midnight snack" is at 11pm, so hopefully she'll be able to catch some of that being prepared in the kitchen.

So, what I mean to say is, yeah, I'd go for the 8 hours for an extra $200 - that's totally worth it.

KimC1983 · June 2012

We have ours and her second shooter for 10 hours.

We're starting with getting ready photos at 1 and the reception ends at 11.

She provided a FAQ post on how to make a fabulous wedding day timeline with a bunch of variables (first look-no, morning/afternoon/evening ceremony) and we just tweaked it from there.

ramisenh · June 2012

We have ours for all day. We originally were going to do her middle package (8 hours for two people but you have to pay for pictures through her) but decided to upgrade to the top package (only $250 more) because it includes all day coverage and all of the rights to the pictures. In the long run, I'm really happy that we are doing the all day coverage so that she can get all aspects of our day.

NerdsInLessThan3 · June 2012

We booked our photographer and her assistant for 6 hours. We're hoping it'll be enough, I may have to call and see how much it would be for an extra hour.

brandeeteer · June 2012

We have ours for the entire day and she made sure that we understood that means all day. She's more than happy to stay til midnight if the party goes that long. She said she won't leave unless we tell her to. This gives us plenty of time to squeeze in all the photos that we wanted to do.

Amanda1443994 · June 2012

We booked two photographers for 9 hours and I def. think it'll be worth it. I don't want them to miss anything, starting from getting ready during the day to the end of the reception.

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