Happy Wedding Wednesday!
Wedding photographer pricing can depend on many aspects including your wedding’s location (big cities tend to cost more than smaller towns), the type of collection and services you’re looking for, and the experience and expertise of the photographer.
Wedding photographer pricing in the United States tends to be in the area between $1150 to $3000, with the national average at $2000. While in Dallas-Fort Worth Area that wedding photography ranges from $1000 to $3000, with the DFW average at $2000.
Your overall wedding budget is roughly about 15-20% of your total combined income. Only about 12% of your overall wedding budget is usually comprised of your wedding photography.
Don’t want to pay an Arm and Leg! This is not a currency! No photographer wants your arm and leg as payment. We just want a fair wage that covers our time, talent, taxes, insurance, and income. So we can support our families.
EXAMPLE TIME!!!
Let’s reverse engineer –
$2000 is the average cost of Wedding Photography in DFW, that is 12% of roughly $17000 Total Wedding Budget, which calculates to $85,000 to $113,300 of Total Combined Income of the Soulmates.
Why does Wedding Photography COST SO MUCH?
Disclaimer: pricing can vary from photographer to photographer and can significantly affect wedding photography pricing.
TIME
Stephanie April Photography, LLC pricing typically includes between one hour, for an elopement, to twelve hours of coverage. Additional hours can be added before your wedding day, at a discount, while hours added on your wedding day, will be full price.
TRAVEL
For all local weddings and elopements in the DFW area, pricing is covered. All destination weddings will have airfare and accommodations added to the collection price.
SECOND SHOOTERS/STAFF
Our top collection includes a second shooter. If your venue has low lighting, an assistant will be added to your collection price.
EDITING
After your wedding day is over, after the last dance, after the Grand Exit, most of our time is spenting editing and retouching your beautiful wedding photos, so they are absolutely fantastic.
IMAGES
Digital images are available to all SAP Soulmates via an online gallery. We do offer prints, albums, and a USB drive. Plus we highly recommend to our soulmates to get actual prints of their wedding images. Digital images can’t be hung on the wall. Plus check out our blog post about the life spans of digital photos. All of our products last for generations to come.
PRINT RELEASE
All our collections come with a Print Release, which means that our soulmates can use their photos for their own personal use. However, don’t be confused with full “Copyright Release,” the photographer holds the copyright. What does that mean? Copyright Release doesn’t allow the customer to sell their images, own their images, plus the photographer can use your images for marketing purposes. Stephanie April Photography, LLC., does offer a limited marketing release.
PRINTS
All our collections come with prints or a print credit – money you can put towards purchased prints. While you don’t have to buy your beautiful images thru us, but we highly recommend to print thru us.
ALBUMS
Just like prints, albums are included in all of our collections. We will design your album, and once approved, your album will be made thru our professional print lab.
ADDITIONAL SHOOTS
All our collections come with an engagement shoot; this is a great pre-wedding shoot to meet and make sure that we mesh. Our top collection includes a bridal portrait session. We also offer, at additional cost, Trash the Dress, Rehearsal Dinner Coverage, We Still Do, or Proposal.
When should engaged couples hire a wedding photographer?
The wedding photographer is usually among the first vendors, our soulmates book after they secure their venue and set a date. Typically, couples start their wedding photography search about eleven months before their big day.
Stephanie April Photography, LLC, wedding photography style is dramatic and bold. Check out our blog about our photography styles.
“Stephanie April Photography, LLC is very transparent and vulnerable with all my clients, after all, how can I expect to capture raw emotions, if we don’t mesh?”
If you like our images we’ve {capture} at previous weddings and engagement sessions, we completely want you to reach out to us even if it’s just to ask some questions.
Stephanie April Photography is a DFW Wedding Fine Art Photographer that believes in {capture} Raw Emotions between Soulmates! Are you recently engaged? Congratulations! If you are looking for a bold and moody engagement + wedding photographer for your upcoming wedding, inquiry today!
