Carly
- CARLY, 30, HAIR STYLIST
- PLAYA DEL CARMEN, MEXICO
- $$
- TROPICAL ELEGANCE
- SPRING
- BUDGET & LOCATION
ABOUT THEIR WEDDING​
Carly was our FIRST ever guest!
She and Will didn’t want to have a huge wedding, they wanted to “cut the fat”, so they had a destination wedding and invited their nearest and dearest. They had to have some big discussions regarding inviting kids and it was a hot topic for the two of them.
Carly & Will stayed on budget of $30,000, and chose Playa Del Carmen, Mexico for their destination location. Carly thinks doing a destination helped keep the costs down because everything is there and set, you aren’t bringing a ton of the little stuff that adds up!
Her favorite part of the wedding weekend was a catamaran trip the day after with all their friends & family where she and Will could finally relax.
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2 comments
I have been asked this so many times... does the wedding industry inflate prices when they hear it's a wedding?
Here is my honest answer (as a former wedding photographer)... NO. Did I charge more for a wedding than a 50th birthday party or a family portrait session? Yes, absolutely. I charged A LOT more for a wedding.
Was I taking advantage of the emotional sell? Absolutely not.
The main reasons I charged more for a wedding were: the unseen amount of work involved in the 12+ months leading up to the wedding, the skill level needed on the day, the INTENSE pressure to create perfect "portfolio level work" no matter what the reality of the situation- but mostly it is to compensate for the time AFTER the wedding in post production.
Little known fact about wedding photography - the real job is sitting at a computer editing photos. Photographers spend many hours behind the computer carefully selecting and editing photos. They make adjustments, crop, and adjust colors to ensure each image it's best. Don't forget the time it takes for batching, renaming, importing, exporting and uploading the photos and preparing them for delivery.
Do you think this justifies why photographers charge more for weddings than for other types of shoots?
Couldn’t agree more! And on the videography side its an absolute ton of data + editing discipline.
Its a double sided coin- weddings are extremely high pressure but also high reward when we nail it.
Our products (photo video) in particular are the only thing that genuinely will last forever . Having fun and ALSO nailing the product is worth the price of entry and frankly more.