Michael & Robert
- MICHAEL, 37, HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE TEACHER & ROBERT, 36, MUSICIAN AND COO OF ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
- CHICAGO, IL
- $$$
- WHIMSICAL LUXE
- FALL
- FAMILY & EXPECTATIONS
ABOUT THEIR WEDDING​
Michael & Robert are two very creative people, so you can imagine, their wedding was filled with tons of personal touches and whimsy.
Being in the wedding industry, Robert, felt pressure to create an event that was exceptional and felt like “them”. They hired a planner and said it was the best decision they could have made.
Michael has divorced parents who don’t speak on a regular basis, so navigating that and making sure there was a plan before the big day was one of their biggest tasks.
They had to have some difficult but necessary conversations with family to make sure their day went as they wanted. Those conversations were worth it and they got the Chicago wedding they dreamed of.
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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.