The DJ Firm was founded in 2014 by Carlington Young and Eric Sampson.Their mission was to create an entertainment company that would provide the best DJ’s, combined with the best service and talent, across the Chicagoland area. No matter the platform, The DJ Firm experience would be better than the rest.
Still holding true to that mission today. The DJ Firm is placing only the best Chicago DJ’s and making weddings, corporate parties, nightlife and production events special in their own way.
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The DJ Firm was founded in 2014 by Carlington Young and Eric Sampson.
Their mission was to create an entertainment company that would provide the best DJ’s, combined with the best service and talent, across the Chicagoland area. No matter the platform, The DJ Firm experience would be better than the rest.
Still holding true to that mission today. The DJ Firm is placing only the best Chicago DJ’s and making weddings, corporate parties, nightlife and production events special in their own way.
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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.