Why do we need Wedding Photography and why do they have Wedding Packages?

So from my own experience of being married over 20 years, I can say a wedding photographer is most definitely needed. Your wedding day will probably be the fastest day of your life (mine most certainly was!) and so much is happening. Consider your wedding photographer as your extra pair of eyes to capture your wedding details such as your wedding dress and shoes, flowers, table settings and placements. Your wedding photographer is there capturing every moment right through the day. Moments of emotion, elation, funny to the downright hilarious moments that will have everyone dying of laughter. They are simply there to record your day in the most beautiful way and produce the photographs that you will look back on, just like I do with my family even now.

Your wedding photographer is there to ensure that they capture every second of the day but not just that if your wedding photographer has got to know you then they will understand what makes you laugh or feel emotional. A lot of wedding photographers actually do class their customers and families as their friends as they do get to know them so well. Your wedding photographer will also know how your day is planned and will have an idea of your preparations so if something adhoc happens he/she will then be able to jump in and get those photographs fast.

Once the wedding is over they go back home absolutely exhausted. Probably the day after he/she will spend hours upon hours in fact I’m not kidding when I say days editing those wedding photos in front of their computer screens. As your wedding photographer should have got to know you personally then they will want to show the moments that will make you smile, to show you how everyone else sees you and will bring out the beauty and love that is within you. They will then leave the editing for a few days and go back to it for any final editing and to make sure it all looks good for you. Your wedding photographer will then provide you with an online photography gallery of high resolution photos (if you should wish to enlarge them then its a possibility) and maybe even a slide show. There maybe USB’s to send or a further wedding album to produce at a later date which your wedding photographer will arrange for you.

So how do we arrive at the wedding photography prices that we do? Why do we have wedding packages? I hope that I have demonstrated as above that it’s not just about the day. On top of the wedding day and getting to know you, we have travelled, we have trained for years as photographers, we pay for the right computers, computer editing suites, expensive camera equipment, lenses, lighting equipment, systems to transfer large files, insurances, accountants and yes the dreaded word tax! I’m pretty certain there is so much more that I haven’t thought about but this is just an overall breakdown as to why wedding photographers charge the costs they do.

So why the need for different wedding packages. Well some photographers don’t have packages and just say they wish to be paid for the entirety of the day. However, a lot of wedding photographers see that some people can’t afford the higher prices which is fine, so to record a part of the day is easily a better solution and we are then able to visually record what you feel is important about your day.

So, I hope that I have helped you to understand why it’s a good idea to have a photographer and the costs they incur. If you like my blogs and my style of photography and you would like further information about any of my packages or just to chat then click HERE and I will most definitely get back to you.