Budget for Wedding Pictures?

Question

What was your budget for your wedding pictures and what did you get?

Answer 1

$3100 for a great photographer, and I get an engagement session in casual clothes with my man on location in new orleans, a formal bridal session in new orleans in my dress where they have all these colorful walls. i get 7 hours on my wedding day, he will be at my moms house as i get my hair done, then with me to get ready at the site of my wedding, about 500-1000 pictures at the wedding and reception, then he is coming with us to the hotel we are staying at for the weekend to take pics in the lobby. i will get a dvd, a 200 4x6 album, a few of the huge pictures, and this thing called a flush album ( my fav) its like there are 50 10x10 pictures in this album with like 1/2" thick pages and the picture IS the page if that makes sense, you have to get them specially made. yay im excited!

Answer 2

I got married 14 years ago.  It was $1,500 for the photos and video.  It seems inexpensive now but it was a lot of money back then.  I can't even imagine what it would cost now.  If you can't afford a photographer then you should have a family member or friend take pictures and have someone else do a video.  The pictures I got from family and friends and the videos I got were as great as the professional photos and video.

Answer 3

I paid $1000.00 for the photographer and it came with 50 free pictures and one picture enlarged. It's better to go with a package deal otherwise they totally rip you off on selling single prints. I am soon going to be freelancing as a photographer and I'll defiantly create packages because I know it's stressful with all the extra little costs!!  

Answer 4

1800. display album with 160 photos. all pictures on cd. and 18x12 inch large one. if you search hard enough you can find a good quality photographer who still charges a good rate

Answer 5

My initial budget was $1,500.  I got a photographer for $900 that will put all photos onto CDs and I get to go wherever I want to print them - no proofs, no albums, nothing but CDs and a release to print them.  SO I split my budget into Photographer $900 and $500 for photo printing.