Scott Bourne over at photofocus made a blog post on the subject titled, And You Call Yourself a Professional and really goes to town on the $500 budget wedding photographers and both raises some interesting ideas and creating a bit of a firestorm as well. While Scott covers a lot of ground here there’s another…
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Having live in Colorado almost my entire life I tend to take a few things for granted, the effect the altitude can have on people being one of them, and another being that Colorado is a wonderful spot for destination weddings. While the bulk of my wedding photography work is in and around Denver, with…
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[...] Having live in Colorado almost my entire life I tend to take a few things for granted, the effect the altitude can have on people being one of them, and another being that Colorado is a wonderful spot for destination weddings. While the bulk of my wedding photography work is in and around Denver, with places like Estes Park, Winter Park, Vail, Aspen, Steamboat Springs for example just hours outside of town there’s a lot of people coming into the state just for a family or friends wedding. Man Source: http://markhayesphotography.com/2009/08/27/tips-for-brides-high-altitude-sickness/ [...]
Great advice, especially for Brides that have chosen Colorado (or similarly high altitude areas) as wedding destinations. For locations you are unfamiliar with it is probably best to get the inside scoop on what to expect from a local, or another couple that has been married there. The last thing you want on your wedding day is altitude sickness!
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Nice…. Thanks for the tips.
It’s with great pleasure that I share with you two new listing on the professional associations page. This month I’ve been accepted into two international membership organizations dedicated to wedding photojournalism. The Wedding Photojournalist Association, or WPJA, and their sister organization the Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalist Association or [AG]WPJA. Of course if…
This weekend is a dear friends wedding and last night my wife and I attended their rehearsal dinner, less the rehearsal. It was great meeting all the other people they’ve brought into town of course the hilight was hanging out with Deborah again. While we didn’t turn it into much of a photo event…
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one word, WOW!
I’ve finally been able to update the gallery site over at www.mhp-studio.com to include some recent weddings and restructure it a bit. First of all I’ve broken the “Anytime Sessions” galleries out from the weddings. Then the wedding galleries received a new breakdown: The People – Posed shots of couple, family, and bridal party. …
by Mark Hayes - Denver Wedding Photographer
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ROTFLMAO!!
Some of you folks are TO FUNNY!!
“…the bride risks loosing their $500 entirely…..”
Lets face it: people who are planning on spending $10,000.00 and up on a wedding/reception ought to be planning on spending $2000.00 and up on a photographer. After a day, week, month and years go by all you’ll have left of the $10K+ day is your memories and photos. By all means spend %20 of your budget on photography!
But George what about those who are budgeting LESS THAN $10K for their wedding/reception? They should also consider spending %20 of their budget on photography!!
The reality here is that not everyone wants/needs/desires a $750 photo album, full day coverage or ‘works of art’ when it comes to their wedding photos!
The folks who invite 10 friends to a BBQ/Potluck wedding/reception in their apartment/back yard are NOT in the market for a $2000.00+ wedding photographer.
While most full time professionals NEED to charge what they do to cover the costs of their store front/studio and provide the sole sourse of income for their family, thankfully the FTP is NOT the only option available.
Besides resorting to using your guests cell phones, disposable cameras or rental cameras, there are many photographers who can provide the services you need at price points you can afford.
George.
I say that while most people who have weddings with budgets well below $10,000 don’t opt to spend most of it on the photography I do several weddings each year where I’m sure my fee is not the 20-30% average of the budget but more likely 80-90% of the budget. My smallest wedding to date was 7 people – I was the only witness that wasn’t part of the immediate wedding party (which was all family).
Even for those who opt to only invest $500 to $750 into their photography choosing a person who owns a camera and will only charge that much is a poor choice. Better to go out and buy a entry level dSLR with a kit lens and have a family member who loves photos run around and fill up the memory cards. You’ll still have basic photos – but then you also have a nice camera as well.
Mark.