Day Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Quickly finding out that weddings are a rip off, be it cake, invitations, dresses, stick wedding before it and the cost quickly ramps up. The worst? Photographers, don’t get me wrong it’s a skill/talent, everyone can press a button on a camera but if you want great looking photos you need someone that knows their ISO from their megapixels and how to not let the light shine off your bald patch. Quotes however are coming in at around £2000-£2500 which quite simple is not happening. I could take my dog for a professional photoshoot in a studio which would be a right handful for a fraction of the cost. If anyone knows a photographer, that has an online portfolio of previous weddings and a little more reasonable price drop a link below. But I’m not paying two and a half flipping grand. No way Pedro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Welcome to the real world. Kids next, Why should you have all the fun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariotofmyown Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Wow that is expensive. Think we 'only' paid about 1k in 2006 and that was down south. Good to get more of an amateur/less experienced wedding photographer, who is actually really good at taking photos and might do something more interesting than your traditional one. Everyone might do this now but rather than a dj, we just hired sound and light equipment for couple of hundred quid and played our own playlist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 iPhone 11 Pro has an amazing camera I’m told. Great in hardly any daylight too. Ideal if you can’t afford to have the lights on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjam Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Pretty much everyone has a good camera on their phones these days, at a wedding I went to recently they asked everyone to take as many photo's as possible and email them to the bride and groom - they put together a great scrap book of the day which imo was much more natural than a series of staged photo's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Everyone knows at least five women who are wannabe photographers. Bung all five an invite and £250, you’ll get a multitude of great shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, maxjam said: Pretty much everyone has a good camera on their phones these days, at a wedding I went to recently they asked everyone to take as many photo's as possible and email them to the bride and groom - they put together a great scrap book of the day which imo was much more natural than a series of staged photo's. In this day and age? With the aforementioned camera phones of today? No contest! That's be my approach too... even if I had a million in the bank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie20 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 8 minutes ago, maxjam said: Pretty much everyone has a good camera on their phones these days, at a wedding I went to recently they asked everyone to take as many photo's as possible and email them to the bride and groom - they put together a great scrap book of the day which imo was much more natural than a series of staged photo's. Amazed that 90% of them weren't selfies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 6 minutes ago, maxjam said: Pretty much everyone has a good camera on their phones these days, at a wedding I went to recently they asked everyone to take as many photo's as possible and email them to the bride and groom - they put together a great scrap book of the day which imo was much more natural than a series of staged photo's. Thought about that, and for the cake cutting, first dance stuff be alright, but the main pictures might be a bit weird. Getting married at a hotel, all in one thing and already have to pay £150 to get pictures taken on the golf course behind the venue as they own the land. Rip off? Absolutely, like I say it’s a wedding. But they do stick you on a bunch of golf carts to take you over to the lake for that. Not sure all the guests can jump on with their iPhones. All guests will be told this is an iPhone only event, any Android phone spotted will be evicted from the venue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ram1964 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Enjoy the day,? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjam Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 17 minutes ago, Wolfie20 said: Amazed that 90% of them weren't selfies Haha, I think they just picked the best from the day! They had a few nice staged ones of the family after the wedding but most were natural pics taken during the meal/party - told a story of the entire day far better than a set of professional photographs would ever have done imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Tibbs Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Haven't had ours yet but I'll let you know how they are. When is the big day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 hour ago, David said: Quickly finding out that weddings are a rip off, be it cake, invitations, dresses, stick wedding before it and the cost quickly ramps up. The worst? Photographers, don’t get me wrong it’s a skill/talent, everyone can press a button on a camera but if you want great looking photos you need someone that knows their ISO from their megapixels and how to not let the light shine off your bald patch. Quotes however are coming in at around £2000-£2500 which quite simple is not happening. I could take my dog for a professional photoshoot in a studio which would be a right handful for a fraction of the cost. If anyone knows a photographer, that has an online portfolio of previous weddings and a little more reasonable price drop a link below. But I’m not paying two and a half flipping grand. No way Pedro. Then of course, there's the invitations... you know, those little fancy cards that you send out to invite people to the ceremony/reception/both. Those little fancy invitation cards won't come cheap. It's not cheap inviting people. Invitations won't come cheap... but hey, you can't have a wedding without sending out the invitations. It's the invitations that make a wedding. (Not overdone it on the invitations bit, Have I lads?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 hour ago, David said: Quickly finding out that weddings are a rip off, be it cake, invitations, dresses, stick wedding before it and the cost quickly ramps up. The worst? Photographers, don’t get me wrong it’s a skill/talent, everyone can press a button on a camera but if you want great looking photos you need someone that knows their ISO from their megapixels and how to not let the light shine off your bald patch. Quotes however are coming in at around £2000-£2500 which quite simple is not happening. I could take my dog for a professional photoshoot in a studio which would be a right handful for a fraction of the cost. If anyone knows a photographer, that has an online portfolio of previous weddings and a little more reasonable price drop a link below. But I’m not paying two and a half flipping grand. No way Pedro. This is who my daughter used in October 2018. Positives - really nice easy going guy. Excellent at putting stressed brides at easy. Very good photos - extremely happy with the quality Negatives - Admin isn't his strong suit (often the case with these creative folk) and was a bit slow finally delivering the photos. Not the easiest to get hold of if you do want/need to speak to him. http://www.stevegreenweddings.com/wedding-gallery/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, Tamworthram said: Negatives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 minute ago, Mucker1884 said: If only I'd meant it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 42 minutes ago, Mr Tibbs said: Haven't had ours yet but I'll let you know how they are. When is the big day? 1st May 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 All well and good but doesn't an iPhone 11 cost about 2 and a half K though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViewsFromTheMiddle Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 https://www.jennymacare.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomBustler1884 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Mark Averill from AVIT Media is excellent. No idea on cost but top bloke, works with DCFC and an excellent photographer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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