HOW MUCH DOES A WEDDING REPORT COST?

The price of a wedding report can range between € 300 and € 5,000 depending on several factors such as the experience, talent and quality of the photographer, the region (there are variations of up to 50% between some provinces and others), the options contracted, etc.

This price range is very wide, so in the following article I will try to give you the most important keys to choosing the best photographer for your wedding .

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BUDGET FOR WEDDING REPORT.

Why is there so much difference between some photographers and others?

You can find a gold ring in online stores for around € 200 and you can go to a Cartier boutique to get a gold ring for € 5,000. Both rings are a priori made of the same material, but there are big differences between both: the know-how of the master jewelers, the years of experience, work and research, the guarantee, the careful treatment with which they receive you in the boutique and others. many details justify the difference.

The same applies to a painting painted by an apprentice or a work by Van Gogh: they are both painters and may even use similar materials, but one is worth hundreds of times more than the other.

There are all kinds of wedding photographers: beginners and experienced, more or less talented, better or worse technique, with styles for all tastes, some with exquisite attention and others more "left". And the price of the wedding reports will be the result of the combination of all these variables.

wedding report budget Today there are hundreds of ideas and accessories to add to a wedding celebration: live music, luxury cars, corners of all kinds of food and drink, sweet stands, cartoonists and a long etcetera. Unfortunately, most couples do not have an unlimited budget to include absolutely everything, so it is necessary to decide which options to prioritize and which are expendable. A sommelier couple will give great importance (and spend a significant budget) to the wines that will be served at the reception, while a motor-loving couple will surely want to have a really special car at their wedding.

Is one option more valid than another? No. It all depends on the priorities of each couple.

Therefore, before you start looking for suppliers, make a list of priorities for your wedding and assign a realistic budget  to each of them. At this point you must put every aspect of the wedding in its place and decide what things will be left out or relegated to the background. Sorry, "everything is important" is no use unless you have a small fortune to invest in your wedding.

best wedding photos 2019 finca de villanueva 010It is important that you are clear about your total budget, that you are honest with yourself when ordering your priorities and that you assign a realistic budget to each game  (if you want to buy a Cartier alliance you cannot assign a budget of € 100).

If for you it is important to have a report that makes you vibrate every time you see it , that gains in value with each passing year, some photographs that reflect your emotions and those of your loved ones, a report that does justice to the effort, darling and energy that you are going to dedicate to your wedding ... do not hesitate to invest in a good wedding photographer.

HOW TO CHOOSE THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHER FOR YOUR WEDDING?

Once you have a clear priority list for the wedding and the budget for each one, you can start looking for the perfect suppliers for every aspect of your celebration, including the photographer.

There are photographers with completely different styles and ways of working, so it is recommended that you be clear about what you expect from your wedding photographer: do you want someone to direct the action and make you pose as models? Someone who mixes with the guests and goes unnoticed? Do you want wedding photos that look like they were taken from a Vogue cover? A photographer who focuses on moments and emotions? etc.

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Surely you will find online many listings and articles with " the best wedding photographers " of any city, province or country.

Are these listings reliable? Not at all.

Not because the photographers mentioned are not good, but because a couple looking for a documentary photographer will not find one with a style close to fashion; or those couples who are looking for a photographer with a strongly creative and artistic component will surely not fit the work of a purely documentary photographer.

Imagine that you are looking for a painter to commission a portrait from and you see a blog listing Picasso, Velazquez, Dalí, Da Vinci and Van Gogh. All of them great artists, but before choosing one you will have to be clear about what style you like the most, since they are all completely different. Well, in wedding photography it's a bit the same🙂

There are photographers who are brilliant in their field, but the way to make sure you have the best wedding photographer  is to make sure that their style and way of working are aligned with what you are looking for for your report .

wedding report priceWith a clear budget and style, you can now actively seek out who will be in charge of telling the story of your wedding. Yupiiiiiii!

HOW TO CHOOSE A WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER: TIPS.

Visit their website and social networks. Study his portfolio on the web, read his publications and do not hesitate to ask him for friendship on Facebook or follow him on Instagram to be aware of his latest publications and work. A photographer with a sloppy website, poor design, or worse, without a professional website is a bad indicator.

Use wedding portals with caution.  Although they can be very helpful in some respects, the vendor listings on these wedding portals are governed by the amount of money paid to appear and not by the quality of their work or care.

Visit professional directories. On the other hand, there are several professional associations, both national and international, that reward the talent and creativity of photographers in their wedding photography contests . Not all great photographers belong to or participate in these contests, but the recognition of a professional by other colleagues in the guild is always a plus point to consider.

Make an appointment in person or video call. It is essential to know the person who is going to accompany you on such an important day and to be sure that your personalities fit. A photographer may be wonderful, but if you are not in tune on a personal level, it may be advisable to choose another professional with whom you are on the same wavelength. In that meeting, in addition to solving all the questions you may have, it is important that you verify that everything you have seen on their networks and website corresponds to what you see in person. Ask to see several full weddings to see how he photographs throughout the day and not just a collection of his best photographs. There are photographers who hire models and organize editorial sessions in which everything is prepared and directed to feed their portfolio and social networks. This is totally legitimate,

Contract and forms of payment. Flee from any provider that does not make a contract for their services. Do not hesitate to expose all the questions you have about the clauses, forms of payment, hiring, etc. All costs must be perfectly clear before signing the contract and must appear in it.

Reject photographers imposed by churches or estates. This scourge still remains in Madrid and some other provinces; it is an abuse towards the bride and groom and an exercise of unfair competition towards the rest of the professionals. In most cases they are unscrupulous companies, of mediocre quality, that need to bribe priests or farm owners to get clients. You can read more in this article about the exclusives in churches and farms.

wedding-hacienda-san-rafael-wedding-sevilla-photographer-0064At this point you could say: "Okay Sergio, this is all very good but how much does a wedding report cost?" 

As I said at the beginning, the hairpin is very variable, but for a wedding photographer in Madrid or Barcelona with a solid portfolio, who investigates every year to train to improve his technique constantly, with several years of experience in the sector, recognitions within the wedding photography sector, with a consistent presence in social networks, registered (every € 1,000 that we self-employed, about € 350 are taxes), with civil liability insurance, etc. You will surely have  the base price of your wedding reports between € 1,500 and € 2,000.

Now it's up to you to decide: How do you want to remember your wedding? How much do you value being able to relive the emotions of one of the most intense days of your lives?