Investment
What a commission starts at.
Published, because you should be able to find out whether we are in your range without writing to us first. These are floors rather than packages — the figure below which the work described cannot be done properly.
| Commission | From | |
|---|---|---|
| WeddingTwo photographers, twelve hours, one continuous day. | Two photographers, twelve hours, one continuous day. | $14,000 |
| Destination WeddingTwo photographers, on site two days early, for the whole of the wedding day. | Two photographers, on site two days early, for the whole of the wedding day. | $22,000 |
| Elopement & Private CeremonyOne photographer, three to six hours, the two of you. | One photographer, three to six hours, the two of you. | $6,500 |
| The Wedding WeekendThree events across three days, two photographers on the wedding day. | Three events across three days, two photographers on the wedding day. | $28,000 |
| EngagementOne photographer, two hours, one evening. | One photographer, two hours, one evening. | $2,400 |
| ProposalOne photographer, ninety minutes, from a distance and then not. | One photographer, ninety minutes, from a distance and then not. | $1,800 |
| Vow Renewal & AnniversaryOne photographer, three hours. Two, if there are guests. | One photographer, three hours. Two, if there are guests. | $3,600 |
What moves the figure
The length of the day, the number of photographers, whether there is a welcome dinner and a brunch on either side of it, and how far we have to travel. Nothing else. There is no album tier, no print package held back, and no charge to receive your own photographs at full resolution.
Travel
Quoted at cost and itemised before it is booked — flights, the nights required, and ground transfers. We do not mark travel up and we do not fold it invisibly into the fee. For a destination wedding, the two days on site before the day are included rather than extra, because a destination wedding photographed without them is a wedding photographed by a tourist.
How it is paid
A booking fee holds the date and is part of the total rather than additional to it. The balance is due before the wedding. The booking fee is non-refundable, and the reason is simple: holding a Saturday in September means declining every other enquiry for it.
Included at every level
What the figure always buys.
Nothing is published without your consent
No blog post, no portfolio entry, no social post, no submission to a publication. Your wedding is private by default and stays private unless you write to say otherwise. A non-disclosure agreement is signed on request and at no cost.
Every frame is written to two cards at once
Both cameras record to two memory cards simultaneously, so a card failure during your wedding costs you nothing. This is the single most common way photographs are lost, and it is the easiest to design out.
Off-site backup within twenty-four hours
The day’s files are copied to two separate drives before we sleep and to off-site storage within twenty-four hours of the last frame. Nothing exists in only one place at any point after the wedding.
A named second photographer, briefed in advance
Every full wedding is covered by two photographers, and you are told who the second is before the day. They have read the schedule and seen the venue. They are not a freelancer who learned your names that morning.
Insured, with certificates issued to your venue
We carry public liability and professional indemnity cover. A great many venues require evidence of it before they will admit a supplier, and the certificate is sent directly to them on request rather than left for you to chase.
A preview in seven days, everything in eight weeks
A preview set within seven days of the wedding, and the complete hand-graded set within eight weeks. Those are commitments rather than estimates. If we are ever going to miss one, you hear it from us before the date passes.
Your archive is kept, and it is yours
Full-resolution files, a private online archive, and a print release for personal use with no expiry and no territory limit. You are never asked to buy back your own photographs.
What we decline
More than one wedding in a weekend. A schedule with no portrait window in it. A request to re-stage the first kiss. And any commission where we would be the fourth photographer quoted on price alone — we would rather say so now than be the wrong choice expensively.
Tell us the date and the place.
We reply to every enquiry personally, usually within two business days. We take a limited number of commissions each year, and we would rather say so now than manage a waiting list.