How many hours did you book photographer & videographer

We booked our photographer for 6 hours. Our package was originally $2,000, but she was running a promotion when we booked. For me, 6 hours is plenty of time to capture the memories I want documented- first look, cake cutting, ceremony, etc...

That's a really great quote honestly!! Especially since you'd be getting things filmed that you won't be able to get photographed! It's a little over your budget, but if your other responses are more expensive with less included, I'd def. book them.

You're welcome! Anything to help!! I'm really glad you found one that will work the best for you and your needs!

Im paying 1200 for 8hrs which covers a little before and the whole event

We hired our photographers and our videographers for 6 hours.

I booked a photographer for four hours for $750. We're having a Sunday wedding, so we won't have a late night. My other choice was $1200 for six hours. Our friend from college is a videographer, so that's his wedding gift to us.

I feel like I just want pictures of the big moments. The video will give me everything else I need!

I agree with the family photos comment! I've seen people do every possible configuration of family members (cousins photo, uncles photo, aunties photo, all aunties on mother's side, all aunties on father's side, siblings only, sister with all her kids, brother with all his kids, etc) and friends all standing there for a family photo and the whole thing taking more than half an hour (or even longer if it takes a while to find some people. Very few people would actually print and frame those photos, and definitely won't frame more than one if they are in more than one! Plus, you don't necessarily need a pro photographer for that. You can easily do those during the reception by setting up a camera on a tripod and getting someone to press the shutter button after arranging everyone. Just make sure you get someone who knows the settings to set it up, especially if the room is a bit dim. So yeah, I recon you can save some time by pushing that back to the reception.

Sounds like your family photos won't take too long then! Which is great because you really need all the time you can get on your wedding day!

Sounds like you know what you're doing! Honestly we found that the most time consuming thing was trying to get people organized on the day. Lack of communication/organization caused our photo time to be pushed back. Just try to do your best to come up with a schedule and make sure everyone who needs to be involved, knows about the schedule.