How much does wedding photography cost?

We paid $4600 for engagement shoot, 2 hours of coverage at the welcome party, 9 hours of coverage on the wedding day, 2 shooters and an assistant, full rights to photos. My wedding planner told me to budget $6k for photography so I got a good deal for my area. In Carmel, CA.

View Quoted Comment I am NJ and I am using Trevor Barnes Media. His work is awesome and his prices are super affordable . He services NY, NJ, and PA. You should check him out. For 6 hours he charges under $700 I believe.

View Quoted Comment What?? That sounds too good to be true lol. Thank you for sharing, I’ll check it out!

We're paying $2000 for one photographer for eight hours, and can upgrade to a two-shooter package for $500 extra. This was one of the best deals we saw for the SF Bay Area.

We are paying 1250 for 8 hours on the wedding day with a second shooter included. Engagement pics are 200 but I think we get a discount for booking with her for that as well.

View Quoted Comment Lol that was my first thought as well when I saw his prices. And you’re welcome!

For our Milwaukee wedding we are paying $1300 for 6 hours but it includes rights to all of our photos and he's photojournalistic which I love.

I'm paying $1100 for 8 hours (400+ pictures - plenty to me), 2 shooters, and a 1 hr engagement session. But this is in Central IL.

I live in Southern California in the inland empire and we are paying $1500 for 2 photographer's for 10 hours.

And we get an engagement session and 3 photo albums.

Ours has a $1000 package without second shooter & no engagement photos for 6 hours, $1800 with those things and for 10 hours. We are having a small wedding and don't need her for the whole day, nor do we need a second shooter, but we would like engagement photos. She offered to do it for the lower price since the wedding is very small (50 people). I do plan on tipping her a bit more than what she charges for an engagement shoot for her kindness in waiving that cost.

I'm paying 600. I got lucky and found mine on Facebook. I kept being quoted 1 to 3k and losing hope but than I got lucky and found McClure Photography

I live in Philadelphia, $1500 for full day's worth of shooting (split into two days); photo album and the originals (can't think of the right word right now).

Originally, my budget for a photographer was $**** because we weren't getting a videographer. There was a photographer I really wanted, but her prices increased this year, making it too much. Searching the photographers that have been doing it for years, their packages started at $****! So I went with finding more of the "beginner" photographers who are known mostly through word of mouth or mutual friends on social media. I found several that were $**** for about 8 hours. We are now getting a videographer, so my overall budget for both is $2000. I found a great deal for photography and saw no issues with her portfolio! It is $1000 (+$40 travel fee) for two shooters, free engagement session, full-day coverage, and a minimum of 350 photos. Videographer is $900 for 6-7 hours (but he is also a guest due to his wife being a bridesmaid, so on my contract he put 8+ hours, how sweet!). So, overall, I stayed within the budget!

I would say your range is 1k-3k, depending on area, what you want, how long, etc! I am hoping to find a great deal and pay no more than $1500 but want $1k

$3500 for 2 photographers, 10 hours of coverage, an engagement or bridal portrait session, and an online gallery of edited images with full printing rights. Savannah, GA, but my photographer is from Charleston, SC. I priced several photographers and his was actually more affordable than most for the amount of coverage and a second shooter.

I'm in Pennsylvania and our photographer is $2800 with an assistant, i think 8 hour coverage and some other stuff. But he's really good he did FH cousin's wedding in September and the pictures came out amazing!

Looks like im on the high end here, but we're im an expensive part of California. $5600 for 9 hours photography, videography and a second shooter. This includes edited videos, and an online gallery.

Chicago here. We had budgeted about $1300 for a photographer (low end of the spectrum around here) but we found ours for an UNHEARD OF $650 (literally caught the "last spot" for a sale he ran, so we got LUCKY!)) We had him for 10 hours and got a free engagement shoot.

$1400 for 1 shooter for 8 hours (Chicagoland)