Prices
OPTION ONE Coverage from arrivals at the wedding venue until you and your guests sit down for the wedding breakfast (which could include speeches if they precede the meal). Around 4 hours coverage in total. (i) Images are presented in an A3 40 page spiralbound black card book for those who do not want "a wedding album". Book contains approximately 125-140 7x5 prints. Coverage includes the book plus a dvd of all the high resolution images from your book in both colour and b/w, ready to print. £1150.00 + vat (ii) Images are presented in the excellent pro-bound 16"x12" 24 page panoramic black leather album, handmade by Jorgensen of Australia. This creates a more interesting layout with images of various sizes and is a solid, well-crafted product built to last. £1550.00 + vat Both options include an online album of the wedding for at least 12 months from the wedding date,accessed through this website, allowing friends and family to view your wedding day. Additional prints can then be ordered online. OPTION TWO Coverage for up to 7 to 8 hours in total, which could include from the bride getting ready shots up until speeches and the first dance depending upon the wedding schedule. (i) Images are presented two A3 spiralbound black card books. This is the preferred option for those clients who want smart, simple books that do not shout " wedding album ". Books usually contain about 240 7x5 prints. £1600.00 + vat (ii) Images are presented in the excellent pro-bound 16"x12" 48 page panoramic black leather album, handmade by Jorgensen of Australia. This is a large, solid, well-crafted album which through it's page layouts creates an interesting storyboard of the coverage and compliments the photojournalistic style of coverage. £2225.00 + vat Both options include an online album of the wedding for at least 12 months from the wedding date, accessed through this website, allowing friends and family to view your wedding day. Additional prints can then be ordered online. CUSTOM CONTACTS These have been a very popular print option. They look great framed on the wall to show a narrative of your day. You choose 9 images for an A4 print and either 9 or 16 images for an A3 print. Images can be taken from various points of the day. They are arranged according to your specifications and printed onto one sheet - an instant storyboard of the wedding. Any image can be chosen but they must ALL be either horizontal or vertical. Sheets can be printed in b/w or colour. Custom contacts can be paid for via an online album. However, I would require a separate email outlining the code numbers of the images you wish to include. The image alongside shows some framed examples - please note that framing is not included in the price. FAQ'sARE THERE ANY OTHER COSTS FOR THE WEDDING COVERAGE? There is a delivery charge for the completed book(s) if not collected - although I do encourage their collection if at all possible. This charge is currently £50.00 (inc vat) (Royal Mail Special Delivery). I aim to have the books ready for collection/delivery 3-4 weeks after the wedding date. The Jorgensen albums can take several weeks longer depending upon the design. For weddings outside the south-east of England there may well be travel charges, and sometimes overnight accommodation is necessary. For weddings abroad, the client is responsible for organising and ensuring payment for flights, accommodation, meals and travel expenses when abroad. WILL I GET A PICTURE OF EVERY GUEST? Frankly the only practical way of ensuring that there was a photograph of EVERY guest would be to get them to form a queue and take a portrait of each in turn - hardly interesting pictures and with between 100-250 guests at most weddings, not much space for anything else in the books/albums. If there are key people that you will need photographing it is best to ensure they are pointed out clearly beforehand. Reportage photography is about observing as discreetly as possible and capturing naturalistic images that are interesting and reflect the atmosphere of the day. I don't do "Hello" magazine, people-standing-next-to-each-other-drink-in-hand-grinning-at-the-camera shots! CAN WE PURCHASE THE DIGITAL NEGATIVES? A dvd of high resolution files, with each image from your album in both colour and b/w is now included in your package. These images are exactly the same as those used in the production of your album. The dvd comes with a licence to use allowing you to print as many images as you wish from these files. DO WE NEED TO MEET BEFORE BOOKING? I am happy to arrange a meeting but it isn't a requirement for me. I find that I only actually meet about 50% of my wedding clients before the wedding day - many people book after looking at my work on this website or through personal recommendations - and are often too far away for a personal meeting. A meeting does give you an opportunity to see printed examples of my work and to look at the type of album and print options available. I am based in Horsham, just south of Gatwick Airport. Included with the booking forms is an info sheet which I ask clients to fill in with details of the forthcoming day. I would then contact the client a few days prior to the wedding day to talk through the practical details of the day. But I am happy to help with any advice in the planning of the day to hopefully benefit the photography. WE WOULD LIKE TO BOOK, WHAT DO WE DO NEXT? Just drop me an email or phone to check my availability for the date of your wedding. If this date is still free I will send you the booking form and info sheet to complete. A non-refundable booking fee of £300.00 (inc vat), paid by cheque, sent with these completed forms secures the date. This is then deducted from the total price, with the balance due on or before the wedding date. WHAT IF WE HAVE AN IMAGE WE REALLY LIKE IN OUR ALBUM BUT IT IS IN B/W AND WE WOULD LIKE IT IN COLOUR? All images are shot digitally using high resolution professional digital cameras - Canon 1DS MKIII and Canon 5D MKII cameras. This allows me to archive colour versions of all the b/w shots, so a colour version is available for all the b/w shots. This is a major advantage that digital has over film. HOW QUICKLY DO WE HAVE TO ORGANISE OUR PRINT ORDER? I aim to keep all the images archived for at least ten years. DO WE CHOOSE WHICH IMAGES GO INTO OUR ALBUM? I could say that all I shoot on the day goes into the album however part of the creative process is editing. Not only editing out shots of people blinking, duplicates, etc but also tightly editing to what tells the story of the day best. There is virtually no limit to the number of images I will capture - in reportage, if you don't shoot you don't get! Digital is liberating in that I no longer have to continually watch the number of rolls of film being shot - and an escalating budget -so I can instead fully concentrate upon capturing images. CAN YOU PHOTOGRAPH THE CEREMONY? This is my favourite bit of the day to photograph. Whether I can photograph your own ceremony really depends upon the permission of those officiating the event - and this varies widely. From experience there are usually only problems with Registrars and CofE churches - never had any problems with other religions where photography is often encouraged. Registrars can often be the biggest stumbling block. Here in Sussex they seem perfectly happy as they are in Marylebone, Chelsea and Tunbridge Wells, for example. Often it sems to be a lottery with regard to the individual registrar ( I even had one tell me minutes before the ceremony was to due to start that the groom had asked for no photographs during the ceremony - no such conversation had taken place! The groom , a keen photographer himself was not impressed! ) I have found Wiltshire registrars to have had very anti-photography policies in the past, for some reason. When discussing this subject with your registrar/vicar/priest I would emphasise to them that my photography is discreet with NO flash. - perhaps invite them to view this website? |