Wedding Photographer Waterford's blog : Choose Wedding Photography Packages Wisely to get a Good Deal

It’s good to hear that you have already found the man of your dreams and decided to get married. Setting a wedding budget is important as there are many expenses that can make a big hole in your pocket. Such kind of expenses include deciding the Venue, the Dress, the Band and above all, wedding photographer and photography packages. In this blog, we will discuss about photography packages that you need to select with utmost care.

No matter whether you are planning for a gala or a low-profile wedding, hiring a wedding photographer is must. After all, you need those beautiful wedding photographs and albums to relive the golden moments of your life after 10 or 15 years down the lane. When you are short listing a professional photographer, you might come across “wedding photography package” - a common term used by every photographer. But need not to worry as once you have decided the photographer, it is like winning the half-battle. The reason is he will take care of the latter part.

Different Kinds of Wedding Photography Packages

Different photographer will offer you different kinds of photography packages after listening to your requirements. These packages are often categorized into Gold, Silver, Bronze or Standard, Elite or VVIP. As the name clearly indicates that the Gold and VVIP Packages are the most expensive and includes a bouquet of photography services.

All Wedding photography packages differ from each other on the basis of services inclusion, number of hours of photography, events included and of course prices. The standard package includes standard services such as fixed number of hours say 4-5 on the wedding day, photographs of only one event i.e. wedding, fixed number of photographs and a wedding album. Talking about VVIP packages, the list of inclusion is long. Such packages include the following things:

Fixed number of wedding photos- online gallery link
Portraits
Wedding Album and videos
Pre-wedding and post-wedding shoot
Honeymoon photoshoot

Some other services in these packages are also included as per clients’ requirements. For instance, a professional photographer even helps the client in deciding the wedding venue. They even recommend locations for pre-wedding photo shoots. It is the sole discretion of client to include or not to include these services in the package.

Which Wedding Photography Packages to Choose?

Now, this is an interesting question. A couple needs to carefully think that what kind of photography service they require in their wedding. Based on their requirements, they will be able to decide which package to choose. Experts believe that if any couple is planning for a low-key affair, he should opt for standard or silver package as it will fall in their budget and meet their expectations also.

Conversely, if any couple is throwing a gala wedding party, they should not settle down with ordinary packages. They should either go ahead with VVIP package or ask a photographer to prepare a custom-made photography package.

Many reputed and well-established wedding photographers do prepare a custom-made wedding photography packages as per their clients. They understand their requirements and prepare a package that includes everything- right from video, albums, photoshoots, wedding venue, portraits and many other things.

Keep Everything in Writing

Your work is not over simply by hiring a professional wedding photographer or by choosing Wedding photography packages. Ensure to keep everything in writing by preparing a legal contract. Mention each and every detail of the photographer and the package chosen in the contract. This will be a concrete proof that a photographer is under legal obligation to provide services as promised by him. Keep one copy of the contract with yourself and give another copy to the photographer.

In most of the cases, photographers perform the responsibility of preparing the contract. In case he is unable to perform it, the client or couple can also prepare the contract on his behalf and get it signed.

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