Photographers of the wedding persuasion

**F5 Dave** · 2nd March 2005, 14:44

Originally Posted by Cajun

Dave - just a comment make sure you get your negatives, we got our negatives back, photographer keeps them for 1 year, then we get them to keep, so we can get any photos remade we want. ours was kind enough to put them all on cds also, low and high quality version of each photo.

Cause sooner or later a photo gets damaged or someone wants a certian one with negiatves you can get it reprinted alot easyer

Cheers, yeah I want to load them onto our system at work so they are backed up. Having them keep the negs so you have to pay for the reprints seems a little on the nose if they charge premium. Then again you don’t want to have to play go between for every guest who wants reprints. Be nice to have them all on a disc & if anyone wants copies you burn them a CD & let them sort themselves.

**Marmoot** · 2nd March 2005, 14:51

I got Tim from www.visualworks.co.nz and he's great. All digital so a bit cheaper on the price, but the result is comparable.
About $1000 (album extra).
But he's based in Auckland. Not sure about Wellington area.

**Hitcher** · 2nd March 2005, 14:56

These are exactly the reasons why my cousin, an outstanding lensman and Master of Photography, is now a compliance officer for his local district council. He saw the light and got out of the professional photography business.

Everybody's got a 35mm, digital camera, or video camera or has a "mate" who can do them a "deal". Either you want professional photographs taken at your wedding, or you don't. Simple choice really. You could always have Dominos or KFC for the reception as well. People understand cost, they don't understand value.

Celebrants/Ministers have similar issues: "Doh, I've got this mate who can read out loud real good. I'll just download a service off the Interweb or cousin Pschantelle can write one for us (with little hearts for dots on the Is)..."

**F5 Dave** · 2nd March 2005, 15:09

Yeah I don’t mind paying for a decent job from a competent professional or tradesperson. That is cool. But it seems you only have to mention the word ‘weddings’ & it is a licence to say, “oh hold on, I’ll get my special price list”

If you pay someone to do the job it is because you don’t want to do it or they will do a better job. I got a friend to paint my kitchen after doing the whole house myself because I knew he would do a better job being a professional painter & I was wrapped with the result.

Money well spent.

But if he had come in & done a shoddy job I would have been a bit gutted.

**White trash** · 2nd March 2005, 15:21

Originally Posted by jimbo600

Don't whatever you do leave your bike in her kitchen early in the morning though or you'll be charged angry tax.

I didn't fucken "leave" it there! I was standing right next to it!

**F5 Dave** · 2nd March 2005, 15:23

Bring it around to my kitchen. Finders keepers though.

**jrandom** · 2nd March 2005, 15:25

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

... it seems you only have to mention the word ‘weddings’ & it is a licence to say, “oh hold on, I’ll get my special price list”.

It's because as soon as a wedding is mentioned, women turn into blithering, dribbling idiots who wake up every morning with an irresistible compulsion to warm their hands in front of a bonfire of hundred-dollar bills.

**Skunk** · 2nd March 2005, 15:25

Originally Posted by Biff Baff

$2500!!! Far quinnell!!!

Yeah over 8 hours wrk and 350+ photos taken. Plus special colour albums (two). I reckon what we got was great *value*.

**Blakamin** · 2nd March 2005, 15:43

$2500 for 8 hours aint bad... considering i would have to work for about 5 weeks to get that..... (normal paying job... before tax)

**Skunk** · 2nd March 2005, 15:53

Originally Posted by Blakamin

$2500 for 8 hours aint bad... considering i would have to work for about 5 weeks to get that..... (normal paying job... before tax)

You're forgetting the cost of processing, albums, retouching etc. That was 8 hours photographing only... Doesn't include all the other work. I reckon they spent at least one week on it, plus materials.

**Blakamin** · 2nd March 2005, 16:04

I'm still in the wrong profession.... I would love $2500 a week....

**Hitcher** · 2nd March 2005, 16:43

Originally Posted by jrandom

It's because as soon as a wedding is mentioned, women turn into blithering, dribbling idiots who wake up every morning with an irresistible compulsion to warm their hands in front of a bonfire of hundred-dollar bills.

Dead man walking...

**scumdog** · 2nd March 2005, 20:37

Originally Posted by jrandom

It's because as soon as a wedding is mentioned, women turn into blithering, dribbling idiots who wake up every morning with an irresistible compulsion to warm their hands in front of a bonfire of hundred-dollar bills.

Time to strap on a white bandana with Japanese writing on it, climb into an old Zeke or similar and go looking for American warships and shout Tora, Tora, Tora......

LB · 3rd March 2005, 03:35

Originally Posted by jrandom

It's because as soon as a wedding is mentioned, women turn into blithering, dribbling idiots who wake up every morning with an irresistible compulsion to warm their hands in front of a bonfire of hundred-dollar bills.

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I strongly resent this comment!!!!

This would only happen to me in the Ducati Accessory Shop.

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