Nosy question: How much did you spend on engagement photos?
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by princessplease » October 20th, 2009, 4:57 pm
Our photog actually photographed us for free as he was trying to build a portfolio. He was moving on from landscape photography to live photography, and was doing an entire month of free e-sessions. We actually found him on craigslist.org, and he was AMAZING!!!! Here is a link to some of our photos that were FREE, along with the digital prints! Linky
He traveled into the city to meet us, and it was a blast! I would definitely try to see if there are any photogs doing the same as ours did. We tipped him $50 for his time and travel. |
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Maybe 100 bucks? I''m hiring an amateur to do out e-session.
There''s another photographer who is keen on doing our e-session and wedding pics. He''s quoted us 300 AUD for a whole day e-session, several location shoots, and he''s also supplying the make up artist. I don''t think it would be more than a few hundred dollars, honestly.
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I''m no help because my mom got them for us. The son of a friend of hers is a photography major (who we actually went to HS with, lol) so, she got him to do our pictures.
We don''t really have many pictures of just us because we''re both kind of shy, so it was nice to get some dressy pictures taken. They turned out really nice. We don''t have any prints, but he sent us a cd of all of the pictures he took- all 250ish of them! I don''t think its ''mandatory,'' but if you like the idea then its worth it  |
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Ours were included in our package. I believe our photographer charges about $500 for the session but I''m not sure what that includes. I think engagement sessions are great once you have found a photographer that you love for your wedding for a variety of reasons. It helps you become more comfortable in front of the wedding and you can give feedback to your photographer about what you liked and didn''t like. While we didn''t use our engagement pictures for anything, I am so glad that we did them because our wedding photographs came out amazing.
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The other option is also hiring a photographer to do a "day after session" or something like that so that you have pictures with your husband in your dress. Just a suggestion. |
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I like this option. Everyone should have wedding photos! Our e-session was included, but seperately it was $250. |
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princess: that photo of FI with the flower behind his ear is funny!!! i'm glad he's up for those funny shots! i spent $250 for my destination e-pic session in LV! |
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As some other girls said, an engagement session can be included in a package or purchased a la carte.
To give you an idea, our photographers smallest package starts at $3500 not including an engagement session. From there, the packages increase in features and price. FI and I are thinking about going for package two, which is $4500 but does not include an e-session. It will be $250 to add, but if we were not hiring this photog for the wedding, the e-session alone would cost $400. Hope this helps! |
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Same for me. Our wedding photographer charged a travel fee, but he let you put the fee towards a product. His travel fee to our area was $300, and he usually charges $400 for the engagement session, but he waived the extra $100 for us. However, that didn''t include proofs or the CD or anything. That would be extra if we wanted any of it. The pics just turned out okay since my husband and I are both horrible at acting natural and romantic for photos, so I haven''t actually ordered any of the photos! There were maybe 10 or so that I liked and I''ll probably order those eventually. The photographer''s prints are not expensive so I don''t mind just buying the ones I like since there weren''t very many!  I wasn''t planning on doing an engagement session at all but my wedding photographer likes to do them so the couples get a chance to get comfortable with him before the wedding. |
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I''ll ''fess up. We spent about $1000 on our engagement session. It was not part of our package and we did use the same photog for the wedding also.
This included: -full day shoot -hair and makeup artist -wardrobe help by photog and said artist -complete set of proof prints -online gallery of proofs from which we could order -slideshow set to music, hosted on website for 6 months I had two different hair and makeup looks and we both had maybe 3 outfit changes. We were asked to bring SUITCASES of clothes, shoes and accessories. The photog and the makeup artist went through our stuff and put outfits together for us. SO awesome. Our family and friends enjoyed the slideshow and we used the pics on our wedding website and one for our Save the Date. We have no regrets about the cost and the package. My attitude was that we should take fun photos while we''re young before it all goes south.
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Thanks, everyone, very enlightening.
I kind of get the feeling some here think engagement photos are tacky? As in the comments like "they weren't for us," "the idea doesn't do much for us," etc. To each her own, I guess, but I've never gotten that reaction before. As for the suggestion that I do "day after" photos, I plan to elope (likely in Africa) in a remote foreign location where there aren't many professional photographers on hand, if any at all. I don't want to pay for a photographer whose work I don't know, so we're just going to have pro engagement photos or none at all. The Rattray Camp at Mala Mala (an African safari camp) supposedly will truck in a photographer, but you actually have to pay for his travel expenses. I don't really care to do that as I will have no clue about what quality of camera he uses or what his work looks like! |
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Thanks!!!!!! He''s a big goofball, lol! We should have some interesting wedding shots, though 
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I quoted it because that is just what photo''s call it. It doesn''t have to be the day after or in Africa. We will probably do it a year later. |
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That''s a good idea. For us, I really want photos of us during that specific period in our lives... newly engaged and happy! Plus, I can barely convince my fiance to do engagement photos right now -- LOL good luck to me if I wait a year from now! I''m happy to hear that engagement photos seem to cost well under $1,000. I always love seeing people''s engagement photos, it says so much about the couple! |
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I don''t think engagement photos are tacky, but I know they aren''t for my fiance and I. I had never heard of engagement photos until I joined this website! I don''t really understand the concept. Are they used at the wedding? We are having a wedding and one of FI''s good friends who we have known for years will be doing the photography. He is a photojournalist and freelances quite a bit for the NY Times, but has never done wedding photography. Our pictures will probably turn out less wedding-y but we like it better that way. It seems more comfortable and personal to us. We too are planning a honeymoon in Africa and I think those pictures will mean more to us than engagement photos.
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I think engagement photos must be extra-trendy right now... I had never really heard of them either until very recently when suddenly ALL my engaged friends got them! I don''t recall them being so popular just 5 years ago. I''m using the engagement photos just to send to family overseas who haven''t even met my fiance. They won''t really have any other use. |
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I guess I never knew about them because I am the first of my girlfriends to get married! Even if I did want them, FI would never be on board. He hates having his picture taken - especially posed shots!
I''m sure your family will love your e-pics, Gleam! Engagement pics always seem to turn out so beautifully! My mom always sends the most unflattering pictures of us to my relatives overseas! 
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