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Great question! Indeed, why do I charge around $400-500 an hour for wedding photography (or videography)? Isn’t that insane? Lawyers charge less. I’ll admit, it does seem high – at first glance anyway, but let’s look a little behind-the-scenes…
Yes, I charge $400-500 an hour. However…
$100/hr = physical coverage of the event in a highly intense working environment, i.e., there are no second-channces to get the money shots.
$100/hr = literally going through 1000s of images and finding the best shots to make up your proof images (typically 75-100 proof images per hour).
$100/hr = to touch-up and crop every single one of those proof images (typically anywhere from 500-1000 images when finished).
$100/hr = for artistic Photoshop work on select proof images (sometimes taking several hours on 1 image).
$100/hr = for the right to print the images for the rest of your life.
= $500/hr
Not to blather on, but this doesn’t even take into account the time, money, and expertise required to simply maintain a functioning studio, such as rent, cost of equipment, advertising, insurance, membership dues, etc; then you have the cost of media workstations, editing software, album and print costs, etc; finally photographers (and videographers) have pleasure of wearing about a dozen different hats – photographer, videographer, director, artist, Photoshop wizard, designer, businessman, salesman, accountant, webmaster, SEO wizard, blogger, etc.)
No a bad deal after all if you ask me. So why do we do it? Because we love it of course.
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Why Is Wedding Photography So Expensive? consultant Joshua Jobst is a professional photographer and videographer who founded Joshua Jobst Photography and Jobst Media Videography. He and his wife Jennifer are a husband and wife team who love shooting wedding photos, pictures, and video. They offer a modern and cutting-edge style of artistic wedding photojournalism, wedding film and cinematic videography, lifestyle portraiture, family portraits, senior pictures, and photo booth services. Josh and Jenn would be happy to talk about your Wedding Investment Lifespan.