{"id":7233,"date":"2013-02-01T16:02:02","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T22:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridestlouis.com\/?p=7233"},"modified":"2022-08-04T05:17:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T10:17:53","slug":"why-wedding-photography-is-so-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bridestlouis.com\/why-wedding-photography-is-so-expensive\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Wedding Photography is So Expensive"},"content":{"rendered":"
When you book a photographer for your wedding day, many couples don\u2019t realize that the time a photographer spends is a lot more than the 6-8 hours spent shooting your wedding.\u00a0 A professional photographer does more than \u201cjust shoot and burn a disk.\u201d<\/p>\n
The wedding day is just the start.\u00a0 The workflow after a wedding to process the 800 or more images can be extremely time consuming.\u00a0 After performing duplicate backups, the photographer must select the best 800 or so images from over 1000s of images to remove duplicates and blinkers (those image having persons with closed eyes). \u00a0Then each image is adjusted for color balance, exposure, composition, cropping, and other enhancements as needed.\u00a0 Finally, the photos are copied to a disk and a selection of images is made to place on the internet so family and friends can enjoy the photos.<\/p>\n
A few months after the wedding, a review is scheduled with the couple to go over the initial image selection for inclusion into their album and to select prints.\u00a0 A first album draft is made.\u00a0 Revisions may be requested.\u00a0 Plus, album covers and layouts need to be selected. All the appointments, lab expense, phone calls, and emails will add to the time required.<\/p>\n
The bottom line \u2013 the 6 or 8 hours is usually over 40 hours of time.<\/p>\n