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New Prices From December 1st 2009

Hourly hire Photography comes to the wedding industry!

In order to compete with 'Shoot& Burn' hobbyist photographers who literally shoot your wedding and burn the results to a CD, Qualified Professionals have struggled to maintain their quality while at the same time offer something to clients to combat the effects of this relatively new threat to quality wedding photography.

Don't be confused about Shoot & Burn Photography either. It threatens the quality of wedding photography by trying to substitute quantity for quality. Quality will always cost more because it takes longer to produce a quality photograph than it does to just press the shutter and wave the camera around in the hope of getting a few good shots.

We decided not to compromise our quality or reduce the level of protection we offer clients with insured photographers, covered by Workplace Health and Safety requirements.

Instead we are taking a leaf out of our commercial photography associates and offering the same quality photography we always have at hourly hire rates in the wedding and portrait arena.

Our booking fee remains the same:             $250.00
This guarantees you a photographer on your specified wedding date. It also covers insurance for your photographer and anything we need to provide to ensure the workplace is both safe and secure. It also ties us to not take any other booking on the nominated day for the nominated photographer. A small price to pay for complete insurance.

Choosing hourly hire or a package.

For some people a package of wedding photography is still going to be the best option. After all, by bundling together goods (wedding albums etc) and services, (Photography) you can save some serious money when you buy one of our wedding photography packages.

Clearly there is also be a need for clients to have the choice of a high degree of quality only an accredited professional Photographer can provide but allow them to participate in producing the end results.

Most commercial photographers work on a 'cost plus' basis. This is the cost of providing a service (photography) plus whatever you need in addition to that service. Hourly hire is simply the smartest way to keep your costs under control when you can do some of the work (like making a wedding album) yourself. Many of our hourly hire clients are avid scrap bookers.

Our cost plus Wedding Photography assumes we will also process results from the 'Digital negatives' our cameras produce and deliver to you a level of quality you'd expect from accredited photographers.

Quite often this is in excess of the time spent actually taking photographs. For this service we charge per hour and require a minimum booking of 3 hours.

Hourly hire photography:  $250 per hour*
*Minimum of 3 hours, quality processed results on CD

At the most basic of basic cost, you can expect to pay $1000 for your wedding photography with the results ready to print, delivered on CD. You may also wish to consider bundling some extras in the deal, still saving money on a packaged offering.

Extras:
On-line gallery (your wedding web site)     $126.00

Wedding Story DVD presentation              $350.00

Paper page 'Coffee table' Album    (from)   $180.00

Digital 20 page bound Album 11"x14"         $487.00

Choose any two extras and get a 12% discount on the lot!

Other things of interest:

Quite apart from our exquisite photography, we also offer an exclusive range of edge to edge, digital albums with rigid or magazine style pages at direct from manufacturer pricing.

If you decide you'd like a gorgeous, Italian leather album, hand crafted by tradesmen, delivered in a hand made brief case crafted especially for your album, you can order it from the same on-line gallery your album will be in.

Likewise for any prints you want. Just add what you need to the shopping cart and we'll complete your order in a timely and professional  manner. All at highly competitive prices equal to or cheaper than any other professional lab in Australia.

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weddings N portraits, wedding photographers since 1975.

AIPP accredited photographers and Proud Queenslanders.

 

weddings N portraits,
P.O. Box 2237 Wellington Point Qld, 4160
ABN: 99 138 464 472
Ph: 07 3124 0046

 

Stunningly beautiful, Bridal Portraits on canvas.
(Framing now included in pricing)

Packaged Wedding Photography


Basic Wedding Photography package:                                                     $2990

Two photographers working in tandem ensure not a moment is lost.  Up to an hour of bridal preparations by one photographer whilst the other photographer ensures the groom and his party are covered.

The package includes coverage of your arrival at the church or ceremony location, The ceremony itself and wedding portraits at one pre-arranged location. You may wish to take advantage of having your family all in the one place and request some family group shots to start your family album with.

This package includes a beautiful padded and fully bound Wedding Album 30 cm x 35 cm with rigid, edge to edge (washable) pages that are expected to last a lifetime.

Your wedding photos will be hosted in our gallery on your own personal web site  where you and your friends can download web quality images or purchase Pro lab quality prints and enlargements from the shopping cart.

You will also receive complementary enlargements and a boxed set of prints in addition to the album.  A non-refundable booking fee is required to reserve a date and guarantee the price for up to 12 months.


Complete Wedding Photography package:                                                  $4400

Absolutely the best value wedding photography package you'll find anywhere. Your entire wedding day captured by two photographers working to ensure not a moment is missed, regardless of you and your partner being in the same or different places.

A complete pictorial story of your wedding. Presented in a professionally crafted,  24 page digital wedding album with washable pages. Four 8x10 enlargements in presentation folders and a DVD presentation "Wedding Story" combined video, slide show with your choice of music and selected comments from guests intertwined to tell the story of your day.

Your own personal wedding blog, complete with gallery where your friends and relatives can download free web quality images or purchase prints and enlargements of your wedding day.

For very little extra you can convert your wedding album into a family genealogy album to start recording your family history  for future generations to follow on with. Optional Canvas portraits and Italian leather Albums, Parents albums and photo gifts are available with this package. A non-refundable booking fee is required to reserve a date and guarantee the price for up to 12 month.

Contact form for an information package.


Notes:
We operate under an ethical code which requires cooperation with all parties concerned in the wedding. For that reason we may limit some photographic opportunities to accommodate religious requirements or any house rules imposed by the church or other hosts. Also the wishes of guests who decline to be photographed will be respected.

Because of this, some packages may not have exactly the requested photographs when delivered. There will be excess numbers of Photographs delivered in such cases. All our packages are clearly documented at the time you sign up and the price is fixed from that point. You absolutely will only ever pay the contracted price with no extras unless of course you ask for them.

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Fine Print!
Minimum billing is 3 hours. Minimum fee for additional goods or services is $45. Traveling costs of 45¢ per Kilometer outside the Brisbane metro area on hourly rate hire. $50 excess (parking and cab fare) fee for Brisbane City shoots. A booking fee of $250 is required to reserve a date and your preferred photographer. 

All payment to be made 14 day before the event and extras or over runs, settled at the completion of it. An agreement for photography contract is required. This provides you with insurance and describes exactly what you have purchased in plain English language.

We store all camera files (Digital Negatives) on Kodak "Gold" Archival CDs in a fireproof vault. Should you feel the need to have physical possession of your digital negatives, you may purchase them outright along with the entire Copyright over them for $250.00 per shoot. But seriously... They are safe with us and the print files we provide you as part of your package are quite suitable for having kiosk prints made whenever you need them. Our enlargements are by far the best quality available and our prices competitive, why would you want someone else to make them for you?