- This topic is empty.
Wedding photography declining ???
-
Sorry have not been on for a while banned from the computer and tv (eye infection). some good point above and thanks for the advice and the pm’s, Just spoke to a Irish lady today who is living in Lanzarote she has photographed 78 Irish weddings in the last 5 months, maybe everone is getting married abroad, now that a though everyone move abroad. :lol:
Anyone who can shoot 78 weddings in 5 months is clearly low-end and doing mostly shoot & burn. Good luck to her! I know I’d rather do 30 higher end jobs than bust a gut for very little return in 78.
markcapilitan wrote:
Anyone who can shoot 78 weddings in 5 months is clearly low-end and doing mostly shoot & burn. Good luck to her! I know I’d rather do 30 higher end jobs than bust a gut for very little return in 78.
I agree Mark, I know my head would be fried just thinking about it, but there most be a very strong market for it.
markcapilitan wrote:
Anyone who can shoot 78 weddings in 5 months is clearly low-end and doing mostly shoot & burn. Good luck to her! I know I’d rather do 30 higher end jobs than bust a gut for very little return in 78.
Its like telling your boss to cut your wages and you’ll work extra hours to make up the loss !!
mark
what makes you say its low end she is doing. is it not possible that she is being booked at one or two venues, which means she wouldnt need to do as many site visits etc, and have someone else processing
I know of an irish photographer who has fifty odd weddings booked this year, he shoots them and wife processes and designs albums etc.
i know they are turning out good stuff, not just bish bash bosh weddings
markcapilitan wrote:
Anyone who can shoot 78 weddings in 5 months is clearly low-end and doing mostly shoot & burn. Good luck to her! I know I’d rather do 30 higher end jobs than bust a gut for very little return in 78.
Hi Mark,
That’s quite a leap to judgement given the information Liam posted.
We don’t know how many staff/assistants she might have, what her
processing/printing arrangements are and what she charges and yet you
can deduce that she is “low end” and “mostly shoot and burn”Maybe I’m being argumentative but I could’nt condemn somebody on such
evidence.You could be right of course.
John.
There is also the point that when someone is used to weddings and has an established style it doesnt take long to process the shots either.
I knew I’d get a bashing from saying that!! 50 weddings in a year is fine….78 in 5 months. Maybe I am wrong, absolutely, maybe she is the best of the best at it, hence good luck! This is going off track from main topic, so I’m ending my bit here, but where I’m coming from is the point that if you take the best wedding photographers in the world or even the best on somewhere like Fred Miranda, they all do roughly 30-50 weddings a year, regardless of how many assistants or if they outsource design, because when you do them right you can charge so much that you only need to shoot so many, so you can have a life/shoot other things. If this girl has an agency, excellent, the more weddings the better…but liam did originally say an irish lady who shot 78 weddings. Sounds to me like she doesn’t run an agency….
Just spoke to a Irish lady today who is living in Lanzarote she has photographed 78 Irish weddings in the last 5 months
Getting back on topic…wedding photography IMO isn’t decline, some people will always seeks out a student/friend whatever to capture the day. While some people will still hire a pro….and others will still go all out.
Dont know if this add’s any strength to Mark’s point as equipment is not everything, she shoots with 1 lens,1 flash and a Canon 450d :roll:
As a matter of interest, have any of the wedding photographers here adapted their business to the changing market, different products, less for less, no/less printing etc?
Covey wrote:
As a matter of interest, have any of the wedding photographers here adapted their business to the changing market, different products, less for less, no/less printing etc?
I have done this. I do disk only weddings, disk with album, small printed books, various ranges and quality of book and normal album. proof only weddings, “just a few photographs”, etc, etc.
Whatever the client requires and within a budget range if possible …… I will do it.
I was never in the marketplace where the customer spent a few thousand on wedding photography anyway but I do include the expensive packages together with the cheaper ones.I try to do whatever the couple want within the amount that they wish to spend ………. as long as they are not looking for a rolls royce job for the cost of a bicycle !
Good man Gerry, sounds the way to go. What as a matter of interest is a proof only wedding?
as long as they are not looking for a rolls royce job for the cost of a bicycle
I’ll happily do that…as long as the bicycle is Lance Armstrongs $10k time trial bike! :lol:
Covey wrote:
Good man Gerry, sounds the way to go. What as a matter of interest is a proof only wedding?
Take all the pics and give them thumbnail sheets of shots taken at low res. They can then make up their minds later and re-order what they wish.
You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
