Planning your wedding can be a very long and stressful process, but on your special day you want to relax and feel comfortable knowing your special moments with family and friends will be captured by professional photographers for you to look back on for years to come. If you are looking for one of Canberra’s best wedding photographers for your big day, then look no further!
Planning your wedding can be a very long and stressful process, but on your special day you want to relax and feel comfortable knowing your special moments with family and friends will be captured by professional photographers for you to look back on for years to come. If you are looking for one of Canberra’s best wedding photographers for your big day, then look no further!
What does a wedding photographer do?
We are not all comfortable in front of the camera, but professional photographers are skilled at making you feel at ease and relaxed, gently guiding you to get the best photos possible of your big day. Depending on your style of wedding and your personal taste your photos could be more staged and put together, or you might be after a more ‘behind the scenes’ feel, with natural photos of laughter and interaction with your bridal party and guests. No matter your taste and budget it’s important to shop around to make sure the wedding photography style is right for you.
What is usually included in a wedding photography package?
What the packages include will depend on your budget and your stylistic choices. Some wedding photographers will start your package before your big day with an engagement session! Once your wedding day rolls around, your package could include the photographer arriving early in the morning to capture your bridal party getting ready for the ceremony. Sometimes brides and grooms want both bridal parties to be included, which will require a second photographer on hand.
Once at the wedding, your photographer will capture the ceremony, and usually straight after you and your bridal party will go off to take your bridal photos on location. This can take an hour or so and is usually done while your guests have cocktail hour. Your photographer could leave after that or they could stick around to capture the reception including speeches, food, and cake, sometimes even hanging around until late into the night!
These days you will often also have the option to add a videographer to your wedding package who will shoot and edit a professional wedding video for you to re-watch in the years to come.
How much does wedding photography cost?
With so many different package options, wedding photographers in Canberra vary a lot in price. You can expect to pay somewhere around $3000 – $4000 for a standard wedding photography package. If you would like additional services like an extra photographer or video package, then the fee will increase. Often this is one of the weddings costs brides and grooms feel most comfortable investing in, as it is one of the lasting items that you will take from your wedding day and look back on fondly long into the future, so you want your wedding photography to be perfect!
The best wedding photographers in Canberra
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