need some newlywed advice about photography

groovypeg Posted: Apr 13, 2003 07:13 PM

need some newlywed advice about photography

i posted this on BHB too

i have seen a few photographers this weekend, and i dont know if this is a good package:

1 8x10 leather bound library panel or flush leather album with 40 images

2 5x7 parent albums with 16 images

1 11x14 image

75 wallets
all proofs and negatives

$2695 + tax +$795 additional photographer for photojourn etc.

thanks

Sonicstef Posted: Apr 13, 2003 07:56 PM

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How many proofs does that include? How many hours of coverage? In my opinion, those two factors are way more important than the albums.

groovypeg Posted: Apr 13, 2003 08:00 PM

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thanks,

iam emailing the photographer tonite to find out how many proofs he guarantees, but i am pretty sure i get him all day from start to finish. but i will double check.

Sonicstef Posted: Apr 13, 2003 08:07 PM

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What photographer is it? What sort of photography (style) do you like?

groovypeg Posted: Apr 13, 2003 08:16 PM

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my fi and i love photojournalism, so we are thinking about booking perceptions, who gave us that quote. i have seen so many photographers at expos and i really like his work the best. they specialize in photojourn and actually the extra photographer is for color portraits, i got it wrong in my previous post.

groovypeg Posted: Apr 13, 2003 10:21 PM

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i found out that it is 600 proofs, is that reasonable?

yabbobay Posted: Apr 13, 2003 10:29 PM

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600 is an average number of proofs...but I don't think that it is enough if you want to get the photojournalistic feel IMO...yes candids...but not so much photojournalism...

under $3000 is a good price for a photog...but you must take many things into account

groovypeg Posted: Apr 13, 2003 10:45 PM

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what should i take into account . . .

thanks for the help,

Sonicstef Posted: Apr 14, 2003 08:34 AM

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600 photos per photographer or total for both? For two photographers, 1200 photos sound reasonable for a photojournalistic feel. But if its 600 for both, that is way too low.

michele31 Posted: Apr 14, 2003 10:39 AM

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I agree with Stef. If all you really liked was posed photos than 600 would be fine, but you need a lot more for photojournalism.
Also, you will want more photos in your album. Trust me. Ask how much additional pages are going to cost you? Does he/she shot in b&w and high speed for no-additional charge?

I highly recommend Mark Kauffman if you want photojournalism. His price will be higher but you will love your photos.

Fran M Posted: Apr 14, 2003 11:15 AM

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I think you will definately end up wanting more than 40 pixs in your album. You might also want to think about doing a 10 x 10 album instead of 8x10. Take a look at samples of both and you will see what I mean.

groovypeg Posted: Apr 15, 2003 04:46 PM

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why is 600 too low for photojourn?

Sonicstef Posted: Apr 15, 2003 05:36 PM

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There are lots of reasons but the easiest answers are:

a) photojournalistic like photographers need to take many more photos than traditional because in order to 'Journalize' you day, the photographers need to be taking photos all day long, not just during those 'key' moments. Assuming you have 2 photographers taking 300 pictures each, thats only about a roll an hour. If you factor in the inevitable problem photos (someone blinks, someone turn around, etc..) that is not enough.

b) Photojournalistic photographers still should be doing some posed so you need a few roles of that AT LEAST (even if you dont like posed photos and limit them to a certain part of your day)...so right there, you are taking a few rolls out of the 10 that your photographer is shooting bringing down the average to even less than 1/hour per photographer.