{"id":2663,"date":"2012-06-08T09:45:42","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T13:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kurtnphoto.com\/wedding-blog\/?p=2663"},"modified":"2012-06-08T09:45:42","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T13:45:42","slug":"toledo-wedding-photographer-how-much-will-your-wedding-cost-photographer-and-videographer-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kurtnphoto.com\/wedding-blog\/toledo-wedding-photographer-how-much-will-your-wedding-cost-photographer-and-videographer-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Toledo Wedding Photographer | How much will your wedding cost? | Photographer and Videographer | Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part 4 in my blog series on \u201cHow much will your wedding cost?\u201d deals with photographers and videographers.\u00a0 No offense to my videographer friends, but obviously since photography is my thing; I\u2019m probably going to spend more time on that portion.\u00a0 The pricing information is from CostOfWedding.com<\/a> and is not necessarily the price you will pay for photography and videography here in Toledo, Ohio.\u00a0 This blog series is simply to give Toledo Brides and Grooms an idea of how much they may pay for wedding items and services, and is a rough estimate at best.
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\nAccording to the reporting on Cost Of Wedding website, Toledo brides and grooms spend between $1,020 and $1,700 total for photography and videography for average services.\u00a0 For the experienced professionals, they spend between $2,040 and $2,720+.\u00a0 The average amount spent for both was $1,360.\u00a0 Unfortunately, this report does not state how many, if any, actual brides and grooms responded to this survey they used to collect this information nor do they say how many hours each wedding lasted, so spending amounts may vary widely.\u00a0 Full day coverage for the most experienced wedding photographers and videographers in the Greater Toledo Area are usually much higher than the $1,360 given in this report, so please make sure you do your research before setting this, or any, portion of your budget.
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\nThe report further breaks down amounts by other things like engagement sessions, prints, albums, CD or DVD, and what they actually paid the photographer and videographer for their time and services.\u00a0 Here are those figures.\u00a0 For the videographer, the average Toledo couples spend between $674 and $1,124 on for average videography and between $1,349 and $1,798+ for the experts.\u00a0 The average amount spent on videographers in Toledo in 2011 was $899.\u00a0 For the photographer, Toledo brides and grooms spent on average between $1,067 and $1,778 for services but spent between $2,133 and $2,844+ for more experienced professionals.\u00a0 The report states that the average amount spent on the photographer for a Toledo wedding was $1,422.
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\nWhen planning your photography portion of the budget, you should include the extras like albums, prints and DVDs.\u00a0 According to CostOfWedding.com, the average Toledo couple spends between $305 and $508 for average leather bound albums while they spend between $609 and $812+ for albums from the professionals.\u00a0 The report further states that the average spent on a traditional leather bound album is $406.\u00a0 This of course, does not take into consideration the size of the prints in the album nor does it list how many pages are included.\u00a0 As for prints that are purchased, the average bride and groom in Toledo spends between $147 and $245, with them spending between $294 and $392+ from the experts, and they spend on average a total of $196.\u00a0 Once again, this report does not give the details about the size of the prints nor does it state weather it is a proof set or canvas or anything else, which could drastically change the amount you would spend.\u00a0 For engagement photo sessions, Toledo couples spend between $270 and $450 for average professionals and spend between $540 and $720+ for the professionals.\u00a0 The report lists the average spent as $360 but does not state if this is just for the session or if it includes prints or a printable CD.\u00a0 The report lists a category called Digital or Photo CD\/DVD.\u00a0 I\u2019m guessing this is also for the photographer, but it could be a videographer product as well, but it does not define that.\u00a0 The cost for this for the average Toledo bride and groom is listed as between $215 and $358 with spending for the professionals as between $429 and $572+ and the average amount spent as $286.\"Best<\/a>
\nNow, with all of this being said, it is very important that you remember DO NOT choose your videographer or photographer by price alone.\u00a0 You need to take into consideration their style, quality, your likes and how you truly want your wedding memories to be preserved.\u00a0 Yes, many photographers and videographers are out there that will give you everything you want and then some for dirt cheap.\u00a0 The problem is that most of the time, their end product reflects their price.\u00a0 At the same time, there are also a lot of inexperienced people in the profession that are charging as much if not more than experienced photographers and videographers who probably shouldn\u2019t be charging what they are charging if you base it on experience.\u00a0 According to the American Academy of Wedding Professionals, the most complaints they receive after a wedding are about photographers.\u00a0 It is very important to do your research on wedding photographers along with all of your vendors, and with the internet the way it is today, this makes it much easier to do so.\u00a0 You can check out what other brides say about their wedding vendors simply by going to WeddingChannel.com and WeddingWire.com and reading their reviews.\u00a0 You can also check the Better Business Bureau website to check for complaints about their service.
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\nAnother thing you need to consider about your photographer pricing packages is what you really want.\u00a0 The trend these days is for the bride to purchase a disk of all of the images with copyrights so she can take the photos somewhere else to get printed and also make her own \u201ccheaper\u201d album.\u00a0 Because of the high demand for this, I recently have revised my pricelist to include the disk of images in place of a traditional wedding album, your choice.\u00a0 However, here are some things you need to consider.\u00a0 I recently had a past bride from years ago ask for a new DVD slideshow from her wedding because the one I made for her back then will not play in her new computer.\u00a0 This is a problem quite a few brides are finding out the hard way.\u00a0 CDs and DVDs are not meant to last forever.\u00a0 They get scratched, lost and sometimes even break.\u00a0 They become outdated because of the constant software improvements and may eventually become obsolete all together because of techonological advances.\u00a0 Although I do, not all wedding photographers keep your images forever.\u00a0 Many of them, I have noticed from online forums, will give you what you purchased, keep them for a little while longer and then delete them from their servers.\u00a0 Therefore, five or ten years from now, you may not be able to access them from your photographer if you need them.\u00a0 After months of wedding planning and settling into your newly married lives after the honeymoon, do you really want to have to spend many more hours putting together a wedding album yourself?\u00a0 It takes me several hours just to layout an album and I do it quite often, and that is with the bride choosing her favorite images to be included in it.\u00a0 You on the other hand have probably never created an album before so I am guessing it will take you twice or three times as long as it does me, if not longer.
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\nAlso, as with most photographers, the disk you will receive with all of your images will probably not include photo retouching and color correcting on each and every image.\u00a0 However, when you order prints or an album, I will make sure that this is done for you.\u00a0 This ensures that you have the best quality photo prints and albums.\u00a0 You also have to consider that when you purchase a high resolution disk of the images, they are meant for very large prints.\u00a0 If you do not have photo editing software like Photoshop, your prints may not look right when printed.\u00a0 Some stores that have print labs will crop them for you, but that doesn\u2019t mean it will look the way you want it to look. I also keep hearing from brides that have been married for a while tell me that they wished they would have had their photographer make their wedding album instead of just buying the disk because they still \u201chaven\u2019t gotten around to doing it yet\u201d.\u00a0 They also haven\u2019t gotten around to taking their disk to get prints because they can\u2019t remember where they put the disk of images or have been too busy to do it.\u00a0 When you have a professional do this for your, it gets done, usually very quickly.\u00a0 Some photographers even limit how many images you will receive.\u00a0 I do not do this because I do not know what \u201clittle moments\u201d you will want to cherish and\/or put in your wedding album.\u00a0 Many photographers give a copyright release to you when your purchase a disk of images.\u00a0 Be sure to check to make sure how many images you will receive and if the release has any restrictions.\u00a0 Many photographers will restrict the size or what you can do with it because we use professional print labs that a common person cannot use guaranteeing that the quality is of the highest standards in the business.\u00a0 If you take the image to a big box store or drug store, the quality is not the same as what we can provide with the larger prints. Professional photographers are picky about their work and do not want it seen by possible future customers if it is not up to their standards and therefore put those restrictions on what you can do with the images.<\/p>\n

This information is not meant to scare you or talk you out of purchasing a disk.\u00a0 I personally don\u2019t mind when brides get a disk instead of an album because it is far less work for me since I don\u2019t have to lay out the album.\u00a0 I just wanted to let you know about all of the information and scenarios that you may not have thought about before.\u00a0 Is saving money worth it to you to have to do so much work yourself when you can pay a little extra and have a professional do it for you?
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Hopefully you will find the information that I have provided you in this blog helpful.\u00a0 Sorry that it is so long compared with the other blogs in this series, but this is<\/em> my area of expertise.\u00a0 As I stated earlier, these are just estimates from CostOfWedding.com<\/a>.\u00a0 The amount you will actually spend will vary greatly depending on your taste, location and ideas.
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This is the fourth part in a series of several blog posts regarding the cost of a Toledo wedding.\u00a0 Look for the next blog post about wedding planners coming soon.\u00a0\u00a0 Feel free to post any comment or question you may have to let me know if this is helpful to you for planning your wedding.<\/p>\n

For more information on Kurt Nielsen Wedding Photography<\/a> including pricing<\/a>, please visit my website at:\u00a0 www.kurtnphoto.com<\/a>.\u00a0 You can contact me at:<\/p>\n

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Kurt Nielsen Photography<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
kurt@kurtnphoto.com<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
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5431 Schultz Drive<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
Sylvania<\/span>, OH<\/span> 43560<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
419 885 7153<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<\/div>\n

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Feel free to make comments and\/or share this blog post!\u00a0 Thank you for your interest in Kurt Nielsen Photography for Weddings<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Part 4 in my blog series on \u201cHow much will your wedding cost?\u201d deals with photographers and videographers.\u00a0 No offense to my videographer friends, but obviously since photography is my thing; I\u2019m probably going to spend more time on that portion.\u00a0 The pricing information is from CostOfWedding.com and is not necessarily the price you will … <\/p>\n

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