How much did you pay for wedding photography?

[AliBaby]

Thanks Ang and Lime,

Very helpful

I am getting married in Fiji so will be paying the expense of flying a photographer over as well.

I have been in contact with a photogrpaher in Fiji and his work is great and highly recommended and even though it is much cheaper than flying a photographer over, I am not sure I trust the quality/editing process.

[*Ang*]

Like Lime our photographer also took photos before hand as we got ready and her partner went to the grooms house to take photos. She was so easy to work with, really listened to our requests and took command of the day ( we had a couple of unruly groomsman who just like to play up sometimes!). Was well worth paying her.

[Mildez]

$1500-1600 that was us getting ready, the man at the Church before the reception, and the whole way until the first dance after cutting the cake. We got all the discs of all the photos taken as well as a completely gorgeous album. We had over 800 pictures from the photographer on the disc.

[Sterla]

We were really lucky - we came across and friend of a friend of my MIL who did professional photography (including lots of weddings) kind of as a hobby rather than full time career. She charged $400, and we were supposed to get 120 6x8 prints and a CD of all the photos, but we actually ended up with 180 photos (at no extra cost) because she said she couldn't part with so many of the photos.
We had photos of us getting ready before the ceremony, the actual ceremony, and then lots of photos afterward. She did the standard 'pretend to cut the cake photo', but apart from that she didn't do any photos at our reception.

[BrightSparkles]

We had a friend do ours for us and TBH i was happier with them than some of the professional photos we've had done.

[Lisa]

We paid $2500 and I think it is the worst money we spent on our wedding day.

The person who was supposed to be doing our photos couldn't make it so he sent his partner, who had no people skills at all. She couldn't look us in the eye when speaking to us, she actually looked away when talking to us.
She took stupid pics of us hugging everyone after we got married. Just useless back-of-the-head shots. She was sitting down eating when we did the garter & bouquet throws. I had to ask her to take photos and she didn't get 1 shot of our wedding cars

If I had my time again I would probably spend the money on a good camera and have someone I trust to take the photos. Trust me, they would have come out better than the ones we paid for

[Mum2SweetCs]

$3800. This included pre-shoot, photos on the day of the wedding. We got all the photos on CD so we can print them out whenever.

Got i think 100 prints, a 20 page hardcover (mega heavy book) and 1 framed picture (large)

[luna moth]

I think about $3300? That included both of us getting ready, beautiful natural shots, massage for DH, and then he hung around at the reception for ages (only half an hour was included in the package, but I think he was having a good time!) and took some gorgeous shots there. We got a full set of regular photographic size prints, and $400 worth of enlarged prints.
The photos are amazing, and I don't regret spending the money for a second. That said, the photos that friends and rellies took are amazing too, and a wonderful complement.

I would go with the Fijian photographer, and get some family and friends to take their own photos as well. We had a BBQ the next day, and had a laptop there, so we got everyone's photos together and shared them.
Alternatively, what about flying a photography student over with you? Bit cheaper, and you'll still get amazing stuff. They're also often not as bound by copyright, and more open to sharing options.