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Subject: [Leica] Re:Need Wedding Advice
From: rmcclure2 at woh.rr.com (Rob McClure)
Date: Fri Jul 7 17:41:04 2006
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Chris,

Thanks for the tips -- in the back of my mind I was thing something 
like $500 (that is about 10% of wedding cost).  I might get him a KEH 
gift certificate which he would put to good use (he is one of the most 
prolific old camera collectors I know).

Rob
On Jul 5, 2006, at 9:51 PM, Christopher Williams wrote:

> Market price...........East Coast or West Coast? Average wedding 
> photography
> is $1500. You could use the pay per hour approach which can be 
> anything from
> $100-$250. I've read Wedding Magazines that state you should pay the
> photographer 10% of the wedding costs. In reality the prices are all 
> over
> the place. I charge from $1900 - $2700. In CA and NY it can be
> $3000-$10,000.
>
> I photographed my friends wedding last Sept in NY. I was returning the 
> favor
> since he photographed my wedding. Since this was during the Katrina 
> debacle,
> he insisted on paying for my time at least. I did not want to take the 
> money
> but it did cover plane travel and hotel. And the wedding album was on 
> me.
>
> I'd say $500 is fair for advanced amateur.
>
> Now he's your brother so he should run screaming out of the house and 
> only
> return after agreeing not to photograph the wedding :)
>
> Or perhaps there's a lens/second body that is needed for the 
> wedding????
>
> Chris
> www.zoeicaimages.com
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob McClure"
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Need Wedding Advice
>
>
>>
>> My brother Don (formerly a member of this group) has agreed to shoot
>> our daughter's wedding in September.  He is a very advanced amateur 
>> and
>> does great work, though he does not do work for pay.  I offered to pay
>> him as I wanted his talent, not a free shoot.   He say doesn't want to
>> be paid, but I plan to do something for him anyway.  Any thoughts as 
>> to
>> what would be appropriate? What's the market price for a wedding?  He
>> will use digital and give me the disc so I can handle the printing.
>>
>> Rob McClure
>
>
>
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Rob McClure
Upper Sandusky, OH


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