How Much Money Does a Wedding Photographer Truly Make?

Oct 13

This is a common question that often times pops up in forums, various Facebook groups and Google searches alike. There are many different answers depending on who you ask or what website you visit.

What Couples Only Take into Consideration

Many couples don’t take into account the various amount of hours that go beyond just the wedding day. In fact, there are preparation hours, wedding day hours and post-production hours for each wedding.

Pricing in part is from the experience a person has (how long they’ve been doing wedding photos), partially the equipment cost and what region they work in, how long the wedding day is, how much work on the backend and if they will be alone or have a second or even third shooter.

For example, Washington, DC will be much more expensive to hire a professional than hiring a photographer down the road 200 some miles in Roanoke, VA, that’s equally as capable.

A couple may think a professional is making thousands of dollars coming to your wedding for a handful of hours, but truth be told it’s much more than just showing and clicking a camera.

There are practical reasons why photography costs what it does and today we’ll provide you a great example below.

Wedding Photographer Calculator

Below is an online calculator that we developed that can help give you a much better ballpark figure of what a typical photographer may make.

For those wanting to put this on their websites can simply copy the following snippet and paste it on their website.

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