Pollard Photo

Pollard Photo

Hi Alexandra,

I've just seen your question and thought I could offer some advice for you too - seems like you have some great answers here already!

You could certainly find someone to cover your wedding with photo and video for that price, however it is quite low for a professional to provide a long day's coverage if you wanted someone with experience and who is well established.

There are a lot of extra costs associated with covering a wedding - all the camera gear, insurances, computer equipment, training, backup drives to keep your photos safe, as well as the many hours spent before your day to prepare and after your wedding to select, edit and deliver the best photos to you.

There are many reasons for a lower price being offered by photographers, some of these may be:

- Someone starting out generally will offer lower rates to get the experience and build their portfolio - they may have all the skills but just lack experience and the photos they need to market themselves and their photography to other couples

- They may have low overheads, eg saving money on things like not investing in much equipment (eg backup gear in case things break on the day, multiple lenses, computer equipment, backups etc - the costs add up fast!), not spending much time editing your photos, may not have insurance, or other things like that

- A more experienced photographer may be able to lower their price by photographing for less hours

I don't want to sound negative at all, just providing some additional information to help make your decision - everyone values things differently and a higher price certainly does not always mean better quality!

It's totally up to you and what you're after, have a look at people's portfolio and prices and see what fits for you. Their price, personality, and their portfolio photos all form part of it and it's completely to your own preference!

Hope this helps!

Please feel free to contact me if there's anything else I can help with

Pollard Photo

Hi Amber, there are so many great spots around Sydney CBD!

It really depends on what look you're after - there's Martin Place for the old buildings, Darling Harbour and Circular Quay for the waterfront, Botanic Gardens and the Domain for nature photos, The Rocks for historic buildings, shop fronts, little laneways and other unique places like that. It's really whatever suits the two of you and your favourite scenes!

If you're short on time and don't want to be out taking photos too long, I'm sure that wherever you are your photographer could find some great photo locations nearby! Or if you have the time, you could jump in a taxi or on a train - even making that part of the photo shoot would be fun and would provide another cool location with all the historic city stations!

Also, it's worth thinking about the time of day - if you can organise the photos close to sunset they will look much nicer with great light and a nice sky!

Hope this helps! If there's any other info I can help you with just let me know!