Wedding photography
Did you know that more marriages break up over finance than anything else?
Forget infidelity, finance is the big killer. Yet more and more young people finance their weddings with a big loan for that one-off day. All in the name of romance. The average wedding in the UK now costs £17,000 and the majority of that usually goes on credit.
What has this to do with photography? Well a good portion of the budget goes to the Wedding Photographer. Those are the professionals that make a living out of giving the happy couple a collection of pretty pictures with which to remember their day, and they do so at quite a nice price too, charging anything from £750 to £7500. The average price for a basic wedding photography package in the UK is around £1800.
A lot of work goes into wedding photography, and it's not easy, hence the expense. Wedding photographers work hard for their money.
But I can't help but wonder, when the couple are stressed out and finding things tight trying to pay the bills, if they feel that that little album of images is really worth all the financial heartache?
I’m afraid I'm cynical about the wedding industry in general. It has too much to do with commercialism and nothing to do with spontaneity and the real emotion between two people. What worries me is that modern media imposes too many expectations of the “perfect day” which results in major stress and financial hardship, all in the name of the perceived perfect wedding dream.
When Lin and I got married, we were young and broke. Our wedding cost practically nothing and a friend took the photos. In retrospect it would have been nice if he had done a better job as they are not that good and are wonky. But it meant more because he was a friend, and at least we have never had to complain about the cost. When push comes to shove, they are only pictures; the real value after all this time is the memory of being together and laughing at how young we looked.
This is a photo of Claire Louisa in her wedding dress, taken shortly after her wedding. She mentioned at the shoot just how expensive and stressful her wedding was. I wonder if she now feels all that money was worth it?
Forget infidelity, finance is the big killer. Yet more and more young people finance their weddings with a big loan for that one-off day. All in the name of romance. The average wedding in the UK now costs £17,000 and the majority of that usually goes on credit.
What has this to do with photography? Well a good portion of the budget goes to the Wedding Photographer. Those are the professionals that make a living out of giving the happy couple a collection of pretty pictures with which to remember their day, and they do so at quite a nice price too, charging anything from £750 to £7500. The average price for a basic wedding photography package in the UK is around £1800.
A lot of work goes into wedding photography, and it's not easy, hence the expense. Wedding photographers work hard for their money.
But I can't help but wonder, when the couple are stressed out and finding things tight trying to pay the bills, if they feel that that little album of images is really worth all the financial heartache?
I’m afraid I'm cynical about the wedding industry in general. It has too much to do with commercialism and nothing to do with spontaneity and the real emotion between two people. What worries me is that modern media imposes too many expectations of the “perfect day” which results in major stress and financial hardship, all in the name of the perceived perfect wedding dream.
When Lin and I got married, we were young and broke. Our wedding cost practically nothing and a friend took the photos. In retrospect it would have been nice if he had done a better job as they are not that good and are wonky. But it meant more because he was a friend, and at least we have never had to complain about the cost. When push comes to shove, they are only pictures; the real value after all this time is the memory of being together and laughing at how young we looked.
This is a photo of Claire Louisa in her wedding dress, taken shortly after her wedding. She mentioned at the shoot just how expensive and stressful her wedding was. I wonder if she now feels all that money was worth it?
posted by Rich at 8:42 AM
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