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Average Cost OfWedding Photographer
We’ve interviewed countless couples who wished they had budgeted more for wedding photography. All other purchases for your wedding day will fade, but your wedding photos are a timeless reminder of arguably the most important day of your life.
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The most important decision you will make in the wedding planning process is selecting your wedding photographer. That’s a pretty bold statement, but it’s the truth. We’ve interviewed countless couples who wished they had budgeted more for wedding photography. All other purchases for your wedding day will fade, but your wedding photos are a timeless reminder of arguably the most important day of your life! If your wedding photography budget is lower than the presented data for your region, you’ll have to expand your search to obtain the perfect wedding photos.
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*Note: The data presented above includes the wedding photographer’s fee for shooting during the wedding day and digital photos delivered either through online gallery or DVD/drive. The typical hours of wedding day coverage range from 6 to 10 hours. Some photographers include different services and tangibles in their packages (i.e. engagement photos, a second shooter, albums, or print credits). This does not include videography.
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Alaska
Hawaii
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
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Florida
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
South Carolina
North Dakota
California
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
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Oregon
Texas
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Missouri
Louisiana
Illinois
Tennessee
Georgia
Maryland
New Jersey
Connecticut
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Wedding Pioneer has gathered wedding market data from wedding photographers & vendors throughout the US and abroad since 2014. We have also compared our data to other sources including, but not limited to: The US Census Bureau, Bride’s Magazine, The Wedding Report, Zola, and The Knot. Wedding Pioneer has reviewed outside sources and data with our own data to provide the most complete picture of the US Wedding Market.
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