Rate - My Pricing Philosophy

I consciously avoid high-end pricing. There are several ways I do this. First, to avoid the countless post-wedding hours of sifting and enhancing that digital photography demands, I shoot film. That means that my clients do not pay for a week’s worth of work on the computer after the event. It also means that once the film has been processed, my clients receive their photographs within a week or two of the wedding. I do not omit any photos, so each one I take has to be good. The photographs on this site have not been altered so what you see here is similar to what you would receive.

Second, I generally do not make albums, reprints, or enlargements. This ensures affordability. Therefore, you receive all media I create in order to use and reproduce the photos as you wish without having to pay me as a middleman. I keep nothing but a digital copy of the images for promotional purposes.

Third, in order to avoid a rate that has built-in business charges, I’ve chosen to have no overhead: no office, no advertising, no costly materials, and no high-dollar memberships to photography organizations. My portfolio is this website. My office is the wedding itself. I am a 100% word-of-mouth business. And my printed materials are all done for free through Vistaprint.com.

Many people aim not to spend more on a wedding than on a down-payment for a home. Others simply cannot afford extravagant rates. I fill a needed and practical niche.