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Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: Throwmeabone
Originally posted by: Savij
No idea on the official protocol, but if they bought $300 of stuff that you're getting to keep I think that makes you even for the photography. If you're back to even then yes, you should have a gift.
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Professional photographers charge way more than $300 for a wedding so I would say they are not even.
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And pros don't have their client buy equipment either.
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So? He was effectively paid $300 to shoot the wedding and photographers make 10x that or more on a wedding.
 
Originally posted by: Throwmeabone
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: Throwmeabone
Originally posted by: Savij
No idea on the official protocol, but if they bought $300 of stuff that you're getting to keep I think that makes you even for the photography. If you're back to even then yes, you should have a gift.
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Professional photographers charge way more than $300 for a wedding so I would say they are not even.
Click to expand...

And pros don't have their client buy equipment either.
Click to expand...

So? He was effectively paid $300 to shoot the wedding and photographers make 10x that or more on a wedding.
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when did he even say he was a professional photographer? Maybe they WILL have their photos taken by a professional but just want him to take some as well since he has a nice camera?

Anyways, a favor from a friend is just that, a favor. There shouldn't be a monetary value placed on it.
 
My wife and I had her brother do our photos. We got him a nice coffee maker for doing it, and we got all the photos. It was definitely cheaper than paying for a pro, and we did get a lot of nice pics out of it. His gift to us was the photos and not having to shell out $1k+ for a pro.

A friend of ours did something really cool for their wedding. They went on craigslist and found someone to do the photos for them. It was a nice girl in her mid 20's who just finished photography school or whatever, and wanted to build her portfolio up. It was free for them, they got all the raw images free, and the photographer got to use whatever she wanted for her portfolio.
 
If it were my wedding, I'd feel bad if you gave me a gift in addition to doing the photography. To my mind, that's already a gift. I had a couple close friends help out at my wedding in similar ways. Not only did I forbid them from giving me gifts, but I got them extra tokens of my appreciation.
 
Originally posted by: Dirigible
If it were my wedding, I'd feel bad if you gave me a gift in addition to doing the photography. To my mind, that's already a gift. I had a couple close friends help out at my wedding in similar ways. Not only did I forbid them from giving me gifts, but I got them extra tokens of my appreciation.
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wow they must have felt guilty.

He is doing the photo work and received $300 in equipment.

I'd still get them a token gift unless I was full 100% duty...then even the $300 in equipment though would seem a bit underscale.

Depends on how good friends they are in the end I guess.
 
It depends, are you paying to get the pictures developed? If they're footing the bill to develop the pictures then I think you should give them something. You could easily just give them a card and say that you'll cover $50-100 of the pictures or something like that.
 
Originally posted by: Throwmeabone
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: Throwmeabone
Originally posted by: Savij
No idea on the official protocol, but if they bought $300 of stuff that you're getting to keep I think that makes you even for the photography. If you're back to even then yes, you should have a gift.
Click to expand...

Professional photographers charge way more than $300 for a wedding so I would say they are not even.
Click to expand...

And pros don't have their client buy equipment either.
Click to expand...

So? He was effectively paid $300 to shoot the wedding and photographers make 10x that or more on a wedding.
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Sigh. It probably went down like this

"Can you take our photos."

"I don't have a proper bounce flash."

"Oh we'll pay for that."

"Cool!, Sure, I'll do it."


You are shooting a friend's wedding, you either not charge them anything or give them a discount.

That has nothing to do with your gift to them.
 
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: Throwmeabone
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: Throwmeabone
Originally posted by: Savij
No idea on the official protocol, but if they bought $300 of stuff that you're getting to keep I think that makes you even for the photography. If you're back to even then yes, you should have a gift.
Click to expand...

Professional photographers charge way more than $300 for a wedding so I would say they are not even.
Click to expand...

And pros don't have their client buy equipment either.
Click to expand...

So? He was effectively paid $300 to shoot the wedding and photographers make 10x that or more on a wedding.
Click to expand...

Sigh. It probably went down like this

"Can you take our photos."

"I don't have a proper bounce flash."

"Oh we'll pay for that."

"Cool!, Sure, I'll do it."


You are shooting a friend's wedding, you either not charge them anything or give them a discount.

That has nothing to do with your gift to them.
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Thats pretty much it.

Them: Hey, we liked your pictures from Nepal, would you shoot our wedding?

Me: Ummm, I guess I could, although I've never done a wedding before. I'll need to buy some extra equipment like an off shoe flash cord, bracket and flash diffuser if I'm going to be taking wedding portraits.

Them: We don't want you spending any of your own money if you're taking pictures of our wedding, we'll pay for the equipment.
 
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So you view a wedding gift as an obligatory exchange in return for being invited to their wedding? If they're friends, get them a gift.
 
Originally posted by: calvinbiss
Originally posted by: calvinbiss
Did you recieve an official invitation to the wedding? If so, than yes, get a gift. If you are only taking pictures (i.e. not participating as a guest) then you shouldn't get a gift.

Unless you just want to get them one. If that's the case, find something thats about $50 on their registry, or get a gift card. I don't think you need to spend $100.

BTW, I am getting married in less than a month, and this is what I would expect from the other side.
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Eww...Golden Member post FTW!
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dont get so worked up about it
 
Since they spent moula on your equipment giving them cash would be meaningless.

I would probably do the pics and then have one of the nicer ones framed for them as a gift. You can get a 12 x 18 printed at Costco for $3 and throw it in a nice frame for less than $100. That would mean more to them than any gift.

As a side note, immediately after the wedding I would make at least 2 backup copies of all the pictures I took before I did anything else. I would imagine you've already thought of that.....
 
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