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How long should you be engaged?

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You don’t get anything done faster just because you have more time to plan. Anne felt this just dragged out the planning and added pressure and stress.
 
As for Seamus, he liked having the time to get each task done at his own pace without the pressure of a shorter engagement.
 
The average engagement time is around 12 months, but you can plan a wedding in weeks or years.
 
It all depends if you’re more like Anne and want the satisfaction of marking things off your list or like Seamus and appreciate the time to figure it out.
 
What is your planning style? Long-term or fast-paced?

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Anne & Seamus
Newlyweds

Who's in this video?

Anne & Seamus
Newlyweds
You don’t get anything done faster just because you have more time to plan. Anne felt this just dragged out the planning and added pressure and stress.
 
As for Seamus, he liked having the time to get each task done at his own pace without the pressure of a shorter engagement.
 
The average engagement time is around 12 months, but you can plan a wedding in weeks or years.
 
It all depends if you’re more like Anne and want the satisfaction of marking things off your list or like Seamus and appreciate the time to figure it out.
 
What is your planning style? Long-term or fast-paced?

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    Robin Sloan, The Uncorked ProjectVerifiedRobin Sloan, The Uncorked Project

    I think 1 year is the sweet spot. Enough time to plan and save money, but not so long you are OVER it.

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    Robin Sloan, The Uncorked ProjectVerifiedRobin Sloan, The Uncorked Project

    I have been asked this so many times... does the wedding industry inflate prices when they hear it's a wedding?

    Here is my honest answer (as a former wedding photographer)... NO. Did I charge more for a wedding than a 50th birthday party or a family portrait session? Yes, absolutely. I charged A LOT more for a wedding.

    Was I taking advantage of the emotional sell? Absolutely not.

    The main reasons I charged more for a wedding were: the unseen amount of work involved in the 12+ months leading up to the wedding, the skill level needed on the day, the INTENSE pressure to create perfect "portfolio level work" no matter what the reality of the situation- but mostly it is to compensate for the time AFTER the wedding in post production.

    Little known fact about wedding photography - the real job is sitting at a computer editing photos. Photographers spend many hours behind the computer carefully selecting and editing photos. They make adjustments, crop, and adjust colors to ensure each image it's best. Don't forget the time it takes for batching, renaming, importing, exporting and uploading the photos and preparing them for delivery.

    Do you think this justifies why photographers charge more for weddings than for other types of shoots?

    AvatarCody Pettengill

    Couldn’t agree more! And on the videography side its an absolute ton of data + editing discipline.

    Its a double sided coin- weddings are extremely high pressure but also high reward when we nail it.

    Our products (photo video) in particular are the only thing that genuinely will last forever . Having fun and ALSO nailing the product is worth the price of entry and frankly more.

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