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Is the wedding taking over your life?

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When the excitement of the proposal wears off, it’s time to get down to business and get things done. How do you make sure you are on the same page from the beginning? 

A day after Richard proposed to Meredith, they took an 8-hour car ride alone to think about what they wanted for their wedding.  

There were no distractions, no other opinions… it gave them time to talk to each other and prioritize their wedding wish list.

As the car ride ended and real life began, both realized ‘wedding work’ was constantly coming up- often at a time when neither of them was in the right frame of mind to discuss it.

Rather than letting wedding talk dominate their lives, they time blocked the discussion into date nights with agendas, goals, and calendar invitations.

Beer and pizza are a bonus.

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When the excitement of the proposal wears off, it’s time to get down to business and get things done. How do you make sure you are on the same page from the beginning? 

A day after Richard proposed to Meredith, they took an 8-hour car ride alone to think about what they wanted for their wedding.  

There were no distractions, no other opinions… it gave them time to talk to each other and prioritize their wedding wish list.

As the car ride ended and real life began, both realized ‘wedding work’ was constantly coming up- often at a time when neither of them was in the right frame of mind to discuss it.

Rather than letting wedding talk dominate their lives, they time blocked the discussion into date nights with agendas, goals, and calendar invitations.

Beer and pizza are a bonus.

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    Robin Sloan, The Uncorked ProjectVerifiedRobin Sloan, The Uncorked Project

    It's the first thing people ask you about when they see you, it's the never ending To Do list that you often put in front of your day job, the algorithm only shows you wedding related news... yeah, it's normal.  I was so ready for my own wedding planning to be over and 'get back to normal life'!

    Dec202024Dec202024

    I got engaged over Thanksgiving and it’s been so fun and exciting so far. But.. I am so obsessed with everything wedding that I am already feeling like this is headed for burnout. Wish me luck over the holidays with my huge family (and his difficult mother).

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Do you feel like the industry charges more “because it’s a wedding” and they know it’s an emotional purchase?

Do companies think that they can charge more for weddings since the bride and groom may be willing to spend more on their dream wedding?

Hey wedding pros – is this higher price tag justified? Why? Do you charge more for your service if it is a wedding?

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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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