How Much Should a First Time Wedding Photographer Cost?
Last Updated: August 9th, 2019
The average price range we would expect a first time wedding photographer to charge for their services is between $0 — $1,000.
Some photographers looking for their absolute first wedding experience may be willing to shoot for free in exchange for “exposure” and the ability to build their wedding photography portfolio. On the other hand, some photographers will deem their time worth something monetary, but will still want to offer highly discounted services to be competitive with other established photographers in the marketplace.
There is no hard and fast rule on any of this. Our opinion is based on our own personal experience pricing our wedding photography services and seeing the starting rates that were charged by other photographers around the web and in our circle of friends.
If you’re here just for the hard numbers, you have them already!
If you want some more detail about why we feel a first time wedding photographer will fall in the $0 — $1,000 price range — we’re going to cover that in more detail now.
