Prices and other questions

What are your package prices?

All packages including my base price include you receiving your pictures on DVD and all of your pictures will be put on the web at Collages.net.

Base Price- “A-la-Carte”

My base price is $125.00 per hour (3 hour Minimum).

Package A- $1,500

Up to 6 hours of wedding day coverage plus a (up to)15 page 8x10 Professional Wedding Album. You may choose either a classic Renaissance Album or a Press Printed Professional ALbum. Fine Level of image retouching is included.

Package B- $2,000

Up to 8 hours of wedding day coverage plus a (up to)20 page 8x10 Professioanal Wedding Album. You may choose either a classic Renaissance Album or a Press Printed Professional Album.Fine Level of image retouching is included

Package C- $2,650

Up to 8 hours of wedding day coverage plus a (up to) 20 page 8x10 Professional Wedding Album and two 15 page 5x7 Parent Albums. You may choose either a classic Renaissance Album or a Press Printed Professional Album.

**Extra time may be added to any of my packages at $65 per 1/2 hour.

***These prices are for areas within 75 miles of Winchester Va. If you are outside of this range there will be a travel charge depending on your location. Hotel and meal charges will apply to Wedding Bookings outside of my home region of Winchester Virginia.

Image Retouching Prices

Basic Reouching- Included in Base Package

Basic Retouching is verifying all images will be color correct.

Moderate Retouching- Add $100

Includes Basic Retouching of all images, plus on all Portrait and Formal images there will be additional retouching to remove blemishes, tattoos (if requested), and ect. These images will be print ready.

Fine Retouching- Add $200

This is Album Quality Retouching Enhancement and cropping on all Portraits and Formals.

FAQ’s

Do you photograph with a digital or film camera?

I now photograph all of my weddings with a Nikon D2X digital camera. This is a 12 megapixel digital DSLR professional camera. I also carry a spare Nikon D2X as my back up camera as well as extra flashes and lenses.

Do we get to keep our pictures?

YES! With all of my packages, including my base price, you receive ALL of your pictures on DVD directly from me. Most times you will receive your images within 2 weeks. These are yours to keep and do with what you’d like. The pictures are the full images that I take at your wedding. They are not pass-keyed or water stamped. I will also keep a back-up set of your pictures for one year after your wedding in case you need an extra set.

Will you put our pictures on the web?

Yes, I put all of the pictures from your wedding on the web through Collages.net. This is included in all of my packages as well as my base price.

Do you do engagement sittings?

Yes. I photograph all of my engagement sessions on location. I have found that when a couple is comfortable with their surroundings they are much more at ease having their pictures taken. The engagement sittings are $175. The sittings usually last about an hour and a half.

Do we need a professional photographer, our budget is tight?

I hear a lot lately, “We had cut our budget for wedding pictures so we had a friend (because he/she had a new digital camera) or hired a cheaper photographer take our wedding pictures and they didn’t know what they were doing so now we have only a couple (if they’re lucky) of decent shots”.

The cost of digital cameras, even decent digital SLR’s have come down in price so most anyone who has ever wanted to try their hand at taking pictures can afford one. The problem is, most of those people don’t have the control over the camera a proffesional does, nor do they understand what it takes to make sure they capture those special moments. This is where almost 10 years of experience comes in. My background in photography comes from the pre-digital days, where you had to get it right without being able to look at the back of the camera to see if the shot was good.

Even a small weddings will cost several thousand dollars. It is usually the most important day of your lives to date. Usually family and friends have travelled a long distance to spend your Wedding Day with you, don’t you want to be assured that you and them will have beautiful photographs to remember that day?

How can we contact you?

You can reach me either at 703.585.6085 or through Email at MBesantPhotography@earthlink.net