Most photographer sites make you fill out a form before anyone will tell you anything. You wait, you get a brochure, and you still do not know if it is in your range. I would rather just talk to you.
How I price it
I price on time, not on packages built to hide the number. Most of what I shoot works out between $250 and $350 an hour depending on the coverage, whether you want video alongside the photos, and how much editing the job needs.
Tell me the date, the hours, and roughly what you are planning, and I will give you a real number on the first call. If it does not work for your budget, tell me what does. Sometimes I can make it work and sometimes I cannot, but you will get a straight answer early instead of three emails later.
What is included, and what is not
Included: every frame I take, edited and full resolution. No album you have to buy to unlock the good ones. No licensing fee if you want to print it, frame it, or post it five years from now. It is yours.
Not included, unless we discuss it: a second shooter, prints, or albums. I will tell you honestly when your event needs a second photographer and when it does not. Most weddings under about 150 guests do not.
Weddings
I shoot documentary at the core. I am reading the room and trying to be standing in the right place thirty seconds before something happens, which is most of the job. The posed portraits and the family formals matter and I do them properly, but the pictures people end up hanging are almost always the ones nobody knew I was taking.
The family formal list is worth planning in advance. Done right it takes about eighteen minutes. Done badly it eats an hour of your cocktail reception and somebody gets blamed for it. Send me your list before the day and I will shoot it in order, oldest relatives first so they are not standing around.
Bar and Bat Mitzvahs
The service and the party are two different jobs. The service needs someone who knows when not to lift a camera, understands what is happening and why, and can work quietly inside a sanctuary. The party needs someone who can keep up with forty thirteen-year-olds on a dance floor and still get the grandparents before they leave.
I shoot both the way I shoot a wedding, with the same cameras and the same coverage. South Florida families generally book ten to fourteen months out, and the season runs heaviest from October through April.
Events and corporate
Galas, company parties, conferences, milestone birthdays, headshots. This work is usually simpler than it sounds and I price it hourly. If you need headshots done at your office, I will come to you, and it runs about twenty minutes a person.
Family and couples
Portrait sessions are relaxed on purpose. The best frames come out about fifteen minutes in, once everyone has stopped performing for the camera. I plan for that rather than fighting it.
How the day actually runs
We talk first, usually on the phone, about the timeline and what matters most to you. A week or two out we lock the schedule, the locations, and the shot list, and I coordinate with your planner and venue so nobody is surprised on the day.
On the day I show up early. I answer texts. I do not disappear when the reception ends, and you get your gallery when I said you would. I know that sounds like the bare minimum. You would be surprised.
One practical thing worth deciding early: if you are getting married outdoors between June and October, have a real rain plan. Not a vague one. A named indoor spot with matching capacity and air conditioning, and somebody with the authority to make the call about ninety minutes out. Usually that is me.
If you want to talk
I cover Palm Beach County, Broward, and Miami-Dade, and I travel when it makes sense. I have been doing this in South Florida since 2012, in ballrooms in Palm Beach, backyards in Delray, synagogues in Boca Raton, and on the beach in Fort Lauderdale.
If you want to talk through your date and figure out what coverage makes sense, reach out. Happy to get on a call, and I will tell you early if I am not the right fit.