You should also add in the cost of having and maintaining good gear, plus all the time, money and study that went in to even getting to a level to be considered “good.” Some of us are wicked naturally talented, but there still is a lot of time that goes into honing that. Because everyone can have some measure of…

Thiiiiis. If I ever get married, a photographer is the one thing I’m willing to spend all the money for, because I know that’ll actually be worth it.

Many photographers will not take on half-day jobs, because 1) it means they lose out on a shoot fee for the other half of the day (setup / breakdown and travel time would likely also prevent them from getting any other internal work done that day as well), 2) equipment rentals are typically for full days, not…

I know weddings cost a pretty penny, but you are spot on. People seek to cut corners on the most important things (photos/video, a DJ, makeup, booze), and splurge on stupid things (like favors, place cards, and photobooths). I used to do makeup for weddings. Key words: used to. I got sick of brides trying to haggle…

Thank you! I was a professional wedding photographer for 7 years (have a BA in Photojournalism) and invested many thousands of dollars in equipment and continuing education through workshops and the like. Most of my career I started packages at $4,200 with an average client investing 6-8k. I only shot 15-20 weddings a…

At my wedding we accepted the “gift” of photography from my father-in-law’s drunk idiot friend. It was a huge mistake. The only photos we’ve ever shown anyone were candids from the wedding reception, one decent shot of my wife and me in the car we drove away in, and one shot of my wife with her brother. Literally…

As a professional photographer and videographer, I can tell you, yes, those $4k+ photographers are often worth it. People never see all the time and work that goes in to the photos/video AFTER the wedding day — that’s honestly where most of the money is going. Making sure the photos are securely stored (have to make…

Our photographer cost $1800 and that was the least expensive professional I could find. My husband didn’t believe me until he started looking for himself. Our dream photographers started at $4000.

Professional photographers cost a lot of money because they’re worth a lot of money. You want a professional to take photos for 8-10 hours, then process/airbrush/curate those photos? It’s going to cost you at least $1500. Anything less and you’re probably dealing with an amateur and/or a crook.

I think they are a response to the “weddings are boring” complaint. They are an activity that you can do if you want if you’re not into dancing that are cheap to throw together if you have a laptop and throw together some props. They get fancy of course but they don’t have to be. I wanted to have a crafts table at my…

I don’t know much about the price of photography in Leeds but I imagine that price she quoted was pretty cheap. If things seem too good to be true, they sometimes are. It's not always the case. How big was her portfolio and how many references did she have?

Having a camera and being able to point the lens at things does not make you a professional photographer. It makes you a person holding a camera.

I’m sure somewhere there is like a steam-punk fuck-doll from the 17th century so I doubt even Robo-hos would not be original.

Good to know that MRAs were just as insufferably whiny in the 1900s are they are now. “Oh no, those uppity women got the right to vote and now they don’t want to be hit!”

Yeah, when I discovered that editorial was actually using the phrase “men’s rights,” I lost it.

It is. It made the news, and Orlove had an article about it. http://jalopnik.com/this-guys-must…

The best spanking scene didn’t even have any. Much too perilous!

“Somehow, he realizes that a dominion over her buttocks is also a dominion over her heart”

I’m sending this to my bf as a valentine.

“Remember, you can’t depict a married couple sharing a single bed, but its the height of wholesomeness for a man to bare-hand paddle a woman’s ass.”