Yes, thats right ladies and gentlemen, G-Town (or Geelong to those who prefer the traditional pronunciation) now has access to great value and affordable wedding photography services!
Since December last year Budget Wedding Photography have been servicing the Geelong and Bellarine Peninsula region with our range of great value wedding photography services. We use the best available photographers who are willing to work at an affordable price to you, ensuring great quality and professional photos.
As we like to say – we’re affordable, NOT cheap!
So, if you’re planning a wedding outside of the Melbourne area, including Bacchus Marsh, Werribee, Geelong or Bellarine then please do get in touch with us to discuss our great value wedding photography packages.
We were delighted to be able to photograph Kylie & Eric’s Melbourne registry office wedding earlier in the year, which was followed up with family photos and portraits of the happy couple afterwards in Treasury and Fitzroy Gardens. I love the way they are rocking their own style – check out the ace tatts.
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Wedding photography can be one of the biggest expenses of your wedding plans. You may expect to allot ten to thirty percent of your wedding budget to photography. Selecting the best photographer and through following these guidelines will help you ensure you keep within your budget when booking your wedding photography.
Review Your Wedding Photography Needs
Talk to your chosen wedding photographer regarding your budget and needs. Your photography will accommodate your budget through making suggestions that will not compromise quality. When picking between quantity and quality, always consider quality. Remember that you as well as your family will be viewing such photos for a lot of years to come.
Consider Your Lighting Choices
Natural and outdoor lighting can minimize the need for artificial lighting. Once less equipment is required, it may lessen the total price of all your wedding photos. Natural light offers the best light for crisp, stunning, and clear photos. Some of the perfect natural light can be found before dusk.
Scale Down
Minimize the number of the photos you want and you will be able to cut down the price. Consider only few posed photos and opt rather a photojournalistic approach to deliver a much interesting result. You should also reduce your own list of must have photos, but rather, let your photographer take more interesting and artistic photos.
Get Rid of the Extras
Even if you think little extras won’t cost you a huge amount of money, it can actually add up easily. Remember that you do not have to add everything possible to your wedding photography package. You can work with the best and affordable wedding photographer to determine the things that could make sense and those that you can do without. You’ll be much happier to see the results and will help you stay within the budget. Do you really need a wedding album? They’re lovely, but not the cheapest items to produce or buy.
Be Realistic
When you are searching affordable wedding photography prices, you should always be realistic with what you need. You must determine the budget for your wedding photography and try to work within your allotted amount and your wedding photographer will surely deliver you the best photos without the need for you to spend more than your preferred price range.
There are other things that you should keep in mind when you are trying to save more from your wedding photography. It is never impossible to keep your wedding photography within your budget. All you need is discipline and being definite with what you really need. If you want something unique for your wedding photos, you don’t need to spend a huge amount of money.
A good budget wedding photographer can always deliver you the best photos that will meet or even surpass your unique requirements. So, always settle with a photographer that understands your wedding photography needs as this can make a difference in the long run. In addition, see to it that you know what you really need as not all photographers have the same expertise and some of them focus on a certain style of photography.
It’s always a pleasure to venture out of Melbourne up to the Yarra Valley for our budget wedding photography service, and even more so when it’s at a great couple like Beryl & Pete.
This shot was just before they moved back into the restaurant at Tokar Estate for lunch – don’t they look happy together! The love just radiates out of these two, and they just don’t stop laughing at each others jokes – such fun to be around!
We do enjoy a trip to Werribee Mansion to shoot a wedding!
Whats not to love about it?! Stunning architecture, beautiful gardens and a fabulous reception venue – it excels on every level! It also makes a nice change from some of the usual Melbourne wedding venues which we see on a regular basis.
Here are a few pics from a recent with wedding M&A at the Mansion, with the ceremony on the lawns beside the lake with the wedding reception held overlooking the polo field.
The nearby Shadowfax Winery is also a lovely location for a wedding ceremony and location and we’ll be sharing some photos from a wedding we photographed there very soon.
Following an intimate marriage ceremony in the small room at the Melbourne Registry, Yvette & Praveen accompanied us to Fitzroy Gardens close to Melbourne CBD for their wedding photography session.
We kept things fairly low key and candid and made good use of the stunning scenery that the gardens offer. It’s sometimes hard to believe that you’re close to the heart of the city when you’re there!

As you can see from the photo above, it’s the perfect spot if you want some greenery in your photos. Plus there is a good amount of shade for those really stinking hot days!
Interested in learning more or want to know our wedding photography prices? Drop us a line or call us on 0490 340 069
Erica and Ricky recently celebrated their marriage ceremony at the Melbourne Registry office located in the Old Treasury Building on Spring Street.
Following the relaxed ceremony with family, Budget Wedding Photography (that’s us!) took the happy couple to Treasury Gardens with their guests for family portraits and a photo session with the newly wedded couple before they took off for dinner at a nearby hotel.
The lake and avenue of trees gave us excellent backgrounds for photos. The avenue of trees really frame a family shot nicely.
Thanks Erica & Ricky, it was a pleasure working with you both!
What?! You want wedding photography for under $800 in either Sydney or Melbourne?!
Yes, that’s crazy-cheap, but it’s definitely an option!
The team at Budget Wedding Photography are now servicing both Melbourne and Sydney (as well as Brisbane and Canberra of course!) and are offering their 1 hour wedding photography package with all the high resolution images delivered as a download for just $795.
Yes, it’s hard to believe the price, but perfectly true – check out the website page with all the great value wedding photography packages.
And if you’re in a rush and only need an hour then we are also pleased to offer our wedding photography services for under $800 – get in touch by clicking here and tell us you’d like to book a quickie with us!
In just a few days time, the day for lovers will be upon us! Yes, February 14th – Valentines Day.
We’ve one place left for wedding photography in Melbourne on that day so if you’re getting married at the Melbourne registry and still haven’t booked your wedding photographer for your ceremony or photos with family afterwards then do call us today as we have great Melbourne wedding photography prices and packages starting at just $795.
All our wedding photo packages include the high resolution images for you to do what you want with.
Are you looking for affordable yet excellent wedding photography? Well, wedding photography in Melbourne can offer you a candid, relaxing and affordable budget wedding photography that you will never forget.
Wedding photographer is one of the high pressure and most stressful photography genres to do. Since wedding is a one shot chance, there is no more reshooting of clients and event. It is the most emotionally invested outcomes of a photo.
So if you are beginning to work as wedding photographer, some photo tips will help you navigate some of pitfall of wedding photography.
Here are tips that can help your wedding photography run smoothly:
Have an effective communication. It is the most important thing in wedding photography before the ceremony starts. Your communication with the couple is very important wherein you need to know what exactly the couple expects from you and what you will deliver to them.
You need to scout the location. Before the wedding starts you need to scout the locations. It is important to do it because it is the timeframe of the wedding that will take place. Ensure also to take some shots to the place where you expect shooting during the ceremony. Having practice before wedding starts will let you spot some problems and you can design a solutions before an issue comes.
Learn the locations rules. There are different locations have different rules for every wedding photographer. Some church prohibits flash during ceremony while some prohibits flash completely. So for these rules you need to speak to the planner for the venue and get copy of rules.
Make a shot list. Your shot list will be your lifeline in your wedding photography. This will help you not to forget anything during the wedding ceremony and will make your wedding photos become more successful.
Provide multiple cameras, batteries and cards. You need to minimize the risk of failures. Use at least two cameras and memory cards. It will reduce risk equipment failure and lose large chunks and you still have backups for everything.
Have an assistant. It will be very helpful when trying to pose everyone to have a group shots.
Make yourself firm but polite. Make sure you don’t push out the way of guest with cameras but just get the couple on your side so it will run much smoothly.
Turn off your camera sounds. Everyone is there to see the couple and they do not want to listen to your camera so it is better to turn off your camera sound during the photography wedding.
Be RAW. Since weddings is one time only, you need to consider it RAW. You have much better chance to recover good exposure and details in an image shot under horrid lights conditions with RAW.
Remember the basics. Wedding photography needs the basics in mind before the wedding ceremony starts.
Following these tips will make you an adept wedding photographer come up with very successful photography projects that are second to none.