Rates and Terms

 
 

Packages                                              

A la Carte Weddings                             

Deposits                                                    

Travel                                                        

Reprints & Enlargements

Ordering Prints

 

The Traditional Package                               $1795

The Storybook Package with leather album      $2495

  • Unlimited time and locations on day of wedding.
  • Over 900 images.
  • Archival 4x6 prints of all images, beautifully organized in a "proof" album.
  • Planning session--to ensure your individual needs are met.
  • Elegant bonded leather album holding 20 5x7 photos (retouched photos included). 
  • Engagement photo session, with 1 8x12 and 5 4x6 prints.
  • All photos are individually adjusted for lightness/darkness, color balance, and contrast before printing.
  • Black and White images as desired (or old-fashioned brown tone).
  • 2 8x12 enlargements, beautifully retouched & digitally enhanced (or 1 12x18).
  • "Rain insurance"--If your outdoor photos are rained out, we'll shoot them later in Madison at no charge.
  • You can purchase the full digital files one year after your wedding for $210.
  Everything's included except travel beyond Dane Co..  And, you can add "a la carte" items, or you can add pages to the leather album. 

Design your own package (for shorter weddings)

Digital photography offers flexibility.  You save by receiving your "proofs" on disk

* We don't do packages of less than 7 hours for dates in heavy demand, such as in Saturdays in June, and we may need to require a 3 hour minimum.  Normally, the time runs in one continuous block, but if the event is located within 6 miles of our studio, we may allow a block of down time.  Depending on the lighting required, we may need about 15 minutes of scouting and set-up time, which is billed.  Let us know about your needs--we're flexible.

 A la Carte Pricing

 

  • Photographer's time--$175/hr (scouting and set-up time, if necessary, are billed)
  • Proofs of all good images beautifully organized in an album (archival 4x6 prints)--$50/hr of photography
  • Travel to locations outside of Dane County--$.50/mile
  • Engagement photo session--one hour outdoors, with 5 4x6 prints & 1 8x12 included--$99
  • Your favorite photos on the web, on your private page, helps relatives order reprints--$99/wedding
  • Extra DVD of your photos--$10 per disk.
  • Deluxe Art Leather album with 30 pages (sides), computerized design, and all photos included--$900     
  • Medium-sized album--bonded leather cover, with 20 5x7 enhanced & retouched prints included--$324
  • Complete facial retouching**or special effects--$75/hr
  • Shipping an album to you--$20
  • E-mailing your engagement or wedding photo to a newspaper--$10 (for 1st paper, $5 each additional)

**The 4x6 "proofs" are individually adjusted, but facial retouching or special effects are extra.

 

 

Deposits
  A non-refundable retainer of one third the total is due when you reserve the date and sign the contract.  You pay another third a week before the wedding, and pay the balance when you pick up the proofs.  Please make checks payable to David Thompson.
  Travel
David is available for weddings worldwide. We charge $.50/mile to locations outside Dane County, WI.  If over two hours from Madison, we may charge for a motel.  For distant locations, we charge air fare, lodging, and local transportation.
  Prints with complete facial retouching & digital enhancement
 

Print size

4x6

5x7

8x10,8x12

11x14,13x17

            Price

$ 12

$ 18

$24

$50

 

 

 

 

            

 

 

Black and white prints cost the same, and there is no extra charge for regular black and white service. Prints can be gray, warm-toned, or sepia-toned (antique brown). Prints usually are provided with borders on matte paper.

  Ordering prints
  We encourage you to order album prints and family prints at the same time. Half the print order must be paid in advance, and there is a service charge of $5 for each order after the first one.  We also charge estimated postage.  Please supply the file number of the photo you want printed.  Normally, this number is on the back of the "proof" print, in the middle of the second line, after a letter (letter=initial standing for groom's last name).
 
 

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