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Prepared for Sam & Kim • May 20th, 2021 • Raleigh, North Carolina
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Wedding Guide & Proposal
Hi Sam and Kim!
Thank you both SO MUCH for scheduling your consultation with me! I'm really excited to meet up with you later today and hear more about your origin story, your wedding - and seeing how we can fit together! Raleigh is an amazing place and I have been dying to get back since my last wedding I shot down there.
Everything I do is completely personalized for you both as I believe that no 2 couples or weddings are the same. That personalization starts now with this pre-meeting guide. Below, I have given you an overview of everything I do & a breakdown of the things you mentioned you were interested in for your wedding collection.
This guide is meant to act as a resource for you before we meet, detailing anything you might want to know before we meet. If you have any questions that aren't answered on this guide, ask me via the form at the bottom of this page.
Enjoy this quick read and I can't wait to meet you both!
A quick note
Welcome
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wedding without a First Look
Wedding with a First Look
The last thing I want your wedding day to feel like is a photoshoot. You have a lot of options for your wedding day timeline - below are two of the most common scenarios that I've encountered.
and getting the most out of our time together
Wedding Day Timeline
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wedding without a First Look
Wedding with a First Look
The last thing I want your wedding day to feel like is a photoshoot. You have a lot of options for your wedding day timeline - below are two of the most common scenarios that I've encountered.
and getting the most out of our time together
Wedding Day Timeline
In the pre-meeting form, I asked which products you would be most interested in for your wedding day.
Click the next button below to view more info about each of your selections.
The most important thing to invest in. Your wedding album serves as the storyteller of your wedding day and only the very best, most meaningful photos should go inside.
All weddings albums include your chosen size, choice of Italian leather, engraving or raised lettering, photo window, resting box, full design meeting, Moon Honey quality check, shipping and first 40 photographs.
Additional upgrades include more photographs, larger sizes, walnut box or parent albums.
Wedding Album
When your wedding is over, the thing you can never buy more of is time. And the more time I'm with you at your wedding, the more complete your story will be.
Whether I'm with you until the very end of your party - or following you to the after party - some of the best parts of a wedding are always those last few fleeting moments.
Additional time is always $350 per hour, or $1200 for 4.
Additional Time - Full Day
Sleek, minimal, contactless, digital. The Honeybooth turns any party up a few notches, and gives a ton of future blackmail material on your guests.
This is a great way to give your guests a little something to do when they want to take a break from the dancing. It's small, so it can fit virtually anywhere. Digital, which means that GIFs and photos will be sent straight to peoples phones where they can share their creations on social media.
The Honeybooth is a flat fee of $600 and is up and running for as long as I'm at your reception.
The Honeybooth
You can always add anything to your wedding collection before the day of your wedding. Here is a quick overview of everything else that you weren't interested in now, but may be later.
Your E-session is your chance to be a little selfish and make the shoot all about your relationship! What do you like to do together? Where do you like to be together? What is your perfect day together? I can help you answer all of those questions to ensure you get photographs that remind you of what your relationship is about.
All engagement sessions last 1-2 hours and are paired with a design session for your engagement album, wall art and 100 complimentary custom Save The Date Cards. Sessions start at $750.
ADVENTURE ENGAGEMENT SESSION
Parents want albums too! Almost all of our clients get parent albums. Win the holidays or become the favorite sibling when you gift your parents their very own album!
Parent albums are exact copies of your wedding album and come in the 8x8 size. All upgrades are available for them as well at a 20% discount when purchased with your album at the post-wedding design meeting.
Additional upgrades include more photographs, a larger size, walnut box or parent albums. Parent albums start at $1500 for the pair.
Parent albums
An engagement album is the easiest and best way to look back on this chapter of your relationship.
Engagement albums can also be designed as a guest sign-in book which leaves a lot of blank space around photographs. Guests will sign their names and write a message for you.
Additional upgrades include more photographs and a larger sized album. Engagement albums start at $600.
Engagement Album
While I shoot 50% of my weddings on my own (and sometimes with an assistant), it's always helpful to have a 2nd shooter when the logistics of your wedding are too difficult for me to cover by myself. I also recommend a 2nd shooter when your guest count is over 150 people.
All of my second shooters are great photographers and close friends.
A second shooter is included in the Wedding Day collection, or you can add one for $750.
Second Shooter
Wall art is available from your engagement session and wedding day. It makes your space at home a little warmer, a little happier and just... better.
I find most couples will get multiple pieces from their engagement session and one baller piece from their wedding.
Wall art is available to you in canvas, metal and acrylic formats. And comes in Small, Medium, Large & Extra Large sizes. Not sure if a piece will fit in your home? Send me a photo and I can show you real-life mock-up.
Wall Art
Rehearsal dinner coverage is a great way to make your wedding a complete weekend experience. It also familiarizes me with all of the most important people from your wedding, and lets them get used to a tall bearded guy with a camera.
This photograph happened at a rehearsal dinner in 2018 and it's still one of my favorite shots ever.
Rehearsal coverage starts at $2500 and lasts up to 3 hours.
Rehearsal Dinner Coverage
One of my goals is to take as much work off your plate as possible.
100 Save the Date cards are always included with all engagement sessions. Additional cards are available at $75 per 50 cards. Cards also include envelopes. Back of card will have Moon Honey Photography branding.
Save The Date Cards
Add-ons
•Wedding Album (included with collection)
• Honeybooth
• Travel TBD (we'll chat about this tonight)
On The Fence
• Full Day Coverage
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Also interested in:
Add-ons
Your Must Haves
Add-on Price
+$1000
Collection Price
$5000
•Two Photographers
• 8 hours of coverage
• Premium wedding album with 50 photos
• High Resolution Files
• Online Gallery
• Post-Wedding design session
INcludes:
Wedding Day
Base Collection
Below is a general estimate for your wedding collection built from your pre-meeting form you submitted. One thing to note - there will be no sales tax because your wedding is out of state. (yay savings!)
Wedding Collection ESTIMATE
Due 14 days prior
to your wedding
Remaining
Balance
3
Due 90 days
before wedding
$1500
2
Due at booking
$1000 retainer
& Signed Contract
1
What to expect
Booking & Payments
If your wedding is completely cancelled, I'll keep your refundable retainer plus an expenses I occur (like booking a hotel), and refund you the difference if you paid anything else by then. If you are rescheduling, you can book to another weekday free of charge or Fri/Sat/Sun with an additional $500 retainer for the new date. I can definitely go into this further when we meet tonight.
COVID POLICIES
I try to keep travel simple. For destination weddings, I usually ask for a place to stay the night before and night of your wedding. Plus airfare or driving fees. (I'd probably drive to NC) I'll figure this all out when you let me know you want to book, and I keep it to just the costs for all of the above. The fee will be included on-top of your collection, and I'll take care of the booking on my end so you don't have to worry about that.
TRAVEL
At the root of my work, I'm a documenter. In my mind, I'm after the things that represent who you both are as people - and finding that throughout the day. Even when shooting portraits where some form of posing or direction is needed - I like to find organic and meaningful interactions that are happening. I'm at my best when you are living through your wedding day, letting me see everything and forgetting that I'm there. I also prefer to be in one awesome location (when talking about portraits) vs bouncing around to a bunch. This gives me time to see what's given to us that day, and find interesting opportunities during our time there.
factors for great photos
I'm always going to recommend that you consider a first look for your wedding day. It's the #1 best time saver that lets you enjoy your wedding and sets up your day to not feel like a photo shoot.. It also gets all of the "wedding things" like family formals out of the way early, so you don't have to miss hanging out with your guests and allows me to document everything naturally.
