Pay for wedding video/photographer's cruise and services?

RoyalCinderella

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Hi, all! I have a dumb question here. Considering a Disney cruise wedding on castaway cay and the only thing holding me back is the lack of professional videography for cruise weddings. Photos and video are VERY important to us. If I were to take an Orlando-based video/photographer on the wedding cruise, do I need to pay for their services AND their cruise fare?! That would be as much as the rest of the entire wedding!! Thanks so much!
 
i would say float it out there with the photgrapher? the trip reports i've read sounded as if the cruise fare was the exchange for the pics?

that would be so cool!!!!!
 
I actually did this with Mikkel Paige. I am paying her cruise fare for her and a guest and in turn have a contract with her for 4 hours of wedding photography and the right to my CD images. She has moved to NY since I started my wedding planning but you may want to get a price quote from her to see if it is within your budget. Just like you our pictures were VERY important!

Are you also doing the Magic Kingdom Bridal Shoot?

http://www.facebook.com/mikkelpaige?ref=ts
 
Thanks do much guys! Yep, planning on a Magic Kingdom bridal shoot as well. Man, wouldn't it be great to find a team, husband/wife, etc that does video and photo?! That would be so good, I'm just nervous leaving it up to te subcontracted photographers on the ship, and our pictures never turn out that well from them, nevermind for our wedding photos! We've been together 13 years (since high school) and have waited until we were finished with school and have good jobs to pay for everything ourselves and come home to our own home. We were engaged in 2007 at Liberty Tree Tavern. This is so exciting!!:cloud9:
 

You can find some photographers that are just starting out that might agree to do a destination wedding in exchange for cruise fare.

However, it isn't really a vacation for most photographer to do a destination wedding, as they have to be concerned about watching their equipment at all times, being healthy and getting enough rest to be able to do the wedding, then after the wedding making a backup and sending the images home on a hard drive for safekeeping, plus missing 4+ days of work in their offices and the chance to shoot other weddings at that time. Add in the fact that, on a cruise, they'd be unable to use the Internet to respond to potential and current clients, and you are taking them from their work for several days.

Additionally, many countries have restrictions about what kind of photo gear can be brought in, so if you are marrying in say, Mexico, the photog can only bring so much gear in to the country.

Also, the photographer may need to secure work permits to leave the country for work. This involves a lot of paperwork and going to the Embassy, so that costs money and takes several days as well.

Lastly, you really need to check with the ship's rules about bringing in your own photographer and videographer. They may have rules just as the parks do about outside vendors offering services.

I know many people just do it and go under the radar when photographing destination weddings, but experienced destination photographers do try to secure all the permits and permissions and that is complicated and costs money.
 
If you are getting married in Castaway it is MORE than acceptable. I have already spoken to Shanda and my photographer is not only invited to every function I am going to (ie signing of the license before leaving port, meeting with the onboard wedding coordinator) they are also HAPPY about working with her. I would not worry about a photographer having to bring their equipment if they want the job they will do it.

Plus your wedding is one day out of the whole cruise, I am sure they will find some down time. You would be surprised how many photographers are looking for this kind of opportunity. A fellow dis'er has her wedding done by an outside photographer on youtube....I typed in Castaway Cay weddings!
 
Mikkel Paige is amazing!!!! I wish I had known of her talents before my wedding. I've worked with her on headshots and she's amazing to work with and brilliantly talented.

www.mikkelpaige.com
 
I'm getting married in 2012 on CC, and I just finished my photographer search!

I also was concerned about leaving photography up to the chance that I might get a good DCL photographer, so I just started contacting different professional photographers. I found that some photographers will expect you to pay cruise fare + full package price, some photographers wanted cruise fare but offered a customised (less expensive) photography package, and a few were willing to exchange photography on the wedding day for a cruise fare + travel expenses. So I guess it depends on what your expectations are and who you talk to.
If you want a few recommendations, please feel free to PM me :goodvibes
 
I completely agree with what Kristen said. It is hard to take off four days from shooting to not earn any money. It basically means you are losing money or spending your own money in the end to meet the needs of the clients.

I know that sounds really negative up there, but Kristen said it really elegantly - there are requirements to running a legitimate business. However, if anyone is interested, pm me. My hubby and I are looking to start shooting more in the Orlando area. Being a Disney nut, I would love to start shooting Disney weddings, but we have to get our foot in the door first.
 










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