Wedding photography how long till you show clients the photos??

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Can I ask all the wedding togs out there how long do you tell clients your clients it takes from taking the photos to clients viewing???

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I tend to give it a bit longer. My contract states 4 to 6 weeks and a maximum of 8. I aim to deliver ASAP (normally 3 weeks ish) but it depends on other work and the day job as I am a weekend warrior....

I tend not to look at the photo's for a week after the wedding other than doing the back ups. Once the first week is up I'll crack on but I like to edit at a gentle pace to avoid any rushed edits slipping through the net.
 
Thanks all.

I usually tell my clients 2-3 weeks and have them ready in 2. But i've had so much work on (4 weddings in one week plus photoshoots) that I had to tell them 3-4 weeks. I was just wondering what the norm was.
 
The one and only wedding i did took a week to edit, and to be honest i wish i had given myself a longer time frame. I didnt have any rushed edits slip through, but it put me under more pressure than i needed to be. A week of photoshopping 6-8 hours a day is no joke, i found it exhausting.
 
Adey said:
The one and only wedding i did took a week to edit, and to be honest i wish i had given myself a longer time frame. I didnt have any rushed edits slip through, but it put me under more pressure than i needed to be. A week of photoshopping 6-8 hours a day is no joke, i found it exhausting.
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It gets quicker the more you do it. I can now process a wedding in about 6 hours, from CF cards through Lightroom to disc. I avoid using PS.
 
Depends on the wedding, a registry office job I say 2 weeks, a larger wedding I say 4/6 weeks.
Lower the expectations so when they get the images delivered well before its a "nice" surprise.

as for editing,,, 600 photos go through the selection process, corrections, and any slightly more major work is done in about 2 days but that's allowing for a lot of breaks also.

turned round the last 12 hour wedding in 8 hours from selecting the best to clicking export to Jpeg then sat on them for 2 weeks :)
That said though I do go over the Jpegs a week later to check for mistakes and thankfully only 2/3 problems are ever spotted, and I do this to come back to them with a fresh set of eyes.

I also if I do this publish a few teaser photos before they go off on the honey moon.
 
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chrisgeary said:
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he means, if you can edit a whole wedding in 6 hours then why does it take you a week to deliver, but I think it's because you need to fit it in around other edits etc, it takes a while before it gets to the top of the pile
 
Those 6 hours are often spread over a couple of evenings, some evenings I have other shoots to do, clients to meet, beer to drink, tv to watch. I'll leave an edited wedding for at least a day and then review it again to make sure I've not missed anything before I burn to disc.
 
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chrisgeary said:
Those 6 hours are often spread over a couple of evenings, some evenings I have other shoots to do, clients to meet, beer to drink, tv to watch. I'll leave an edited wedding for at least a day and then review it again to make sure I've not missed anything before I burn to disc.
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I had a look at your blog and your photos are stunning!

Im not really a wedding photographer, i've done one wedding with a 400d and a kit lens as a favour to a friend. A large percentage of the editing time was spent trying my best to hide my equipment's short comings. i.e noise removal, working with the colours and trying to squeeze out as much dynamic range as possible. Also i have a lot to learn too, getting it right in camera more consistently etc. Looking at your photos Chris its making me want a FF so bad:gag:
 
99% of the time, when they come back off honeymoon
 
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