Average Quote for a Photographer in Northern California

For some reason the prices got messed up in the post. It's 6 hours for $2150 and 8 hours for $2450

Hi there! I'm getting married in Napa and my photographer is $2750 for 6 hours. Definitely higher than the national average but I think our area is just expensive in general, so you got a good price!

Hey Brianna, I looked in the WeddingWire cost guide for advice on how much photography usually costs in Northern CA. It looks like the average cost in the San Fran area is $2200, so your quote looks pretty good! If you visit the cost guide page it'll give more information on different things that factor into that price.

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We just booked Adam J Clark! He has 5 stars everywhere and has been a photographer for 30+ years! He is about $2500 or less! Includes free engagement session: ) all the other photographer we researched were over $5000!! It was insane

I think that's pretty typical pricing and probably on the lower side! We were able to book our photographer for $2000 for 8 hours (with the option to add a second shooter for just $500 extra), but she was newer when we booked her and I think her prices have risen in just the past few months so $2500/8 hours is a lot more standard. I've seen a lot of $3k+ quotes for the area as well, unfortunately.

That seems fairly average! The photographers we considered were within the $2500 - $4000 range for what we were looking for (8+ hours)

Not in your area but I think that is pretty average for most areas. When I researched photographers in TN where we are getting married they all wanted 3,000-4,000 for all day packages. I booked my photographer for $1200 (she was newer but after looking at her portfolio I loved it and she does an amazing job from what I can see). 600 photos is a lot! I believe we get 500+ images and thats all day coverage. We actually get pretty much all the pictures taken but we only get so many that are edited.