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Photographer contracts, deposits and payments???

Ashley , on June 7, 2016 at 9:17 PM

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Hello! So I have a question about your experiences with your photographer, specifically the contract language, deposits and when final payment should be made. I'm asking because as I was reading over a proposed contract for a photographer, she had an initial deposit due with the contract (seems...

Hello!

So I have a question about your experiences with your photographer, specifically the contract language, deposits and when final payment should be made.

I'm asking because as I was reading over a proposed contract for a photographer, she had an initial deposit due with the contract (seems reasonable) and then the balance due the month before the wedding date (seems questionable). The plan is definitely to discuss this with her, perhaps there was just a typo but none of our other vendors, with the exception of the venue, require payment in full a month before the event; everyone else we has the final payment due the week before, day before or day of or on delivery.

For A photographer, I would imagine there would be a deposit, maybe a payment on the day of or before the wedding and then a final payment with the delivery of the photos?

What are your arrangements with your photographers? And any recommendations on how I broach this topic with our photographer?

Thanks Smiley smile

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  • S&P
    Master January 2017
    S&P ·
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    My final payment is due 30 days before our wedding. Usually she does deposit and then remaining balance 30 days out, but she said we can pay it in installments or pay it all before that if we want and if we have to cancel for any reason she'll only keep the initial deposit and refund everything else. We paid the initial deposit and just paid half the remaining balance today then the rest will be 30 days out. I figured it would be better to space it all out so I don't have a heart attack writing all those checks right before the wedding

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  • bellamae
    Master March 2017
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    That's normal. Ours is due either a month prior or 2 weeks, I can't remember.

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  • Amber
    Devoted May 2017
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    Mine was 1/3 at booking 1/3 a month before and the last is a month after when the pics are done

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  • Jarika & Andrew
    Super July 2016
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    I've never heard of paying a photographer after. We have to pay ours before the wedding.

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