Pricing + FAQs

Yep, just us. No big crew getting in the way of the emotion, no massive tripods and rigging ruining the atmosphere, no studio lighting blocking people’s views.

Our clients often tell us, ‘We barely even knew you were there!’.  This is our favourite thing to hear.

We never crowd you or make you feel overwhelmed; we ebb and flow around each other, taking turns to capture moments, never getting in the way. It’s not a photo shoot, it’s your wedding day.

*Sometimes we will bring an assistant, but they won’t be holding a camera – they’ll just be there to give us a helping hand with gear, etc.

Yep, both triple vaxxed and ready to go.

We’re based in Melbourne, Australia, in the beautiful Dandenong Ranges. When we’re not restricted due to a global pandemic, we travel all the time, and we’ll go anywhere; our passports are ready.

We’ve been lucky enough to capture incredible celebrations in Sweden, France, Thailand, New Zealand, Portugal, USA, Indonesia, Fiji and all throughout Australia; we’re always thrilled at the chance to work in exotic places, and just as thrilled to shoot in a local Aussie pub.

For weddings more than 100kms out of Melbourne we’ll need you to cover some of our travel expenses. For overseas weddings we can offer you special rates to make things much more affordable.

From Lucy:

650+ carefully edited photos in an online gallery – from here you can share, download, and print your memories to your heart’s content.  No restrictions, no up-selling later on from us, you’re good to go.

For those who love tangible treasures, we can create a beautiful album for you (highly recommended – seeing your memories on a page is the shiz). Please see the next FAQ for more info.

From Alastair:

Just like with Lucy’s photos, Alastair’s editing process plays an intrinsic role in giving films their magic, cinematic feeling. He creates beautiful 6 – 8 minute films and sets them to a musical soundtrack, capturing the whole story of the day in a creative and truly engaging way.

If you select the Wedding Film + Special Features package, Alastair will also provide you with second film, featuring audiovisual recordings of the core part your ceremony (your vows, ring exchange, and announcement as husband and wife), as well as the speeches from the reception – all tied up with beautiful montages from your day.

The Wedding Film + Special Features + Rough Cut package is for those who want it all – it includes all of the above, plus an untouched Rough Cut film: all of the footage Alastair captured throughout the day presented in chronological order, along with any audio he happened to pick up with his on-camera mic whilst filming.

From Lucy:

I work with the colour palette, soften and sharpen certain areas, and adjust the contrast, playing with light to create striking and memorable images. I don’t reshape people’s bodies or drastically change the look of anything (but having said that – if you’re sporting an unfortunate pimple in the middle of your nose on the day, I’ll get rid of it for you).

I provide all of your images in colour, as well as additional black and white versions of the ones that really lend themselves to that style (usually around 20% of the images).

From Alastair:

I carefully edit all of the important and beautiful visual moments from your day to a musical soundtrack – telling you story in an impactful and cinematic way. I colour grade the footage to look as beautiful as possible, and use some gentle effects to heighten the feelings of nostalgia and celebration. I don’t overlay any awkward dialogue in the Wedding Film, because let’s face it – most of us aren’t professional public speakers, so it’s often best to leave it to the visuals to tell a breathtaking story (however if you do want to be able to listen back to key moments from the day, then the Wedding Film + Special Features package is for you – please see the previous FAQ for more on this).

We’d love to. In our increasingly digital age, there’s nothing like seeing your gorgeous memories in print. Lucy crafts each of her albums from scratch, customised to suit each individual couple – a tangible treasure to pass down through future generations.

The Album + Photo Collection package icludes a 10 x 10″ hardcover Fine Art Album, featuring up to 220 photos from your day, printed directly onto 80 pages of fine art paper (extra spreads can be added), with unlimited stunning options for the cover design.

80 pages sound like a lot? Trust us, you’ll want that many – your story deserves to be told in loads of detail. Instead of offering you a simpler album with fewer pages and then up-selling extra spreads afterwards, we cut right to it… get the big one. Fill it with faces, moments and details. Give your favourite shots their full page glory. You will love it.

Looking for a beautiful thank you gift for your parents or close friends? The Album + Parent Albums + Photo Collection package includes two matching 8 x 8″ albums, identical to the main album.

See some album examples here.

*Book your album/s in before the wedding day and save $400+

Absolutely. We chat with all of our clients over Zoom/Facetime in the lead up to their big day, and are always eager to help with planning, scheduling, or sharing other tips we’ve accumulated over the years.

Yep! If you book your photography and film packages together, you’ll save $300 (excluding Micro/Elopement packages).

All marriages are equal – it’s nuts that Australian laws took so long to recognise this.
We’re thrilled to work with so many incredible and diverse couples… whoever you are, we’d be honoured to capture your love.

We’ve found that 8 hours usually covers a wedding day perfectly, allowing us to capture some of your prep time, right through to the dance-floor shenanigans.

We’re happy to stick around longer! Extra hours can be added for $400 per photographer/videographer, per hour (to cover both the extra shooting and extra editing time).

If you don’t think you need us for the full day, shorter bookings are also available.

To ensure we remain passionate about our craft and give all of our clients 100%, we keep our annual number of wedding photography bookings capped at 30, and our filmmaking bookings capped at 15.

We shoot on Nikon and Sony gear.

We like to keep everything stripped-back – you don’t want your wedding doesn’t feel like a movie set. Alastair only occasionally uses a tripod, and also has a small gimbal – a camera stabiliser for moving shots. Lucy only uses flash if it’s absolutely necessary – usually just for fun (drunken) moments on the dance floor.

We have plenty of back-up gear for emergencies.

Not at all. We thrive on capturing people being their natural selves – laughing, chatting, gettin’ down on the dance floor. We’ll capture the honest moments that happen through your day – that’s the really good stuff, anyway!

Whilst our approach is mostly unobtrusive, we’re very happy take a more directorial role during your portrait shoot if need be. We hate having our photos taken, so we get how intimidating it can be! We’ll keep the ‘directions’ casual – just enough guidance so you’re not standing there thinking ‘what do I do with my hands?!?’ (it’a thing).

So many! We’ll send you loads of handy tips on how to get the most out of your photography + film booking, as well as general suggestions for how to schedule your day.

After being part of over 350 weddings, we’ve seen it all – and we’d love to share what we know with you.

Huge. The files we provide are all you’ll need to make big enlargements for your wall – no ugly watermarks, no need to contact us for higher resolution or larger versions. You’re good to go.

We listen to the music you play throughout your day to get a great sense of what you like, and source a soundtrack that suits you and the feel of the day. It’s illegal to use popular hits without paying huge fees (and rightly so!); we license music from talented emerging artists from around Australia and the world, for a small fee that’s built into the price of the film.

There are tonnes of incredible artists out there producing truly awesome music, and you’ll have the knowledge that not only are you directly supporting new talent, but your film’s soundtrack will be unique to you. You won’t associate your wedding film soundtrack with anything other than your day, making it so much more special and personal!

We love the process of finding the perfect music to suit your film, it’s as important to us as the footage – and we have really good taste. We realise we’re biased, but still… it’s true.

Totally fine with us – if you make this request, we’ll keep everything private for you.

If the wedding is taking place somewhere where there aren’t many obvious portrait locations, we may go for a scout a few days before, but this is very rarely necessary. We both find shooting on the fly really exciting; planning a shoot down to each minute makes it feel too structured, and doesn’t allow for the magical little moments that happen when you just go with the flow.

Yes please! All day photography and cinematography takes a tonne of energy, and feeding us will ensure we can go as long as you need us to.

Nope – we shoot like photojournalists, capturing the day how it naturally unfolds. A shot list takes the spontaneity out of the experience, and won’t allow us to be creative and be truly ‘in the moment’.

All we need is a running sheet for the day with important addresses and phone numbers, and a list of which family portraits you’d like taken (we recommend a maximum 8 groups, to keep things moving). You can leave the rest up to us – don’t worry, we love capturing even the tiniest of details!

You can expect delivery of your photo collection within approximately 8 weeks of the big day, and your film/s within a few months (meticulously editing each film is a super involved process – good things can’t be rushed!). Currently, due to all the postponed weddings from lockdown being rescheduled to dates this year, we’re working through a higher number of projects than we normally would – as a result, our deliveries are a little delayed, allowing us to give each film and photo collection the attention they deserve.

Hoping to share a few gorgeous moments with loved ones quickly after the day? Don’t worry, we’ll send you a little ‘sneak peek’ photo gallery soon after the wedding, to keep you going until the whole collection is ready.

Of course! We’re always available to chat and help you with any concerns or ideas you have.

We love to stay in touch with our clients in the lead up to (and after) the wedding day – it’s this connection that helps you to feel comfortable, and helps us to create beautiful photo collections and films for you to treasure.

If you’re ready to book, we’ll send out our paperwork and get things happening! Once the forms are complete and we’ve received a 30% booking fee, we’ll be good to go.

Let’s do this.