Wedding photography cost calculator
Wedding photography cost calculator
A photography bill from coverage days, the number of shooters, the album count, travel and the GST rate in the contract.
How this is calculated
Coverage = days x shooters x the day rate. Albums = albums x the album rate. Taxable = coverage + albums + travel; GST = taxable x the rate / 100; total = taxable + GST; cost a coverage day = total / days. The page uses the rates you enter; it does not fetch a photographer's package.
- A day rate usually covers a defined number of hours, and a wedding that runs past them is charged as extra. The page counts days, not hours, so a long day should be entered as the number of days the contract bills rather than as one long day.
- An album cost is often quoted separately from coverage, and a package may include one album and charge for more. Enter the albums the contract names; the page adds them at the rate you type rather than assuming a package.
Photography is priced in coverage days, not in hours in the abstract, and the day is what makes two quotes comparable.
What a day buys, and what it does not
A day rate usually covers a defined number of hours, and a wedding that runs past them is charged as extra. The page counts days and shooters, not hours, so a long day should be entered as the number of days the contract bills rather than as one long day. Coverage is the days times the shooters times the day rate, which makes a second shooter’s cost visible instead of folded into a package.
Albums are often quoted separately, and a package may include one and charge for more. Enter the albums the contract names and the rate for each; the page adds them without assuming a package. Travel and stay are added before tax because they are part of the photographer’s bill, and the cost-a-coverage-day figure divides the total by the days.
Questions readers ask
How do I cost two shooters?
Enter two shooters and the rate the contract gives for one shooter for one day. If the second shooter is priced lower, as is common, enter the blended per-shooter rate you were quoted so the coverage line comes out at the contract total.
Should GST be added to a photography quote?
Only if the quote is before tax. Many photographers quote an inclusive figure, and adding a rate to it would overstate the bill. The page applies GST to the taxable total you give it, so leave the field empty when the quote already contains it.
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