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teri posted: 26 Apr at 9:34 am
did you sign a contract? otherwise no… if you say its a friend and he is giving you a deal then maybe you should rent the lights
Laura C posted: 28 Apr at 5:34 am
It totally should have already been included in the price. He shouldn’t come back to you and ask for money after you’ve already paid or anything. Maybe ask if he has any references that you can ask if he did the same thing to them!
Blunt posted: 29 Apr at 8:54 am
If you want well lit wedding pictures…then pay for the lights.
Those will be your wedding pictures that will last FOREVER. I would NOT recommend nickle and diming your photographer on this one.
It’s in your best interest to pay for the rental, unless you want dark, yellow pictures. You get what you pay for…and cheap is not good when it comes to photography.
Good luck
Gefilte Girl posted: 02 May at 8:16 am
If you agreed to it before, then yes. Otherwise I’d say he’s responsible.
fizzy stuff posted: 03 May at 5:26 pm
If he is truly a professional, he should take care of his own equipment. Do you really want this guy to take your pictures?
timmy posted: 05 May at 8:09 pm
If you had already agreed on a price you shouldn’t have to. He should have figured the rental in before giving you a quote. Its his fault to not figure that in. If the cost of rental is way over what he may profit from the job, then you may need to reconsider your choice.
greeneyes_bjb posted: 07 May at 5:58 pm
If your venue was poorly lit, and he didn’t know that when he quoted you a price, then yes, you absolutely should have to pay for it. What if you hired an organist and then they discovered that there was no organ in your church, would you expect them to just cart over an organ for free? When you hire someone to do a service, they have certain reasonable expectations of what they’ll have to work with. If they later find out that there are unexpected difficulties associated with providing that service that are outside of their control, it’s reasonable to ask you to pay for them rather than them taking the money out of their own pockets.
Gretchen K posted: 08 May at 7:34 pm
It depends on why he needed those lights, I think. If there is something particular about your venue creating a special need for these lights he otherwise doesn’t use for weddings, then yes, I think you should pay. That would be specialized work which you could argue could cost more either for the equipment rental or the extra work.
You say he is a professional photographer “who has done some weddings before.” If he’s not an experienced wedding photographer, then I suspect you are getting him for a cheaper price than going through a locally well-known wedding photographer. If that’s the case, then yeah, maybe you do need to pay for the light rental since he’s probably a cheaper photographer anyway.
It would have been easier, in any case, for him to determine what the job requires and then quote you a price in which he already includes the rental fees for the lights.
fizzygurrl1980 posted: 11 May at 1:50 am
It depends- was that in the initial contract or agreement? He may have a reason for needing you to pay for the rental of specific equipment- for example, is the venue hard to photograph for some reason, or require special lighting? If so, then it may be your responsibility to pay extra.
If you don’t think you should have to, as long as you haven’t put down a deposit or signed a contract, you could shop around for other photographers and pick one who doesn’t have such requirements. But if you’re getting a good deal on this guy otherwise, you may have to **** it up and rent the stuff. For example, my brother the DJ has agreed to do my wedding for free as a gift, but he does require me to rent a PA system, which is like $200. Still a good deal since other DJ’s would cost me like $700, so I agreed.
MelC posted: 11 May at 8:41 am
I am a photographer and he/she should have all the equipment themselves. This is not your problem. Read your contract and if you can get out of it do so as this person doesn’t seem like they are on the up and up.
miss_nikki posted: 11 May at 9:55 pm
The only time that would be acceptable is if you wanted a specific shot that need a specific light he didn’t have, but it would be your decision to go through with it then, not his.
If it’s just your standard shoot, then he needs to realize that you’re not only paying for his time you’re also paying him for his equipment. Any expense on that end is his responsibility. Would you pay the DJ more if he needed to rent a speaker???
Really, he should have been professional enough to know he would need a different light and then just quote you a bit higher if he expected it to be paid for.
EDIT:
I will wholeheartedly agree with Blunt that if he refuses to get them himself, then it would be best to pay for them otherwise your pictures won’t be as good.
Really the whole situation just seems a little odd though, if he shot other weddings he should have the equipment.
Wedding Plannner-Event Planner posted: 12 May at 12:16 am
Unless the contract states additional charges, no that’s something he is responsible for.
Drake’s Mommy posted: 12 May at 10:29 am
No probably not, but is he giving you a ‘price break’ because he’s a sort-of friend? Or does your site have odd lighting that most place don’t have so he has to get more equipment than usual? If not, then yeah you’re getting ripped off all right, but there’s probably not a whole lot you can do, honestly, if you want to keep him as a friend.
Val posted: 13 May at 2:08 pm
I would not pay anything over what you agreed.
If he asks you why, tell him that you already budgeted for the amount you agreed on, and simply can’t afford anything more than that.
He should pay for his own lights, camera, film/cards, etc. It’s called being prepared – if he’s a Pro, he should know that.
Just because he’s an acquaintance, dont let him shake you guys down for $$.
Im planning a wedding too, and the minute you put Wedding or Honeymoon on anything, they hike up the prices.
melouofs posted: 15 May at 6:53 am
If he’s a professional photographer, he should already OWN his own equipment. Otherwise, he set a price for you, and he should have included the cost of the rental in the price he had quoted you. I don’t believe in adding-on charges after the fact. That sounds unethical.
Rainia W posted: 18 May at 7:12 am
The equipment price should have been included in the price you had agreed upon. That is why he sets that price.
Christine S posted: 18 May at 1:27 pm
A professional photographer and a professional wedding photographer can be two very different things. They use different equipment (lighting specifically) and have different pricing practices.
In commercial photography it’s typical to charge a client for rental fees incurred to complete the shoot.
However, with wedding photography that’s an uncommon practice. Most photographers calculate this expense into their package pricing.
So in the end the client pays for it – it’s just represented differently depending on the specialty of the photographer.
Best of luck!
giggles posted: 21 May at 5:03 am
The price of the equipment should have been built into the total cost that you agreeed upon.
photo guy posted: 23 May at 9:20 am
Was the lights something extra that you wanted? Not every photographer has everything that exists. I normally don’t take photographs using a flash, but often time people request posed shots. Sometimes it is often better to use artificial lighting on a stand etc. If he doesn’t shoot photographs this way, and you requested it after a contract, then I can see a possibility of extra circumstances. You sign a contract with an intent of style that you like. If something different to the style or approach causes an extra cost at the request of you, then someone has to pay it. However, it all falls back to the contract and what is in writing. Which I presume you have? Or is an agreement, just something you tossed around in words?
However, by no means am I saying that he should charge you. I’m still recouping from all the equipment I bought. He still should be making bank (I presume) with out the extra charges. Besides, if he wants more business you would think he’d forget it.