I posted to craigslist for a photographer from New York who would be willing to travel to the Dominican Republic as part of their compensation package and have found some talented photographers who are worth the consideration.
My top three are as follows:
www.michaelminnig.com – Husband and Wife photography team
www.MaxFlatow.com – Professional photographer with a beautiful portfolio
www.momentsbykim.com – Professional photographer with a beautiful portfolio
The best deal is (of course) the husband and wife team because we get two photographers and they (together) are within our budget. I’m going to try to meet with these photographers next weekend after the holiday because I have to make sure that they are not creepy, and that they are indeed reliable, and that they’re going to give me what I have asked for…and actually show up.
Basically, what I’ve offered is 2 nights stay at the same resort that the guests are staying at, airfare reimbursed on arrival in DR, and a small stipend. And in return, I am asking for 2,000 or more photos taken over 2 days at about 7 hours worth of events with only 100 of those images touched up, the others can be raw. We don’t need any prints…we can do the printing ourselves when we’re ready.
Hopefully we can stay below our budget of $1200 since our reception cost is going to be less than $3000.
I have heard back from the photographer in Sosua, Felix Corona. His offer is a 4 person team to shoot the wedding with a deliverable of 250 photos on CD at the end. That basically translates to about 2 photos per guest. I do not like that deal. I don’t even have to know his prices to say that I cannot deal with that package.
What I’m looking for is someone to take at least 2,000 images distributed as such: at least 10 photos of each guest, at least 200 photos of us, and all the rest… go nuts! If you’re dealing with digital photos, you should be able to take as many photos as you need to get the shots. I do not want to say “okay” to 250 photos and be forced to trust that I’m going to have 250 shots that I want. I figure that out of 2,000 photos, I can probably find 300 – 500 photos that I love. And I don’t have to budget what the photos are actually taken of. Meaning, if I want 50 photos of my dog in his bow tie… then that should be an option. It shoudn’t mean that
