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"$3000 for photographer"

I know that shit would get cut out of the budget really fast at my wedding

5/31/2006 12:41:37 PM

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"I know that shit would get cut out of the budget really fast at my wedding"

Just a basic canvas mounted and framed wedding portrait is pretty damn expensive... probably $1000 for something basic. When you start adding in coffee table books and such it adds up quick. THen of course there is the 4-6 hours of their time you have to pay for.

5/31/2006 2:57:10 PM

Because you ain't married unless you have the coffee table book and $1K painting on the wall to prove it

5/31/2006 3:05:09 PM

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"The average cost of a wedding today in America is $26k."

How many celebrity weddings did they include when coming up with that average?

5/31/2006 3:10:20 PM

that's the average american family wedding - and it's on point too

5/31/2006 3:17:06 PM

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"Just a basic canvas mounted and framed wedding portrait is pretty damn expensive... probably $1000 for something basic. When you start adding in coffee table books and such it adds up quick. THen of course there is the 4-6 hours of their time you have to pay for."

Haha, yeah I forgot about the canvas portrait and coffee table books...
Why dont I just get a small dog and start wearing jumpsuits?

5/31/2006 4:02:33 PM

if i ever get a canvas portrait from a picture for my wedding, someone please punch me in the face

and if i pay $1k for it

punch me again

this is coming from a girl too

i honestly cant believe some girls want this stuff even after they realize how much it costs!!

give me an album and a few 8x10 prints and i'll be happy, but to each their own i suppose

5/31/2006 6:10:28 PM

our photographer gave us full rights to our pics and they were all digital...so we're designing and making our own wedding album..basically, we're photoshopping the pics we want onto a 10inch by 10inch blank mat and then that 10x10 mat will get printed out, cheaper to print one larger pic than lots of smaller pics...this way it's more personal

we're not going to pay 1k+ for someone else to do that for us...it IS a lot of work, but it's worth it, all-in-all, it should cost less than $300, and thats the cost of the large album and the pictures

5/31/2006 8:44:46 PM

Just an FYI... a real portrait usually includes hand painted accents on the canvas (its not just a photocopy or anything). And people, we aren't talking extravagant stuff here... these are pretty traditional things for a wedding.

5/31/2006 10:37:58 PM

so what's done the portrait after the wedding? put up in the attict? can't sell it...and unless the husband is included in the portrait (not traditional) then i'd assume it wouldn't be displayed in the house for very long

we didn't get a protrait done, and honestly, we didn't need it and i don't see how that extra $$$ would have made our wedding any more special

at our signing table we have a picture of both the wife and i on on of those acid free signing mats, so i guess in a "traditional" wedding, the hubby gets "traditionally" gipped...remember, it's supposed to be the most important day of his life as well

[Edited on June 1, 2006 at 7:21 AM. Reason : edit]

6/1/2006 7:17:21 AM

^If they become world famous their grandchildren can sell the portrait

We just used free things. We had a table with pictures of each of us starting with us as babies and going up until we were adults. Price: $0.

Seriously though, people don't go to weddings to look at a $1K canvas of people they can just look at if they direct their gaze a little to the right. They go to be with family and friends (and aparently to get hammered if you are more 'normal' than I am ). More often than not it is a family reunion of people that haven't had the opportunity to see each other in many years.

$26K is a serious down payment on a house but I guess if you have that kind of cash...

6/1/2006 7:31:00 AM

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"so what's done the portrait after the wedding? put up in the attict? can't sell it...and unless the husband is included in the portrait (not traditional) then i'd assume it wouldn't be displayed in the house for very long"

Most of the people I know still have the wedding portrait up in their house. The portrait is not for the wedding reception, its just shown there.

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"we didn't get a protrait done, and honestly, we didn't need it and i don't see how that extra $$$ would have made our wedding any more special"

I never said you needed it to be "more special." Hell, do you really need a cake? Do you really need to wear a tux? Did you really need to buy an engagement ring? No. These are all tradition and fluff that not everyone will consider necessary nor have the money for. Its not like this is extravagance or extreme excess we are talking about. The things I listed in the costs are all pretty typical for a calssic American Wedding... they aren't all required, by any means, but they are typical.

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"at our signing table we have a picture of both the wife and i on on of those acid free signing mats, so i guess in a "traditional" wedding, the hubby gets "traditionally" gipped...remember, it's supposed to be the most important day of his life as well"

You guess? In what way doesn't the husband get gipped? Who bought the diamond for who? Who has a custom dress and headpiece and who has a rented tux? Do people ask about how the beautiful the bride was or how handsome the groom was? The bride is ALWAYS the focus of the wedding, which is why her family traditionally is the one that pays for the wedding (though we paid for this ourself). Not being in the portrait does not detract from it being the most important day of my life.

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"Seriously though, people don't go to weddings to look at a $1K canvas of people they can just look at if they direct their gaze a little to the right. They go to be with family and friends (and aparently to get hammered if you are more 'normal' than I am ). More often than not it is a family reunion of people that haven't had the opportunity to see each other in many years."

Again, the portrait is not for the wedding.

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"$26K is a serious down payment on a house but I guess if you have that kind of cash..."

Already have a house and we did have the money for a wedding this expensive or we wouldn't have done it this way. We did what we could afford.


And as for the original topic... it was $10 to get the license corrected.

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6/1/2006 9:14:32 AM

heh, our wedding, including all of the trimmings was $40k and some change. My mother-in-law and stepfather-in-law gave us $10k towards it, and I took care of the rest.

but we had around 300 people there, and there are very few places in Raleigh that can service a reception that big.

$20000 for the reception site (Sheraton) That included all of the decor, waitstaff, parking validation for guests (it ain't free downtown), hors d'oeuvres and cocktail hour and full meal for everyone.

Bar tab came to $3700 when all was said and done. We wanted everyone to be drunk.

$500 for the cake
$750 for the DJ
$1100 for the limos
$1500 for the videographer
$2000 for the photographer -- She was at my house at 7a.m. and basically worked until 11p.m. that night, and this included a bounded album, engagement portrait, and large portrait. And we got to keep the proofs.
$500 for wedding favors
$1000 for groomsmen and bridesmaid gifts (we had 7 attendants each)
$1000 for hotel rooms that we paid for
$1500 for flowers (church arrangements, boutonnieres, bouquets)
$3000 for the rehearsal dinner
$200 for groomsman's breakfast
$300 for tux rentals that I paid for those who couldn't afford it
$300 for bridesmaid dresses that I paid for those who couldn't afford it
$500 for the wedding dress
$5000 for honeymoon in Hawaii.

That's not including other various nickel and dime costs along the way. Sure, we could have had a backyard wedding for $1000, but to do that when I could easily afford to treat our family and friends to a lavish gala would be beyond cheap, and in my opinion, classless.

Of course, had that expense precluded owning a house, I would have done things differently.

6/1/2006 9:40:31 AM

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"Did you really need to buy an engagement ring? No."

6/1/2006 9:45:34 AM

I have differing opinions on the "Portrait". I can see what 93formula is saying. I thought what he did at his wedding with the picture was really cool. It was different and worked out well and still resides above his fireplace (if i remember correctly).

However, I also think the portrait thing is pretty cool. I know of a few relatives who still have theirs hanging in the house. It is just a matter of opinion and what you want to have. I'd like for my bride to have one done, b/c I think it looks nice and she'd probably enjoy it...but it is ultimately her decision. Besides, I can get a digital scan of it and photoshop myself in later

6/1/2006 9:56:07 AM

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"That's not including other various nickel and dime costs along the way. Sure, we could have had a backyard wedding for $1000, but to do that when I could easily afford to treat our family and friends to a lavish gala would be beyond cheap, and in my opinion, classless. Of course, had that expense precluded owning a house, I would have done things differently. "

Exactly.

6/1/2006 11:04:41 AM