Your wedding day is over, you’ve been on your honeymoon and your dress is already stored away in the loft for safe keeping. The one thing left are those wedding photos that you are excited to get back, to relive your day and see moments you missed. But where are those photos?!
Where are my Wedding Photos?!
A common question that quickly follows the wedding day is an email to your photographer asking where your photos are and when will you get to see them. When a photographer attends your wedding and captures your day they are only just starting the job you are paying them for. Taking the photos is just a small part of what it is they do and because of that there will be a wait till you get your photos while they are edited.
How long does it take to get wedding photos back from photographer?
Your photographer should be able to advise when you are likely to get your photos, and the maximium timeframe will be included in the listing on wedissimo. Experienced photographers will know based on past experience and the time of year your wedding is. If it is peak season then they will also be capturing lots of weddings meaning they are away from the computer for the day and your photos will likely be delivered closer to the maximum timeframe.
Average wait time for wedding photos
The time it takes to get your wedding photos will vary depending on the photographer, their schedule and also how many photos were taken on the day. If they were there all day from the moment you got ready all the way through to that first dance at 8pm, then they will have a lot of photos to select from and edit.
Typically the photos are delivered between 2-6 weeks. Of course photographers will try and get your photos to you as soon as possible and many will send some sneak peak photos of an edited selection . However for the full album it can take some time. What they are doing is important, does take time, and is worth the wait.
Why do wedding photos take so long to get back?
Of course the excitement of seeing your beautiful wedding photos makes us impatient and question what the hell we are waiting for. We have an in-depth article and wedding photography infographic that shows what a photographer does. The fact is wedding photographers spend more time editing photos then they do capturing them! In summary what you are waiting for is your photographer to go 100’s or maybe thousands of photos, binning the test shots, those awful shots, those shots where people have their eyes closed. Then there is the editing, cropping, adjusting the colour balance and creating that finished style you hired them for. There is a lot more work to be done once the photos are captured.
If you are having an album created too then this will take additional time. Once the photos have been edited they need to be ordered and edited down to fit into an album of the best shots, that tells the story of your day and highlights the key moments. Once done it then needs to be sent away for printing too.
Be patient, it will be worth the wait
You have hired a fantastic wedding photographer, be patient, it will be worth the wait and when you see your photos I am sure there will be smiles, joy, happiness and even some happy tears as all those emotions come back as you relive the best day of your life.
How long did you have to wait for your photos? Photographers, what is your average turn around time?