2004 Price List - Wedding Pricing

Heirloom Collection -
Signature Collection -
Modern Collection -
Classic Collection -
Intimate Collection -
Associate Collection -
 
$5997
$4797
$3696
$2796
$2295
$1749


Heirloom Collection . . . $5997
Sara and Jim Sun, both photographers at your ceremony and reception. One covers the Bride, the other the Groom during preparation
With up to two Assistants attending (forming a 3 or 4-person photography team), so the Lead Photographers can concentrate on capturing the moments with all available tools
Unlimited wedding day photography time; no limit on the number of pictures to be taken
Complimentary on-location engagement photo session
One 8x10 of your chosen engagement picture framed with signature mat provided for the guests to sign at your reception
Average about 2000 proofs in Color and B&W, yours to keep; approximately 30 hours of sorting and editing will be required to produce your proofset
18 digitally mastered print-ready image file-sets of your choice (with each image file-set, you can make unlimited number of 8x10, 5x7, 4x6, 4x5 and wallet prints of one particular image of your choice; with special enhancement, such as colorizing flower bouquet in a B&W picture, already applied to them)
Photos on-line (with password protection) for your family and friends to view and order on their own; for up to three months after proofset delivery
You get $2000 gift certificate that can be used towards the purchase of prints and albums.




Signature Collection . . . $4797
Sara and Jim Sun, Two photographers at your ceremony and reception One covers the Bride, the other the Groom during preparation
With one or two Assistants attending (forming a 3 or 4-person photography team), so the Lead Photographers can concentrate on capturing the moments with all available tools
Up to 8 hours of coverage on wedding day is included; each additional hour of coverage costs $350 for the entire team
No limit on the number of pictures taken
Complimentary on-location engagement photo session
One 8x10 of your chosen engagement picture framed with signature mat provided for the guests to sign at your reception
Average about 1600 proofs in Color and B&W, yours to keep
12 digitally mastered print-ready image file-sets of your choice (with each image file-set, you can make unlimited number of 8x10, 5x7, 4x6, 4x5 and wallet prints of one particular image of your choice; with special enhancement, such as colorizing flower bouquet in a B&W picture, already applied to them)
Photos on-line (with password protection) for your family and friends to view and order on their own; for up to three months after proofset delivery
You get $1400 gift certificate that can be used towards the purchase of prints and albums.




Modern Collection . . . $3696
Sara and Jim Sun, Two photographers at your ceremony and reception. One covers the Bride, the other the Groom during preparation
With one Assistant attending (forming a 3-person photography team), so that the Lead Photographers can concentrate on capturing the moments
Up to 7 hours of coverage on your wedding day is included; each additional hour of coverage costs $330 for the entire team of three
No limit on the number of pictures taken
Average about 1400 proofs in Color and B&W, yours to keep
7 digitally mastered print-ready image file-sets of your choice (with each image file-set, you can make unlimited number of 8x10, 5x7, 4x6, 4x5 and wallet prints of one particular image of your choice; with special enhancement, such as colorizing flower bouquet in a B&W picture, already applied to them)
Photos on-line (with password protection) for your family and friends to view and order on their own; for up to three months after proofset delivery
You get $1000 gift certificate that can be spent on prints and albums.




Classic Collection . . . $2796
Two photographers at your wedding; Sara or Jim will be the Lead Photographer, an Associate will be the second photographer.
Up to 6 hours of coverage on your wedding day is included; each additional hour of coverage costs $250 for the entire team of two
No limit on the number of pictures taken
Average about 1200 proofs in Color and B&W, yours to keep;
6 digitally mastered print-ready image file-sets of your choice (with each image file-set, you can make unlimited number of 8x10, 5x7, 4x6, 4x5 and wallet prints of one particular image of your choice; with special enhancement, such as colorizing flower bouquet in a B&W picture, already applied to them)
Photos on-line (with password protection) for your family and friends to view and order on their own; for up to three months after proofset delivery
You get $700 gift certificate that can be spent on prints and albums




Intimate Collection . . . $2295
Sara or Jim will be the Photographer at your wedding
With an assistant attending so that the Photographer can concentrate on capturing the moments
Up to 5 hours of coverage is included; each additional hour costs $170 for the team of two
Average about 700 proofs in Color and B&W, yours to keep
5 digitally mastered print-ready image file-sets of your choice (with each image file-set, you can make unlimited number of 8x10, 5x7, 4x6, 4x5 and wallet prints of one particular image of your choice; with special enhancement, such as colorizing flower bouquet in a B&W picture, already applied to them)
Photos on-line (with password protection) for your family and friends to view and order on their own; for up to three months after proofset delivery
You get $400 gift certificate that can be spent on prints and albums.




Associate Collection . . . $1749
Unlike all the other packages with Sara and/or Jim, this package will only entails coverage by an Associate Photographer
Sara and Jim will oversee the quality control during the making of proofset, prints and albums
Up to 5 hours of coverage is included; each additional hour costs $120
Up to 400 proofs in Color and B&W, yours to keep
3 digitally mastered print-ready image file-sets of your choice (with each image file-set, you can make unlimited number of 8x10, 5x7, 4x6, 4x5 and wallet prints of one particular image of your choice; with special enhancement, such as colorizing flower bouquet in a B&W picture, already applied to them)
Photos on-line (with password protection) for your family and friends to view and order on their own; for up to three months after proofset delivery
You get $400 gift certificate that can be spent on prints and albums.




Notes on All Wedding Packages:
Assistants are usually students of photography; we do not count them as "Photographers" in the package description; they'd be considered "apprentices" in the old European tradition. Associates have consdierably more talent and experience; they are full-fledged photographers. Nevertheless, we understand that you choose us not only for our skills and time, but also our artistic vision and style. It is not a commodity product. When you contract Sara and/or Jim, you will get Sara and/or Jim.
The number of Photographers and Assistants will not only affect the number of frames captured but also the type of captures (e.g. simutaneous moments), even the lighting and capture equipment that can be logisticly brought along and put to good use.
Payment of a retainer and signing of the contract reserve your date. Please note that we cannot hold dates without a retainer and signed contract.
Proof sets are usually ready for delivery within 6-8 weeks after wedding
Negatives (including the digital equivalents) are available for a nominal fee of $200 two years after wedding (Option A). You can also have them at the time of proofset delivery for $500 (option B); exercising this latter option also gives you $300 additional gift-certificate, so the net cost for Negatives is only $200 regardless which option you choose. Please keep in mind that even without purchasing the negatives, each package already includes a number of digitally mastered print-ready file-sets that are enhanced image files ready for printing your favorite pictures from the wedding; they are even better than un-enhanced negatives as far as these favorite pictures are concerned.
200 proofs in each package is delivered in paper form (individual 4x6 or 4x5 prints); the rest is delivered on CD for easy browsing. You have the option of specifying more paper proofs.

Print Prices (including basic enhancements):

4 x 5,4 x 6 -
5 x 7 -
8 x 10 -
10 x 10,10 x 13 -
10 x 15, 11 x 14, 12 x 12 -
11 x 16 -
16 x 20 -
20 x 30 -
wallets -
Metallic Prints -
$09.00 ea
$14.00 ea
$20.00 ea
$28.00 ea
$40.00 ea
$56.00 ea
$80.00 ea
$190.00 ea
$28 set of eight
add 12% to regular print prices
other sizes - please inquire



Extensive Image Enhancement and Digitally-Mastered Print-ready Image file-sets:
Special effects and enhancement such as adding color to b&w, sepia/selenium tonal adjustment, group picture composition, image recovery and touch-up of old scratched photo, etc. $40/hr, estimates to be given when specific work is commissioned.
Print-ready image file-sets are available for $150 each; with each Print-ready image file-set, you will be able to make, on your own or through third party, unlimited copies of 8x10, 5x7, 4x6, 4x5 and wallets prints of the same picture; all enhanced, cropped to the correct aspect ratios, and ready to print. They are much better images than original capture negatives. File-sets including 11x14 size (11x14 in addition to those in the $150 set) is available at $250 for each image.
Digital mastering service is available for pictures originally captured either on film or digitally. We use both traditional film and cutting edge digital technology for original capture. A small number of, nowadays rarely used, traditional film-based print techniques however can only be applied on per-print basis for film captures therefore not available as digital masters.