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wedding photography pricing

Transparent options that fit …you

Who the heck decided that wedding photographers (and all vendors really) shouldn’t put pricing on their sites? I don’t know, but it drove me bonkers when I was looking at vendors for my own wedding. I know you’re busy people who ain’t got time for that, so I’m all for pricing transparency.

What’s included?

IN ALL COLLECTIONS

  • A minimum of 75 edited photos per hour
  • Final edited photos hosted in an online gallery
  • High resolution + web resolution downloads
  • Print + personal use release
  • Travel up to 45 miles from Denver, Colorado
  • Unlimited emails with planning advice
  • Up to two planning calls before the big day
  • A discount on your engagement session

Pricing FAQs

See that list up there and wonder what all each section covers? Here’s a breakdown for ya! We’re building a package together in a totally unique way, and I don’t expect you to know all these terms off the bat.

Getting Ready

Photos of you and your people getting ready!! I arrive near the end of hair and makeup (if applicable) or before you start putting on your outfits.

Details

If flatlays are something you drool about, adding this means I arrive earlier and collect all your details for some awesome photos before you put them on! Some details are included without this option added, but very curated detail photos take time, so if those are important to you, add this!!

First Look

Time set aside for you to see each other before the ceremony and take 15-20 minutes of portraits.

Family Portraits

Self explanatory! The formal, posed portraits of you with your families. We’ll put together a list for these ahead of time to make things all run smoothly.

Wedding Party Portraits

You and your besties!! These are also formal, posed portraits, with some fun ones thrown in.

Newlywed Portraits

This is the time we set aside to take your epic portraits together as adorable married humans. Typically, having 30 minutes to an hour set aside for these moments is best.

Ceremony

YOU GET MARRIED!! And, I photograph it and stuff.

Cocktail Hour

Candid photographs at your cocktail hour of your guests enjoying all the fun! Lawn games, snacks, and laughs — all here! This is also the option to choose if you are doing a small microwedding and having a casual gathering afterwards.

Reception

Covers the more formal or traditional wedding events. Speeches, parent dances, your first dance, and cake cutting are covered. If this is the last part of the day you choose to have coverage, I’ll head out after the last continuous reception event (i.e. something that is scheduled for two hours into the dance party is not covered).

Dance Party

I hang out for an hour to two hours of the open dance floor. If your crew gets on the floor and throws down right away, I might need less time to get the photos I need. But, if things get started a little more slowly, I’ll stay until I feel I have appropriately documented the dancing!! I love a good dance party, so I promise to be in the thick of it ’til I’m just taking the same photo over and over again 😉

Send Off

I stay for the rest of the dance party and photograph your send off at the end of the night.

Second Photographer

Adds a second photographer for the important parts of the day. Their time will overlap with mine, and I will figure out when they are needed to get you the best images!!

Additional Location

Covers time and travel associated with going to another location for your portraits. i.e. driving from The Golden Hotel to Lookout Mountain with the family and wedding party — or taking a partybus around Denver with the wedding party for photos in different locations.

This accounts for the additional planning, permit applications and fees, and research involved in using additional locations!!

This is one of the most common questions I get asked when folks are building their packages, and here are my usual rules. You don’t need a second photographer if…

  • Your guest count is under 100
  • You are getting ready within a 10 minute drive of each other
  • It is easy to move around your ceremony site
  • There are no rules about where photographers can stand during your ceremony

You do need a second photographer if…

  • Your guest count is over 150
  • Your wedding party is bigger than 7 on each side (so 16 total people)
  • You are getting ready more than a 10 minute drive from each other
  • You want lots of getting ready photos with no moments missed in each getting ready space
  • Detail photos are VERY important to you
  • You don’t want to do a first look, but do want all of your separate wedding party and family photos taken before you see each other at the ceremony
  • Your ceremony space is hard to move around
  • There are only a few places that a photographer is allowed to stand during your ceremony (like many churches)
  • You have a large extended family that might benefit from an extra set of hands organizing them

These rules are not hard and fast, but are a good starting place when you are making the decision to include a second photographer in your wedding package! I’m always happy to talk through your options here in more detail too. Don’t hesitate to reach out!

YES! I love engagement sessions and finding amazing locations from the front range to in the city to take fun photos of you together. Standalone engagement sessions start at $900 and include 50 images, one location, and 45 miles of travel from Denver, Colorado. Hit me up if you want to talk about booking your engagement session 🙂

I love small weddings, elopements, and intimate wedding celebrations just as much as a 150 person party. My pricing is the same for both wedding coverage and elopement coverage, just start with selecting “ceremony” in the package builder, and add any other events you want photographed!

Yes! Although, I only offer them if everyone involved in the session knows they are being photographed. Hit me up to brainstorm how to get your partner along for a session!

90% of the time, no! But, due to high demand during peak wedding season, my minimum package on Saturdays (May-October) is $3,000. Thanks for your understanding!

We donate 5% of profits to The Trevor Project annually. We also offer opportunities for promotional donations NAACP, and the Colorado Immigrant Freedom Fund. Watch for these promotions on our Instagram.


Package Builder

click to select a part of the day you want photographed, or try one of the suggested packages at the top! Your total will appear at the end.

  • Elopement
  • Micro Wedding
  • Wedding
  • Big Wedding

Getting Ready

400

Details

200

First Look

400

Family Portraits

600

Newlywed Portraits

900

Wedding Party Portraits

400

Ceremony

900

Cocktail Hour

400

Reception

900

Dance Party

600

Send Off

900

Add’l Location

200

Second Shooter

800

Total: $0

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Add Film

Looking for those dreamy nostalic colors, soft skin tones, and ineffable magic you only get from film? I got you!!

I offer fully hybrid film and digital coverage for wedding days, as well as options to add film to just a portion of your day.

learn more

engagement sessions

I offer standalone sessions, and sessions packaged with your wedding coverage. Standalone sessions start at $900, and include travel within 35 miles of Denver. Sessions are an hour-ish long, and photos are edited and delivered in around 4 weeks.

We are so happy with our decision to hire Kate! Neither me nor my husband are too comfortable in front of the camera and in fact, we even toyed with the idea of not having a photographer at all, but I am SO glad we changed our minds. Looking at the photos now I cannot even imagine not having them. Kate did a fantastic job of capturing the day and really telling a story. She was so good at putting us at ease and just making sure we had a good time and looked like ourselves. You will not regret putting her in charge of capturing your day.

Shae & Ryan

What's Next?

Your email lands in my inbox, I get PUMPED!

Write me a message and tell me about all your wedding dreams, then I figure out how to make them come true.

I check my calendar, we set a date.

I'll check my calendar to see if I have your date free, then we chat on the phone, video chat, or get your questions answered via email.

Tell me what you want, I make it official.

We make your wedding package *chef's kiss* perfect, I send you everything you need to book online.

see if I have your date available

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Kate Merrill is a Denver Wedding Photographer servicing the Denver Metro Area and Front Range. Travel for services is included to Denver, Boulder, Littleton, Morrison, Golden, Evergreen, Conifer, and Lyons. A small fee applies to travel for Breckenridge, Aspen, Vail, Eagle, Colorado Springs, and Fort Collins. We also travel to New Mexico, Utah, Washington, California, Mexico, and the UK for lodging and airfare. Just ask for more details.

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