How Much Does a Wedding Photographer Cost in Ireland? 2027/28 Prices
A wedding photographer in Ireland costs between €1,500 and €7,500 in 2027, and most couples booking an established full-time photographer for a full day pay €3,000 to €5,500. My own packages run from €1,850 for a four-hour intimate wedding to €7,450 for two photographers all day with film, video and an album, and every price is on this page, peak and midweek.
I get asked about pricing more than anything else. Of the last 200 couples who filled in my enquiry form, 83 asked what I charge and only four told me their budget, so I'll go first. Everything below is what it costs, what you get for it and where the extras come from.
How much does a wedding photographer cost in Ireland?
Between €1,500 and €7,500, depending on experience, hours of coverage, whether video is included and what you take home. This is the Irish market as I see it from inside it, with my own packages placed in the tiers they belong to.
Part-time or newer photographers, €800 to €1,500. A full day and a digital gallery, often with no second camera body or backup kit.
Short coverage and intimate weddings, €1,200 to €2,200. Three to five hours, the ceremony and a couple of hours after, a digital gallery. My Intimate Wedding Package sits here at €1,850, or €1,650 midweek.
Established full-time photographer, full day, photography only, €2,800 to €4,200. Eight to ten hours from morning prep to the first dance, 400 to 600 edited images, a gallery and an album. My Short Story (€2,950, €2,650 midweek) and Full Coverage (€3,950, €3,550 midweek) sit here.
Full day with a second photographer and video, €4,500 to €6,000. Everything above plus a second shooter, a highlight film, the ceremony and speeches on video and an album. My Full Story sits here at €5,450, or €4,950 midweek.
Two lead photographers all day with film, video, album and express delivery, €6,500 and up. The full team, film photography, a luxury album with parent books and delivery within days. The Kheffache Collection sits here at €7,450, or €6,950 midweek.
Under €1,500 for a full day usually means someone building a portfolio. That can be fine. Before you book at that price, ask about insurance, backup cameras and whether they've photographed a wedding at a venue like yours in winter light.
What does a wedding photographer cost in Dublin compared with the rest of Ireland?
Dublin sits at the top of the national range, roughly 10 to 20 percent above Cork, Galway or Limerick for the same level of photographer. Dublin has the highest concentration of experienced, full-time wedding photographers in the country and their costs are higher, so the going rate follows.
The gap closes fast once you leave the city. Most Dublin photographers, me included, travel nationwide, and the price for a Kilkenny or Wicklow wedding is the same as a Dublin one, with travel included inside a set radius. If you want to see how I work as a Dublin wedding photographer, the homepage is the place to start.
What do you charge for wedding photography?
My packages for 2027 and 2028 run from €1,850 to €7,450 at peak, with a lower midweek price on each. Here they are in full, because I'd rather you compare real numbers than guess. The complete breakdown is on the packages page.
Intimate Wedding Package, €1,850 peak, €1,650 midweek. Four hours with me, for elopements and small ceremonies within an hour of Dublin, such as a City Hall wedding. 150 to 200 images, ten 5x7 fine art prints, online gallery for twelve months, slideshow and a pre-wedding consultation. Extra hours are €400 each.
The Short Story, €2,950 peak, €2,650 midweek. Morning prep to dinner with me. 350 to 400 images, a 10x10 fine art album (first 20 pages), gallery for twelve months, slideshow and consultation.
Full Coverage, €3,950 peak, €3,550 midweek. Morning prep to a few songs after the first dance with me. 450 to 550 images, a 10x10 fine art album (first 20 pages), gallery for twelve months, slideshow and consultation.
The Full Story, €5,450 peak, €4,950 midweek. My most booked package. Morning prep to a few songs after the first dance with me, a second photographer until dinner, and the Content Creator video included: a highlight film, the ceremony and speeches in full and 20 sneak peeks. 600 to 700 images, a 12x12 fine art album (first 30 pages), gallery for twelve months, slideshow and consultation.
The Kheffache Collection, €7,450 peak, €6,950 midweek. Annie and me together from morning prep to well into the dancing, with film photography and the Content Creator video both included. 750 to 850 images plus the film, a 12x12 fine art album (first 30 pages) with two parent books, express delivery in 7 to 10 days, gallery for twelve months, slideshow and consultation. I take eight of these a year.
Midweek means Monday to Thursday. Every package includes high-resolution images, an online gallery for twelve months and a pre-wedding consultation, and standard delivery is within four weeks.
What's the difference between a €1,850 wedding and a €5,450 one?
Time, people and what you take home. The Intimate package is four hours with me on my own, which covers a registry office or City Hall ceremony, the photos afterwards and the start of the celebration, and it comes with prints rather than an album. The Full Story is a full day with a second photographer until dinner, a highlight film and the ceremony and speeches on video, and it ends with a fine art album on your shelf.
The photography itself is the same at every price. I photograph every wedding the same way, without posing or direction, whether it's four hours or fourteen.
Does travel cost extra?
Travel is included within 100km of Dublin, which covers Wicklow, Meath, Kildare, Louth and most of Leinster. Beyond that I charge travel at cost, which for most Irish venues means mileage and, for an early start or a late finish, a night's accommodation.
The Intimate Wedding Package is the exception. It's priced for weddings within an hour of Dublin, so if you're further away and want short coverage, ask me and I'll quote it properly rather than turning you down.
How much are the add-ons?
Every extra has a fixed price and you can add any of them to any package.
Content Creator video package, €1,395. A cinematic highlight film, the ceremony and speeches in full and 20 sneak peeks, delivered for your phone. Included in The Full Story and the Collection.
Ceremony and speeches films only, €595. The two parts of the day people most want to watch again. Ceremony only is €395.
Second photographer until dinner, €800. Usually Annie or my associate. Extend to the full day for €350 more.
Film photography, €750 on a full-day package, €550 on The Short Story, €350 on the Intimate package. 35mm and medium format alongside the digital coverage.
Additional hour of coverage, €400. Any package.
Pre or post-wedding session, €950. Two hours, an engagement shoot or a day-after session.
Express delivery, €550. The full gallery in 7 to 10 days, when the diary allows.
Wedding album from €550, parent books from €195 each, wall art from €245. The album is 10x10 with the first 20 pages included, designed by me.
Film is the add-on I'm asked about most. Fifteen couples asked for it in their first email to me in the last twelve months, up from almost none two years ago, and it's the thing couples tell me they're happiest they said yes to.
Can I customise a package?
Yes, and most couples do. The most common change is adding film to The Short Story or Full Coverage, which for a lot of couples matters more than the album.
Other regular changes are skipping the morning prep and starting at the ceremony, adding hours to the Intimate package for a longer party, and adding a second photographer to Full Coverage for a big guest list. Tell me what your day looks like and I'll price the version that fits it.
Do you offer midweek discounts?
Yes. Every package has a midweek price, Monday to Thursday, which is €200 to €500 less than the peak price depending on the package.
The coverage is identical. A Thursday wedding at Cliff at Lyons gets the same day, the same album and the same editing as a Saturday one; the difference is that the date is easier for me to give.
How much is the booking fee?
€400, with a signed agreement, and it comes off the package price. I'll hold your date for seven days while you have a think, and after that the fee and the agreement secure it.
The balance is due before the wedding. There's no charge to enquire and no charge for the consultation.
Why does wedding photography cost this much?
Because the day you see is a small part of the job. A ten-hour wedding produces 6,000 to 8,000 frames, and choosing and editing those into 500 finished images takes me 20 to 30 hours at the desk. Add the consultation, the venue visit for anywhere I haven't shot before, the album design and the delivery, and one wedding is closer to a week's work.
The rest of the price is what it takes to be reliable: two cameras on me at all times, backup of every card the same night, insurance, software and the years of weddings that mean I know what a dark December ceremony at Tankardstown needs before I walk in.
How much should we budget for wedding photography?
Ten to fifteen percent of the total wedding budget is the usual guide. On a €30,000 wedding that's €3,000 to €4,500, which lands in the full-day photography tier above, and on €40,000 it's €4,000 to €6,000, which covers a second photographer and video.
If photography matters more to you than the flowers or the band, push that share up. The photographs are the only part of the spend that's still in the house in twenty years.
How far ahead should we book a wedding photographer?
Twelve to eighteen months for a Saturday between May and September. I take a limited number of weddings a year, and the popular dates for 2027 are already going.
Midweek and winter dates often have availability at shorter notice. Several of the couples I photographed this year booked within three months of the day.
How do I know if a photographer is worth the price?
Ask to see two or three complete wedding galleries, not the highlights. A highlight reel shows the best forty frames from a wedding, and every photographer's forty best frames look good. The full gallery shows the speeches, the dark dance floor and the family photos, which is what you're paying for.
Then meet them, on a call or in person. You spend more of your wedding day with your photographer than with anyone except each other, so how they make you feel in a twenty-minute conversation is a fair test. If you'd like to talk through your day, get in touch.