How Many Photos Do I Get for My Event?

How many photos do you need?

By Orlando Sydney Post Modified April 27, 2024 @ 1:21 pm Last Updated on 2 months by https://orlandosydney.com/

There are there better questions than just quantity

Much better questions are;

How well will my event be covered?
Can the photographer shoot to a brief?
Will you follow the event program?
What’s your experience at these types of events?
How many events do you photograph in a year?
How long until I receive my photos?
Will a human process the photos or AI?
If it is AI will my guests have their biometrics scanned?

All much better questions to ascertain whether you’ll get great service.

Typically the photographers that have hard limits on photo quantity are on the third party aggregators websites. It is a common tactic used overseas to try to keep the fee ‘looking’ low then try to upsell more photos.

Very rare in Australia for full time professional photographers that are charging market rates to have any low or high photo quantity limits. We’re much more focussed on client satisfaction and photo quality.

Filler photos to reach a target number are quite disrespectful to the craft of photography. Lucky for us we don’t get asked too often.

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How Many Photos Do I Get for My Event?

I understand what you’re saying about photo quantity as a single metric, but can you give me a guide?

Here’s a Chart as a Guide for Photo Quantity from an Event

Event Type	Hours	Simple Event	Intermediate Event	Complex Event
Small simple meeting (1-2 hours)	1	50	60	75
Meeting with some activations (3-4 hours)	3	100	150	225
Conference (4-8 hours)	6	180	300	400
Gala awards + Networking or Media Wall (8+ hours)	8	250	350	450
Tradeshow multiple days (10+ hours)	10	350	500	600