Should you book your wedding photographer and videographer together?

The short answer

For most couples who want both, booking one photo and film team is the simpler choice. You have one agreement, one deposit, one planning call and one timeline, and the two people capturing your day plan it together instead of around each other. With us it also saves £300 compared with booking photography and videography separately.

Booking separately can still be the right decision, for example when you have already chosen one supplier or you love a particular videographer’s style. Neither route is wrong. The useful question is how many people you want to coordinate, and how much of your day you want to spend working out who goes where.

What changes on the wedding day

The biggest difference is how the day moves. Cam and Beth each capture a different medium and often share angles, so they move around each other instinctively, agree where each will stand so your guests are never blocked and shift position with a subtle nod. After more than 400 weddings together, it simply works.

Portraits are the second difference. When one team captures both, you take one short portrait walk, usually about 15 minutes near the venue, and the photographs and film come from the same walk. If you book two separate suppliers, it is worth asking how they will share that time, because each of them needs a little of it.

It also helps when the morning is split between two places. We move together between both preparations, splitting our time as a team, and groom preparation typically takes about 15 minutes. We talk through the best way to capture both on the call, even when they are in separate locations.

What changes before the wedding

A team booking is one conversation instead of two. You sign one agreement, pay one non-refundable £120 deposit to hold your date and have one planning call and one timeline. We hold that call around a month before the wedding, or whenever you have had your final venue meeting.

Two suppliers means two sets of questions about your schedule, two sets of venue and officiant rules to pass on and two people to update when something changes. It is manageable, and plenty of couples do it, but it is more to keep track of in a busy planning year.

Your photographs and film also share a look. Everything we make is edited in-house to one shared look, so your gallery and your film feel like one day told two ways, not two separate stories.

What it costs

Our wedding photography starts at £1,999 and our wedding videography starts at £1,999. Booking Cam and Beth together as a photo and video team starts at £3,699, which saves £300 compared with booking the two separately. Luxury and Platinum add coverage and keepsakes, and every price is set out in our guide to what a wedding photographer and videographer costs.

A team package gives you photographs, a 7 to 10 minute highlight film and a documentary film of typically 40+ minutes with your full ceremony and speeches. A saving only matters if the quote includes what you want, so compare coverage hours, what you receive and when, not only the total. Our questions to ask a wedding photographer work equally well for a videographer.

When booking separately makes sense

There are good reasons to book separately. You may already have a photographer you love and only need a film, or the other way round. You may want a particular style from each, or your budget may stretch more easily across two bookings. Our photography and videography packages stand on their own and work alongside another supplier, so tell us who else is involved and we will plan around them.

If you do book two suppliers, introduce them before the day. Send both the same timeline, share each other’s contact details and ask how they will share the ceremony and the portrait walk so neither blocks the other. Ask your officiant and venue about any rules on where photographers and videographers may stand, and pass them to both.

Questions to ask any photographer and videographer pairing

Ask who exactly will attend your wedding, and how many hours each of them is covering. Ask whether they have worked together before, and how they will handle the ceremony and the portrait walk. Ask whether your photographs and film will have a shared look, and when each will be delivered.

With us the answers are simple: Cam and Beth work together all day, coverage runs continuously from the start time you choose, and your photographs arrive first, followed by each film roughly a month after the last. Our delivery guide explains the stages.

If you are still deciding

Think about how much of your day you want to spend coordinating. If the answer is as little as possible, one team usually fits. If you have your heart set on a particular photographer or videographer, book them and let them work together. Either way, watch complete galleries and films and choose people you would be happy to have beside you all day. Our guide on whether a wedding videographer is worth it can help if film is the open question.

When you are ready, send an enquiry with your date and venue, and we will reply within a few hours with availability and answers. An enquiry does not reserve your date; the £120 deposit does, once you are happy to go ahead. Our guide to how far in advance to book explains each step, and you can also read why couples book a photo and video team together.

Questions couples ask