Seven Austin studios publish what their wedding packages cost. Read together they run from $1,495 for six hours with one photographer to $9,650 for a rehearsal dinner, the wedding and a later session. A quote is a ladder, and the rungs are hours, photographers and the album.
Every figure below is a published price from an Austin studio, read on 4 November 2026. None is an average: the guides that print one do not say how they reached it. The sample is seven studios that print their prices, which leaves out the ones that quote only on request.
A quote without the hours and the album is a number you cannot compare to anything.
| Package | Hours | Photographers | Price | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hourly | 3–4 | 1 | $400–$500/hr | No |
| Ceremony or elopement | 3 | 1 | $1,750–$2,095 | One of the two |
| Engagement session | 0.3–2 | 1 | $275–$700 | No |
| Six hours, one | 6 | 1 | $1,495–$2,600 | No |
| Six hours, two | 6 | 2 | $2,395–$4,795 | At the top |
| Eight hours | 8 | 2 | $4,000–$5,400 | Yes |
| Ten hours or the day | 10 | 2 | $5,600–$7,500 | Yes, plus parents |
| Weekend | 3 days | 2 | $9,650 | Yes |
Two columns do most of the work: hours decide how much of the day is covered, and the photographer count decides whether you get the reactions as well as the vows. The album is the line that separates a $4,000 package from a $6,000 one.
These four are the entry points: an hourly rate, a three-hour ceremony, the session before the wedding, and a six-hour day with one photographer. Every range is the low and high of published prices, read on 4 November 2026.
01
$400–$500 an hour · one photographer
Two of the seven sell it by the hour · edited files and an online gallery · one adds sales tax
Best for a couple who needs three or four hours and nothing else. Hourly is the only way to pay for the part of the day you want photographed.
02
$1,750–$2,095 · three hours
One includes an album and a print release · the other covers up to 20 guests and 150 edited photos
Best for a ceremony with lunch after, or an elopement with a short guest list. Three hours buys the vows, the portraits and the first hour of the party.
03
$275–$700 · twenty minutes to two hours
Sold alone or folded into a package · edited files and print rights · one studio upgrades the session for $200
Best for a couple who want to meet the photographer before the wedding, and the cheapest way to find out whether you like being photographed.
04
$1,495–$2,600 · six hours · one photographer
Up to 600 edited images · a private gallery and a copyright release · one price depends on the date
Best for a couple marrying in one venue who would rather put the difference into the album. Same hours, $1,105 apart, the widest spread at this length.
Past six hours the packages start to include a second photographer and an album. This is the middle of the market, and where the price stops moving in small steps.
05
$2,395–$4,795 · six hours · two photographers
Up to 800 edited images · an engagement session and an 8x10 album at the top of the range
Best for a couple with two locations and a full room. A second photographer is what keeps the reactions while the lead is on the couple.
06
$4,000–$5,400 · eight hours · two photographers
An engagement and a bridal session · a 10x10 album · print rights
Best for the standard Austin Saturday: a getting-ready room, a ceremony, and a reception that runs past dark.
07
$5,600–$7,500 · ten hours or the full day
A guest book and a bridal session at the low end · a 14x11 album and two parent albums at the top
Best for a couple who want the album decided before the wedding, not after. The parent albums are the item that pushes a package past $7,000.
08
$9,650 · rehearsal, wedding and a later session
A rehearsal dinner · an engagement session · the wedding day · a one-year anniversary session · an album
Best for a family flying in for several days, or a wedding where a mehndi or a sangeet is a separate day of coverage. Each event is its own day, and each one is paid for.
One quote tells you what one photographer charges. Seven tells you where that quote sits.
The studio's own packages and what they include are on the investment page, and the recent work shows what the hours buy. More essays sit on the photoblog index.