Prices and Packages
With the sluggish economy and the high price of traditional weddings, we offer an affordable alternative that not only leaves you financially intact, but also feeling that you've had a wonderful and amazing wedding experience. In fact, many couples (and their guests) have told us over the years that their wedding was the most fun and genuinely romantic one they've ever seen or experienced!
And with our special and unique wedding officiant and photography packages, there will be no need to compromise on having that once in your lifetime event be of bargain basement quality! We offer couples the REAL DEAL.. a relaxed and romantic wedding with very special photography, with memories that you will cherish forever. Our packages include our awesome officiant AND our romantic "love story" photography, all bundled together for one affordable price.
Choose the package that suits your needs. Then choose from our "add on" list for any extras that you might like, including our fine art and photo art add-on packages that feature images such as the photos displayed on this page.
Just to remind you, we do not permit our clients to proof or choose the images included on their disk, as our pricing is based on our workflow... but you may elect to upgrade to a bigger package after you see your images if you'd like. Just let us know before we ship your disk!
Are you considered "Shoot and Burn" photographers?
Absolutely not! There are several "models" for how to structure a photography business. With the more traditional method, the photographer earns income from both the fees for the photo shoot and print sales afterwards. Other (usually bargain basement photographers) offer up the images from the photo shoot unprocessed and copied directly to a CD, right from the camera memory card... with minimal or no post processing or adjustments of any kind. We prefer to earn our income up front, and expend the very same effort that print sales photographers do to adjust for color and white balance and any needed basic retouching and cropping, then place your images on a DVD for you to print. We can offer thoughtful suggestions on high quality printing services for our clients, and prefer the predictable work flow and independence of not having to deal with proofing and time intensive issues relating to print orders.
What can you do with a photo disk?
Today is a new era for consumers to have access to items previously available only to professionals. Today's savvy couple (who owns their digital images) can purchase photo products such as gallery wrapped canvases and high quality printing services, along with very affordable album and coffee table book creation options that may be custom ordered online, (or even at your local CVS!)
This is an incredible deal, as many photographers do not offer the images as digital negatives.
Our officiant and photo packages include:
Your wedding ceremony performed on the beach (you can select the exact location in our service area.) You can stand in the surf or on the shore!
Fee includes Wedding Officiant and Professional Photography with wedding photos of the two of you and your guests at your wedding site. Photos will include group/family shots, portraits and romantic bride and groom photos in several different settings at the beach. You will receive a DVD photo disk with large file sizes, with full print rights. Our fun and romantic beach wedding officiant who is very experienced at offering you a very unique and relaxed wedding ceremony, and two photographers for after ceremony coverage that is painless, fun, and an experience all by itself! A free sand ceremony is always included, along with a conch shell marriage announcement.
We love beaches, we love weddings, we love art, and we love photography, so we offer professional quality photography and photo art for couples who will only entrust this special event to photographers who know the beach, know the flow of the ceremony, and know what they are doing!
Who better than the husband and wife team of Beachpeople!
We offer both posed and spontaneous style photography to include a mix of excitement, feelings, play, love, tenderness, and special memories. With us, its all about an experience that happens only once in your lives together. And when you choose one of our officiant/photography packages, the officiant service is free!
The following package prices are in effect until mid October, 2009, after which one of our photographers hopes to transition off the beach and into a studio setting. For dates from October 2009 and into 2010, please visit our updated pricing page. The prices listed on this page are for our local area (Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, Sunset Beach, and North Myrtle Beach). All other areas have a travel fee depending on location...
Our Travel fees are... $100 for Wrightsville, $50 for Carolina, and Kure Beaches and also for Oak Island ...
$200 for Topsail Island
For South Carolina locations, please inquire.
Please note that travel fees are in addition to our package prices below.
All of our Officiant/photography packages include
One hour (approximately) of ceremony and photography coverage at your wedding location. If you would like additional coverage time for pre-wedding preparation photography (within a reasonable distance of your wedding location), our fee is $200. We no longer offer reception coverage for new bookings.
Our fun and romantic wedding officiant
Phone and email consultation
Some really awesome and romantic ceremony wording ideas to choose from!
A beach sand unity ceremony with a keepsake heart-shaped bottle of the sand used in the ceremony
The ceremony that marries you in a binder and presented to you
Conch Shell marriage announcement
Filing of your license
Our Packages
Special Print Package! $425 (limited to 15 guests)
Our fun and romantic Wedding Officiant, and the ceremony that marries you presented in a binder
Professional photography
Wedding prints.... (8) 4x6, (2) 5x7, (1) 8x10
5 images on a photo disk
(we choose the images for prints and photo disk)
All the images from the photo shoot available online for ordering and viewing by absent family and friends at http://beachpeople.zenfolio.com/
Sand Unity Ceremony included
Filing of your license
Your choice of several fun and romantic ceremonies
Conch Shell Blowing marriage announcement included
Sunrise or Sunset Beach Eloping Package $400 Only for eloping couples and 2 witnesses, and only at a local area beach (Sunset, Ocean Isle, or North Myrtle Beach)
10 images on a photo disk, with all images from photo shoot available online for ordering and viewing by absent family and friends at http://beachpeople.zenfolio.com/
Wedding officiant is also the photographer for this package, and does some "fisheye lens" photography during the key points in the ceremony, with all other images taken afterwards.
Island Romance Package $500 limited to 10 guests
2 photographers
35 images on a photo disk, with approximately 75 images available for viewing and online ordering at http://beachpeople.zenfolio.com/
Group poses limited to 3
Seagull Package $675 limited to 15 guests
2 photographers
75 high resolution printable images on a photo disk, with all images from photo shoot available for viewing and online ordering at http://beachpeople.zenfolio.com/
Group poses limited to 6
$200 nonrefundable deposit required for this package
The mermaid dream package is no longer available for clients who haven't yet reserved our services.
Ocean Breeze Package $850 limited to 35 guests
2 photographers
All images from photo shoot included in high resolution printable images on a photo disk, group poses limited to 10
All images available for viewing and online ordering at http://beachpeople.zenfolio.com/
$350 nonrefundable deposit required for this package
Carolina Dreamin' Package $950 limited to 45 guests
2 photographers
A Simple Flower Circle on the beach to create our sacred space
Ocean Drum Blessing OR Celtic Stone Tossing ceremony
All images from photo shoot included in high resolution printable images on a photo disk, unlimited group poses within package time- frame (we have an hour for this package, including the ceremony itself, so we may use our discretion if the groups shots take too much time!)
All images available for viewing and online ordering at http://beachpeople.zenfolio.com/
$350 nonrefundable deposit required for this package
Just The Officiant Service $250
We prefer this package for our local area, Sunset Beach, North Myrtle Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, and Holden Beach. There is a travel fee outside of our local area.
This package includes:
Our ceremony officiant
Conch Shell marriage announcement
Phone and email consultation
Some really awesome and romantic ceremony wording ideas to choose from!
A beach sand unity ceremony with a keepsake heart-shaped bottle of the sand used in the ceremony
Your actual ceremony in a binder for you to keep
$100 nonrefundable deposit required for this package
Sunset Romance Package $2595 (price change.. our album costs were just increased)
This package is intended for eloping couples, or small intimate weddings of no more than 20 guests, inquire for pricing for larger weddings
This is our ultimate package for the couple who is looking for a "dream-come-true" romantic wedding. It is designed for those who want an extraordinary wedding experience but do not wish to do the usual "check list, must do" type weddings. In our 10 years of experience of officiating and photographing weddings, we have found that many couples are more relaxed and have more fun when they keep their wedding small and intimate. We discovered that this is what we love to do and we have become experts at it.
Some couples choose this type of wedding because of budget (and we have other packages to meet those needs), but some couples choose a small intimate beach wedding simply for the romance and intimacy, and the relaxed experience it provides, yet still want to invest in keepsake photography. They want the beautiful wedding album, and the slide show to share with family and friends. They want the availability to meet with us in person, and to get extra assistance with long distance planning. They want the dedicated attention that can make their wedding unforgettable. This package is for that couple. It is a unique, spiritual and fun experience, and you get the photography that every bride dreams of. It is the best of both worlds. You can have your cake and eat it too! The wedding can be as simple or as fancy as your heart desires. Just tell us what your dream is and we will do what we can to make it happen. Our motto is "It's a wedding, it's a painting, and you're in it". If you want "extras" that are not listed below, please do not hesitate to inquire. Another advantage of keeping it small is that we can be more flexible in case of bad weather. We can move it to another time or day.
This package includes:
Any needed consultations, by email, phone, or in person
Our fun and romantic wedding officiant
Photography: This includes 1 to 2 hours (as needed) of ceremony and photography coverage.
(Getting ready preparation photography included, if it is within a reasonable distance from your wedding location).
Please inquire if more time is needed. Reception coverage is not included with this package pricing, and is priced at $450 for 2 hours additional coverage time.
Bridal bouquet (fresh flowers) designed especially for you by Beachpeople!
Beach decor (white flower adorned arch or a pair of 4 tropical palm trees with flower circle) to create our sacred space
Rose petals on the sand for photography (wind conditions permitting)
Music on our CD player
Sand Unity ceremony with keepsake heart shaped bottle
Ocean Drum Blessing OR Celtic Stone Tossing ceremony if desired
The ceremony that marries you in a binder and presented to you
Conch Shell marriage announcement
Filing of your license
DVD slideshow
All high resolution printable images on a photo disk
25 creative hand retouched images included on separate disk
Wedding album, 12 pages (24 sides), 10x10" please inquire for pricing if you'd like more pages/sides
2 parents albums
$550 nonrefundable deposit required for this package
Ala cart add-ons
Gifts of the Sea shell necklace ceremony $35
Ceremony of Keys $35 (groom receives 7 engraved keys from his bride, each representing a different doorway into her world!)
Sacred space simple flower circle $25, add two 4 palm trees for $25 more
Talking Stick in your ceremony $25
Shaman Blessing to the 4 Directions we provide frame drums $75
22 inch Brass Gong Announcement $25 (Way cool! The couple bangs the gong together! Or your kids can bang it to announce you!)
Thunder Tube marriage announcement $25 (another one the kids can participate in!)
Music on our CD player... your music or ours $75
Reiki Energy and Shaman Journeying weddings Inquire for details!
Special "Moonbeam" creative packages! These images have her special creative effects, and are just stunningly beautiful!
Creative effects include:
Black and white with colorized elements
Special skin glow (dreamy) effects
Blurred backgrounds
Sepia and antique effects
You will receive these creative images on a photo disk that you can print yourself, and her work is just incredible. To see some samples, go to our Beachpeople Weddings website, and visit the "Creative" gallery.
5 hand crafted images on a photo CD $150
10 hand crafted images on a photo CD for only $250
Please note that we choose the subject images from your photo shoot for your photo art, but if you would like us to create something from an image of your choosing from your photo disk, contact us! There will be an additional fee, as this takes us outside of our pre-package priced workflow.
Wedding Painterly Images
Hand painted digitally and printed on canvas or fine art watercolor paper in assorted sizes, these images are individually created just for you are heirlooms to be cherished for generations! These images are not available on disk, and will be chosen from the images from your photo-shoot, or you may have us just do this one project for your wedding, even if we are not your primary wedding photographers. To see some samples, go to our Beachpeople Weddings website , and go to the "Photo artistic" gallery.
Prices vary by size and other issues. Please inquire.
910-575-8171
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