How much does a wedding photographer earn in a year?

If the photographer does not own his/her own studio, but instead works as a photographer in someone else's studio.

Around 25 - 30 grand a year if they are lucky x

With the digital cameras on the market, there are many people that can use auto mode on their cheap camera to shoot a wedding. but that鈥檚 all they do, just shoot and go.

This has lead to a trend where professional have had to cut prices to seem competitive with these jokers.
Obviously there is posing, backup, computers, software, prints albums etc that all make for the one time wedding event. this costs money, and people undercutting professional photographers seldom bother with investment and advertising as well as insurance.

For example, My first year in wedding photography cost me over $10,000 on the basic's (well a little bit more than that)

Then there is posing, and basically being a choreographer for the wedding, using light, and making some great images rather than the 'reportage' styles that the amateurs get away with as a style and not a hash of messing about and shooting so much that they can get a few photos that are any good..

Earning/profits are defined within the services and the quality of the services that are offered and how much work the photographer puts into the work itself.

For example:
a package at $2000, would break down as:
80 hours work ( pre and post) ( $25 per hour)
$600 on album
$300 on prints
New hourly rate $13.75

Costs: $658.84 per wedding ( ins/adv/soft etc)

That leaves you with $441.16 from the package for your 80 hours work.

This is just an example, but every business needs to turn a profit. as a basic rule of thumb, you look at your costs, rent, food, gear etc add the package costs album, prints, discs etc. Then add the wedding costs and then add 50%

Use this total against the prices of the amount of weddings you want to work each year and then divide the total.

Each photographer is different as to their costs, as is the services and style. so the earnings are always different.

Ball part figures are 拢875 /$1600 per day.

Yea, it really depends on how good they are, what they charge per hour & per package, what they include in their packages, & how many weddings they do. Some photographers also enlist the help of second photographer or an assistant, so fees for them have to be accounted for as well.

With the digital revolution they are overcharging in general. I have undercut a local photographer by 50% and still made a tidy profit on a wedding. Who needs a studio for wedding photography??.

Depends...I can make Anything from $2000 a month to $4000 a month. That's just me, and I don't charge much. Get some one who charges $5000 a wedding, and he could make a lot more.

I would say it depends on how many weddings and what they charge, every one is diff.

It depends on how good they are.