Updated 11 October 2026

Wedding photography packages explained

Package names are not comparable until you know the hours and what is included. This page uses the October 2026 survey of public price pages, surveyed 4 October 2026. This site does not sell the packages.

A UK full-day digital-only package (no album, second photographer or video flagged on the extract) had a median of £1,500 in an October 2026 survey of public photographer price pages (n=2,057; middle half £1,195 to £1,900; about £175 an hour, n=1,008, middle half £130 to £219). Half-day coverage of 4 to 5 hours had a median of £850 (n=836; middle half £650 to £1,100; about £190 an hour, n=836). Elopement or register-office coverage of 1 to 2 hours had a median of £450 (n=511; middle half £350 to £597). Surveyed 4 October 2026. A local median is published only when n is at least 5. About 70% of these UK headline packages do not say whether an album is included (69.9%, n=1,438).

A practical way to compare

• Short coverage of 1 to 2 hours, including many register-office and elopement bookings. Median £450 (n=511; middle half £350 to £597).
• Half day, 4 to 5 hours. Median £850 (n=836; middle half £650 to £1,100). Six-hour packages are not in this row.
• Full day, digital only. Median £1,500 (n=2,057), about £175 an hour (n=1,008). No album, second photographer or video flagged in the anchor definition.
• Full day with extras. An album add-on has a median of £350 (n=734). A second photographer has a median of £370 (n=776). An engagement shoot has a median of £275 (n=764). An extra hour has a median of £175 (n=681).

Shoot and burn

Some low prices are for lightly edited files delivered quickly. Read the shoot-and-burn note and ask how many images you actually receive.

What to line up before you compare

Have your date, venue and budget ready, plus a rough hour count. If you are unsure of the hours, use the half-day and full-day rows above rather than a package title.

Town and county pages link back here. Local medians, where n is at least 5, use the same full-day idea and are explained in the methodology.

Questions

Does a package price include an album?

Not in the anchor figure. Full-day digital-only excludes packages flagged as including an album or a second photographer. 69.9% of the headline packages do not say whether an album is included (n=1,438), so a quote can still add one. The album add-on median is £350 (n=734).

What if the photographer only advertises a starting price?

Of 5,088 websites the survey could classify, 14.6% show only a from-price and 44.2% show full package prices. A from-price is not the full-day digital headline. From-prices that do qualify as full-day digital are 19.0% of that headline (n=390).

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