More info about Cobblestone Weddings

FREQUENTLY
ASKED
QUESTIONS

Wedding are complex and it is likely your first time you have every planned an event this large. Let us help with these frequently asked question. 

Q: HOW FAR IN ADVANCE SHOULD WE BOOK?

FOR WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY, WE BOOK OUT ABOUT 1 YEAR IN ADVANCE. THERE ARE ALWAYS A FEW DATES OPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR LAST MIN BOOKINGS BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IF Y OU WANT YOUR PERFECT DATE AND TIME FOR YOUR WEDDING, TRY TO BOOK ALL YOUR VENDORS 1 YEAR OR MORE IN ADANCE.

Q: DO YOU TRAVEL?

WE ARE BASED IN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY AND HAVE NO TRAVEL FEE FOR COUNTY WIDE WEDDINGS. ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF OUR RADIUS REQUIRES A TRAVEL FEE INCLUDING HOTEL, GAS, FLIGHTS AND/OR TIME BASED ON DISTANCE. THIS IS CUSTOM PRICING BASED ON YOUR WEDDING DAY.

Q: HOW DO YOU POSE COUPLES?

We provide natural direction and try to get our couples moving. We always tell our wedding couples that if you are having a great time, the photos are going to be incredible. My goaL is to make sure you are having the best time ever on your wedding day. 

So many couples tell us they are shy or don't take many photos. Our job is to make everyone look good and we are here to do that for your wedding.

Q: WHAT IS INCLUDED IN WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY PACKAGE ?

Each of our wedding packages are different but generally we start with 8 hours of wedding photography coverage and 800 - 1200 edited images for that amount of time. We professionally edit the images in our natural and timeless style and deliver with an online gallery that you can share with your friends and family. 

You maintain the rights to your photos and you can download and print however you would like. We have a built in printing service that we love and think is high quality but you can print in any way you would like. 

We like to be involved in the wedding planning process and assist the wedding planner and you to find the right times for wedding photography sessions in the wedding day.

Our Packages also include an optional free engagement session in SLO county.

After that ther are extra you can add. check out the Investment page for more info.

Q: HOW MANY HOURS OF WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY DO I NEED?

we recommend a minimum of 8 hours of wedding photography for most weddings. This is a choice for you as you think about what you would like covered in wedding photography or wedding videography.

Questions to ask yourself are:

Do you want the getting ready/prep captured? Do you have a first look? Do you want wedding photos before the ceremony. If yes to any of those you want wedding photography to start earlier in the day, 3 hours before ceremony at least.

Do you have an exit or many activities during the reception you would like captured? You would want to extend or make sure the coverage covers to that time. 

These are typically a trade off and most people go with less pre ceremony and more reception and keep the 8 hours, but many go with a full 10 hours to cover noon-10pm. We offer options to extend the time.


Q: DO I NEED A SECOND SHOOTER?

We recommend wedding photography second shooters for 3 reasons: If your wedding is big, if you are getting ready, ceremony, and reception are in sepArate locations, or if you want a lot of wedding photos. 

A wedding photographer as a second shooter lets us be in more than one place at once and get further creative angles. There is a cost associated with adding a second wedding photographer or videographer, so we start with single shooter and allow you to add an additional shooter on if you would like more coverage.

Q: HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE?

Our goal with wedding photography or wedding videography is to capture timeless, authentic, and energetic imagry that you want to keep looking at years from now. "elevated true to life" is often what I say. What that means is we do not do crazy color grading or pushing the color tones. We avoid the color trends and do not do "dark and moody" or "light and airy." We capture the photos how they were on the day because you chose every detail on display and you want to see those when you show these photos to your children one day or hang them on your wall.

Q: HOW DO WE RESERVE OUR DATE?

you can reserve your wedding date by signing our wedding photography contract and making your deposit. We take a 50% non-refundable deposit to lock the date in and the second 50% is due 2 months before your wedding date. You can make these payments through venmo, check, or zelle.

Q: WHAT DO YOU OFFER WITH WEDDING VIDEOGRAPHY?

Wedding videography can be anything from small social media clips to a literal movie studio budget so it is very hard to narow down what the perfect "wedding videography package" is. But I Like to think we figured it out:

We offer 2 version of wedding video:

Feature (Long): 8-12 min film with Drone, Original Music, Full Vows, Documentary style, and toasts. This film really feels like the right length.

Short: 3-5 min highlight film with drone, original music, and voiceover audio of your vows. 

We also offer full ceremony multi cam and Full TOast multi cam. These are included for free in our large combination package (Milky way).


Q: IS WEDDING VIDEOGRAPHY WORTH IT?

Wedding videography is absolutely worth it. If it is in your budget, go for it. Wedding photography and videography are very different and moving images of your best friend or loved one laughing and having a great time is priceless. WE offer anything from highlight clips to full uncut versions of your ceremony and toasts so you can relive the whole day.

They are so fun to work and they captured some amazing moments! We got back our preview and both my wife and I got teary-eyed because they both took some amazing shots... and this is just the preview!! Will and Savannah, thank you for everything, you both were everything and more to us, you captured some amazing moment and we get to re-live those moments everyday.

"They are so fun to work with"
- Richard C.


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