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Suggested price bands for weddings and portraits, built from published market data and your own cost floor. Covers France, Europe, the US and the UK.

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Market

Shoot type

Experience

Hours of coverage9 h

Second photographer

Engagement session

Album included

Edited photos

Travel (km)

Suggested band

€1,110Low

€1,300Suggested

€1,630High

9 h wedding coverage, France

Market band: €800 to €2,500, typical €1,300

Base · Established€1,300

Your cost floor is €1,240. This quote clears it.

Bands built from 45 published sources · Updated June 2026 · Read the methodology

How it works

Describe the shoot

Market, shoot type, experience, hours and the extras you offer.
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Anchored in published 2026 market data, adjusted to your inputs.
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Your own costs and hours set the price below which you lose money.
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Market bands

What photographers charge in 2026

Updated: June 2026

Wedding photography, full-day coverage

Market	Low	Typical	High	Sources
France	€800	€1,300	€2,500	Mariages.net (The Knot Worldwide) · Mariages.net (The Knot Worldwide) · +7
Belgium	€1,200	€2,000	€3,500	House of Weddings (Belgian wedding marketplace) · House of Weddings · +7
Switzerland	CHF 2,500	CHF 3,500	CHF 5,000	Bridebook (wedding marketplace, Swiss edition) · photopros.ch (Lausanne) · +3
Germany	€500	€1,940	€3,400	Bridebook (wedding planning platform) · ThePerfectWedding.de (wedding portal) · +2
Spain	€1,200	€1,500	€3,000	Bodas.net (The Knot Worldwide) · Fotografos de Boda (FdB directory) · +5
United Kingdom	£1,000	£1,800	£3,000	Bridebook (UK wedding planning marketplace) · Fearless Photographers (international wedding photographer directory) · +4
United States	$2,400	$4,400	$5,300	The Knot Worldwide · Zola · +3

Portrait or family session, 1 to 2 hours

Market	Low	Typical	High	Sources
France	€100	€180	€400	Mariages.net (The Knot Worldwide) · Mariages.net (The Knot Worldwide) · +7
Belgium	€100	€225	€450	House of Weddings (Belgian wedding marketplace) · House of Weddings · +7
Switzerland	CHF 250	CHF 400	CHF 590	Bridebook (wedding marketplace, Swiss edition) · photopros.ch (Lausanne) · +3
Germany	€120	€200	€350	Bridebook (wedding planning platform) · ThePerfectWedding.de (wedding portal) · +2
Spain	€100	€200	€350	Bodas.net (The Knot Worldwide) · Fotografos de Boda (FdB directory) · +5
United Kingdom	£100	£250	£400	Bridebook (UK wedding planning marketplace) · Fearless Photographers (international wedding photographer directory) · +4
United States	$175	$280	$800	The Knot Worldwide · Zola · +3

Methodology

Bands compile association figures, marketplace studies and freelance barometers from the last three years, in local currency. Wedding bands describe full-day coverage; portrait bands a 1 to 2 hour session with digital delivery. We never average sources that measure different things: each figure is anchored to the sources listed below, and figures that failed source verification were dropped rather than estimated. Portrait bands carry lower confidence everywhere, as no market publishes a national portrait median. The calculator anchors its suggestion inside these bands by experience, then applies transparent additive adjustments (second photographer +18%, album +15%, engagement session +12%, marginal hours at 75% of the average hour).

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Sources (45)

France

Belgium

Switzerland

Germany

Spain

United Kingdom

United States

Frequently asked

Pricing, without the guesswork

How much should I charge for wedding photography?

Start from the typical band for your market and experience, then test it against your own cost floor: gear, insurance, editing hours and social charges. The calculator above does both halves and warns you when a quote would lose you money.

What does a wedding photographer cost in 2026?

Typical full-day rates run around 1 300 EUR in France, 1 800 GBP in the UK and 4 400 USD in the US, with wide bands either side. The table below lists all seven markets with sources.

How do I calculate my day rate?

Count every hour a shoot really takes, including editing, add your share of yearly fixed costs, divide by what you must net per hour, then gross it up for charges and taxes. That is exactly the cost floor formula this page uses.

What goes into a cost floor?

Yearly fixed costs (gear amortization, insurance, software, marketing) spread over your shoots, plus every working hour at your minimum hourly, grossed up for social charges. Below that number a booking costs you money.

Why do bands vary so much by region?

Cost of living, competition density and what couples budget locally all differ. That is why the bands stay in local currency and are never converted or averaged across markets.

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