Tuesday, May 12, 2009

our lensmen...

when we were drafting our wedding budget, i lobbied very hard for us to invest on the photo and video. other than the obvious fact that i really like to be photographed (i think candidate ako sa batch namen sa law school as most photographed), after a very tiring and toxic day of the wedding, what will remain with us is the photo and video of the event. the wedding album and the video will remind us na for just one day, we spent an "X" amount. hehehe.
i considered to have separate photo and videographers, kya lang ive read some posts na its hard to coordinate or there are some problems in the teamwork kung hindi mag-jive yn ideas/styles of different photographer and videographer.
then i remembered i attended a wedding in tagaytay na very moving yn avp-on-site nila. the on-site was a video presentation and not just a simple slideshow of photos. from then on, i said to myself that id like to have the same in my own wedding. at the end of the presentation, the name Wally Gonzales Photography was sprawled on the LCD Projector,hhhmmm, i did my research and i emailed him to ask for the rates.
whoa! photo + video + on site editing + pre nup + 1 additional cam = almost 150K
nyark! we don't have that much budget for the photo + video....
i emailed her again, this time, im dealing with ms. arlene, and i told her frankly how much lang yn budget namen for the p/v.
after days of waiting, no reply, so i started looking for other suppliers. and then finally, she replied explaining na their pc was having problems kya delayed in replies to em queries, she said, she can work on the budget and asked me to visit the bridal fair at rockwell.
so come bridal fair at rockwell, i texted her muna if they can accomodate our budget and she said yes but the payment terms will be 50% down and 50% before the wedding. oh no, not again. we couldnt possibly have that big downpayment, so series of txt messages again and finally she agreed to my own payment terms.
30% down
30% payable in 2 mos.
30% wedding day
10% upon pick up of album and cds
yehey! so just to make it in our budget she gave us the following as freebies:
canvassed and framed photo 16 x 20;
pre nup shoot within metro manila;
additional video cam;
AVP presentation of photos; and
on-site editing.
on the day that i booked wally G. i was also considering erron ocampo of imagenation. they quoted me something like 80-90K for photo/video but the onsite editing will be pure slideshow presentation of photos and even if i book them during a bridal fair, they dont give discounts, which really turned me off. kz why would couples-to-be waste their time in visiting bridal fairs kung di rin sila makakuha ng discounts, i mean, that's the advantage of joining a fair di ba, to get discounts and yet, they would not give one. so, i decided to book wally G because very flexible yn payment terms, on site editing is video presentation and i believe in the quality of their final outputs.
i believe that i really got a very good deal from wally, and some would even be surprise na i booked them for that amount only. some friends kz who are also getting married had the same budget but they were afraid to canvass his rate kz he looks pricey tlga based on his published internet rates. good for me, bargaining is really in my genes, hehehe and ms. arlene is very accomodating.
we'll have our prenup sometime in november and we are considering the grounds of tivoli gardens as our pre nup location.

1 comment:

  1. Hi. I'm considering having Wally Gonzales to cover my wedding next year. Mind sending me how much you spent on the package that you got with Wally G?

    (inclusion of canvassed and framed photo 16 x 20;pre nup shoot within metro manila;additional video cam;AVP presentation of photos; and on-site editing)

    please email me @ jenillin@yahoo.com

    Thanks =)

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