If you’re planning your wedding and wondering how much a wedding videographer costs in Canada, you’re not alone.
Wedding videography pricing can range anywhere from $1,000 to over $10,000, depending on experience, coverage, and production quality.
In this guide, I’ll break down:
And how to decide what’s worth it for your wedding
What different pricing tiers include
What actually drives cost
Beginner Wedding Videographers: $1,000 – $3,000
At this level, many videographers are:
New to weddings
Building portfolio
Learning audio and lighting in real time
Time | Editing Editing and crafting your film takes the most time out of everything. On average it takes around 40 hours to completely edit and perfect your highlight film, and about 5+ hours to edit your ceremony and speeches films. It also takes considerable time backing up all the footage and audio I capture on the day onto 3 separate hard drives and online, approximately 2 hours.
Time | Prep & Filming Before I even start filming a wedding, an average of 5 hours has been spent gathering info, in meetings with my couples, and preparing equipment the day before the wedding. I also spend an average of 10-12 hours filming every wedding. Total Approximate Time Spent On Every Wedding – 40 to 50 hours
Yearly expenses Yearly expenses can include everything from editing program costs, music licenses, business cards, and fuel costs. These all add up to more than $6000/year.
Cost Of Living But don’t forget the usual things like your videographers yearly cost of living. They most likely do wedding videography for a living and will need $50,000+/year for basic necessities.
Demand Another thing to consider is the wedding videographers talent and the demand for their services. I’ve been filming weddings since 2014 and I typically get booked 12-18 months in advance. In order to better improve my skill and talent, I regularly attend courses or take classes to constantly improve. These can cost anywhere from $2,000-$5,000/year.
A quick summary: $20,000+ in gear used for each wedding 40-50 hours on average spent on every wedding $6,000+ in yearly business expenses $2,000-$5,000/year for skill improvement The cost of living
So, how much should a wedding videographer cost? Well that depends on the value you put on having a wedding film. The average cost of a wedding videographer in Alberta, Canada is around $3,500. For more experienced filmmakers, the price is anywhere from $4,000-$10,000+. For newer and less experienced filmmakers it can range from $1,500 to $3,000. The old adage of “you get what you pay for” is very true for wedding videography and photography in general.
